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03 July 2005, 22:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: London
Make: Larson
Length: 7m +
Engine: Volvo D4 260hp DP
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Could this be the perfect RIB?
Was out and about today and saw this fantastic RIB, I took a couple of pictures but have blanked out the face of the skipper as I don't know who it is and it would not be right, but here is the boat, any views on one of these before I go and make more enquiries about them, it certainly looks the part
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03 July 2005, 22:09
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peteb
Was out and about today and saw this fantastic RIB, I took a couple of pictures but have blanked out the face of the skipper as I don't know who it is and it would not be right, but here is the boat, any views on one of these before I go and make more enquiries about them, it certainly looks the part
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This rib is a Parker 900 Baltic and belongs to our ex-Distributor David Butler
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03 July 2005, 22:16
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Country: UK - England
Town: London
Make: Larson
Length: 7m +
Engine: Volvo D4 260hp DP
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Thanks, so who would be the distributor now and why is David an ex. any problems with those boats? It looked very sturdy and had a no nonsence look to it.
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03 July 2005, 22:28
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset
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Is David Butler not 'David B' that got banned from ribnet or am i imagining it!
Alex
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03 July 2005, 22:29
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Town: West Sussex
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peteb
Thanks, so who would be the distributor now and why is David an ex. any problems with those boats? It looked very sturdy and had a no nonsence look to it.
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The rib is a stunning piece of kit. No problems at all. The engine is the latest Cummins Mercruiser 320 HP linked to the Bravo 3 drive. Navigation equipment is the C120 from Raymarine
The Baltic hull has proven to be a great success and during the week will post pictures of our latest Parker 900 Baltic c/w twin Verado 275 and the latest Neptune console
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03 July 2005, 22:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: London
Make: Larson
Length: 7m +
Engine: Volvo D4 260hp DP
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Just looked at the .pl website and saw the same boat in the advert, certainly some interesting configurations on there. What would be the weight of a 900 with a trailer? if you could tow it that is.
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03 July 2005, 22:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peteb
Just looked at the .pl website and saw the same boat in the advert, certainly some interesting configurations on there. What would be the weight of a 900 with a trailer? if you could tow it that is.
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The rib has a 3.12 mtr beam so for towing you need to deflate the tubes. It was towed to the UK behind a lightweight truck so no ordinary 4 x 4 can do the job
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03 July 2005, 23:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: London
Make: Larson
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I think I have the perfect and most powerful 4x4 to do the job just needed to know the weight, thanks
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03 July 2005, 23:16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peteb
I think I have the perfect and most powerful 4x4 to do the job just needed to know the weight, thanks
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Will post information tomorrow cos not so sure at the moment
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04 July 2005, 11:22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peteb
I think I have the perfect and most powerful 4x4 to do the job just needed to know the weight, thanks
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The total weight of the rib as shown on the above photos is 2520kg
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04 July 2005, 11:38
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Country: UK - England
Town: London
Make: Larson
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No problem for my 'beast' to pull, I am going to make enquiries on the cost of a trailer just for info. I am lurking on the edge of going RIB, but still can't understand the oddballs that own them I must be missing something in life but as they saying goes 'if you can't beat them join them'
I just need 5 good reasons why a RIB is better than my fantastic speedy hard boat (err..to justify the purchase to my wife )
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04 July 2005, 12:04
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Country: UK - England
Town: suffolk
Boat name: (Relief) & Blob Mk4
Make: Avon/ILC & Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 40hp/10hp Mariner
Join Date: Nov 2004
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1. Its softer for when the missus drives at the quay
2. Its softer for when you accidentally bump the quay
3. Its softer for when your "mate" takes it straight at the quay
4. Its easier to get your missuses hand bag back over the side if she drops it overboard.
5. It just looks so much cooler than a hard boat...
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05 July 2005, 08:09
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Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Boat name: Platypus
Make: Parker 630
Length: 6m +
Engine: 1.7 Mercruiser DTI
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 130
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Fyi
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05 July 2005, 12:14
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Country: Canada
Town: Newfoundland
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Blimey!
Blimey, 'Emmigration forces sale'! Dont tell me that David B, once banned from rib.net felt that he no longer could stay in the country and had to leave!
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05 July 2005, 22:35
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Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Boat name: wizzard
Make: REDBAY
Length: 7m +
Engine: 225 optimax
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 835
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Bravo Three, have you gone above 300 hp in previous builds when coupling to a Bravo Three, I am of the opinion that with diesels, anything above 300hp and Bravo Threes arnt able for the torque the diesel unit developes.
I am just wondering have you had any failures with the Cummins Diesels 320 s and Bravo Three, legs , so far.
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06 July 2005, 02:52
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Member
Country: Australia
Town: Sydney
Make: Gemini
Length: 5.05
Engine: 85hp Yamaha
Join Date: Jun 2003
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i'm sorry - but the ad says
Build cost £650000 plus vat only 10 hours running must sell hence absolute sacrifice .
can this be right? does he mean 65,000 perchance?
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06 July 2005, 09:52
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: London
Make: Larson
Length: 7m +
Engine: Volvo D4 260hp DP
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The blue light on the radar arch looks interesting Would it be illegal to blast around with that on, its not a road?
This boat looks stunning in real life, but the colours are a bit commercial and it would be nice to have a cuddy type enclosure to sit in out of the wind to make a cup of tea
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