Want something under 6m?

[Jon Brooks]

On Sunday I got a sneak preview and a drive of a brand new 5.5m rib.
It is due to be launched at Ribex.
The boat had a Yamaha f100 bolted on the back.

I took it out from Gunwarfe and had a blat about.
GPS speed of 45MPH reached!!!
Made my eyes water!!

Like the other boats in the range it has great sea keeping.
Not just my view but that of some of those in the know.

Would make and ideal school boat or starter rib.

Twin consol with twin jockeys and seating in front of the consol.
Plans for a bench in the rear.

Look out for it at Ribex!!

Regards

[hannah]

yes my dad has a 5.3 with a 90 , so slighter smaller and slower , but it definetly goes makes my eyes water 2 !!!

[Simon666]

Did just over 46 mph on my new Zodiac Pro Open 5.5 with a johnson 90hp 2 stroke at the weekend. So nah-nah !

[Biggles]

Is this an XS RIB ?

[swginn]

Originally Posted by Biggles

Is this an XS RIB ?

It might be. I know XS-RIBs will be at RIBEX. If it is I'd hardly call it a launch considering they've been around for well over a year at this stage. Ashbypower and Limeydal both have XS-550s too so its hardly new.

Maybe they're planning on unveiling who build the hull at RIBEX maybe??

Over to you Jon??

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by swginn

Maybe they're planning on unveiling who build the hull at RIBEX maybe??

I'm sure that was unveiled a few months ago on here (or was it on Boatmad? )

[magnet711]

you guys are getting me all excited. I am making an offer on a pro 550 in the morning to add to our fleet of commerical tow boats. We run aluminum boats now with a very steep dead rise in the bow , unfortunately it flattens substantial towards stern giving us a miserable ride under high speed response conditions. Hence the reason why we are going to try a rib. Smoother ride and smoking fast. I have read a few posts on this board claiming 45+ with 90hp engines on the same boat. I am assuming you all are at sea level. My location is 6300 feet so i suspect i will see slightly slower speeds however i will be running a 115 yamaha. Usually we deduct about 10% -12% horsepower for the elevation to calculate our estimated speeds.

What pitch props are you guys running and are you using a 3 blade or a 4 blade. Also are you using a cleaver style prop or a lobe ?

Thanks

[John Kennett]

Jon

If you carry on like this you'll have to put JBT Marine/Ballistic in your sig instead of ICOM!

John

[swginn]

Originally Posted by Richard B

I'm sure that was unveiled a few months ago on here (or was it on Boatmad? )

Nope, well it definitely wasn't here and I just had a look on Boatmad and couldn't spot anything??

[Rene]

It might be the "new" Ballistic 5.5.

It's actually a good boat, but you have to keep some weight up in the front, or it's jumping around.

I don't actually think you can call it a new boat, they have just cut about 1 mter off the back of the 6.5.

But it does look promising.

Rene