ferryman ribs - are they that bad?

[wildwords]

just saw a ferryman which has some good features but read there was something about big yellow busting up in cornwall, were all the ribs the same?
no stringers? no backing?

this is a 2002 boat has a decent engine Volvo kad 32
any opinions welcome

[Mollers]

The MIAB report regarding the construction of 'Big Yellow' would be comical if not so worrying. Why should the boat you're considering be put together any differently? I wouldn't touch one.

[chewy]

Buy something thats decent, even if the one your looking at is fine you may struggle to sell it on.

[willk]

Why indeed? If you wanted a small (6-7m) Ferryman for personal use, and you NEVER wanted to sell it again, I'd say why not? A friend has a 6.5 and it's a fantastic, sturdy rib with excellent sea-keeping qualities. The hulls are splashed Rapiers and bear a striking similarity to some of the smaller Parkers . The Fisheries College in Greencastle have a very nice example that they use as a safety/training boat - they don't seem to be sweating it too much.

The problems seem to have arisen when Ferryman "stretched" the design out to 9m without additional structural support in the hull - a disaster that rightly sank the company, as well as Big Yellow.

I have heard that existing Ferryman ribs cannot be coded without belowdeck inspection (gutting).

MAIB report

*cough* Redbay *cough*

[chewy]

That link opens the rib.net home page for some reason?

[willk]

Originally Posted by chewy

That link opens the rib.net home page for some reason?

Thnx, fixed

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by willk

The problems seem to have arisen when Ferryman "stretched" the design out to 9m without additional structural support in the hull -

'Sticking' the pods and console down with a squirt of mastic and a handful of sef-tappers didn't add to Big Yellow's structural integrity any, this was nothing to do with the hull construction. The whole thing was a 'lash-up'.

[willk]

Originally Posted by Mollers

'Sticking' the pods and console down with a squirt of mastic and a handful of sef-tappers.... The whole thing was a 'lash-up'.

Bl**dy DIY ribs

[chewy]

Originally Posted by willk

Thnx, fixed

Still opens the homepage for me?

http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/...big_yellow.cfm

[willk]

Originally Posted by chewy

Still opens the homepage for me?

No srsly, it's fixed!