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14 May 2006, 18:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Make: Bombard Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yamaha 15hp 2-stroke
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Bling!
Here are a few pictures from RIBEX on Friday. Thanks to Richard B for the taxi service (and thanks to BenC and Rogue Wave for the offers too!)
The exhibition seemed rather thin on Friday, and I know that several exhibitors didn't arrive until Saturday. I was particularly sorry not to have seen the Hunton, which looks rather special from the photos I've seen.
We'll start off with some other bling though, the 10m Cougar and a Pascoe charter boat.
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14 May 2006, 18:06
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Country: UK - England
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Make: Bombard Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yamaha 15hp 2-stroke
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Cabins & consoles
The Stingher had a smart stand-up console, and vast storage space. It is a "med" style boat, but with decent seating and a deep V hull looks more capable than most.
The Shearwater RIB from Bembridge Outboards has sleek lines and a great use on console space. The Mike Ring designed hull even had built in lighting on their show boat!
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14 May 2006, 18:13
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Make: Bombard Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yamaha 15hp 2-stroke
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Parkers big and small
There were two Parker 630s at the show, this smart grey one and another fitted with waterjet unit.
The battleship grey Baltic 900 was a favourite for demos, and with its 12 seats there was no problem getting a ride. I hope everyone took Andre up on his offer! The passenger seating was excellent, and much more comfortable than the bench seats fitted to some other RIB "trip boats". The boat handled well, with a superb ride -- there were lots of grins on this boat 
The new internal mouldings really improve the look and finish on these boats, and it was interesting to see how few boats these days still have the "traditional" glassed-in marine ply deck.
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14 May 2006, 18:17
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Country: UK - England
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The usual suspects
Finally a few people spotted looking busy: training supremo Paul Glatzel and Jason from Ribcraft both on the phone, Paul Lemmer catching up on his paperwork, and Tim Wilks of Ribtec looking very happy to be working with Pascoe International!
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21 May 2006, 10:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: I.O.W
Boat name: Danger Donut
Make: 6.0 rib
Length: 6m +
Engine: Mariner F60efi
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Shearwater test run
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Originally Posted by John Kennett
The Stingher had a smart stand-up console, and vast storage space. It is a "med" style boat, but with decent seating and a deep V hull looks more capable than most.
The Shearwater RIB from Bembridge Outboards has sleek lines and a great use on console space. The Mike Ring designed hull even had built in lighting on their show boat!
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We had the show shearwater out for a run just befor the show ( befor the summer finished!!), took a few shots, the 275 verado ( the first we have fitted) was pushing us up to 56 mph, and after an hour of being fairly unkind to it, we had used 44ltr of fuel, controls are fantastic, very light and smooth. looks like we will have to lift the motor another two bolt holes to improve the performance.
We delivered a shearwater this week with a 250 suzuki, only 4 mph slower. and using 34 ltr hr @ 4000rpm pretty impressive .
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21 May 2006, 11:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Slinfold, W. Sussex
Make: Parker 750 Baltic
Length: 7m +
Engine: Diesel 270 HP
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally Posted by Jim Robinson
We had the show shearwater out for a run just befor the show ( befor the summer finished!!), took a few shots, the 275 verado ( the first we have fitted) was pushing us up to 56 mph, and after an hour of being fairly unkind to it, we had used 44ltr of fuel, controls are fantastic, very light and smooth. looks like we will have to lift the motor another two bolt holes to improve the performance.
We delivered a shearwater this week with a 250 suzuki, only 4 mph slower. and using 34 ltr hr @ 4000rpm pretty impressive .
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Look very impressive  . What prop were you using?
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21 May 2006, 11:35
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: I.O.W
Boat name: Danger Donut
Make: 6.0 rib
Length: 6m +
Engine: Mariner F60efi
Join Date: Nov 2003
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shearwater / verado
21" Tempest
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28 May 2006, 00:34
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Reading
Make: Lodestar
Length: under 3m
Engine: Mercury 5hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Radicat
Did anyone have a dem on this?
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28 May 2006, 01:12
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Member
Country: Other
Town: San Carlos, Mexico
Boat name: INDE
Make: LOMAC 730
Length: 7m +
Engine: 200 Merc.
MMSI: Please press 1
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,667
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Fancy seats
Do those seats flush? Great looking machine, do you know who makes it?
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28 May 2006, 12:31
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Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Carigaline/Baltimore
Boat name: XS-600
Make: XS-Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: Merc Optimax 150 XL
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 682
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