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02 March 2011, 19:53
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Country: UK - England
Town: oswestry
Boat name: have several
Make: own brand
Length: 8m +
Engine: various
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 47
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Peoples preferences
Doing a survey,all answers appreciated.Inboard or outboard? Cabin Rib or Non Cabin? Seat Suspension or not?
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02 March 2011, 19:58
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,898
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Inboard pls, c/w a proper wheelhouse cabin, not one of those knockin' cupboards favoured in the Softy South. Suspension seats for the crew too, to make us look Serious.
thnx 
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02 March 2011, 20:15
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,627
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Potentially all of the above! Thats one of the nice things about small british rib builders - you can usually pick what you want. However to some extent the form of the hull and the styling might guide you one way or other. If the look is super sleek and the hull is really about speed then the people who want that are unlikely to want a bus shelter on top. If its all about comfort then the hull should be about sea keeping not speed. Likewise inboard / outboard may be determined by other factors e.g. a cruising boat may prefer diesel; lots of deck space means you'd prefer outboard; race rules may force one or other; trailing weights might affect things too etc....
...this is why there isn't a single boat/brand/style of rib that stands out above all others despite Gotchi, Willk and Maxi's attempts to make us all believe their respective boats are the best on the water! 
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02 March 2011, 20:23
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,898
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Polwart
...this is why there isn't a single boat/brand/style of rib that stands out above all others despite Gotchi, Willk and Maxi's attempts to make us all believe their respective boats are the best on the water! |
Naughty 
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02 March 2011, 20:27
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Dinard, Brittany
Boat name: Into the Red
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude E-tec 250HO
MMSI: 235 076 114
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,957
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Polwart
...this is why there isn't a single boat/brand/style of rib that stands out above all others despite Gotchi, Willk and Maxi's attempts to make us all believe their respective boats are the best on the water! |
Well we all know that ain't true! 
This is the best type of "RB" there is
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02 March 2011, 21:02
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Country: Finland
Town: Helsinki
Boat name: SR 5.4
Make: Avon
Length: 4m +
Engine: Toh1 3,5 Yam 90/2S
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 919
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Everything goes, as long as it floats! But prefer outboard, non Cabin and suspension would be nice.
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02 March 2011, 22:19
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Country: UK - England
Town: Fareham
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 7,866
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Well if I won the Lotto I'd have both an open RIB with outboards and a BIG Inboard "smoker" RIB with a decent Cabin all of course with suspension Seats
Reality is somewhat different and I wouldn't change what I got, because I still get thrills from it.
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Looks Slow but is Fast
Member of the ebay Blue RIB cover club.
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03 March 2011, 00:20
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,726
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Originally Posted by Hightower
Well if I won the Lotto I'd have both an open RIB with outboards and a BIG Inboard "smoker" RIB with a decent Cabin all of course with suspension Seats
Reality is somewhat different and I wouldn't change what I got, because I still get thrills from it. |
+1 on both points
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03 March 2011, 09:13
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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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Ha, as big as I can fit in my garage! (See Left  )
As per above, with a fantasy lottery win, I'd probably end up with a small armada....
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03 March 2011, 14:30
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 5,551
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My ideal would be the ribcraft 850 'sport cruiser' with susupension seats..and a verado.
http://www.ribcraft.co.uk/850-cruiser-boat-gallery/
Best of all worlds....but I'll keep dreaming as the price would shock me...
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