how have the production tests gone? Any price yet?
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Originally Posted by fastcat435
Hallo GordMay
we will start production next week of the normal rowing , motorized version and in January we will do our sailing tests and start production than if the tests are satisfactory.
We are waiting for the first shipmenmt of basalt fiber to produce these rib,s with
If you're only using your dinghy to go from boat to shore and back, then the little putt putt motors are ok. We found out real quickly, like Makai, that if you want to dive and do much exploring then you need to plane. Particularly in places like the bahamas, you've often got to cover a lot of ground. Those beautiful beaches that we all picture in our heads, they usually make bad anchorages because the sand was created by constant swell and wave action. You often need to anchor somewhere else and dinghy to them.
I had a 9ft Caribe on the boat when I bought it. It was light, fast, and agile. My wife could easily winch it up onto it's platform.
I had family come for 2 weeks, so I bought a 12foot Caribe with a floor, and locker up front. It would still plane with 450lbs of flesh in the boat. It would let us all, 5, go in one trip. My wife has to work hard to winch this one up, and I have to work hard to place it on it's platform.
We have used the same 15hp Mercury for both dinks. Even though the newer dink is a struggle to get aboard I am glad I bought it.
I had a 9ft Caribe on the boat when I bought it. It was light, fast, and agile. My wife could easily winch it up onto it's platform.
I had family come for 2 weeks, so I bought a 12foot Caribe with a floor, and locker up front. It would still plane with 450lbs of flesh in the boat. It would let us all, 5, go in one trip. My wife has to work hard to winch this one up, and I have to work hard to place it on it's platform.
We have used the same 15hp Mercury for both dinks. Even though the newer dink is a struggle to get aboard I am glad I bought it.
Our new RIB of 14 ft in length only weights 66 lbs and will plane well with 10 HP , made of Hypalon and Basalt fiber with a pvc foam laminate , very easy to get on board .
Hallo Doug , I have attached the specs and prices of the lightweight V Ribs and the New Catalight Ribs , the Catalight have a sailing version as option. the ribs are made in Epoxy Resin infused carbon,basalt and levlar/twaron fiber with divinycell foam and hypalon for the tubes.
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Gideon
I purchased a long shaft 5 hp Nissan for my 10' Porta-Bote. Long shaft because I thought it may be a substitute for my 9.9 outboard if it died. For long harbor trips it's great. The engine is great but the weight!!! Having to hoist it off and on the dinghy is really getting to be too much.
If I cold find a buyer I'd switch it over for a lighter weight in a minute.
I don't have a big boat to put it on, but my 10.5' Zodiac with a 15 hp Honda4 stroke can get 4 moderate sized adults on plane. I've taken the boat on 40 mile day trips in the past. But, when I get my actual boat, I want something in the 25 hp range so I'd be able to take some people water skiing. One of the features I like on some cruising cats is the large transom deck they have on the back which would accomidate a large rib. Imagine2frolic has one I think, and the St. Francis 50 that I like. It'd be nice to be able to trully fit 6 adults in a rib.
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