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07-07-2014, 13:24
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
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Originally Posted by Cheechako
although a locker and double floor might be nice, it makes a RIB pretty heavy..
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My 10'06" AB Lite with double floor weighs 129 pounds.
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07-07-2014, 13:29
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Location: Skagit City, WA
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
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Originally Posted by Vasco
My 10'06" AB Lite with double floor weighs 129 pounds.
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Yeah, I think my standard AB 10 footer weighed about 135 if I remember right. that's heavy to me....
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07-07-2014, 13:43
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Location: aboard, cruising in Australia
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
Personally, I would not raise the transom. It just makes it harder to see over when it's lashed down on deck. [We would not keep it in davits for traveling.] Incidentally, if you remember to slow down, you don't get pooped.
Our rib has 3 lift points, two astern, one at the bow. It has no anchor locker, and that would be useful. In our usage, maybe a quarter of the time, we want to use a stern anchor as well as the long painter (have two on, one long, one average). I love the double floor. Dry stuff is good.
Big tubes. Don't know what size tubes the OP inherited, but we like at least 18".
Depending on local dinghy laws, you may be required to carry, in addition to life jackets, tools, flares and a V-sheet, and anchoring gear. I built a bag for that, that attaches to the underside of the seat, and is off the sole by about 2". Unfortunately the zip and seams leak, so it is only spray protection, not waterproof, like the camp cooler.
Ann
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07-07-2014, 14:59
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Location: Seattle
Boat: Wauquiez Centurion 49
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
The single floor is 95lbs. Lammina 10 UL
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07-07-2014, 15:10
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
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Yeah, it's a big penalty.
The other problem is water between the floors. Never did figure out where that came from. Took about a month or so and when I realized the 15HP wouldn't make the jump to plane immediately... I knew I had a bunch of weight /water in there! I knew others with the issue also... I wrote it off to the sun on top floor making "condensate water" between them....
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07-07-2014, 15:40
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Location: Seattle
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
Price is the other penalty. AB is made in Columbia, and should cost much less than $4k.
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07-07-2014, 16:00
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Toronto
Boat: CS36Merlin, "La Belle Aurore"
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
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Originally Posted by CAELESTIS
Price is the other penalty. AB is made in Columbia, and should cost much less than $4k.
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have you priced AB's lately?
Defender Inflatable Boats Price List
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07-07-2014, 17:36
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Location: Seattle
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
$4,700? WTF!? I think I might be in the wrong business.
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07-07-2014, 17:58
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
Unbreakable built in LED nav lights.
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07-07-2014, 18:47
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Location: Lake Erie
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Over looked feature is the distanced from transom and the rear end of tubes. This gives a lot more rear buoyancy that makes getting on plane easy. No long handle, no moving forward. This also has eliminated pitching.
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07-07-2014, 19:01
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
A few quick ideas.Inflatable valves accessable from the outside so you can keep it topped up when its upside down on deck. Emergency locker accessible when inverted (on deck or if capsized. Removable upper transom and tubes so it can stow flat and low on deck. Recessed outboard well so raised OB doesnt extend past stern. The recess will also mean it can fit around mast when OB is removed.
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07-07-2014, 19:18
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Location: Gulf Harbour, New Zealand
Boat: Farr Phase 4, 12.8m
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
Weight!
My 2.9m Aquapro RIB is single floor and 75lbs (34kg). Has fuel tank platform fwd and 3 lift points. With the 15hp and NO fuel it's still 150lbs (68 KG), which is heavy for 2 of us. Not impossible, just heavy if you have to carry it far.
I could not have asked for better service from a PVC dingy, now 14 years old!
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07-07-2014, 20:21
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
A hardened glass and lexan laminate window in the bottom to see the reefs.
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08-07-2014, 03:24
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Chesapeake Bay
Boat: HR 40
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
Tubes that extend further aft to account for the greater weight of most 4-stroke outboards.
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08-07-2014, 04:29
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Location: Australia
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Re: Designing the perfect rib tender?
Mine is an all alloy RIB with a level self draining floor, seat with storage, plenty of tie points for goods, anchor Locker, fuel under seat,handrails to my spec, transom for up to 30 hp and no hyplon or pvc to cut tear,puncture etc
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