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01 October 2024, 22:17
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2024
Posts: 12
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4 to 5 meter Rib wanted
Hello
I’m a newbie on here so thanks for having me ..
I’m in the market for a new Rib but only looking at the 4 to 5 meter ones and the reason for this is I will be putting it in the water on my own or with my wife and I’m over 59
So it has to be a boat that easily goes on the trailer …
I’m also not going out in rough seas but will go out about a mile for a bit of fishing in Norfolk ..Basically fair weather boating …I’m looking at Humber and others and if anyone has heard of Storm Ribs and if they are ok …
Hope I’ve not gone on for to long …
Regards
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02 October 2024, 10:43
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 900
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Originally Posted by BL1
Hello
I’m a newbie on here so thanks for having me ..
I’m in the market for a new Rib but only looking at the 4 to 5 meter ones and the reason for this is I will be putting it in the water on my own or with my wife and I’m over 59
So it has to be a boat that easily goes on the trailer …
I’m also not going out in rough seas but will go out about a mile for a bit of fishing in Norfolk ..Basically fair weather boating …I’m looking at Humber and others and if anyone has heard of Storm Ribs and if they are ok …
Hope I’ve not gone on for to long …
Regards
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If you're in St Albans then definitely pop over to Welwyn Garden City and visit Lawrence and team at Barnet/XS RIB's. They make some great craft starting in the 4m range - I recently bought a brand new XS500 from them for our sailing club and couldn't be happier with the service and the boat!
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02 October 2024, 11:07
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2024
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Thank you …I will do that ..
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02 October 2024, 17:21
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: suffolk
Boat name: not yet
Make: Gemini + XS
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 140/merc 60
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,300
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Yes definitely worthwhile to have a look at xs ,i personally bought a fantastic used 2016 4.6 metre earlier this year . They have some superb offerings in new and ex demo at the moment but all a little big for your needs maybe
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03 October 2024, 10:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 900
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Originally Posted by Orwell boy
Yes definitely worthwhile to have a look at xs ,i personally bought a fantastic used 2016 4.6 metre earlier this year . They have some superb offerings in new and ex demo at the moment but all a little big for your needs maybe
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Ah ha, you bought that one from them - I forget its name but that was owned by a guy who did a load of solo diving or something? I remember seeing it a year or so ago when it stopped overnight at our yacht club, conveniently just after I'd put my order in for a new XS500 and was waiting for a build slot! I had a good look over it and got straight on the phone to Laurence to ask about its age and history as it looked absolutely immaculate.
When I saw that come up this year I almost started trying to convince the yacht club to buy it, but decided to re-engine one of our other RIB's instead.
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03 October 2024, 12:40
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: suffolk
Boat name: not yet
Make: Gemini + XS
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 140/merc 60
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,300
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Originally Posted by paulbrown22
Ah ha, you bought that one from them - I forget its name but that was owned by a guy who did a load of solo diving or something? I remember seeing it a year or so ago when it stopped overnight at our yacht club, conveniently just after I'd put my order in for a new XS500 and was waiting for a build slot! I had a good look over it and got straight on the phone to Laurence to ask about its age and history as it looked absolutely immaculate.
When I saw that come up this year I almost started trying to convince the yacht club to buy it, but decided to re-engine one of our other RIB's instead.
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Yes ,slightly strange story for me really ,just like the original poster (59) ,i at 63 was severely worried about launching my gemini wr650 (which i still have and love ) on my own and struggling to get down to do trailer maintainance ,so my first thoughts were to get a vanclaes trailer with all the bells and whistles (disc brakes ,gyro system ,coill springs etc ) this proggressed from last years southampton boat show and by jan i was planning to collect new from the boatlife show in feb ,however i was after a 7m single axle as handling a twin for me and the mrs was a non starter .........well to cut a long story short it got to £10k ,so i had a rush of blood and thought i wont have to spend much more and i could have a small boat , .......the little 4.6 appeared on marketplace ,closer to me than barnet marine however i was still scratching my head and never got to visit ,and the guy traded it against a new xs650 i think at xs ,i went along and it was a no brainer ,all serviced twin seat added instead of single ,100 hrs ish and stored in a garage all its life ,it was a better solution than the trailer
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03 October 2024, 23:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 900
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Originally Posted by Orwell boy
Yes ,slightly strange story for me really ,just like the original poster (59) ,i at 63 was severely worried about launching my gemini wr650 (which i still have and love ) on my own and struggling to get down to do trailer maintainance ,so my first thoughts were to get a vanclaes trailer with all the bells and whistles (disc brakes ,gyro system ,coill springs etc ) this proggressed from last years southampton boat show and by jan i was planning to collect new from the boatlife show in feb ,however i was after a 7m single axle as handling a twin for me and the mrs was a non starter .........well to cut a long story short it got to £10k ,so i had a rush of blood and thought i wont have to spend much more and i could have a small boat , .......the little 4.6 appeared on marketplace ,closer to me than barnet marine however i was still scratching my head and never got to visit ,and the guy traded it against a new xs650 i think at xs ,i went along and it was a no brainer ,all serviced twin seat added instead of single ,100 hrs ish and stored in a garage all its life ,it was a better solution than the trailer
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Definitely a no brainer - having seen it in the flesh on the Thames I was amazed when Laurence told me it was a 2016 build, it looks brand new. Has clearly been very well looked after, and storing in a garage makes a huge difference. I hope you're enjoying it - we've certainly been adding the hours onto our new XS500 and it's been a brilliant boat in it's first 10 months with us!
