{"id":44161,"date":"2026-06-25T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/?p=44161"},"modified":"2026-07-05T19:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:25:49","slug":"why-thames-rib-experience-chose-yanmar-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/why-thames-rib-experience-chose-yanmar-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Thames RIB Experience Chose YANMAR Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o2SwJQdXWm4?si=ND8HquDL4G0wpVUa\" 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\">Yanmar Engines: Word From a Professional<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dean McGlinchey, one of the directors, runs <a href=\"https:\/\/thamesribexperience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thames RIB Experience<\/a> with his wife, Charlotte McGlinchey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their River Thames tours combine sightseeing with thrilling high-speed RIB action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tour passes the Houses of Parliament before racing beneath Tower Bridge at speeds reaching 30 knots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its custom Ribcraft RIB carries 12 passengers and 2 crew, powered by twin 8LV engines producing 740 horsepower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yanmar.com\/marine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yanmar<\/a>, established in 2014, has proven exceptionally reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One RIB has accumulated nearly 11,000 engine hours without replacing a turbo, injector, starter motor, or alternator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result is thrilling performance, dependable reliability, and unforgettable smiles after every River Thames adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video was published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@YANMARMarine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the <strong>YANMAR Marine<\/strong> Youtube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch videos where these engines were used in RIBs: <a href=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/category\/yanmar\/\">check them out<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@YANMARMarine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yanmar Engines: Word From a Professional Dean McGlinchey, one of the directors, runs Thames RIB Experience with his wife, Charlotte McGlinchey. Their River Thames tours combine sightseeing with thrilling high-speed RIB action. The tour passes the Houses of Parliament before racing beneath Tower Bridge at speeds reaching 30 knots. Its custom Ribcraft RIB carries 12 passengers and 2 crew, powered&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":[38,6,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ribcraft","category-video","category-yanmar"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44161","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=44161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}