New Scorpion

Julian · 13 March 2003, 10:00

How nice is this ??

dgpw · 13 March 2003, 10:12

is what I can't see anything!

Alan · 13 March 2003, 10:17

Ahh well thats cos its the new Scorpion "Stealth" RIB!

Julian · 13 March 2003, 10:22

Sorry chaps I cant upload the pics from here, Can anyone do it for me if i e-mail the picture to you.

Richard B · 13 March 2003, 11:03

Even better, Julian, send me the RIB! I promisse to photograph it and post the picture

Alan · 13 March 2003, 11:25

Presume this is the new 10m Open?

Alan · 13 March 2003, 11:27

Looks v stylish. Not sure how the radar arch would stand up to the rough stuff but then this boat probably aint gonna be out in the rough stuff is it?

Andy · 13 March 2003, 11:28

Once RIBs where hard work boats, rough and ready .......

What have they become!

Julian · 13 March 2003, 11:43

Its one hell of a nice looking boat, The performance is very good as well, faster than the new cabin boat and sea keeping is excellent as is the cabin rib.

Not sure how much this one cost but i imagine it was £120k +

stuart hedges · 13 March 2003, 16:52

I saw it when it was being built at Hven Boatyard. It is stunning. Talking to one of the chaps at Scorpion and I think he said it was over £160 k. It did look worth it though. Im sure it had twin 440 Yanmars with a pulsdrive unit on the back. It was shipped off to go on a superyacht I think

matiboy · 13 March 2003, 17:58

I take my hat off to the company

if they can sell it for 160 K they deserve to be knighted cos that must have the smallest, most niche, limited market there ever was

stuart hedges · 13 March 2003, 22:12

I know what you mean altough they probably don't intend to sell thousands and they are usually sold for tenders in superyachts. Thats what the first 2 were sold for.

I also reckon if you added up everything the boat has got and the work that is put into it that 160k isn't bad (well justified).

Charles · 14 March 2003, 08:39

A lively debate ensued on another thread pertaining to the price of ribs. In many cases, and this particular rib proves my point, it is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it. If you want a Scorpion, Revenger, or any one of the other more 'expensive' ribs you are just going to have to pay for it. It is an entirely different market to the 'workhorse' ribs like Humber, Tornado etc.
Its your money and you can buy whatever you can afford (or not)!

Absolutely stunning craft though - wish I had a couple of those turbine engine's posted on another thread, in a 10m open Scorpion. One can but only dream!

Julian · 14 March 2003, 11:53

Good idea charles

A 10mtr scorpion with 4 gas turbines on the back, that should be quite quick, Probably scare you to death.

Julian

TIM · 14 March 2003, 13:30

I think Gas Turbines are the where the future is in fast motor baots, Ribs OR Hard boats,

They are are very efficent, and have exelent power/ weight ratio, Mercruser are have been working on a prototype in Germany for about 3 years now, and the indications are that they will be fitting them to production boats in the next 5yrs........

Dirk Diggler · 18 March 2003, 10:12

Heard a rumour this morning that the new 10 metre Scorpion with a pair ot 420 (?) hp Yanmars on Pulsedrive isn't performing too well. It seems it is not only down on predicted speed, ie slower than the 10 m cabin boat with 2x 300hp, but that the pulsedrive is proving to be pretty crappy. It seems the rudder fell off whilst underway, and it's having bearing failures.

Now this is only a rumour, and I have been wrong before!

stuart hedges · 18 March 2003, 10:27

i THINK THEY WERE SLIGHTLY WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE PULSEDRIVE WOULD PERFORM ANYWAY.

Dirk Diggler · 18 March 2003, 10:29

Hey, no need to shout. If they had spoken to Revenger they would have known that the pulsedrive is not very good.

Dirk Diggler · 18 March 2003, 10:40

Maybe they should have gone with a more conventional drive such as the B Max.

Julian · 18 March 2003, 10:49

I believe that it was the customers preference to have the drives put on and not Scorpions. Boat builders do what customers want etc.

Julian