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02 February 2010, 12:57
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Boat name: Orca
Make: Humber Ocean Pro 5.5
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Favourite RIB colours
Ok what would be your choice for hull and tube colours?
The white hull and blue tube combo seems popular these days. Is white the best hull colour? Scratches won't show up as easily on white, is it a bu**er to keep clean?. Personally I like the look of black hull/yellow tubes but how would a black hull stand up to sratches? Still nowt wrong with orange on orange though, very visible.
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02 February 2010, 13:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: no name yet
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Originally Posted by Mr Flibble
Ok what would be your choice for hull and tube colours?
The white hull and blue tube combo seems popular these days. Is white the best hull colour? Scratches won't show up as easily on white, is it a bu**er to keep clean?. Personally I like the look of black hull/yellow tubes but how would a black hull stand up to sratches? Still nowt wrong with orange on orange though, very visible.
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Me I would like pure orange hull and tubes with black fendering and tube wear pads.
Orange inside and and fittings.
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02 February 2010, 14:59
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
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Well I have a black and yellow Ribcraft and I like it fine. Yellow hull with yellow tubes with black extras! yea you get the ood scrap but I still like. My three year old g/daughter calls it her big bumble bee!!
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02 February 2010, 15:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
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Grey/black. Are there any other colours? 
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02 February 2010, 16:38
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Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
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Orange hull, Grey or orange toobs, black strakes.
If it looks industrial to begin with, the scratches will look like they're meant to be there! 
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02 February 2010, 19:23
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Country: UK - Isle of Man
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I went for all yellow (hull, interior and tubes) with grey trim and upholstry. Looked good and I reckoned easy for SAR Helos to see, even when inverted!!
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02 February 2010, 19:46
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portland, Dorset
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Orange & grey of course ! Alhough I met a beautiful turquiose / green one in Guernsey.
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02 February 2010, 19:50
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Country: Netherlands
Town: Assendelft
Boat name: Raptor
Make: Osprey xr20
Length: 6m +
Engine: Merc Opti 150HP
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Black hull / black tubes
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02 February 2010, 20:11
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portland, Dorset
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
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I got a bit scared then - read your occupation and town the wrong way round and thought your occupation was 'Assassin', which would explain the colour choice ! 
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02 February 2010, 20:18
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mollers
Grey/black. Are there any other colours? |
Still haven't got yourself a colour monitor yet?
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02 February 2010, 20:20
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Edinburgh
Boat name: Orca
Make: Zodiac Pro
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mariner
Join Date: Sep 2005
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White hull... red tubes.....if anything ever went wrong (not yet!), I hope it'd spotted easily!
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02 February 2010, 20:29
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: west mids /tywyn
Boat name: HAWK
Make: RIBCRAFT/ Suzuki 250
Length: 7m +
Engine: Tohatsu 3.8/15hpsuzi
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Quote:
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Grey/black. Are there any other colours? |
white/black
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02 February 2010, 20:33
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portland, Dorset
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Downhilldai
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Does that make the Waterways license cheaper ?
Sorry... really shouldn't be old enough to have jokes that c**p.. :-)
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02 February 2010, 20:40
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Length: 4m +
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Originally Posted by Shaz
Sorry... really shouldn't be old enough to have jokes that c**p.. :-)
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Don't apologise - Mollers remembers Romper-Room & nice cup of hot cocoa!
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02 February 2010, 21:00
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Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
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Close, but no cigar. 
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03 February 2010, 22:36
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Stornoway
Make: Scorpion 8.1 mk2
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yamaha F300
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Blue Toobs, Yellow GRP...But i would say that 
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03 February 2010, 23:03
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Country: Australia
Town: Melbourne
Make: Vipermax
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki DF140
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White hull, light grey tubes, dark grey patches.
For the serious leisure user!
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04 February 2010, 08:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
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Yellow and black seem to be a recurring theme with us, although blue and white and black and white seem to be very popular.
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When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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31 May 2010, 20:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: south devon
Make: humber+flatacraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: mercury 60hp+15hp
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Rib colours
Just finished painting mine,yellow chosen by the boss 'cos she didn't like the all orange rescue boat look.I wasn't sure at first but after two days it's starting to grow on me.Very pleased with the result.All white interior.
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31 May 2010, 20:45
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Country: UK - England
Town: south devon
Make: humber+flatacraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: mercury 60hp+15hp
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Rib colours
Sanding that lovely shiny gelcoat,aaahhh what have I done?
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