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Old 22 August 2013, 03:05   #1
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What kind of RIB is this?

4 Yamaha 300s?

This thing must be big, fast, and expensive.
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Old 22 August 2013, 04:37   #2
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Google it. I want to say it's designed locally (Newport Beach, CA) and built in New Zealand by the skippers brother. There are YouTube videos on it.
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From what I have read that boat was custom built for Emirates Team New Zealand, they designed it in house too....

One of the other team, Artimis has a couple of 40 foot yellowfins, very nice boats....
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Old 22 August 2013, 11:42   #4
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Yep, big boat.

pretty boat.
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Here is another monster.
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Old 22 August 2013, 13:24   #6
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Old 22 August 2013, 15:18   #7
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Morelli and Melvin are famous sailing catamaran designers.


For example one of their monster round-world record breaker cats



You can believe that rib wasn't cheap. Awesome boat.
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Re: The original pic: You'd think that all that spending would have included a boarding ladder...


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Morelli and Melvin are famous sailing catamaran designers.

For example one of their monster round-world record breaker cats


You can believe that rib wasn't cheap. Awesome boat.
Wasn't their claim to fame Dennis O'Connors America's Cup cat?
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Old 22 August 2013, 18:03   #10
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so at that scale what does the inflatable part get you other than a nice fender all around?
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Old 22 August 2013, 18:09   #11
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For example one of their monster round-world record breaker cats
In that video, I love how they're flying along at that speed and the sail is reefed!
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Exactly, it's a nice fender. This goes back a long way in Americas cup history because the ribs always tied up to the AC cup boats and moved them out to the race course (no engines on boat the raceboats). Hence the need for a big fender.

Before ribs they used Hatteras' and such in the 70's and before that some gorgeous wooden classic powerboats.

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the 12m boats sure were pretty....
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pretty boat.
Have been on the smaller ETNZ ribs here in San Diego for the Ac45 races.
(But not quite the monster shown above! )
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Limeydal;

Wasn't there some kind of tall ship event this past weekend down your way (first weekend of Sept)?

Did you get out for pics?

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Wasn't there some kind of tall ship event this past weekend down your way (first weekend of Sept)?
I was out on Sunday and didn't see anything.
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Thought I read that somewhere. Might be wrong. Thanks, NCP.


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Wasn't there some kind of tall ship event this past weekend down your way (first weekend of Sept)?
Dana Point this weekend?
Toshiba Tall Ships Festival in Dana Point
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Page doesn't seem to want to load, but that sounds about right. Thanks, ncp.

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4 Yamaha 300s?

This thing must be big, fast, and expensive.
Salthouse boats Morelli and melvin 50' power cat tender for Americas cup AC 72. Sailboat goes pretty quick; tender has to potentially right the cat. My buddy says they have come close to pitchpoling this RIB trying to keep up with the sailboat.
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