Why ribs suck

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by jw.
Hey if you get a puncture in a hard boat does it sink or what?

Jeff, I'll give you a knife, and you try and 'puncture' Chaos's P21, then give him the knife, and see if he can 'puncture' your boat!

Reckon I know who'd come off worse!

I reckon you could 'fillet' a rib in about ten mins, and give you the toob back in wheelbarrow!

And lets not forget how seaworthy a rib looks when it's 'naked'!

[kitten]

Originally posted by Leeway
whats this then?????????

Looks like the new console you spent last summer rubbing to me:hugegrin2

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by kitten
Looks like the new console you spent last summer rubbing to me:hugegrin2

Rumbled!

nice one Kitten

Why are people always so reluctant to admit an interest in summat?

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by WAVEJUMPER
Still pulled though!


The only thing your gonna pull in hard boat is a skier!

Yeah right, where as with a rib, you can pull a russian Shotputter, or an Austrian cablecar kickstarter.

"hey babe, wanna come boating?" (in this) ...OK, but hang on, I'll get my gas mask to hide my hideous face.

[Jon Fuller]

OR

"Hey babe, wanna come boating?" (in this)

"Nine, I vil take zee wierd geek in zee rib wis dee Bowie knife strapped to his head and zee bumper boys telescope dat folds out in four sections, and dee noo frog flippers every time, you non Aryan fool!...heil Hitler."

[kitten]

and look at the bird he pulled

[Jon]

What i cant understand is this:

In all the manufacturing businesses i have worked in, a very important part of the business is finding out what the consumer wants and then producing it.

The Marine Industry is the only industry that i know of that does not follow this tried and tested rule. What i have seen on many occassions is someone producing the most rediculous and outragous products (like the rib with wheels ), and then set about convincing the world that this is what it wants!

It appears to be an Industry in which the customer is told what he can and cant have rather than an Industry that supplies demand. (Especially in this Country).

I always thought that the Construction Industry was in the Dark Ages, but the Marine Industry is absolutely Neo-lithic.

[Jon]

Originally posted by Jonny
Yeah right, where as with a rib, you can pull a russian Shotputter, or an Austrian cable car kickstarter.

"hey babe, wanna come boating?" (in this)

ROTFLMAO.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by kitten
and look at the bird he pulled

I'm sure Chris Peters will be pleased to discuss that with you

[Jon]

Anyway, unless you work for the MOD or the Oil Industry, whats the point in owning a RIB?

I can only think of one reason.

We all know that just about the most stressfull situation you can find yourself in is when berthing your boat with insufficient experience and a jolly crowd of spectators. (I know ive been there many times).

Couples have divorced over the stresses of boating.

However, you can take a RIB and ram it into just about anything and get away with it with a laugh, a flippant remark such as, "Sorry, I dont know whats happened to this reverse gear", this is usually followed by the embarrassed laughter of the crew.

(This is an old chestnut employed by sailors of old "Sea Shanty's" that have probably seen less than 1 hours mechanical maintenance in the last ten years).

Lets face It, Ribs have a place. . . . . . .

[jw.]

Originally posted by Jonny

I reckon you could 'fillet' a rib in about ten mins, and give you the toob in wheelbarrow!

Now tell me you've never seen a hard boat wiv a hole in it. If fact, tell me you've never seen a hard boat in mutiple pieces.

I hope you're no takin' this thread too seriously Nobba.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by jw.
Now tell me you've never seen a hard boat wiv a hole in it. If fact, tell me you've never seen a hard boat in mutiple pieces.

I've seen steel supertankers broken in half, but I doubt even you could have done it with a fillet knife

[Jono]

Originally posted by Jonny
I've seen steel supertankers broken in half, but I doubt even you could have done it with a fillet knife

Not with a Knife, no... but keep it up, laffin' boy, and you'll find out what I can do with a Thermic Lance.....

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by Jono
you'll find out what I can do with a Thermic Lance.....

my advice would be to keep ya 'lance' well away from ya blow-up bit, coz I reckon they probably burn real good.

[Jon]

How come none of you rib nobbas have jumped to defend the "hard bottomed armbands" then?

With the exception of Wavejumper (who only bit cos his prowess was being called into question), and JW who correct me if im wrong has tried to stand by the old "Goose", no one else has profferred any good reason to own one of these "Fugly pus balls".

When Jesus said that the meek shall inherit the Earth, there was no mention of rigid inflatable boats was there?

[Jon]

Originally posted by Ben
I bought a magazine in the early 70s called 'Hustler' and the lead article was entitled 'Why Chicks Suck' and they had at least 100 reasons.

Can we come up with 50 reasons for a latter day RIB version.

Heres a starter:

1. They look stupid



Apologies in advance for any offence caused.

Much offence caused i think Ben.

[Johnny Rocket]

Originally posted by R-Don
How come none of you rib nobbas have jumped to defend the "hard bottomed armbands" then?

Nothing to prove?

[Brambles]

Originally posted by R-Don
When Jesus said that the meek shall inherit the Earth, there was no mention of rigid inflatable boats was there?

We are the meek, and we shall inherit the earth.




If that's alright with everyone else.

[Jon Fuller]

very good

[Foolish]

i think this says it all

http://www.mybayliner.co.uk/boatmad/rib.wmv

and you would need a "VERY" big knife to sink my bayliner