1. The making of a GEMINI WR880 RIB – A RIBs ONLY Exclusive!
Amongst the many RIB brands, GEMINI is positioned as a commercial RIB. These heavy duty RIBS are built in Cape Town, South Africa, sinds 1979. They’re built to last. So is this RIB GEMINI WR880.
Gemini Marine has been the sole provider to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) of South Africa for rescue craft from 4 meter to 8.5 meter Cabin class operating along the rugged South African coastline since 1984.
Gerhard Neethling, CEO and Owner of GEMINI-Marine
RIBs ONLY got an exclusive look behind the scenes how the RIB GEMINI WR880 is built (the finished RIB). Some steps in the process have been omitted for trade secret reasons. This is not strange.
As a nautical journalist, I visited several shipyards. In every company I was not allowed to photograph or write about certain things for the same reason.
All photos courteys of GEMINI Marine. Many thanks go to:
GEMINI Marine’s Tech Director & Founder Jeff Stephens
Gerhard Neethling, Global Sales & Marketing, CEO and Owner since September 2020
Henning Blaauw, Chief Operations Officer
And also to all the other employees for doing such a great job!
RIBs ONLY also wants to thank Arjen Maan, Company Director of novi marine in the Netherlands, importer and distributor of GEMINI RIBs.
After reading this article if you’re interested in buying a RIB that suits your needs, let this article inspire you.
Writing the article ‘How to buy a RIB‘, I mentioned that the hull is the most important part of the RIB. It defines the RIB so to speak.
So what makes a good hull? I found it of interest to you to hear the experts on this matter. So I contacted a top RIB hull designer to tell us more on this subject: Alexandros Stavroulakis.
Alex is a Greek Naval Architect, R&D Director and co-owner of Skipper-BSK, a Greek RIB shipyard that stands for speed and luxury.
BSK Marine is a company that has years experience in vessel constructing and her rapid progress creates a remarkable history and makes Skipper boats synonymous to quality and seaworthiness.
Designing a Skipper Boat is a new challenge every time. Having studied naval architecture and industrial design and also being working in the boat industry from an early age, he knows each detail and every step of the boat construction from the inside to the outside and has the ability to make a supreme design from inside out.
Would you like to buy a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) but you are not sure how or where to start? Forget brands and let this article inspire you in 10 thoughts.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB). Their form, style, lay-out, toughness, seaworthiness, safety and sportive way of navigating are the unquestionable advantages you’ll rarely find combined in any other type of boat.
