5m RIB for diving - lots of questions!

[Zan]

Thanks Gordy, that's good to know. I'll keep an eye out for next season, and hopefully get something nice to scooch around the islands in

[Zan]

Hey all,
I'm back on here again, fully married and ready to start looking seriously at buying a RIB I don't think the specs of what we want have changed much from the start of the thread, but essentially we are looking at:

5m boat (probably destroyer-type or similar) with engine and trailer
Capable of taking max 4 divers
Budget is about £5k (give or take a little depending on what electronics are included)

If anyone knows of any boats roughly fitting this spec that are in decent nick and ideally close-ish to Glasgow, please give me a shout. I'm looking to get something over the winter ready for next year so there's no mega rush. I'd rather get a decent boat than the first one that appears!

Zan

[davej]

I have a Tornado 5mtr that will just about fit 4 divers and kit at a pinch and with its 60hp 2s its on the margins of what is acceptable in terms of power with that load. When I repower my ideal OB would be a yam 90hp 2S but its about getting one, as they stopped selling them new a couple of years ago in the EU and I noticed on the US yam web site that they appear to not list them any more so a personal import seems to be off.

Regarding the rig, having one under 750kgs does mean its not a legal requirement to have brakes, which makes the whole thing alot easier to maintain, change the bearings etc.

good luck

Davej

[Zan]

Morning,

Cheers for that - I think a 5m boat with that sort of engine would be pretty ideal for me. If I need to go further out for dive trips we can either just take 2 + cox or cut back the kit a little if need be. A lot of this boat use would be for sea-jaunts around teh west coast isles with a bit if wild camping thrown in with just 2 of us on board anyway so I think we should be ok with that sort of size. At least until I could afford a bigger engine!

Zan