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22 November 2011, 22:16
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dereham
Boat name: Alexandro
Make: I'd love to know
Length: 7m +
Engine: optimax 225hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Is this a Humber
Hi all can anyone help me identify the make and model of this RIB.
I bought it as a Humber but now i'm not sure.
It seems a bit unusual how far the hull goes up the tubes.
Also on the underside of the hull it has two removable panels on each side, each about 2 feet long and secured with countersunk Allen screws 40mm or so round the perimeter.
It is just under 7m with a beam of 2.6m and the tubes are approx. 500mm.
it has four valves 2 side by side in the middle on each side and one at the front on the port side as can be seen in the photo by the fender.
Also as you can see the tubes are a little bit faded on top. However the underside is in perfect condition and it holds air perfectly, as an alternative to a re-tube do you think it will be fine to just recover the top with some new hypalon and if so at what sort of pressure should the tubes be while the new material is glued.
All help/comments gratefully appreciated.
PS. It went really well till the engine started playing up
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22 November 2011, 22:50
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Country: UK - N Ireland
Town: Belfast
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 140 4/stroke
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 181
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love the tow car!
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22 November 2011, 23:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: Northumberland
Boat name: Dr Doof
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Engine: Mercury 125hp
MMSI: 235082981
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 297
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Don't know what make it is but it doesn't look like a Humber to me.
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23 November 2011, 01:05
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Make: avon adventure 4.5
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50hp e-tec
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 307
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Originally Posted by parm
love the tow car!
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Me too, especially the L plate!
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23 November 2011, 08:42
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dereham
Boat name: Alexandro
Make: I'd love to know
Length: 7m +
Engine: optimax 225hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 63
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yes its the new movie "inbetweeners go to Amsterdam"
seriously though it is just parked there and doesn't even have a tow bar. but in sure you guessed that.
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23 November 2011, 09:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmouth
Boat name: TIDEL III
Make: AVON SEARIDER
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 823
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i would be a bit wary of covering the top of the tubes if the white areas on the tube are the weave showing as this may now be very weak ,i have had a few customers put there knees through tubes when in this condition !! it is only worth covering if you can be sure that all patches will be bonded to at least 50mm of good fabric around there perimiters .i would put patches on with the tubes at a low pressure .
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23 November 2011, 09:07
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Country: UK - England
Town: Up Norf
Make: Avon SR4,Tremlett 23
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yam 55, Volvo 200
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Thats the "humber" off ebay aint it?
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23 November 2011, 09:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dereham
Boat name: Alexandro
Make: I'd love to know
Length: 7m +
Engine: optimax 225hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 63
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Originally Posted by chewy
Thats the "humber" off ebay aint it?
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One in the same,
had it out on the North Norfolk coast on a bit of chop and it goes well, and was very stable.
but the million dollar question is it a Humber?
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23 November 2011, 10:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dereham
Boat name: Alexandro
Make: I'd love to know
Length: 7m +
Engine: optimax 225hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 63
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thanks for the advise Paul, I think I should be ok then as I'm looking to go all the way round from the rubbing strake to where the tube meets the hull and down the entire lenght.
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23 November 2011, 11:37
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,671
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My "knee jerk" reaction is that it isn't a humber, but my Humber has a Delta plate on it - Humber sold them the bare hulls to fit out before they started making their own so assuming there was a modicum of truth in the ad.....
Welcome to the "clamshell club" by the way! 
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24 November 2011, 21:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Up Norf
Make: Avon SR4,Tremlett 23
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yam 55, Volvo 200
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 5,217
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I've never seen a Humber that looks like that.
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25 November 2011, 09:00
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hull, East Yorkshire
Length: no boat
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 7
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Definitely not a Humber
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25 November 2011, 12:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: Northampton
Make: RibTec
Length: 5m +
Engine: Outbaord mariner 75
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 506
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I would get it retubed. My tubes went like that, they were fine untill i put my knee straight through them.
Thank god it was on the trailer and not out in the rough as we were 20 mins before they went.
all the baffels for the chambers went when the tube tore open.
retube them.
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25 November 2011, 20:03
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,238
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Doesn't look like any Humber hull I've seen.
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