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Old 09 August 2013, 17:16   #41
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At the risk of having some rib related contract put on me by the anti ribeye liberation front.
I'm actually rather confused by this attitude. One or two people took the mickey out of Ribeyes.They also took the mickey out of Seariders, Avon 560/620s, Ribcraft,Humber,Northcraft, plus any others that have had some kind of problem-which is most boats-and ribnobbers who are frustrated lifeboatmen with bowie knives in their teeth. This is called BANTER.


It's also worth noting that that members extract the michael out of Twim because he is a pretentious one-marque parrot,not because of the marque he parrots on about.
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Old 09 August 2013, 17:52   #42
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i own an adventure 560......i know about the "banter" ohh too well :-) done over 200 miles in last 3 days with it! :-)

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Old 09 August 2013, 17:55   #43
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i own an adventure 560......i know about the "banter" ohh too well :-) done over 200 miles in last 3 days with it! :-)

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You deserve a medal. ;-)
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A ribber walks into a chandlery and says "do you have a VHF aerial for my Avon adventure 560"?

The man behind the counter thought for a moment and then said "yes, that sounds like a fair deal"!
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A ribber walks into a chandlery and says "do you have a VHF aerial for my Avon adventure 560"?

The man behind the counter thought for a moment and then said "yes, that sounds like a fair deal"!
Really?! Must've been a Rib Raider.
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This is really embarrassing . Just checked and turns out I don't have a ribeye 600. Actually it's a Ribcraft. Damn it wondered why the ride was so good. Re the paranoid club for ribeye owners - can I have two places , one for me and one for the tiny voice in my head yelling me I should have bought a brig?
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Old 09 August 2013, 18:07   #47
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I think Brig have turned a corner as loads of new members say they are fantastic
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So do Ribeye Owners

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Yeah, and they've all been banned. Ribeye next.
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This is really embarrassing . I should have bought a brig?
Most people round here would be too embarrassed to say that now too.
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A ribber walks into a chandlery and says "do you have a VHF aerial for my Avon adventure 560"?

The man behind the counter thought for a moment and then said "yes, that sounds like a fair deal"!
nowt you say will change my mind on it, great little boat for where i live. it has probably done over 400 miles since i've owned it and not once has anything bothered it on the west coast up here.

only reason i want a new rib is i want something bigger with more oomph.

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living in Yeovil I pop in to Ribcraft regularly for spares. yesterday had to wait 20 min to buy a tube of sealant, its mad in there delivery boxes everywhere, very busy phones going, building boats in the workshop.

its a fairly small company that seems to have reached saturation point due to its popularity.

they have a superb product, I wouldn't be put off, by their "apparent" lack of interest, ring again.
None of that bodes well for good customer service. I've been round a couple of boat factories and they actually always seem pretty organised - whether thats because we were coming or they are always slick I don't know. Its just not efficient business to be any other way. Given the widely publicised challenges ribcraft have with aftersales (and have for a long time) I don't understand why they don't employ someone specifically to do this. Its probably the one serious criticism that gets levied at them.
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I don't understand why they don't employ someone specifically to do this.
They do, Charlie Chan
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Oi, stop using the B-word. You know nothing good ever comes of it.
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i own an adventure 560......i know about the "banter" ohh too well :-) done over 200 miles in last 3 days with it! :-)

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That's not bad: where were you towing it to?- how's the trailer stood up to the miles?
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I've always found Charlie to be really good & helpful, they just need more of him.
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I've always found Charlie to be really good & helpful, they just need more of him.

He's not a bad lad, just overworked. Jason's OK & so is Charlie, it's the bit in the middle that's the problem
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I thought you got towed in by a lifeboat then did one of the legs on a trailer. Did I get that wrong?
JK, you must be "mistaken" here's a quote from the ribeye web site:

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Personally I didn't realise it was a race, and given the weather conditions you might well have said the prudent seaman was the one who realised his (or his boat's) limitations and dived into a safe haven early. Nothing to be ashamed of in doing that rather than ending up with half the Irish Coastguard and RNLI hunting for you - I mean that could be embarrassing, not only for you but also for your sponsors.
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...and given the weather conditions you might well have said the prudent seaman was the one who realised his (or his boat's) limitations and dived into a safe haven early.
...unless you'd done that yesterday and therefore hardly an option today as your baby sister is a day ahead of you in the Barbie RIB
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