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11 September 2009, 21:15
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Southampton Boat Show 2009
Well the weather was certainly kind today at Southampton - who wouldn't want to buy a boat when it's as sunny as this! As usual there was a mixture of the familiar and the unusual on show. Let's start with something newish . . .
1 Navatek prototype military RIB, built by ICE Marine using Lorne Campbell designed hull
2 Ullman bucket seats
3 Massive bow - you'd have to try very hard to sruff this!
4 Yes, that's triple 350 Verados!
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11 September 2009, 21:19
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Goldfish were there with their 29ft "RIB tender" and this 36ft race boat
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11 September 2009, 21:25
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Back to the warry-looking boats for a moment, with this Stormforce 1050 featuring some very substantial new suspension seats from Scotseats, and a couple of 300hp outboards.
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11 September 2009, 21:41
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Scorpion were there with two of their new 4 model "off the shelf" range - Sport (6.5m, Suzuki 140), Serket (8.5m, twin 200 Verado), Selene (9.75m, Yanmar 315 diesel), Sting (10m cabin RIB, twin Yanmar 315 diesels). With the Sport coming out at a shade under £50k it may be less expensive than previous Scorpions but it's still a pretty hefty entry level!
1 Newly relaunched 6.5m Sport
2 Super-stylish console on 8.5m Serket
3 Bolster helm seat featuring aft-facing bench seat
4 Probably about as much as most of us could afford!
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11 September 2009, 21:49
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RIBcraft were there in force, with boats all over the place (and more on the way too!).
The black and yellow 5.3 with carbon fibre console is for sale if anyone's interested.
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11 September 2009, 21:55
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Asis were there with a 5.25m Mamba and their 8m Elite. Based in Northern Ireland, but built in Dubai!
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11 September 2009, 21:58
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Rib-X had two stands, one for their regular range and the other for their "Exige" custom yacht tenders.
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11 September 2009, 22:06
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The Zar RIBs don't seem quite so strange now that they've been around for a few years. Jimbo was driving a 5.3 on the Try-a-boat feature, and there was a 75 Plus on show in the marina. There's also a 9.7 on the way (but not in the UK yet), which manages to fit in a 4-berth cabin!
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11 September 2009, 22:17
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And a few more to finish with:
1 Ribquest looking smart
2 Ribshack shared ownership, now with Cobras as well as Ribeye
3 Superyacht-style Humber
4 Sealegs 6.1m and 7.1m
5 Valiant and Quicksilver representing the more realistic end of the market!
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11 September 2009, 22:31
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Thanks John, really wanted to go this year so good to see these photos'. You haven't by any chance got a shot of the bow (from the outside) of the one built by ICE have you?
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11 September 2009, 23:08
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I have
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11 September 2009, 23:57
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It's Moby dick! I thought it looked a strange shape from the photos' of the inside. What a great looking hull.
Thanks Dirk! 
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12 September 2009, 10:57
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Thanks for the report John, looks like you had a Fab day. Did you get a chance of some demo's?
I might well go at the end of nest week. Friday perhaps!
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14 September 2009, 07:32
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Nice tubes on the navatek .i will try and get more photos put up on my web site
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14 September 2009, 08:50
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Don't know why but I could look at that hull all day. Looks a great RIB!
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14 September 2009, 14:28
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more pictures at www.tidel.biz gallery
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14 September 2009, 15:24
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Nice job Paul
I saw the boat at the show yesterday.
Those tubes are tapered, and shaped in more than one plane.
Must have been a bugger to get right.
Nasher
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14 September 2009, 17:50
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I went along today and had a mooch about... my wife an I were very tempted by the Fletcher range of boats (not RIBs), but over lunch we decided and agreed that in fact a RIB is so much more practical.
It surprised us how cheap motor boats are when compared to RIBs.
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14 September 2009, 20:44
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The twin honda engined Ribcraft is the new RYA event support boat based on the hamble, again with blue lights! 
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15 September 2009, 08:24
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Nasher thanks for the comments on the tubes ,we were supplied with some good info and they were surprisingly easy to make without the aid of computer templating ,very time consuming but all in all a very good looking workboat
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