Looking for our first rib- Opinions Please

[JSP]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

76 litre3s would be about an hour at full pop or maybe 2 and a bit hour cruising. you'd be lucky to see 60 miles that is presuming it's a 2 stroke the 4 stroke would be more frugal

76 litres an hour I don't know how you lot with these engines do it!

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

76 litre3s would be about an hour at full pop or maybe 2 and a bit hour cruising. you'd be lucky to see 60 miles that is presuming it's a 2 stroke the 4 stroke would be more frugal

Rogue - Are you talking about the 130HP honda on the link he posted (which refers to the 76 L tank) ? It is a 4 stroke - so I would have thought at wide open throttle you would be looking at closer to 40 L/hr - so should get closer to 2 hours at full throttle, and more at cruising speed (probably about 3 hours).

[Rogue Wave]

I didn't see the link I thought the tank was on the Ribeye. Most four strokes get thirsty at the top end of the power band so I don't think you'd see anything las small as 40lph at WOT. I do accept that cruising speeds are significantly more frugal.

The Honda 130 has an awful power to weight ratio. It weighs close to a quater of a Tonne and only produces about 115 at the prop. That boat seems very dear to me and it's going to be stern heavy

[timw]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

For 15k you could buy a proper rib.

Would you kindly post your definition of a "proper rib" and describe in detail why a Ribeye does not meet your criteria?

Thankyou

[Tim M]

That Ribtec looks more like a 6.5 than a 585...

Heres some other ideas from me:
http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/TWR148
Oldish engine but its cheap enough, plus its a great boat. With the money you save you could potentially sell that engine and put another (used) opti or something on in due course. Edit: something like this: http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/KWM518

http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/JBT398
Just on budget. Very well made boat with lots of extras.

http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/GCM073
Probably not ideal for what you want but I want that boat!

http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/BEM453
Bit over but lots of boat for the money. Looks quite pretty too