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18 April 2006, 13:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Torbay
Boat name: Loupy Lou
Make: Yamaha 480R
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50HP
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 147
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Views on Humber Assault
I am looking to purchase myself a new rib as I currently own a part share with some friends in a RIB.
I have been looking at 2nd hand Humber Assaults 5m+
Does anybody have any views on them?
Main use will be for coastal use around coast of South Wales and odd trips to Devon / Cornwall. Not intending to use it for skiing etc
Cheers for any advice
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18 April 2006, 17:54
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Kent
Boat name: Cygnet
Make: Humber
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 70hp 4* outbo
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 205
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We have a 5.5m Assault with a Suzuki 70 four stroke for diving, it’s a nice little boat & fairly fast in flat water. The only problem is it’s not really a deep enough ‘V’ for choppy water, with 6 divers & kit it goes through waves rather than over them (not so bad with only 4) We were restricted on what we could get because of where we store the boats (it had to be narrow enough to fit inside a container) the tubes could also do with being a bit bigger but I suppose it all depends on what you are going to do with it!
It’s also worth checking the ease of the controls, we found the routing of cables not to the best & after breaking 2 gear cables in a year we re-routed them & haven’t had any problems since, and looking at a lot of Humbers it would appear we are not the only ones to have had this problem.
If you want to have a look CLICK HERE
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18 April 2006, 18:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Binfield
Boat name: merlinless now
Length: no boat
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 452
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We had a 5.5 Assult, it came as a package e.g boat, engine, trailer.
We kept it for two years and served us well, here is some observations
1) I had to finish the boat off as somethings were poorly fitted and it was too far to go back to Hull, the worse being a blocked fuel line
2) Controls not routed that well i adjusted/changed
3) Boat was good and strong but limited i would say in what we could go out in, no surprise in that.
4) Seemed very industrial
Humbers are good boats, but i think they should spend more time on the finish, not the hull or toobs, but the nice bits
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Boatless - better get down the pub and drown my sorrows
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18 April 2006, 19:41
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Torbay
Boat name: Loupy Lou
Make: Yamaha 480R
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50HP
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 147
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Any suggestions on alternatives then?
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18 April 2006, 20:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
Length: no boat
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,872
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Originally Posted by Scrumdown
Any suggestions on alternatives then?
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There are plenty of alternatives but this of course will depend on your budget.
You could go for my Seahawk 3 if within your budget
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19 April 2006, 08:48
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Binfield
Boat name: merlinless now
Length: no boat
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 452
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lots of choice, but do go look at the humbers, whilst you can see there were some issues they were easy to fix, even on my scorpion there is always some "tinkering " to be done, part of owning a boat and you really get to know your boat that way
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Boatless - better get down the pub and drown my sorrows
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19 April 2006, 10:02
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Newquay, Cornwall.
Boat name: None :(
Make: None :(
Length: 5m +
Engine: None :(
MMSI: None :(
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,280
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19 April 2006, 12:29
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Torbay
Boat name: Loupy Lou
Make: Yamaha 480R
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50HP
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 147
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Ribcraft are only 60 miles from you - go and have a look round their factory.
Ive yet to see a boat in this size range that I would rather have than my Ribcraft [/QUOTE]
Cheers - Will take a look at ribcraft as well - must admit after reading on here about them I was starting to look at ribcraft
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23 April 2006, 12:03
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Torbay
Boat name: Loupy Lou
Make: Yamaha 480R
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50HP
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 147
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Just seen this on ebay any views?
HUMBER
I am going to follow advice though and have a look at Ribcraft as well
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23 April 2006, 12:21
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Make: HumberOceanOffshore
Length: 8m +
Engine: Volvo KAD300/DPX
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 5,596
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If it were me, I'd be off to see it, pronto.
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23 April 2006, 12:26
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Member
Country: UK - England
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,850
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrumdown
Just seen this on ebay any views?
HUMBER
I am going to follow advice though and have a look at Ribcraft as well
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Er, that's shouting bargain to me! If it is as together as it looks in the pictures, that'd be a well sorted boat.
Seats look cracking. Engines aren't exactly new, but if looked after that shouldn't be a problem.
I say get £4.5k in cash, go up there and put it in his hand and drive away with a rib.
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23 April 2006, 12:30
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Torbay
Boat name: Loupy Lou
Make: Yamaha 480R
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50HP
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 147
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not sure about the way it sits on the trailer though? Its 300 mile trip from here to there some damage could be caused to the hull bouncing around.
I was not looking to buying another RIB until June though...
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23 April 2006, 12:34
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,410
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Probably a good package, thirsty with twins though and those motors are pre-1990. 36knots, not likely, maybe 36mph at a push.
Those Mariners are rebadged Yamahas, bullet proof engines, should'nt give any trouble. Engines are manual start and manual tilt though, not sure I could put up with that for best part of £5k.
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23 April 2006, 13:08
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Surrey
Boat name: ocean pro 6.3
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Engine: 140hp suzuki
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 824
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haha never mind 4.5k cash to drive it away, in the add i think he says if you out 4k cash in hand it will be accepted! sounds like a bargain, and looks in very good nick!
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23 April 2006, 16:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,015
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Unless I'm mistaken, isn't that Humber on Ebay an Ocean Pro hull? In which case it's light years better than an Assault. And a bargain. I'd be off to see it pronto as well.
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23 April 2006, 21:19
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Surrey
Boat name: ocean pro 6.3
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Engine: 140hp suzuki
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 824
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yeah i think you may be right, its an older version so not comparable to the ones they build now, its deff not a destroyer or assault hull that we see today!
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