{"id":44397,"date":"2026-08-06T16:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/?p=44397"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:04:58","slug":"meet-fraser-mackie-ribs-only-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/meet-fraser-mackie-ribs-only-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Fraser Mackie, RIBs ONLY Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fraser-mackie-author.webp\" alt=\"Fraser Mackie RIBs ONLY author @ RIBs ONLY - Home of the Rigid Inflatable Boat\" class=\"wp-image-45717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fraser-mackie-author.webp 853w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fraser-mackie-author-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fraser-mackie-author-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fraser Mackie RIBs ONLY Author and proud RIB owner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to the Inner Circle, Fraser<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fraser came to RIBs in his 40s after spending his youth messing around with yachts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a long break from the sea, he and his wife and co-skipper, Erika, bought their first RIB in 2017. They have been hooked ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They now run a custom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xs-ribs.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">XS750<\/a> with a 300 hp Mercury V8 outboard. It features what Fraser modestly calls &#8220;the best RIB nav kit on the West of Scotland.&#8221; The setup includes twin Simrad NSS4 plotters and radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The couple regularly enjoy long adventures around Scotland&#8217;s west coast. They also travel as far as Ireland and the South of England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fraser has a passion for Scotland&#8217;s maritime history, small-group exploration, and photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both he and Erika have earned many qualifications. They regularly apply those learnings in their risk management roles at a major bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He can also be found aboard the 1972 Nelson 42, &#8220;Bold Ranger.&#8221; Restoring the boat has become a true labour of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One notable achievement was the first tagging of a basking shark with a video camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fraser&#8217;s defining characteristic is that he doesn&#8217;t believe in a boating &#8220;season.&#8221; You&#8217;ll find them at sea and on various Facebook forums throughout the year.<\/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\">Get to know the other RIBs ONLY authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/category\/author\/\">the Inner Circle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in becoming an author as well? <a href=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/contact-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get in touch<\/a> and start talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Inner Circle, Fraser Fraser came to RIBs in his 40s after spending his youth messing around with yachts. After a long break from the sea, he and his wife and co-skipper, Erika, bought their first RIB in 2017. They have been hooked ever since. They now run a custom XS750 with a 300 hp Mercury V8 outboard.&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":[70,542,579,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xs","category-author","category-fraser-mackie","category-mercury"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44397","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=44397"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45724,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44397\/revisions\/45724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}