This is a new name to me, but there's a story in the Maritime Journal about them winning up to $47m worth of orders for RIBs for the US Navy. I guess we'll be seeing a few of these on the surplus market in a decade or so!
They are a very well know company in the US for Military boats. They have just added RIB's to their offering and they contracted with Aluminum RIBS (Rigid Inflatable Boat) | Aluminum Boat Plans & Designs by Specmar for the designs. So any one can buy the plans for the RIBS, nothing special and a rather shallow entry i would assume the boats would not handle very well at all.
I thought they made the Willard aluminum 730 too since Willard doesn't make those hulls in house.
EDIT: Ooops Metal Craft versus Metal Shark....
http://metalcraftmarine.com/html/rib.html
"In 2000 MetalCraft designed and built, in conjunction with our US partner Willard Marine, the first ever USN 7M Standard Navy RIB in Aluminum/FRP hybrid construction. The boat met all of its design parameters and reached 56 MPH with inboard diesel/outdrives by Mercury Marine."
nothing special and a rather shallow entry i would assume the boats would not handle very well at all.
Not too sure about this new 7 meter, but SpecMar lofted my 34 footer and it rides like a 50 footer...hands down the most comfortable RIB I've been on in rough weather...
If you look on the link that you posted at the "10.5 METER RIB (1322)"...that's my boat...
