{"id":32457,"date":"2025-03-07T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/?p=32457"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:59:20","slug":"the-highfield-560-sport-packs-a-punch-for-its-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/the-highfield-560-sport-packs-a-punch-for-its-size\/","title":{"rendered":"The Highfield 560 Sport Packs a Punch for Its Size"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPv-MUyJ8zk?si=78Hgwc5MKAJ6BuqO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Highfield 560 Sport Edition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this video, the host showcases the Highfield 560 Sport, a compact RIB with an aluminum hull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While he mentions that all Highfield boats have aluminum hulls, that\u2019s not entirely accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly launched Highfield Boat, unveiled at Boot 2025, features a GRP hull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve written a blog post about it: <a href=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/the-all-new-adv7-from-highfield-boats-is-it-a-rib\/\">The All New ADV7 from Highfield Boats: Is it a RIB?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Highfield 560 Sport could be a great RIB for a small family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personally, I&#8217;d skip the T-top. Of course, your local conditions might make it a must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 5.60 meters, this Highfield 560 RIB is also very easy to tow and could serve well as a tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proud to share that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highfieldboats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Highfield<\/a> is a good Friend of RIBs ONLY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Length overall<\/td><td>5.86 m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Internal length<\/td><td>3.97 m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overall width<\/td><td>2.50 m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Internal width<\/td><td>1.31 m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dead rise<\/td><td>24\u00b0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tube diameter<\/td><td>42 &#8211; 52 cm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of air chambers<\/td><td>6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maximum load<\/td><td>1,375 kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maximum people<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boat only weight<\/td><td>682 kg*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fuel tank<\/td><td>105 l<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engine shaft<\/td><td>&nbsp;XL single<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Design category<\/td><td>C<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*boat, console, standard seating &amp; sundeck only<br><\/em><br><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.highfieldboats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Highfield 560 Sport Edition In this video, the host showcases the Highfield 560 Sport, a compact RIB with an aluminum hull. While he mentions that all Highfield boats have aluminum hulls, that\u2019s not entirely accurate. The newly launched Highfield Boat, unveiled at Boot 2025, features a GRP hull. I&#8217;ve written a blog post about it: The All New ADV7&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[75,457,6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highfield-boats","category-tender","category-video","category-yamaha"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}