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Old 13 May 2008, 11:11   #1
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Arctic Blue Cabin

Did anyone go on board / or on demo;

If so what was your impression relative to other cabin ribs on the market

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Old 13 May 2008, 11:26   #2
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Hi Phill I can take you out if you wish to have a demo.

I brought the 29 back after Ribex near my house to Topsham as Im running both craft in plus our Race boat. Both Craft are fantastic value!! I would say the cabin is slightly low in the 37 but they are also making a 29 cabin. For the money they are great value. PM if you want me to take you out in either boats.
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Hi Phill I can take you out if you wish to have a demo.

I brought the 29 back after Ribex near my house to Topsham .
bet your wallet loved you....
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what was your impression relative to other cabin ribs on the market

thanks for any views

It looks great, and Mrs Nasher fell in love with it.

It might as well be a space ship though, as I've never a chance in hell of affording to own one.

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Old 13 May 2008, 13:17   #5
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have sent pm Tom

Nasher , I am putting together a plan (or maybe just dream) to set off next year to the Med. Not a race but a very slow cruise stopping where the fancy takes me and ending up I don't know where but Greece might suit

This boat looks like a good 'un for that type of thing
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Good plan.

Ours involves selling the house when the kids are gone and a 40 odd foot Motorsailer.

Not sure from what I saw that the 37 would be very good for more than a weekend or so, it looked quite cramped/dark below decks compared with a similar sized hard boat or yacht
I imagined a deck tent etc to enclose the open deck space to increase accomodation and living space.

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Nasher , I am putting together a plan (or maybe just dream) to set off next year to the Med. Not a race but a very slow cruise stopping where the fancy takes me and ending up I don't know where but Greece might suit

This boat looks like a good 'un for that type of thing
Phil - what advantage would the tubes bring on that sort of trip? if its nasty weather you presumably stay in harbour. tubes eat into your available space on/below deck.
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My friend looked at the 37 on Friday. he also went out on the Scorpion
Sting, as he is in the market for a cabin boat
His conclusion was (and it was his) that while it looks like great value.
He thought that it would fall to bits after time, i have not got 200 thousand to spend so no axe to grind, but it did not feel like the same quality as the Sting
I suppose you don't get all the worlds records for nothing
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For a 37' boat the deck space is tiny - who wants to be stuck in a tiny cockpit all the time???

Nasher we think alike!!! I love motosailers - the Fisher 37 is my dream but I have just spotted a stunning boat in my own harbour - a Banjer 37. Photos on my phone at moment though!!!
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Old 13 May 2008, 15:03   #10
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The ultimate Motorsailer, currently being built to special order

http://www.atoa64.com/

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Nice looking craft buy whats the price? Still you could keep Nashers revenge, park it on the fore deck as a tender
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my thinking on this is that a rib of this size would give you a bit more of a safety margin than a hard boat (but a rag and stick would be better) in some of the waters and (for instance) a trip from Nice to Sardinia.You might have to pick your windows very carefully in a hardboat of similar size and I will not be doing it all in the height of summer

However I agree that a rib of any kind is not as practical as a hard boat of similar length for easy Med days

I usually hire a Cap Camaret 755 in Nice and although ribs are available they just do not give you the storage , cover and volume

having crossed the Atlantic and spent some time in the Carribean on a 56 foot cat I guess you cant beat a cat but I just don't get along with all those ropes and rags

Interesting comment on build quality -I will report back if I get a demo
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Nice looking craft buy whats the price? Still you could keep Nashers revenge, park it on the fore deck as a tender
Last time I pretended to be a genuine intested customer it took 6 emails to get the price for a basic spec out of them.

@2,000,000 Euros

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If you run twin Mercruiser Diesel 4.2's with XR Drives the basic boat price starts at £142,925+VAT.

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Hi Phill I can take you out if you wish to have a demo.

I brought the 29 back after Ribex near my house to Topsham as Im running both craft in plus our Race boat. Both Craft are fantastic value!! I would say the cabin is slightly low in the 37 but they are also making a 29 cabin. For the money they are great value. PM if you want me to take you out in either boats.
I have been trying to get information on the launch of the 29 cabin for over a year but have not been able to get any info from agent/dealer, do you have any info on dates that this craft will become available
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Then buy a Lagoon motor cat, that is where my pension fund is going, if and it's getting to be a bigger if every day, there is a pension left at the end ...
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Old 20 July 2009, 07:37   #17
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there is one for sale here:
http://www.finn.no/finn/boat/object?...=null&tot=null


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that second cabin rib looks great to me; as does the Lagoon power on a totally different scale

the crunch has put back the trip for this year ; never know might have compulsory time on hands if things do not get better - but I think this trip needs to begin in May or early June to get the benefit of the summer months
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I was a bit suprised to discover the "arctic blue's" weren't actually a finely crafted Norwegian rib, but a Polish boat built by a company that also builds hot tubs and shower enclosures!!!
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