Rib re tubing - costs query

[symondo]

got to love a random freebie...

Someone locally wants shot of a rib hull cheap cheap aparently its all there but requires re tubing....

All i know is its a 5M Rib.

what would i be looking at to put this back in the water as a flaoting boat - I already have an outboard i could use

 

[symondo]

Ive also read on other forums about filling the tubes with styrofoam/expanding foam to make the inflatable section solid....


Could anyone advise?

 

[WF36]

Someone I know has just paid £3500 to have a 5.1M RIB re-tubed.

 

[symondo]

Someone I know has just paid £3500 to have a 5.1M RIB re-tubed.

hmm :/ id of debated it if it was half that

 

[landlockedpirate]

From experience, it cant be done in any way that makes financial sense. Beer mat maths says 5k (3k tubes, 1k trailer, 1k sundries - steering, gauges, throttle etc etc).

Depending on the engine, its not going to be worth more than 5k finished.

There is a reason people end up giving boats like this away

 

[prv]

From experience, it cant be done in any way that makes financial sense. Beer mat maths says 5k (3k tubes, 1k trailer, 1k sundries - steering, gauges, throttle etc etc).

I don't know much about the finances of RIBs, but this sounds believable. What you have there is not actually a boat, not even a boat that needs a lot of work doing. It is just one component of a boat, the GRP moulding - like a spare part. You wouldn't start with a keel, or a mast, and talk about repairing a yacht.

Pete

 

[[70521]]

I have some fuel for the chainsaw.

 

[Jabs]

Might be worth asking on rib.net?

Tony.

 

[Pete7]

Eurocraft are probably the nearest.

http://www.eurocraft.com/rib-collars.html

The hull looks like an early Tornado btw.

Pete

 

[bigwow]

Here you go
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6M-RIB-TU...4318250?pt=UK_Power_Boats&hash=item27ea4819aa