Which brand of RIB is this ?

[BartW]

Last year on an island in the pacific, I saw a RIB with alluminium hull. It was "made in New Zeeland."
I don't remember the brand name,
does anybody know the brand ?
are these available in Europe ?
they seemed well buyld and solid but not expensive, (basic finish, etc...) perfect for rough usage / diving

 

[PCUK]

Aquapro.
No longer sold in the UK as far as I know. Used to be distributed by EC Smith
I just sold a second-hand one!

 

[landlockedpirate]

Could have also been a Southern Pacific, they also do some ribs with aluminium hulls and are made in New Zealand. I'm not sure there is still a dealer in the UK.

Link here.

 

[heimdal]

This firm make RIBs with alu hulls and plastic tubes
http://www.fluggaboats.co.uk/

 

[crazy4557]

Quite possibly a Southern Pacific. I bought one off Ebay some 3 years ago and it was a great little boat. Not expensive either. Still being offered on Ebay and Boats and Outboards.

 

[BartW]

http://www.naiad.co.nz/Showroom/Range/5-8SL.html

naiad I was looking for
I have found the logo on one of the pictures from our trip

thank you all for your posts /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[jfm]

There are zillions of alloy boats and RIBs in NZ, might even be more popular than GRP. So it could be one of many makes. The hard boats are called Tinnies and the RIBs are RIB Tinnies. It's not de riguer to refer to them down there any other way.

 

[PCUK]

How ever do they differentiate between their beer tinnies and their boat tinnies?