TP Marine from Holland, any comments?

qcamel · 01 July 2006, 18:06

Just wondering if anybody has experiance of this company and their boats. Love the way they look, how do they perform?

Ollie

MarkM · 02 July 2006, 09:29

I'll mail this question to Danny, he knows all about it. But he's away for the weekend.

qcamel · 02 July 2006, 09:49

great, thanks you. Are they fairly near to Rotterdam and the ferry terminal?

MarkM · 02 July 2006, 10:00

Y're welcome.
They are in IJmuiden a bit up north on the Northsea cost. At the beginning of the canal to Amstersdam.
Have you seen this one?
http://www.tpmarine.nl/index.htm

qcamel · 02 July 2006, 11:43

I have and I just love this boat... http://www.tpmarine.nl/galleryimage....1/CRW_2399.jpg In fact love it so much I want it!!

However have no idea if its a: Any good, b: affordable and c: still available..

Ollie
PS I can get the ferry to Amsterdam from about 7 miles from house, so could visit for a day very easily..

danny · 03 July 2006, 13:57

TP Marine makes extremely strong boats, mostly all of them made for proffesional use.

I have sailed them last month during the Volvo Ocean race.
Very stabil and easy to handle boats with servo steering and throttle.

With or without 14 people on board she took off like a rocket with a single Volvo D6/350hp duoprop turbodiesel.

They are busy making a new model 11.8/3.8 meter with twin diesel setup and with a extreme deepV.

It's a 10 minute walk from the ferrydeparture in IJmuiden

Sure worth making a visit.

danny · 24 August 2006, 20:08

Just to give an impression. This one is delivered last week.
This rib is ment to be used for our new windmillpark along the coast of Holland.

codprawn · 25 August 2006, 00:41

I met them at Ribex a while ago - very nice people and the boat looked very well made.

wavelength · 26 August 2006, 12:31

My daughter and her fiance are out at Ijmuden skippering boats on that wind farm. They have TP ribs as their fast support boats (when the weather allows it!). They seem fairly impressed with them (but not as much as their 50ft catamarans with all mod cons on board!), but I am out there in sept visiting them (and the boat show there

)and may know more about the ribs after that

Andre · 26 August 2006, 14:32

TP Marine used to have their ribs made in Poland. Not so long ago perhaps even early this year TP Marine and the Polish partner ceased all co-operation and TP Marine now get their ribs from another source perhaps they even make them in house.
The company which used to made the ribs for TP Marine is called Techno Marine and you can look them up on www.technomarine.pl

danny · 27 August 2006, 17:29

Andre.

We make the boats ourselves now, in Holland.

Andre · 27 August 2006, 18:18

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Originally Posted by danny

Andre.

We make the boats ourselves now, in Holland.

Cheers Danny
Like I said probably in house

wavelength · 27 August 2006, 21:51

well todays, short as usual, text message back to Dad from daughter Nicole out in Holland

Quote:

Wow. Just been out on Windrib. Must be 4m waves. Fantastic boat. Want1. 350hp!

Must be a nice bit of kit if she likes it.

danny · 28 August 2006, 17:52

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Originally Posted by wavelength

well todays, short as usual, text message back to Dad from daughter Nicole out in Holland Must be a nice bit of kit if she likes it.

That's the rib shown in the pictures.

wavelength · 28 August 2006, 19:21

yep had seen the name on it- I'll be over there end of next week and/or the beginning of the week after that to see it in the flesh (or at least in the hypalon) as it were