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Old 29 December 2007, 03:03   #1
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Wet dream RIB!!!

http://www.cantieriopera.it/index-eng.aspx

Sorry if it's been posted before but this thing is just so amazing. Current version is 60' and they are doing an 80' version. Suprisingly it is still a true RIB - some of the tube is always in the water and it looks pretty hard to stuff!!!

Unfortunately the site is too fancy for it's own good but there are some great videos of the monster in action.
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Old 29 December 2007, 08:03   #2
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Sux.....
Too big
Too ugly
Too expensive
Too hard to clean
Too much for mooring
Too much bobbing on the plane
Just my opinion though!!!......
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Old 29 December 2007, 16:18   #3
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Well it looked pretty stable and majestic in the videos I saw - how can it bob around that much when it weighs 12 tons???

For a day boat in the Med for partying it seems great to me. For the same price as a 45' Princess you get so much more deck space - you could probably have 30 people on board no probs - far more than in the 45' hardtop.
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Old 29 December 2007, 17:20   #4
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looks like a Scorpion
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Old 29 December 2007, 21:12   #5
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looks like a Scorpion
Funnily enough I thought that..............
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Old 29 December 2007, 21:14   #6
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You stick to your "WET" Dream and I'll stick to mine

Very nice looking RIB though
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Well it looked pretty stable and majestic in the videos I saw - how can it bob around that much when it weighs 12 tons???

For a day boat in the Med for partying it seems great to me. For the same price as a 45' Princess you get so much more deck space - you could probably have 30 people on board no probs - far more than in the 45' hardtop.
Phone me when you've booked it codders, I'll have my black tie looked out
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Old 08 January 2008, 00:41   #8
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want one
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want one
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well come on if you could afford one why not
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