Raider Ribs

[Bilge Rat]

Does anyone know anything about Raider Ribs as i've a friend who's looking into buying a secondhand Raider with a mid eighties 65hp Evinrude ? i know nothing about Raider so if anyone has any useful advise it would be appreciated.

Many Thanks

Richard

[Pete7]

I have a feeling that Raider Ribs were the forerunner to Blue Water Maritime. BWM started in 1990 or there abouts. The person you need to speak to is Paul Lemmer now running a rib buying and selling brokerage. You might have to look at Hotribs or Ribnet links page to find him.

Can't help but think that a mid 80s 65 hp engine is going to be anything other than a heap of trouble and spares difficult to find. Would be worth looking at changing it unless its identical to the 3 cly 60 and 70 hp versions. However it is an old engine!

If the price is right (cheap) and the condition of the rib good then could be worth looking at. Saw a 5.5 Raider red, black and orange on the Round Scotland Race in 92 with a 115 Suzuki on the back end. Went like a rat out of an aquaduct. Medium v hull but no worse for that as it makes them quick and easy to plane at the expense of off shore performance.

Pete

[Charles]

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[Simon Guest]

Raider Ribs are from RIBS Marine, here:
http://www.ribsmarine.co.uk

You may notice that the range of boats is just like Ribcraft. I don't think this is a coincidence. Have a look at the boats; you'd have to look at the badge to see what you've got.

With what the others are saying, though, it's possible that there's been more than one range of RIBs called Raider. Don't know.

cheers,
Simon

[Mike C]

I rather thought that Raider Ribs were built by ‘RIBS Marine’ in Christchurch. An old phone number from an Aug 2002 Rib International is 01202 471456. Don't know if it still works.

I was under the impression that they used Ribcraft Hulls which they fitted out and then sent back to Ribcraft for tubing in what I call the 'banana' mode, (ie not segmented). They used a lot of Outhill consoles I think. They certainly had a very nice looking, what appeared to be Ribcraft Hulled 6.5 boat at the 2002 Ribex. Humber was cheaper though!


Mike C

[Alan]

Originally posted by Pete7
I have a feeling that Raider Ribs were the forerunner to Blue Water Maritime. BWM started in 1990 or there abouts. The person you need to speak to is Paul Lemmer now running a rib buying and selling brokerage. You might have to look at Hotribs or Ribnet links page to find him.

Can't help but think that a mid 80s 65 hp engine is going to be anything other than a heap of trouble and spares difficult to find. Would be worth looking at changing it unless its identical to the 3 cly 60 and 70 hp versions. However it is an old engine!

If the price is right (cheap) and the condition of the rib good then could be worth looking at. Saw a 5.5 Raider red, black and orange on the Round Scotland Race in 92 with a 115 Suzuki on the back end. Went like a rat out of an aquaduct. Medium v hull but no worse for that as it makes them quick and easy to plane at the expense of off shore performance.

Pete

BWM used to call their larger RIBs Rapier - 8-9m. I notice that Paul Lemmer's website (as linked by charles) now has a range or Rapiers incl a 6.3m. Guess these are the RIBS previously known as BWM and the 6.3m is what used to be called the Deepsea 21.
Whats also interesting is that I believe that Parker RIBS are based on the BWM designs. (I'm sure Andre can comment on this!).

Raider RIBS I believe were budget Ribcraft as Mike C's says. But relatively recently produced (last 5 years). So would be puzzled to find newish RIB with mid 80's engine? Think unless it was a very good price I'd give it a miss as you could spend as much again on new engine as the boat.

[tue]

don't know if these are the people. Based in America I think. Look like nice boats too http://www.raiderboat.com/ .

[gingercoastie]

Raider boat in the USA, ar e an importer of the Aquapro range from New Zealand.

[Pete7]

Gents there was a rib range called Raider in the late 80s early 90s which is why I think they are forerunners to BWM rather than the current ragne from Ribs Marine. To make matters worse the BWM range was developed from another manufacturer who sold the moulds to more than one person in late 80s. For example a Northcraft is similar though can't confirm their origins. Certainly when Paul Lemmer explained the history to me one evening it became obvious that there was no chance of every establishing a "Royality". Agreed that a mid 80s engine on a newish Rib is unlikely. What we need a is pic. Over to you Richard.

Peter

[Bilge Rat]

Ok guys heres a few pics of the boat passed over from my friend, i'm told its a 4.8 and has a 65hp Evinrude 2 stroke on the stern.

[Bilge Rat]

heres another pic

[Bilge Rat]

and one more !!

[atlantic-diver]

does anyone know the correct adhesive to use with a raider rib.
i think its pvc as it is different fron the avon i had before.

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Originally Posted by atlantic-diver

does anyone know the correct adhesive to use with a raider rib.
i think its pvc as it is different fron the avon i had before.

I think you need to speak to a local tube repairer or the boats builder (sorry, don't know any tube repairers near you). I think you need to find out if its pvc or hypalon, I was under the impression that most of the raiders were hypalon. You could always PM Ribraff on here from Olmec tubing, he knows his stuff. www.olmectubing.co.uk.

Alex

[barhardy]

Raider Ribs were also made in Hull by a company called Selacraft. They went bust in late 1992 or early 1993. I have one, its model name is Raider Deep 4 approximately 5.4metres long. Shortly after the company stopped trading I noticed BWM started to market a very similar looking RIB.