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02 July 2022, 20:55
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Country: Italy
Town: Huachuca City
Join Date: Jul 2022
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New to RIB but very scared!
Hi all, I am 45 and tomorrow my hubby and I are invited to travel to some nearby islands. We are actually considering buying one, so tomorrow is testing day-to get a feel so to say-but I am terrified and thinking to call it off.
Reasons? I guess it's part fear of the unknown along with my other types of anxiety.
1) I don't know how to swim! I will be wearing a life saver or a life vest and thinking of wearing even some inflatable arm thingies as well. I will look ridiculous, but at least safe if something bad happens.
2) I am worried about being seasick. I was puking from motion sickness as a kid but haven't puked anymore but since then take pills when flying or taking a ferry or boat. I have been OK on a hydrofoil with waves up to 1.60 meters (although I freaked out) but I fear with a RIB being lower I may suffer more!
It doesn't help that tomorrow the sea will be rough! 52 to 62 meter waves and winds of 29 kilometers an hour.
3) I am scared of dips like roller coaster rides (I don't even go on those for kids!) and from what I see, the RIB keeps bouncing up and down off the waves, and I worry this will bother me! How does that feel? Is like a merry go round? A bumpy road? Do they give you adrenaline rushes? I am scared of feeling that!
4) I am worried when they shut off the engines and my friends will go diving. I will be on the boat and it'll likely move a lot and I will feel helpless. As a child my mom used to put me on a swing and I would puke. So I think I have those bad memories that prevail as of today.
So lots of things! Doesn't help that I should keep stress levels low to due thyroid issues! What if all this stress causes me to feel sick in the middle of the sea?
I feel like going to make my hubby happy (he really loves boats!) and to overcome my fear, but just so many what ifs!!!!!!!!
I super appreciate all help I can get on this.
And if we do buy a RIB I would go out, but mostly when the sea is super flat and I know it wouldn't jump or move much!!
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02 July 2022, 21:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
MMSI: 235025718
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Can admin delete this dribble 
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02 July 2022, 22:17
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Country: Italy
Town: Huachuca City
Join Date: Jul 2022
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Originally Posted by mick
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So sorry, did I post somewhere wrong? I couldn't find a section where to post this? If so, please let me know and I 'll see if I can move this to another section.
Isn't this forum about RIBS? I am considering purchasing one.
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02 July 2022, 22:37
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Length: no boat
Join Date: Apr 2021
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexadry
Hi all, I am 45 and tomorrow my hubby and I are invited to travel to some nearby islands. We are actually considering buying one
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Sorry my dear....this is a boating forum and not an estates agents. Maybe try purple bricks.
Edit Sorry I Just read the rest of the message. 
But cant help as only got a sib, although some say to try ginger nuts.
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02 July 2022, 22:55
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Country: UK - England
Boat name: Redneck
Make: Excel
Length: 3m +
Engine: 20 efi & 9.8 2s
Join Date: Jul 2020
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexadry
Hi all, I am 45 and tomorrow my hubby and I are invited to travel to some nearby islands. We are actually considering buying one, so tomorrow is testing day-to get a feel so to say-but I am terrified and thinking to call it off.
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Which nearby islands are you going to on your friends RIB?
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02 July 2022, 23:01
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Country: Italy
Town: Huachuca City
Join Date: Jul 2022
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Originally Posted by Brinormeg
Sorry my dear....this is a boating forum and not an estates agents. Maybe try purple bricks.
Edit Sorry I Just read the rest of the message.
But cant help as only got a sib, although some say to try ginger nuts. |
OMG, LOL! I meant to say buy a RIB! See, this is what anxiety does to me, more proof I shouldn't go!
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02 July 2022, 23:02
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Country: Italy
Town: Huachuca City
Join Date: Jul 2022
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Originally Posted by Steve509926
Which nearby islands are you going to on your friends RIB?
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The Egadi Islands.
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02 July 2022, 23:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Boat name: Redneck
Make: Excel
Length: 3m +
Engine: 20 efi & 9.8 2s
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 3,500
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Originally Posted by Alexadry
The Egadi Islands.
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Egadi Islands in Italy are a long way from Arizona.
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02 July 2022, 23:37
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,178
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Originally Posted by Alexadry
..more proof I shouldn't go!
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Au contrare, you should go from whence you came.
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Rule#3: Tha' can't educate pork.
Rule#4: Don't feed the troll
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03 July 2022, 00:24
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Length: no boat
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 518
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve509926
Egadi Islands in Italy are a long way from Arizona.
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Yip ...I guess my ginger snaps might not be man enough for 62 meter waves traveling that distance!
My mom used to beat us with sticks, flush our heads down the toilet, then throw us in the field with the local farmers male cows!
