Who builds or sells Good Rescue Boats?

[boatsrnew2me]

Not really, the entire tube turns both prop thrust and rudder. The key component comes from the furniture PVC industry, it is called a "Slip" Tee". For the next iteration I will use these on the sponson attachment points to make the sponson width adjustable.

One of the other cool things about furniture PVC is it comes in colors!

i was wondering this myself but hesitant to ask ,didnt think you would give away your secret .

[boatsrnew2me]

Thanks to all for the comments. Any and all are welcome.

i dont think a water rudder is needed .i have seen many a air rescue boat function well without one .also lends to rescues in areas a rudder would get stuck .

[RayR]

i dont think a water rudder is needed .i have seen many a air rescue boat function well without one .also lends to rescues in areas a rudder would get stuck .

When pushing a big boat the thrust method will work, just less than ideal. The rudder is easily removable if necessary.

[fweasel]

I don't want to design and source the parts myself, but would actually enjoy receiving a box full of parts and gluing it all together. Gluing/cutting PVC and some zip ties should fall within just about everyone's capabilities, especially in this hobby.

Not wanting to be a manufacturer is certainly understandable.

[dirtdummy]

I would be in for a kit type.

[704Authentic]

nice

[RayR]

A little test last Sunday. Worst case scenario, low freeboard P-mono. Worked great, but absolutely needed that big rudder. Mono's get caught sideways every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR_6Y52dGd0&feature=youtu.be

[RayR]

When the retrieve craft gets several hundred feet away, visual orientation becomes problematic. Cheap pipe clamp is an instant FPV mount.

[Miltoggie]

Make it out of a boogie board. Here is mine

[boatsrnew2me]

i just seen that on facebook...lol.how you turning that motor mount ? obviously a servo i mean how is that mount able to turn?

[Miltoggie]

I used a MT knuckle with bearings, a bolt running through and a nut to hold the plate.

[Newboater]

Those are nice set-ups. But you can just bend up a piece of PVC pipe like this, and use almost any boat you want as a Rescue rig. I have an Atlantic tug that rescued a 36" catamaran rapped up in seaweed that did a pretty good job. Also if you use something like an Atlantic tug with a lipo battery and brushed motor run times are over a hour. I just picked up a messed up Aquacraft Rescue 17 off ebay cheap that I am going to use as another rescue boat. Just another idea.

[dmitry100]

Sometime ago I saw someone in Germany sell one of these fully built and it looked pretty awesome. He even had small towing "forks" in the front for increase in contact area.

It had a huge acid battery lol.

https://www.mhz-powerboats.com/shop/en/hulls/mono-hulls/s-850-mm/178/rescue-boat-450mm-17-71-gfk

[ryanmm22]

I am finishing up a slightly modified zippkits twin tugster kit. I figure if I do not need to use it to retrieve something my daughter will dig driving it. Currently I have to load up a 14' kayak every trip to the lake. Will use this to retrieve an 1/8th scale hydro and gas thunderboat.

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[dmitry100]

Are those Zippkits Tug boats easy to build? If I was to build just the bottom part... not the top portion.