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Old 19 June 2013, 17:10   #21
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Saw our RC 5.3 as a bare hull when being built. Not a fibre of bare wood to be seen. The whole lot was glassed in.

AFAIK this is the norm.
Confirmed by Ribcraft today, very helpful on the phone, even had records of original sale and could confirm some of the service history.

Will update all shortly on next step
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Mr Biffer, could you confirm the internals of the Humber OP from your experience.

Resin or glassed?
Only a guess I'm afraid. It's very difficult glassing under deck with a wooden floor. You could glass the underside of boards but around the edges are always a problem. General rule if its not a moulded deck keep the water out of it as much as you can
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Old 19 June 2013, 21:20   #23
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Chris - out of interest as you have been there what are you looking at cost wise for a survey of a 5m RIB?
My survey was for sailing yachts in the region of 8m length, and if I remember correctly cost was approx £500 each survey. In one instance it stopped me buying an unseaworthy vessel, and in the other instance it enabled me to get the seller to fix various faults that cost far in excess of the survey fee.

So in both cases the survey paid for itself. If I was spending more than £10,000 on any boat I would always have a survey. Under £10k I may just take a chance and inspect it myself.
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The underside of the deck on the 585 is flow coated as I cut a hatch hole in mine a week ago. It could be that the rain water is getting through the brass insert which are in the deck holding down the rear a frame.
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Old 20 June 2013, 12:37   #25
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Thanks for all the input everyone. After my call with Ribcraft yesterday I was hugely reassured and I have done a deal. All woodwork is glassed in below the deck on a RC and in their view, it will be fine.

They knew the boat too, which helped a lot. Excellent after sales service from them, thumbs up from me.

I hope to post some pics in the coming weeks, picking the boat up next Friday.

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Old 20 June 2013, 14:35   #26
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the owner changed seats and didn't seal the holes on the originals so they went straight into the void.
Does that mean that there are unsealed holes into the wood sandwiched between the layer of glass on the upper and lower surfaces of the deck?

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Thanks for all the input everyone. After my call with Ribcraft yesterday I was hugely reassured and I have done a deal. All woodwork is glassed in below the deck on a RC and in their view, it will be fine.

They knew the boat too, which helped a lot. Excellent after sales service from them, thumbs up from me.

I hope to post some pics in the coming weeks, picking the boat up next Friday.

Cheers

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Did Ribcraft fit the new seats, or have they seen it since and did you speak to the guy who saw it if they did?
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Brilliant choice that boat is tougher than you. Post some photos when you get it.
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Does that mean that there are unsealed holes into the wood sandwiched between the layer of glass on the upper and lower surfaces of the deck?



Did Ribcraft fit the new seats, or have they seen it since and did you speak to the guy who saw it if they did?
No, no and no. But, the original seats that were removed still have the thru deck fittings, ie the there is no bare ply exposed even though there is a hole if that makes sense. I checked the ply very close for signs of de-lamination/rot (as I did around the anchor locker as this has come up on this forum as a potential RC area of weakness). None present but obviously I will seal them up asap.

The new seats are basically a locker glassed onto the deck with some revolting speedboat 'banquette' type miami vice carbuncle glued to the top. Locker looks good, seat is going on the bonfire.
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Cool, sounds like you've got a good, minor project that'll be a cracking boat then
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The new seats are basically a locker glassed onto the deck with some revolting speedboat 'banquette' type miami vice carbuncle glued to the top. Locker looks good, seat is going on the bonfire.
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I thinkl wilk is having some difficulty with that image. Photos would be good for a laugh
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'banquette'
Is that a small bonk?
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