Perhaps that’s why I suffer from severe anxiety and have complex phycological issues over bullshit and bullocks now
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03 July 2022, 00:24
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Country: Norway
Town: Kristiansand
Boat name: RIB
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Engine: N/A
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Not so sure you have thought #1 through. What if a hungry shark comes along while you are floating around in the open sea after the boat has crashed into a stray iceberg and you try to climb up onto the iceberg only to realise there is a hungry polarbear which also can not swim but did not consider putting on life vest and arm rings like you before his lump of ice decided to escape to warmer waters? Maybe you also should put on some iron armor, you know, just in case?..
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03 July 2022, 07:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 998
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Originally Posted by Alexadry
Hi all, I am 45 and tomorrow my hubby and I are invited to travel to some nearby islands. We are actually considering buying one, so tomorrow is testing day-to get a feel so to say-but I am terrified and thinking to call it off.
Reasons? I guess it's part fear of the unknown along with my other types of anxiety.
1) I don't know how to swim! I will be wearing a life saver or a life vest and thinking of wearing even some inflatable arm thingies as well. I will look ridiculous, but at least safe if something bad happens.
2) I am worried about being seasick. I was puking from motion sickness as a kid but haven't puked anymore but since then take pills when flying or taking a ferry or boat. I have been OK on a hydrofoil with waves up to 1.60 meters (although I freaked out) but I fear with a RIB being lower I may suffer more!
It doesn't help that tomorrow the sea will be rough! 52 to 62 meter waves and winds of 29 kilometers an hour.
3) I am scared of dips like roller coaster rides (I don't even go on those for kids!) and from what I see, the RIB keeps bouncing up and down off the waves, and I worry this will bother me! How does that feel? Is like a merry go round? A bumpy road? Do they give you adrenaline rushes? I am scared of feeling that!
4) I am worried when they shut off the engines and my friends will go diving. I will be on the boat and it'll likely move a lot and I will feel helpless. As a child my mom used to put me on a swing and I would puke. So I think I have those bad memories that prevail as of today.
So lots of things! Doesn't help that I should keep stress levels low to due thyroid issues! What if all this stress causes me to feel sick in the middle of the sea?
I feel like going to make my hubby happy (he really loves boats!) and to overcome my fear, but just so many what ifs!!!!!!!!
I super appreciate all help I can get on this.
And if we do buy a RIB I would go out, but mostly when the sea is super flat and I know it wouldn't jump or move much!!
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I say go. You can always change your mind if things don't feel comfotable and ask your friend to go back. Who knows, you may enjoy the experience. Good luck.
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03 July 2022, 15:50
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: London
Boat name: No Name
Make: Honwave
Length: 3m +
Engine: Outboard
Join Date: Mar 2022
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I think the OP was genuine and wanted some help and advice !
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03 July 2022, 16:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,178
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Originally Posted by Lemonbonbon
I think the OP was genuine and wanted some help and advice !
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Feel free then.
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Rule#3: Tha' can't educate pork.
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03 July 2022, 16:56
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brum
Boat name: UTV
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 3m +
Engine: 2 stroke 25hp
MMSI: 235933026
Join Date: May 2003
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52 -62m waves would have me a bit worried as well tbh
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03 July 2022, 17:10
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tinker
52 -62m waves would have me a bit worried as well tbh
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That’s nowt compared to The Solent Chop
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Rule#3: Tha' can't educate pork.
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03 July 2022, 17:24
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Member
Country: UK - England
Boat name: Redneck
Make: Excel
Length: 3m +
Engine: 20 efi & 9.8 2s
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 3,500
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Originally Posted by Lemonbonbon
I think the OP was genuine and wanted some help and advice !
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Well I'd be well knackered driving from Huachuca City in Arizona to Sicily Italy, so my advice would be "don't do it"
Also I have a few friends in the states (yes I do have some friends) and not one of them would say "metres" or " kilometres"
Could be wrong, but.................
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03 July 2022, 18:56
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Country: UK - Scotland
Make: Humber Ocean Pro
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yam 200HP
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 999
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Originally Posted by Lemonbonbon
I think the OP was genuine and wanted some help and advice !
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Sounds like a bit of a Big Plumb to me ……
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03 July 2022, 22:55
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: Cardiff
Length: no boat
Join Date: Aug 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 69cmw
Sounds like a bit of a Big Plumb to me ……
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But which bit? Sounds like someone has been reading too much mumsnet……
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04 July 2022, 10:02
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Length: no boat
Engine: Bigger the Better!
Join Date: Feb 2021
Posts: 53
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I understand your angst. Take no notice of the snippy comments. I'll probably get loads after sending this to you.
Miss Guided x
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