Adventures down Loch Etive, first time down here in the Pioner Explorer, mackrel for dinner with our Pioner 15 Explorer Pioner 16 Explorer - Loch Etive @glenpyper
You are one of the few who posted a couple of movie’s about the Pioner 16. When can we expect some more?? How is the spray of water when taking some waves? Also how about your maintenance?
Hi, thanks for checking the videos out, i have 5 videos in total with the Pioner up but will be filming more very soon, once the worst of the winter has passed 🥶❄️ There is very little spray ever on this boat, due to the hull design and high sides, when compared with say a rib. Maintenance, really just an engine service is needed, no more, the boat material doesn't need treated
Hi Glen, like the videos and especially the boat. I’m very interested in how it handles in a choppy to rough water and how much comes over into the boat. Have you ever been caught out when the wind has come up and do you have any footage of it? Thanks and keep making your videos please 👍🏼
Hi, thanks, yeah the boat is giving us some great times so far in the last 6 months. We have been through some very choppy waters up the Sound of Mull, with large wave swell and high head winds. The going was slow but no water comes on the boat, then or even at high speed at 30mph, passengers get a spray of course but the inner floor remains practically dry from sea water, which is partly due to the high sides of this when comapring with say a RIB which sits lower in the water. What we have learned, my wife and i, is that if there is high headwinds and big swell which you cant go fast in then the bow lifts up if we are both sitting in the back, so one of us sits at the front jn those situations. This can be of course done with extra fuel tank and your gear at the front for balance. Awesome boat, glad we went for it. Feels very stable even in chop.
dont have any videos of the chop, usually concentrating rather than filming 😅 But will try to capture some bad conditions with the boat and will post in near future for sure 👍
@@glenpyper Thanks for your reply it’s very helpful. I’ve been looking at the many types of roto moulded boats and this one seems to tick all the boxes for me 👍🏼 Of course you get wet in every open boat, it’s obvious. I take it you got a 60hp motor?
@@glenpyper Thanks for your reply it’s very helpful. I’ve been looking at the many types of roto moulded boats and this one seems to tick all the boxes for me 👍🏼 Of course you get wet in every open boat, it’s obvious. I take it you got a 60hp motor?
You are one of the few who posted a couple of movie’s about the Pioner 16. When can we expect some more??
How is the spray of water when taking some waves?
Also how about your maintenance?
Hi, thanks for checking the videos out, i have 5 videos in total with the Pioner up but will be filming more very soon, once the worst of the winter has passed 🥶❄️
There is very little spray ever on this boat, due to the hull design and high sides, when compared with say a rib.
Maintenance, really just an engine service is needed, no more, the boat material doesn't need treated
Hi Glen, like the videos and especially the boat.
I’m very interested in how it handles in a choppy to rough water and how much comes over into the boat.
Have you ever been caught out when the wind has come up and do you have any footage of it?
Thanks and keep making your videos please 👍🏼
Hi, thanks, yeah the boat is giving us some great times so far in the last 6 months.
We have been through some very choppy waters up the Sound of Mull, with large wave swell and high head winds. The going was slow but no water comes on the boat, then or even at high speed at 30mph, passengers get a spray of course but the inner floor remains practically dry from sea water, which is partly due to the high sides of this when comapring with say a RIB which sits lower in the water.
What we have learned, my wife and i, is that if there is high headwinds and big swell which you cant go fast in then the bow lifts up if we are both sitting in the back, so one of us sits at the front jn those situations. This can be of course done with extra fuel tank and your gear at the front for balance.
Awesome boat, glad we went for it. Feels very stable even in chop.
dont have any videos of the chop, usually concentrating rather than filming 😅
But will try to capture some bad conditions with the boat and will post in near future for sure 👍
@@glenpyper
Thanks for your reply it’s very helpful.
I’ve been looking at the many types of roto moulded boats and this one seems to tick all the boxes for me 👍🏼
Of course you get wet in every open boat, it’s obvious.
I take it you got a 60hp motor?
@@glenpyper
Thanks for your reply it’s very helpful.
I’ve been looking at the many types of roto moulded boats and this one seems to tick all the boxes for me 👍🏼
Of course you get wet in every open boat, it’s obvious.
I take it you got a 60hp motor?
@@joevlogstravels yep 60hp motor on here, does good job. Taken 5 passengers so far at once, and top speed drops to about 20mph.