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I'm sure everyone will have their own opinion and everyone will think their own opinion is right... Personally we like the idea of a twin installation if possible especially when one is still capable at pushing at a reasonable speed, but there is a significant increase in cost! Also we are...

Hi Rustybarge, It is actually a Carson RIB, I believe they stopped making RIBs in the very late 90's early 00's, Barry Carson built Quickstep with a step in the hull and she held the record for the fastest crossing between Dover and Boulogne back in 1999. That looks like a interesting project...

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Wow, well done! What an amazing journey, we went to Norway this summer on our slightly larger 7.5m RIB Norway was truly amazing! In fact we loved it so much we are heading back this year, to over winter aboard for the full year. have a look at our blog if you'd like...

www.papayarcticadventure.blogspot.co.uk a blog about living aboard a 7.5m RIB now aiming to live aboard a year in Norway

In summer 2014 we took our 7.5m carson Rib from Orkney, Scotland to Norway and lived aboard. Needless to say the RIB was not designed as a live aboard boat... There were three crew aboard for the adventure and we all lived aboard for the full 29 days. The RIB has a small cabin and a homemade...