Bart
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Our dive club picked up our new boat (brand new, only used during the Olympics), single 200hp, 7.5m long Ribcraft.





Short video @ sea.
(skip to 00:35)
Great bit of kit, very fun to drive too.
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Kippers
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Registered: 27th Dec 10
Location: By the sea, Kent Drives: A nee naw
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Very cool! Good to see you still diving!
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RichR
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I've been out trialling all week on three coastguard boats with twin 200 Merc, smoky 2 strokes for the Middle East; got another next week-fucking weather has been ridiculous; hail in the face at 45knots+ is not nice!!
We started as a dive company and made the first hydraulic bow rib with a drop nose to make access to the water easier for divers-all because of MD couldn't find a boat suitable for diving some 35years ago. Don't do much for that market anymore, we're mostly offshore oil and gas support and rescue and police, military and coast guard etc.
What are Ribcraft selling these out at?
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Bart
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I think base price was around £26k and we added around £15K of extras and mods.
IIRC, the boats are around £39k brand new
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Baskey
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Bart, where is that?? Don't recognise the location? Do you still live in Bristol mate?
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Bart
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I live In Midsomer Norton, near bath.
The photos by the water are in Portland, Castletown (Weymouth).
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RichR
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Good price; similar off us would be 90k
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Ste
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More pics of the trailer plz
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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RichR
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Is it an SBS? Doesn't look like an Indespension
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RichR
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What do you need pics of Ste? Let me know particulars and I'll get some on Monday-roller or bunk trailers
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Ste
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I'm designing a boat trailer for my local dive club. Just wanted a few different ideas to cheery pick the best 
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Ste
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*cherry
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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RichR
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I'll get some photos for you, u2u me your email address and I'll send them
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Bart
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How bigs the boat Ste?
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Ian
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Email for the pics is floojab@gmail.com
Boat is 6.5m
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jacko198
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£39k for that! 
Admittedly I know fook all about them but I'd rather buy a plane!
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Bart
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quote: Originally posted by jacko198
£39k for that! 
Admittedly I know fook all about them but I'd rather buy a plane!
Bit harder to drop scuba divers out of a plane.
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jacko198
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I disagree! Open door and push
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RichR
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quote: Originally posted by jacko198
£39k for that! 
Admittedly I know fook all about them but I'd rather buy a plane!
£39k is cheap
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Wrighty
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39k on a boat, regardless of 'cheap' or not.....fook that
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Kyle T
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You don't get much for £39k do you 
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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Bart
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quote: Originally posted by Kyle T
You don't get much for £39k do you
To be fair, the actual boat was £26k, and you don't get much for that, none of the consoles or equipment you see mounted on the dash, not the bottle racks, metal ladder, etc etc
[Edited on 24-03-2013 by Bart]
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RichR
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Outboard alone is around £12k
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RichR
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VHF Transceiver is £500; Chartplotter and GPS are £2-3k
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Kyle T
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I'd expect a kitchen and some bedrooms for 39k!
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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