RIB Rendezvous 2026 – Biggest Yet

Redbay RIBs and Suzuki Marine have announced their joint sponsorship of the 2026 edition of the hugely successful, family boating event, ‘RIB Rendezvous’.

“Suzuki & Redbay are the perfect match for our RIB Rendezvous, and we are most grateful for their support”, event spokesman, Paddy Crerar, told PBR. “Few know the waters of the West Coast as well as the team at Redbay and so having their active involvement and participation is going to be a real bonus for everyone concerned”.

Preparations are already underway in Oban, famously termed Scotland’s “Sea Food Capital”, from which the event will be based. The town and waterside facilities will host what the organisers are billing as, “the largest forecasted gathering of RIBs in 2026.

With over 120 RIBs already registered, final numbers look set to smash the 2025 record of 127 participating boats.

The event is focused on a full day of cruising in company on Saturday 2nd of May, to be preceded by, ‘Shake Down Friday’, suitably tide timed for participants to experience the Corryvreckan Whirlpool, the world’s third largest offshore whirlpool located between the isles of Scarba and Jura.

Following the Saturday night’s event marina party, the aptly named, ‘Sunday Wakey Wakey’, will then round off the event back on the water with a final gathering.

The event will see a large fleet of Irish crews coming to the event along with crews from as far south as the Channel Islands and as far north as Orkney also in attendance.