Powerboat & RIB

Humber have launched what some might say are their finest vessels to date. It made a big impression at RIBEX…

An approach to family ribbing with overnight capabilities and a real onboard ‘loo’. When the largest builder of RIBs in…

There are tough go-anywhere RIBs that are designed to take on the harshest environment, and there are those that look…

In the last few years, looking at the number of new RIBs coming in from abroad it might seem that…

Having used a Shearwater 8.5m cabin RIB for our ‘voyage of a lifetime’ South-West Ireland cruise in 2007, we commented…

When is a RIB not a RIB? That should be easy to answer because the letters R-I-B stand for ‘Rigid…

They have been building RIBs for the Far East for over 20 years and now Silver Marine are stepping in…

If a formula works, why change it? This is an attitude many people have in life, seeing little or no…

Those who read about the Dutch Coastguard last year may recall the commercial diesel-powered RIB that was kept aboard the…

The 6.5m class of RIB is probably the most versatile-sized RIB, and its ability to fulfil so many different functions,…

Hugo Montgomery-Swan joins a threesome on the waters off the Isle of Wight…something for everyone, perhaps? Having the opportunity to…

Hugo Montgomery-Swan tests one of the larger models in the commercially orientated XS range as marketed by Barnet Marine of…

When I was asked to have a look at the Protector cabin RIB I was really looking forward to it,…

Those lads at the Atlantic College really started something when they put their plywood bottom on the inflatable boat. John…

The Sealegs concept has been going for over five years now, just to confound the early doubters who pooh-poohed the…