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04 October 2024, 08:57
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Leicester
Length: no boat
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 2
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If you are looking for an XS500 i have one for sale at the moment. Drop me a line for more info
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04 October 2024, 09:16
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2024
Posts: 12
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Hi paul on your xs 500 what HP do you use ?
I’m looking for a Rib and went to Barnet Marine and had a chat with Lawrence who was so helpful .
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04 October 2024, 09:20
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2024
Posts: 12
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Interesting thread but what’s a giro on a trailer ?
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04 October 2024, 09:40
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 900
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Interesting thread but what’s a giro on a trailer ?
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Posh word for big rollers that work very nicely, but come at a price! ( https://vanclaes.com/en/gyro-roller-system/a-141.html)
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04 October 2024, 09:44
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Leicester
Length: no boat
Join Date: Apr 2020
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Originally Posted by BL1
Hi paul on your xs 500 what HP do you use ?
I’m looking for a Rib and went to Barnet Marine and had a chat with Lawrence who was so helpful .
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Hi, Mercury 60hp. Gives around 30knots top end. So economical though.
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04 October 2024, 09:49
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2024
Posts: 12
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Ok that’s great thank you …
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04 October 2024, 10:02
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 900
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BL1
Hi paul on your xs 500 what HP do you use ?
I’m looking for a Rib and went to Barnet Marine and had a chat with Lawrence who was so helpful .
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I had the Mariner/Mercury 60hp, although I think they rate the hull for max 70hp. At the time I ordered it, the Mariner/Mercury 60hp was the same price as the Mariner/Mercury 50hp so a no brainer, or if you wanted Suzuki you only got 50hp for that price! I don't see any need for more than 60hp - that's about 28-30kn top speed which on a 5m RIB is sufficient I think.
I can absolutely recommend working with Laurence and XS though - this was for a sailing club so I was very fussy with the spec to make it as simple, foolproof and robust as possible, and they were great to work with as I iterated through 5 different specifications to get to my "perfect" spec while keeping within a sailing club budget! And what was delivered was exactly what I ordered, and has already done 120+ trouble free hours in 10 months of pretty hard club usage. Since then Laurence has also delivered a brand new Suzuki 40hp that I fitted to our other club RIB last month, and again customer service was spot on. I wouldn't hesitate to order our next safety boat from them (or indeed a personal boat once my children are old enough to have RIB's again!).
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04 October 2024, 15:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
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Join Date: Oct 2024
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Very helpful thank you v much
Met Lawrence yesterday very knowledgeable…
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04 October 2024, 16:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
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And thank you for pictures
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04 October 2024, 16:01
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2024
Posts: 12
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Meant to do thumbs up not question marks
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05 October 2024, 09:27
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 900
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Very helpful thank you v much
Met Lawrence yesterday very knowledgeable…
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Snap - he's very knowledgeable and also very genuine, he won't try to just sell you something for the sake of it! If you do decide to go down that route you're in very safe hands and he'll help you build the boat you want.
Ours is on the Thames at Greenwich if you are ever this way and want a look/drive.
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05 October 2024, 14:13
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: St Albans
Boat name: -
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2024
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Thank you paul ….
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20 December 2024, 10:52
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Trade member
Country: UK - England
Town: Farndon, Newark
Make: Rebel
Length: 5m +
Engine: Outboard, P, 115
Join Date: Dec 2024
Posts: 25
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Hi BL1.
Please have a look at the Rebel RIB range. They have a few options for you.
1/ The new Rebel Riot 420
2/ The new Rebel Raider 420
3/ The new Rebel Club 420, 460 or 480
4/ The facelift Rebel Riot 480
The Riot is the more family, comfy model. Providing sun deck and ski A frame/post if you have family members that want to do watersports.
This link is to our website showing the Riot 420. I apologise for the content in the background as these were sent from the boat builder. The RIB will be available to see at the Camping and Motorhome show at the NEC in Feb. Renderings for the Club range and Raider 420 is in the gallery section of RIBnet. I will add one too for the new facelift version of the Riot 480. My email address is alex.boden@farndonmarina.co.uk should you want any more information.
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