Porters Ribs

[Ian Walters]

Can anyone give feed back on the Pros and Cons of Porters Ribs? I know they make good sailing dinghies but know nothing about their ribs. I think they made the Tohatsu ribs and Porters Rescue Ribs.

[Tim M]

They did indeed (still do?) make Tohatsu RIBs. My experience of their RIBs has been good; I currently have two (6.5 and 7m), and I know of two other others. All boats are in good condition after several years use. They are identical to Solent RIBs (just about everything is identical, hull, tubes, consoles etc).

Are you looking at a new one?

[Ian Walters]

I've seen a couple at prices that are in my budget. I'm looking to get a starter rib and want to make sure that I can recover enough on them when I want to step up.
Thanks
Ian

[Downhilldai]

Mark Halliday has a Porters, with a deck as rotten as a peach.



http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24644

[Tim M]

Indeed. This is the only one I have ever heard of doing this. Unfortunately, neither Porters or Solent put anything on the underside of the plywood deck. I can't comment on other brands, but is this normally the case?

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by Tim M

Indeed. This is the only one I have ever heard of doing this.....

http://rib.net/forum/showpost.php?p=249546&postcount=3

Originally Posted by Tim M

Interesting. I was up at Porters a few weeks ago and they had a 6.5 in there having it's deck replaced. Are Porter's known for suffering dodgy decks?

[Tim M]

Good point, I'd forgotten about that one!