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Old 08 November 2009, 15:23   #1
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Porters Ribs

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.
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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).

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



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

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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?

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Good point, I'd forgotten about that one!
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