Ferryman RIBs

[SJHE]

Long shot but does anyone know what happened to the Ferryman moulds? Thanks

[Ferryman]

What’s kind of funny is that I’d never heard of them!! [emoji15][emoji23]

[Jeff]

,,,,, https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/hull...rnwall-england

[GuyC]

That makes for some interesting reading.

There's a 9.5m one built in 2004 for sale on Apollo Duck if you're feeling brave.

https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/ferryman-950/625409

[Nos4r2]

I seem to remember they were the same hull as something else, just very badly built. Can't remember what though.

[Endeavour]

Prosport rings a bell.

[blufin]

Rapier/Revenger iirc...later Prosports shared similar lineage

[Orwell boy]

not specific ferryman but was crompton 10 m mould on finda fishing boat recent ish
https://www.findafishingboat.com/crompton/ad-105939
ad gone now though ,looks as if its living in a hedge in suffolk

[GuyC]

BWM Rapier
BWM Animal
Barracuda 8.6
Parker RIB 900 RS

were all based on the same hull / mould. This is taken from the report. Whilst these boats share the same hull shape as the Ferryman boat, the structural arrangement is probably very different. There is a comparison in the report between the Ferryman and the Parker RIB.

The RCD was in its infancy but it is interesting that a RIB was being used comercially and no one had asked for any proof that the structural arrangement was fit for purpose.

[gtflash]

Wasn’t. Paul lemmer responsible for the subtle bow changes that made it not a revenger?