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Ranieri Cayman 45.0 Cruiser RIB Triple Mercury

Karel Overlaet, RIB Advocate

BIG RIBs Nothing New

Many years ago we only saw large RIBs (Rigid Inflatable Boats) from Heaven (80 ft), Opera (60 ft) and Zodiac with its famous Amphitrite (60 ft) for Jacques Cousteau.

Nowadays 35-footers and much bigger no longer are exceptions. Many RIB designers and builders design more and more big hulls.

Ranieri Cayman 45

The largest RIB ever built by the Ranieri shipyard, is this 14 meter Rigid Inflatable Boat called Cayman 45.0 Cruiser.

The triple rig of Mercury 450 Racing’s puts out some immense 1,350 horsepower that all need to drink. The steerings comes with the joystick system and Active Trim.

The carbon hard-top on this Ranieri Cayman 45 comes standard.

There is plenty of room to sleep with these nice bedrooms: there are two separate areas for four people in total, plus a toilet compartment with a shower.

Specs

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SeaQuest 10 Open Twin Mercury 225 V6 Engines

Karel Overlaet, RIB Advocate

SeaQuest 10 Open Means Business

A great video of the Seaquest 10 m Open RIB powered by 450 hp: no hassles, just push that throttle!

I’m sure many of us here can appreciate these kind of videos. From my point of view, it’s an instant good feeling right from the start.

Boat & Fishing in Greece

The video is part of the Boat & Fishing in Greece magazine, co-founded by Γιώργος Πολυχρονίου (George Polychroniou), a well-known passionate Greek journalist and member of RIBs ONLY.

In this Seaquest video, he’s wearing the blue life jacket.

By the way, no need to say that this video is very well created. Action packed, several vantage points and never a dull moment showing off this 10 m Greek built Rigid Inflatable Boat.

With limited equipment, your smartphone, you can also create a top video. Just follow these 5 tips and let me know.

The Story of John Moxham Impressive Hull Design

Karel Overlaet, RIB Advocate

The story of John Moxham

When it comes to hull design, I’m all ears and eyes and so should you.

After all, it is the most important part of a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) or any boat for that matter.

The video tells the story of John Moxham’s hull design and how it has contributed to the rising success of Ultimate Boats, a company that produces high-performance powerboats.

Ultimate Boats story of the John Moxham hull design @ RIBs ONLY - Home of the Rigid Inflatable Boat
John Moxham’s hull design

It also features an interview with Moxham, Chief Designer of Ultimate Boats, who explains the unique features of the hull design and how it provides superior handling and stability in a variety of water conditions.

John Moxham is no stranger to RIBs ONLY and designed the new hulls for Ultimate Boats.

This video was published on the Ultimate Boats YouTube channel.

Proud to share that Ultimate Boats is a Friend of RIBs ONLY.

Advanced Sea Training Nautical Brigade of Dunkirk

Karel Overlaet, RIB Advocate

Sharpening Skills

The Dunkirk Nautical Bbrigade (National Police DDSP59) wanted to improve its technical skills in terms of navigation for its security missions, surveillance in the port of Dunkirk, on the SEVESO sites, intervention in the context of the fight against immigration clandestine, etc.

Advanced Sea Training

On the OLM program there was reading and analysis of the passage of waves, on-board electronic management, group cohesion and hardening through evolution in an anxiety-provoking environment.

I’ve published another video about this kind of adequate training.

Great Case: 100 Percent Electric Car Trailering a Boat

Karel Overlaet, RIB Advocate
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Traveling by a 100 Percent Electric Car Trailering a Boat

100 Percent Electric Car

Agreed, it’s not about a RIB this time but I found this article published by the Belgian Pneumaticlub to be a very interesting real life test case to share with you.

It’s about traveling by a 100 percent electric car trailering an average boat. The car is an Audi e-tron 55 capable of towing 1,800 kg.

This maximum weight could apply to many Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) being towed.

The full article is published in the newly uploaded magazine of the Belgian Pneumatic Club.

It is a very detailed well-written article describing distances, calculations and charging times. I was very curious about the outcome and it struck me to read the following conclusion:

“Au niveau du coût et pour ce voyage aller-retour, rouler à l’électrique est 40% plus cher par rapport au diesel.”
(In terms of cost and for this round trip, driving on electric is 40% more expensive compared to diesel.)

I wrote an article last year on the possible impact of towing our beloved RIB by electric cars. And do check out my article on hydrogen versus electricity.

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