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28 June 2011, 19:34
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Country: Sweden
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 4m +
Engine: Evinrude 15 hp -78
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What's the best boat brand?
What's the best brands for RIB boats in your opinion?
Make it in list form if you wish, and of course it would be nice to hear pros and cons but just your preference will do good!
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28 June 2011, 19:35
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Country: Canada
Town: Vancouver, BC Canada
Boat name: Black Ops
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 733
Length: 7m +
Engine: OceanPro 150hp x 2
Join Date: Oct 2008
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What's the best car brand?
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28 June 2011, 19:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: Isle of Wight
Boat name: Nothing
Make: Valiant v490
Length: 4m +
Engine: mariner 60hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
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How long is a piece of string?
I would say valiant as I have one and am bias. They are reasonable priced, fast, good layout, look good and well built.
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28 June 2011, 19:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by Patrik
What's the best brands for RIB boats in your opinion?
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The most expensive, obviously. 
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28 June 2011, 19:50
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Country: UK - England
Town: Isle of Wight
Boat name: Nothing
Make: Valiant v490
Length: 4m +
Engine: mariner 60hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Originally Posted by Mollers
The most expensive, obviously. |
Surely its not that case all of the time.
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28 June 2011, 20:05
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
MMSI: 235067688
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Originally Posted by Patrik
What's the best brands for RIB boats in your opinion?
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Just ask what brand people own. Same thing.
The best brand in my opinion/I own a Halmatic 
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28 June 2011, 20:10
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Member
Country: Sweden
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 4m +
Engine: Evinrude 15 hp -78
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Well I'm pretty sure that I would get lots of responses such as "mercedes" or similar if I asked what the best car brand is.. So I'm pretty sure you guys got opinions too. OR opinions on what brands to avoid.
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28 June 2011, 20:11
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Isle of Wight
Boat name: Nothing
Make: Valiant v490
Length: 4m +
Engine: mariner 60hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Don't get a selva 
I was looking at an excel voyager new for my first rib and to be honest the tubing was very tatty and was not cut and fitted properly.
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28 June 2011, 20:11
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Member
Country: Sweden
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 4m +
Engine: Evinrude 15 hp -78
Join Date: Jun 2011
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It wouldn't be weird to ask what's the best song ever, or the best album. It's not at all like asking how long a piece of string is.
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28 June 2011, 20:13
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Member
Country: Sweden
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 4m +
Engine: Evinrude 15 hp -78
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Originally Posted by MrLiam
Don't get a selva
I was looking at an excel voyager new for my first rib and to be honest the tubing was very tatty and was not cut and fitted properly. |
That's more like it  Anyone else found that the build quality is worse on one brand than another, or that they are more prone to need repairs etc?
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28 June 2011, 20:14
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Member
Country: Sweden
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 4m +
Engine: Evinrude 15 hp -78
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Originally Posted by MrLiam
Surely its not that case all of the time. |
Right.. In other areas it's usually some of the most expensive options that's a really bad buy, as they are worse than many of the cheaper options.
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28 June 2011, 20:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury Mariner 15hp
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Define 'best'??! It's impossible - best for what??
Boats are all about compromise - and all of us have different criteria.
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28 June 2011, 21:07
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RIBnet Supporter
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Hi Patrik - welcome to RIBnet.
The problem that we have with your question is that (in many ways) it has been asked here before and has caused much debate, merriment and unhappiness. We are a group of very different people and we try not to p1$$ each other off too much (OK, I try to p1$$ Mollers off a bit, but that's his Karma calling in the debt  )
Having said that, obviously Redbay make the best RIBs (lots going to Sweden) and Quicksilver make the bestest small toy SIBs...
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28 June 2011, 21:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gloucestershire
Boat name: Osprey
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 5m +
Engine: E-tec 300 G2
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by willk
Hi Patrik - welcome to RIBnet.
The problem that we have with your question is that (in many ways) it has been asked here before and has caused much debate, merriment and unhappiness. We are a group of very different people and we try not to p1$$ each other off too much (OK, I try to p1$$ Mollers off a bit, but that's his Karma calling in the debt )
Having said that, obviously Redbay make the best RIBs (lots going to Sweden) and Quicksilver make the bestest small toy SIBs...
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 Surely Osprey are the best  
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28 June 2011, 22:02
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
MMSI: 235067688
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Patrik, if you're interested in buying a rib, you could give us some idea of what you're looking for. We could probably give much more useful advice that way. ie cruising area, budget, person capacity, whether you're trailering etc etc
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28 June 2011, 23:02
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Patrick, are you looking for the Mercedes of the rib world then or the Ford? You might well argue either is best - depending how you think of cost, quality, design, brand reputation etc.
There is a big difference between a scorpion or a goldfish and a ribcraft or an osprey. And that is without thinking about the mass produced brands like zodiac or valiant.
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29 June 2011, 01:11
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Member
Country: Sweden
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 4m +
Engine: Evinrude 15 hp -78
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 142
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martini
Patrik, if you're interested in buying a rib, you could give us some idea of what you're looking for. We could probably give much more useful advice that way. ie cruising area, budget, person capacity, whether you're trailering etc etc
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Tried it, didn't get as much attention as this one though
However, I'm totally new to this so I haven't even got the vaguest idea of what's good and what's not, so I don't know what I can choose between. I'd like to have the clever buy that doesn't break and handles well, such as - since I'm swedish - the volvo would be in cars. However, it wouldn't be bad if it was more fun to drive though. But speed and agility isn't the most important thing, I'd rather have a stable one that takes bad water better.
And I'm looking for something that could easily be carried by a few persons, just a plain flat floor and so on. Perhaps in the 3-5 meters range.
2 people would ride often, 3 at most.
The only brands I've heard of before is Zodiac and Quicksilver. Zodiac seems to be the easiest to find in sweden, in the second hand market. But if it's no good, I'd rather increase the budget..
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29 June 2011, 06:43
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Isle of Wight
Boat name: Nothing
Make: Valiant v490
Length: 4m +
Engine: mariner 60hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
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You don't want a flat bottom as it will decrease the performance and stability alot I found this out the hard way when I bought a little suzumar. But since joining and reading on here alot of people praise the bombard 3.80 aero deck.
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29 June 2011, 06:55
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Country: Sweden
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 4m +
Engine: Evinrude 15 hp -78
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 142
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrLiam
You don't want a flat bottom as it will decrease the performance and stability alot I found this out the hard way when I bought a little suzumar. But since joining and reading on here alot of people praise the bombard 3.80 aero deck.
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Oh I'm sorry, no I want RIB... Not inflatable bottom. I just thought of the inside floor of the boat, I don't know the correct term for it. Thanks though!
So does the "mass produced" comment about Zodiac mean that they are no good?
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29 June 2011, 06:56
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Isle of Wight
Boat name: Nothing
Make: Valiant v490
Length: 4m +
Engine: mariner 60hp
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Oh sorry do you mean with a console or just the bare boat.
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