My new Ribcraft 5 Mtr - Page 6

Jono Garton · 09 October 2009, 20:18

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Originally Posted by matt h

Superb picture indeed!!
Called in today and its nearly finished, i was also watching them cut the Hypolon tubing with their new bullmer cutting weapon, it now takes 27 mins to cut a set of 5 mtr tubes and to an acuracy of 1/100mm.!!

Re the tube joints internal or external?

They look External on the Pics

Jono

Maximus · 10 October 2009, 09:05

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Originally Posted by matt h

Superb picture indeed!!
Called in today and its nearly finished, i was also watching them cut the Hypolon tubing with their new bullmer cutting weapon, it now takes 27 mins to cut a set of 5 mtr tubes and to an acuracy of 1/100mm.!!

Looking Good Old Bean! Won't be long befor you're getting it wet! Shuould fly with that Yam 90!Go on...How long to Rig it then?

Knot Yet · 10 October 2009, 12:51

Matt - cracking looking RIB you must be really excited - must be hard counting the days down

matt h · 11 October 2009, 14:06

should be able to completely rig it in a few days!!

matt h · 13 October 2009, 21:41

Its Finished!! well for the factory that is, it was almost ready to the minute!! turned up at 2 pm at it was just being pushed out from the cleaning dept!!

A big thanks to all the boys at Ribcraft(Mark, Dorian and Jace) for a f-----g superb job, attention to detail is superb and looks better than expected and bang on time too!!

I was looking at their new seat construction, they have now changed from the old wooden base to a purpose made plastic unit with a new foam insert,it never rots!!

underneath the seat now has a heavy duty rubber seal that perfectly matches the seat base upon closure

Tomorrow i'm going to get my mates tig welder out as mine is knackered and have a go at the A frame,it cant be that difficult!!

Jizm · 13 October 2009, 21:44

Looks excellent matt

Gonna try and squeeze it in your garage?

matt h · 13 October 2009, 21:47

Jizm

Thank for that, it just goes in, 1 inch to spare length wise.... to rig it,Its coming out,engine now bolted on but Im to pissed to continue thumbs:

J S · 13 October 2009, 22:20

Looking Good

James

Knot Yet · 14 October 2009, 06:51

Hi Matt - hope the heads okay this morning

Your new toy looks utterly cracking - I'm still living with the excitement of my first ever RIB - can't imagine what it must feel ike to actually see your own one built from scratch - fantastic

Looking forward to seeing the first "afloat" pictures

Jxx

Mollers · 14 October 2009, 06:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt h

I was looking at their new seat construction, they have now changed from the old wooden base to a purpose made plastic unit with a new foam insert,it never rots!!

underneath the seat now has a heavy duty rubber seal that perfectly matches the seat base upon closure

Simple and sensible, why aren't all manufacturers doing it?

matt h · 17 October 2009, 18:05

cheers for that!
some more pics,
From the seated position, all the gadgets are easily readable and 4 carling switches with in reach check out the small funky deck lights

tomorrows job, wire it all up!!

JSP · 17 October 2009, 18:07

WoW! You've got it mate. Nice one!! Looking rather good

matt h · 17 October 2009, 21:09

cheers John, pleased with the results, im hoping to get it on the water midweek ready for the lundy trip if the weather holds out

JSP · 17 October 2009, 21:14

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Originally Posted by matt h

cheers John, pleased with the results, im hoping to get it on the water midweek ready for the lundy trip if the weather holds out

Looks like your almost there! Still got the Christmas morning feeling?

tom's · 17 October 2009, 21:28

Great boat Matt h.
Where your deck light come from??? Have you a reference?
Thanks.

matt h · 17 October 2009, 21:53

cheers for that ...I Got them from Ribcraft, they had 4 left,

matt h · 26 October 2009, 08:08

Its finished!!
Took it to Hythe and saturday was blowing a force 7 so was perfect to test out a new Rib,

Really Really pleased with the results, conditions were exceptionally lumpy and it loved it, headed out to Hurst castle and the Needles to find some really bad stuff,

with a 06 Yamaha 90 and a 13 x 19 pitch prop it gave me 41 knots, a 55 litre in built fuel tank which actually took 70 litres which was a nice suprise gave me 0.8 litres per N mile in rough conditions,

JSP · 26 October 2009, 08:20

Those are good figures mate! Looks really smart too. That A frame looks great!

What does Mrs H think of it?

matt h · 26 October 2009, 08:36

um she was not so excited about the weather!! i was tho!!

Knot Yet · 26 October 2009, 08:45

Well done Matt - lovely looking RIB and sounds like it was a good day for a test run

Look forward to seeing it in person

J