suitable sib for motorhome

[tigertattersall]

Hi i,ve sold my cruiser and bought a motorhome. I had a yam 380 +20 mariner when i had a caravan but found the rig + engine too heavy Has anyone got a set up ,i fancy the honda honwave ,btw i,ve got myself and 2 teen boys and fancy touring the coast and rivers .

[codprawn]

I have a Quicksilver 310 with a suzuki 15hp - its great but would rather a 18hp Tohatsu 2 stroke - even lighter.

Whatever you get you must fit transom launching wheels - the ones with big inflatable tyres - makes all the difference!!!

[shirehorse]

I have an Avon 3.4 rib light with a honda 15hp this is very fast manouvarable and easy to store. I carry the boat on the bike rack at the back and the engine in the garage,but i agree 100% get the transom wheels they make launching and recovery a breeze.

[Nos4r2]

We can get our 3.4m sib on the water from the bags within 15 minutes if we get a move on with it. Wheels would be a help though.

[John Kennett]

Perhaps we should organise a RIBnet SIB assembling race sometime!

John

[Jono]

What's the payload on your Camper?

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

Perhaps we should organise a RIBnet SIB assembling race sometime!

John

You really don't want to hear some of the language involved in getting the Zodiac floor in

[John Kennett]

I always found getting the floor out to be the difficult bit, and I still have the scars. Hence the wobbly floor on the current SIB!

John

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

I always found getting the floor out to be the difficult bit, and I still have the scars. Hence the wobbly floor on the current SIB!

John

Ditto. I didn't say it was quick to pack away

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by tigertattersall

Hi i,ve sold my cruiser and bought a motorhome. I had a yam 380 +20 mariner when i had a caravan but found the rig + engine too heavy Has anyone got a set up ,i fancy the honda honwave ,btw i,ve got myself and 2 teen boys and fancy touring the coast and rivers .

snap situation, we had a cruiser and a caravan but chopped in for a motorhome and rib, which motorhome did you get?

we have a quicksilver 3.4m airdeck, so no wood, which is around 34 kg and a yam 15 which is around 34kg

i found the 380's seemed to be too bulky and heavy

the 340 is probably around the most compact i have seen, the honwaves are made lovely but seem to fold down still a bit big. i also find the 15hp just managable for lugging around

luckily the motorhome has a garage so everything just shoves in there, and to answer jonos question incase he asks the payload is 1250 kg

[prairie tuber]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

Perhaps we should organise a RIBnet SIB assembling race sometime!

John

I think I'd be the clear loser in that event.

[shirehorse]

I can have the avon riblight ready to go in six minutes you just unzip the bag pump up the two sides and put the engine on,not a single blue word.

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by shirehorse

avon riblight

Is that an Avon Rover Lite? In which case it's cheating because it's a RIB not a SIB

How small does it pack down? I'd guess that the hull needs to go on top of a car rather than in it?

John

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by tigertattersall

bought a motorhome..... I've got myself and 2 teen boys.......

I would fit a tow bar and buy one of these thats got to be a pretty good "bang for buck"

Pete

[shirehorse]

No John it is a rib lite yes it is abit of a cheat but only just, it does have a fibre glass bottom with a folding transom so folds down to less than 2 metres.I sit it on the bike rack at the back of my motorhome.

[tigertattersall]

hi payload is 450 kg , i found the boards on the yam to be as heavy as the boat itself and the mariner 20 too heavy on my own the camper is a eldis autostratas 200 with a boxer base hdi 2.0 d engine

[Nos4r2]

Would the engine be managable with a small sack truck?