Established in 1979, based in Cape Town, South Africa, Gemini Marine has designed and manufactured the most comprehensive range of RIBs and inflatable boats for many of the world’s rescue, military and patrol entities for over many decades.
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This blog is devoted to the Rigid Inflatable Boat.
My Passion for the Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB)
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.
RIBs Only started out as an enthusiastic, small online forum in 2008 as you can see in the screenshot below.
If you’re not familiar with what a RIB is go ahead and check it out.
2008 RIBs ONLY Forum long before the RIBs ONLY Blog
Soon it ended up being much more labor-intensive than I had anticipated. Too many changes in the different Rigid Inflatable Boat models required a lot of time and research. Too much.
In 2017, I made the leap and replaced it with this RIBs ONLY blog that captures my passion and love for Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB).
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I decided right away to build a strong Facebook community of RIB enthousiasts who are passionate about their boat, the sport, the adventures and sharing their knowledge with each other.
Luckily Facebook didn’t look anymore like this in 2017.
2004 Facebook screenshot
I Eagerly Anticipate the Future that Lies Ahead
I look forward to providing you with the latest RIB news, reviews and tips as well as other relevant RIB related topics.
I hope this blog serves as a valuable resource for those who explore on the wide open seas and waterways.
Follow me on this journey as I explore, learn and share my enthusiasm for RIBs with you, my precious audience.