Porters Ribs

sheldon6 · 10 May 2009, 14:43

Has anyone heard of these and are they any good?

Pete7 · 10 May 2009, 16:27

Been making dinghies for about 30 years, made the BWM ribs for years and now have there own models.

http://www.porters.org.uk/rescue.htm

Pete

Pete7 · 11 May 2009, 12:13

Mark,

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GuyP · 11 May 2009, 16:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete7

Been making dinghies for about 30 years, made the BWM ribs for years and now have there own models.
Pete

They also make the Tohatsu range of RIBs.

I've had my Porters for a couple of years now and I'm really pleased with it - they're not going to win any fashion parades but they're built well.

Tim M · 11 May 2009, 20:59

I'd agree with GuyP. I have a 6.5 Porters and its a really solid boat. I was pleasantly surprised; we got some dingies repaired by Ian Porter once and the quality wasn't great. Not the same with the RIBs though.

Daniel · 12 May 2009, 21:13

i've a 5m porters "rescue 5000" i think it's called.

nothing special for a 5m boat, but well built.