What kind of RIB is this?

zip · 22 August 2013, 04:05

4 Yamaha 300s?

This thing must be big, fast, and expensive.

ncp · 22 August 2013, 05:37

Google it. I want to say it's designed locally (Newport Beach, CA) and built in New Zealand by the skippers brother. There are YouTube videos on it.

butty · 22 August 2013, 07:36

From what I have read that boat was custom built for Emirates Team New Zealand, they designed it in house too....

One of the other team, Artimis has a couple of 40 foot yellowfins, very nice boats....

zip · 22 August 2013, 12:42

pretty boat.

zip · 22 August 2013, 12:43

Here is another monster.

ncp · 22 August 2013, 14:24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP79...e_gdata_player

clloyd · 22 August 2013, 16:18

Morelli and Melvin are famous sailing catamaran designers.

For example one of their monster round-world record breaker cats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ53CxBUj68

You can believe that rib wasn't cheap. Awesome boat.

jyasaki · 22 August 2013, 16:25

Re: The original pic: You'd think that all that spending would have included a boarding ladder...

jky

ncp · 22 August 2013, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by clloyd

Morelli and Melvin are famous sailing catamaran designers.

For example one of their monster round-world record breaker cats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ53CxBUj68

You can believe that rib wasn't cheap. Awesome boat.

Wasn't their claim to fame Dennis O'Connors America's Cup cat?

Bigtalljv · 22 August 2013, 19:03

so at that scale what does the inflatable part get you other than a nice fender all around?

ncp · 22 August 2013, 19:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by clloyd

Morelli and Melvin are famous sailing catamaran designers.

For example one of their monster round-world record breaker cats

In that video, I love how they're flying along at that speed and the sail is reefed!

clloyd · 22 August 2013, 22:36

Exactly, it's a nice fender. This goes back a long way in Americas cup history because the ribs always tied up to the AC cup boats and moved them out to the race course (no engines on boat the raceboats). Hence the need for a big fender.

Before ribs they used Hatteras' and such in the 70's and before that some gorgeous wooden classic powerboats.

OUTSIDE IMAGES NAUTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY | Vintage America's Cup | N662

Bigtalljv · 22 August 2013, 22:46

the 12m boats sure were pretty....

limeydal · 02 September 2013, 19:20

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Originally Posted by zip

pretty boat.

Have been on the smaller ETNZ ribs here in San Diego for the Ac45 races.
(But not quite the monster shown above! )

jyasaki · 03 September 2013, 17:37

Limeydal;

Wasn't there some kind of tall ship event this past weekend down your way (first weekend of Sept)?

Did you get out for pics?

jky

ncp · 03 September 2013, 18:22

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Originally Posted by jyasaki

Wasn't there some kind of tall ship event this past weekend down your way (first weekend of Sept)?

I was out on Sunday and didn't see anything.

jyasaki · 04 September 2013, 16:59

Thought I read that somewhere. Might be wrong. Thanks, NCP.

jky

ncp · 05 September 2013, 04:16

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Originally Posted by jyasaki

Wasn't there some kind of tall ship event this past weekend down your way (first weekend of Sept)?

Dana Point this weekend?
Toshiba Tall Ships Festival in Dana Point

jyasaki · 07 September 2013, 23:06

Page doesn't seem to want to load, but that sounds about right. Thanks, ncp.

jky

atypicalguy · 18 September 2013, 06:08

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Originally Posted by zip

4 Yamaha 300s?

This thing must be big, fast, and expensive.

Salthouse boats Morelli and melvin 50' power cat tender for Americas cup AC 72. Sailboat goes pretty quick; tender has to potentially right the cat. My buddy says they have come close to pitchpoling this RIB trying to keep up with the sailboat.