RIBS at SIBS

[britemp]

Thanks for the input guys - I know personal choice of RIBS is just that and very subjective, but my needs probably differ from many on the board. My RIB will sit next to a pontoon and will be used probably more for business and shopping trips all year round to Soton and Portsmuff than it will be for weekend blasts. Dull I know, but as all my many years of boating experience to date was at 6mph on the broads with a 42 foot displacement boat with 30hp on a shaft, I want a gentle learning curve!

I shall wave as all you 50 knotters whiz past me!

[roycruse]

Originally Posted by timw

Dear Britemp,

You have made an excellent choice to but a Ribeye.

This is certainly not the Hyundai of Ribs as Rogue Wave suggests, but more the Aston Martin.

Ribeye = Aston Martin

[britemp]

Originally Posted by roycruse

Ribeye = Aston Martin

Aston, Jag, Volvo, Land Rover - all just Fords now anyway aren't they?

Good job I don't need to impress anyone with my little boat. . . . .

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by britemp

Thanks for the input guys - I know personal choice of RIBS is just that and very subjective, but my needs probably differ from many on the board. My RIB will sit next to a pontoon and will be used probably more for business and shopping trips all year round to Soton and Portsmuff than it will be for weekend blasts. Dull I know, but as all my many years of boating experience to date was at 6mph on the broads with a 42 foot displacement boat with 30hp on a shaft, I want a gentle learning curve!

I shall wave as all you 50 knotters whiz past me!

if you got one of the longers barges you could reach across the solent with it and save on fuel, would then just need to walk along it, perhaps serve T half way......;-)

on the ford front below

i had a jag that was post the ford takeover, all I can say is they must have been awful before that as apparently they fixed a lot of issues with them and mine was still very dissappointing from a build and quality point of view.