Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
07 January 2016, 14:01
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
03 September 2015, 12:51
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,294
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
03 September 2015, 11:16
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,294
So, does Honwave sell brand new replacement...
So, does Honwave sell brand new replacement pannels in UK?
I'd appreciate an Internet address or email to contact whoever does, rather than a phone number. My spoken English is less than perfect...
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Forum: Electrics and electronics
09 June 2015, 07:18
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Replies: 3
Views: 976
Fixing antennas to console
Hi all ribbers.
After 6 years of sibbing, I'm purchasing my first rib and I expect to have it available this summer.
I'm mounting a VHF DSC fixed radio in the console. VHF portable radios...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
29 May 2015, 22:24
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,875
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
13 May 2015, 16:12
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,015
Fuel line and petrol hand pump placing
Hi sibbers.
My petrol can will be placed at the bow, to help levering the sib weight and to save space in my 4 meter sib. I think it's a good idea.
So I need a new longer fuel line.
Is it...
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Forum: Engines & props
06 April 2015, 13:49
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,830
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
06 April 2015, 10:09
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Replies: 2
Views: 976
Thanks Dry!
So always with new boats, on...
Thanks Dry!
So always with new boats, on water exposed hull:
* Remove wax-parafin-whatever.
* Sandpaper gently the gel coat.
* Primer coat.
And each season (including first voyage):
*...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
06 April 2015, 07:08
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Replies: 2
Views: 976
Questions on paint over brand new hull
Hi all, excuse my English.
Though I already have a SIB, I'm totally new with ribs.
These questions are probably solved in another thread, but the search hits too many posts.
I'm planning to...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
09 February 2015, 13:49
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,377
It was a 6 or 6,5m rib used for diving.
The...
It was a 6 or 6,5m rib used for diving.
The hull must have had a crack and water came inside so it lost it buoyancy.
The glue was obviously starting to fail, it was PVC floats with all of the...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
06 February 2015, 12:51
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,377
"Must have been some Chinese junk to have the...
"Must have been some Chinese junk to have the tubes fall off. Simple solution is to buy a quality boat, not a piece of junk."
Nope. Won't say the manufacturer but it was a main one. And...no rough...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
03 February 2015, 15:25
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,377
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
03 February 2015, 14:17
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,377
Hull foam filling
Hi all,
I'm new in this Sub-Forum, as I currently own a SIB.
I'm considering to purchase a Valiant Sport RIB. I have read that you can order it having the hull filled with polyestirene for...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
26 January 2015, 07:36
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,819
The front D ring usually has a square handle.
I...
The front D ring usually has a square handle.
I would use the ring rather than the handle for a painter.
Best solution is 2 separate doubled independent lines from right and left rings to the front...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
15 December 2014, 07:24
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,397
Recovery cradle...
Recovery cradle (https://www.cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-recovery-cradle/)
It looks definitely the solution.
I do not feel like playing rescue hero at all, no guts enough and lumbalgia.
5...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
11 December 2014, 16:27
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,397
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
11 December 2014, 09:59
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,397
Lifting up people to a sib
Hello all,
I use a folding ladder to get back to my sib after swimming/snorkeling/whatever. It works fine even for elder people.
But sometimes i have thought about lifting up people that cannot...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
11 December 2014, 09:48
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,616
My solution is made out with things already...
My solution is made out with things already written in this thread.
- Use 2 rings so if one fails the other can do the job.
- Painter with carabiner, short enough so that if it falls down it...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
23 September 2014, 08:58
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,566
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
16 September 2014, 11:24
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,171
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
16 September 2014, 11:01
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,819
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
08 September 2014, 12:21
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,443
Just don't.
I would not risk messing with that...
Just don't.
I would not risk messing with that toxic paint. When you later think of scrapping it off you're in trouble.
Regarding hi pressure water, you are risking to unglue the whole sib.
My...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
01 August 2014, 09:41
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,892
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
01 August 2014, 09:31
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,892
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
31 July 2014, 11:55
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,788
- less than 4 meters long, less than 15hp, no...
- less than 4 meters long, less than 15hp, no need for license.
- but you do need registration and insurance.
- flag is mandatory but I bet you do not get billed for not having it in such a sib,...
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