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13 April 2013, 15:59
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Country: Canada
Town: Ontario
Length: no boat
Join Date: Jan 2012
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No affiliation - 30ft RIB on ebay
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14 April 2013, 05:58
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Country: USA
Town: Orange County, CA
Boat name: Northwind
Make: Northwind
Length: 10m +
Engine: Twin Yamaha 350's
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 186
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Originally Posted by canadian_eh
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That could quite possibly be the ugliest RIB I've ever seen...I wonder how many of my tax dollars were spent on that monstrosity...
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14 April 2013, 09:45
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Boat name: Sula
Make: Ribcraft 4.8m
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tohatsu 70hp + aux
MMSI: 235087213
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,531
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Quote:
Originally Posted by capntroy
That could quite possibly be the ugliest RIB I've ever seen...I wonder how many of my tax dollars were spent on that monstrosity...
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We can do ugly too! 
EX FISHERIES RIB AVON SEA RIDER 7.4MTS WITH WHEELHOUSE. | eBay
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Is that with or without VAT?
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14 April 2013, 09:55
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Jersey
Boat name: Archangel
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Engine: ETec 225
MMSI: 235063789
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,005
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Is that Rockall in the background?
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14 April 2013, 10:08
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RIBnet Supporter
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,681
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Originally Posted by GJ0KYZ
Is that Rockall in the background?
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No dude, it's Mont St. Michel before the developers moved in...
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14 April 2013, 10:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 5,305
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Going Back to the OP..and Question.
Surely it depends on what Type/Size of Hard Boat you are Swaping For  ...But Considering the Options you mention .... and the Very Limited (if any improvemnts) attained,especialy when considering what you would Loose!! IMO..Yes! Bloody Mental! 
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14 April 2013, 10:40
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 11,881
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Quote:
Originally Posted by capntroy
That could quite possibly be the ugliest RIB I've ever seen...I wonder how many of my tax dollars were spent on that monstrosity...
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In one picture it's liveried up as California Highway Patrol, I'd be asking why my tax dollars are being spent by CHIPS on a RIB??
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14 April 2013, 16:54
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Member
Country: USA
Town: California
Make: Avon 5.4m Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha 90
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,260
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Luckily, it's a hardboat and we can say "aren't they ugly?"
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14 April 2013, 19:36
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
Length: 3m +
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 6,653
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
In one picture it's liveried up as California Highway Patrol, I'd be asking why my tax dollars are being spent by CHIPS on a RIB??
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That's actually a pretty valid question...
jky
Though, as a bit of background, the government grants for post 9-11 "Homeland Security" equipment got pretty stupid all over the place. Individual agencies put in proposals, and the gov't threw money at them. Ended up with things like 3-person police forces having post nuclear incident test equipment (like they wouldn't notice a bomb just wiped their 2 block town off the map); a small town on a stream getting a fleet of 4 rescue inflatables, things like that. Probably the same revenue stream paid for this thing.
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14 April 2013, 20:47
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,622
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jyasaki
That's actually a pretty valid question...
jky
Though, as a bit of background, the government grants for post 9-11 "Homeland Security" equipment got pretty stupid all over the place. Individual agencies put in proposals, and the gov't threw money at them. Ended up with things like 3-person police forces having post nuclear incident test equipment (like they wouldn't notice a bomb just wiped their 2 block town off the map); a small town on a stream getting a fleet of 4 rescue inflatables, things like that. Probably the same revenue stream paid for this thing.
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Sounds about right!
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14 April 2013, 21:17
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 7,078
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jyasaki
That's actually a pretty valid question...
jky
Though, as a bit of background, the government grants for post 9-11 "Homeland Security" equipment got pretty stupid all over the place. Individual agencies put in proposals, and the gov't threw money at them. Ended up with things like 3-person police forces having post nuclear incident test equipment (like they wouldn't notice a bomb just wiped their 2 block town off the map); a small town on a stream getting a fleet of 4 rescue inflatables, things like that. Probably the same revenue stream paid for this thing.
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Not forgetting FEMA CAMPS  I'll get me coat 
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14 April 2013, 22:50
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Member
Country: USA
Town: California
Make: Avon 5.4m Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha 90
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,260
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14 April 2013, 22:52
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific NW
Make: zodiac pro 420
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tiller 25 yamaha
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 205
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There is some real drama related to these boats. They made them just up the road from me. Some (possibly off duty) coast guard airmen capsized one at the mouth of the Columbia river a few years ago. I remember it well. Right in my stomping grounds on one of the most dangerous bar crossings in the world. I don't know all the details and there were reports of a coverup. I believe it put them out of business as the coast guard deemed them unsafe.
Fishermen recovered the capsized boat 4 days later in the ocean and towed in back upside down.
http://www.captkujo.com/CB70110.htm
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15 April 2013, 00:05
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific NW
Make: zodiac pro 420
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tiller 25 yamaha
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 205
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Correction: national guard airmen were driving, not coastguard.
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Sula
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