The new Ribquest 9m on test

ribmech · 29 March 2010, 22:36

There's a new 10m to be on show at Ribex powered by twin Suzuki DF300's.

biffer · 30 March 2010, 08:55

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Originally Posted by ribmech

There's a new 10m to be on show at Ribex powered by twin Suzuki DF300's.

a little low in the water for me, look at the pic of the boat at speed, over a 1/3rd of it still in the water, my opinion

willfinch36 · 30 March 2010, 11:03

Whats the top speed of that then? any idea?

ribmech · 30 March 2010, 11:13

Opinion's welcome thanks, Please bear in mind the speed of the boat when the pictures were taken was less than 35 knots, also its not really designed to be a fast Rib more for comfort and stability for when the conditions are not so good. However it does achieve over 60 Knots with 5 people and 500 litres of fuel.

chewy · 30 March 2010, 11:23

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Originally Posted by ribmech

Opinion's welcome thanks, Please bear in mind the speed of the boat when the pictures were taken was less than 35 knots, also its not really designed to be a fast Rib more for comfort and stability for when the conditions are not so good. However it does achieve over 60 Knots with 5 people and 500 litres of fuel.

Do you work for Ribquest then?

ribmech · 30 March 2010, 11:46

No I dont work for Ribquest I have my own Business in Motorsport, But I do have close links with Dave and I help with tests, demo's and shows etc.

biffer · 30 March 2010, 12:08

i wasn't knocking, i was thinking of drag on the tubes, putting bigger and bigger engines on boats without altering there displacement will do that, easy to fix with a wedge in the mould to alter the height of the tubes, that pic at 35knts shows where the wedge should start

Downhilldai · 30 March 2010, 13:23

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Originally Posted by ribmech

There's a new 10m to be on show at Ribex

What hull are you using?

ribmech · 30 March 2010, 14:11

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Originally Posted by Downhilldai

What hull are you using?

They are useing there own Hull designed, developed and built by Ribquest over the last few years. Ive seen the wooden plug. I think there's a picture of the plug being built on there web site.

matt h · 30 March 2010, 14:21

does look very low in the water or those engines are way overweight for the design of the hull

Downhilldai · 30 March 2010, 16:01

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Originally Posted by ribmech

They are useing there own Hull designed, developed and built by Ribquest over the last few years. Ive seen the wooden plug. I think there's a picture of the plug being built on there web site.

Lucky you.

We never got to see the 'plug' used in the development of their Outhill lookalike console.

HUMBER P4VWL · 31 March 2010, 14:49

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Lucky you.

We never got to see the 'plug' used in the development of their Outhill lookalike console.

Did that discussion never get resolved. I don't think i read the debate to the end

biffer · 31 March 2010, 14:55

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Did that discussion never get resolved. I don't think i read the debate to the end

are we saying that maybe copied something from outhill? if so great, outhill do it

bedajim · 31 March 2010, 15:08

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are we saying that maybe copied something from outhill? if so great, outhill do it

You'll be on their bad boy list at this rate

biffer · 31 March 2010, 15:19

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You'll be on their bad boy list at this rate

a hull was supplied to a guy on the iom, before it got there someone spun it over, just happened that outhill took a boat to southampton boatshow that year, you could have droped it in the mould that's down the yard in hamble, do you think i care about there bad boys list

bedajim · 31 March 2010, 15:41

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Originally Posted by biffer

a hull was supplied to a guy on the iom, before it got there someone spun it over, just happened that outhill took a boat to southampton boatshow that year, you could have droped it in the mould that's down the yard in hamble, do you think i care about there bad boys list

No just like the rest

http://www.outhill.com/warning.html

Lets go boating · 31 March 2010, 15:55

whatever the hull is i like it looks sleek and stable although driving it might change my mind.

If a water test were to be offered id gladly say yes

Downhilldai · 31 March 2010, 16:28

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Originally Posted by biffer

are we saying that maybe copied something from outhill?

No, but the Ribquest guy (Ribmech) stated on here that their console was developed 'in-house'

http://rib.net/forum/showpost.php?p=288597&postcount=9

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...We have a number of single, double jockey seats and also single and dual console's all of which were designed and moulded at our premises, within the business we have a trained pattern maker who builds plugs from timber and other composite materials to produce our own plugs and moulds....

Downhilldai · 31 March 2010, 16:31

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Originally Posted by ribmech

No I dont work for Ribquest I have my own Business in Motorsport, But I do have close links with Dave and I help with tests, demo's and shows etc.

In an earlier post, you (ribmech) signed off as 'Dave Rose'

http://rib.net/forum/showpost.php?p=288597&postcount=9

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Originally Posted by ribmech

In reply to Matthew H's comment regarding Ribquest seats and consoles. We have a number of single, double jockey seats and also single and dual console's all of which were designed and moulded at our premises, within the business we have a trained pattern maker who builds plugs from timber and other composite materials to produce our own plugs and moulds.
The seat and console in question are similar in design to the outhill seat and console. The seat base was drawn and a wooden plug was built to create the mould this is documented in our files with photos etc, whilst similar in appearance to the outhill seat if you were to put the two together it would be obvious to see the difference as every dimension and shape are completely different.
The same can be said for the console there is not a section or dimension that is the same as an outhill console.

The console is 30mm narrower, 10mm higher, 10mm smaller front - back.
Both forward panels are a different shape and the instrument panel is also different in that it is inset and curved, there maybe other manufacturers that have taken direct copies but Ribquest is not one of them.

Regarding quality and build finish, we will let our 5 YEAR WARRANTY speak for itself.....

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME AND TEST THE 3 BOATS WE WILL BE EXHIBITING AT RIBEX 09

Dave Rose

What's all that about, then?

Ian M · 31 March 2010, 16:45

I don't know anything about anyone's identity, but I do know Outhill consoles

I had a good look over a Ribquest boat at the Southampton show in '08 I think it was, and I the console I saw had fundamental differences to the Outhill console. For what it is worth, the console also appeared better fabricated, and the whole boat looked rather tidy

There, does that get me a free spin in one of your boats at Ribex Mr. Ribquest (whoever you might be?)