Is this a searider?

[donutsina911]

http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/SIM721

Bloke on the phone said it is, not sure myself..anyone confirm either way before I go and have a look..

[r mcdonald]

Looking at the photo it does not look like a searider to me.
The varnished deck and transom does not look right.
I think it is a standard inflatable WITHOUT the rigid hull.

See if they will email a photo of the hull. That should confirm what it is.

regards
rpm

[m chappelow]

Dont think its a searider, looking here at an old avon 1990 brochure it looks to me like an avon supersport .typhoon s.i.b. i thought sea riders were r.i.b.s.

[Nasher]

Just called and was told its not a RIB, but it is a searider.

The guy is insistant that Avon made two types of Seariders, RIBs and Non-RIBs.

Almost as bad as all the Ebay SIBs that are called RIBs, but you'd expect more from a dealer.

Nasher

[Andy JC]

Saw that one myself weeks a go when on the lookout for one and established very quickly that it was definitely NOT a Searider. Very misleading, as you say Nasher, especially for a dealer

[m chappelow]

having a look at my old brochure it says that sea riders are the grp rigid hull ones

[matt h]

looks like a Avon Supersport, with an inflatable keel, basically a Large Sib, but it aint a SEARIDER!!

[donutsina911]

thanks for that Nasher, same conversation I had with them...saved me a wasted trip to newhaven anyway

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Nasher

Just called and was told its not a RIB, but it is a searider.

The guy is insistant that Avon made two types of Seariders, RIBs and Non-RIBs.

Almost as bad as all the Ebay SIBs that are called RIBs, but you'd expect more from a dealer.

Nasher

Good reason to avoid him I guess.

[Downhilldai]

Definitely a 4m Supersport SIB - rated to 40hp. Decent boat, but a bit 'neither here nor there' - lacks the portability advantages of a SIB and the rough water capability of a RIB.