Madera RIBs - Virtually Indestructible

RIBs are our favorite...simple, practical, fast...and all that too at a price which would make that sun-burn you get without a cabin feel like a bare essential (pun intended).


Madera RIBs are another very famous brand of RIBs available in the world market.

But unlike the GoldFish, this is the bare-basic dont-give-a-damn RIB that can carry a multi-millionaire or even a miner safely to his destination.



MADERA

Madera RIBs are designed, constructed and mainly used for military purposes and heavy duty offshore use.

A company that boasts of being ambitious and fast growing - it uses the best materials, a cost-saving product-management system and working with a specialized and experienced staff. This aids in keeping costs to a minimum while still ensuring that products meet with the very highest quality standards.

Mainly specialized in designing and building large RIBs from 8 meters to 21 meters; these boats are intended for professional use, such as fast transport, military, coast guard, Search and Rescue, Fire and Police departments - some of the menial tasks these undertake are moonlighting for sea-safaris and leisure.


FEATURES

Madera RIBS are well known because of their high fuel capacity to reach long distances, their strong hull and the use of multiple powerful engines ideal for fast transport of heavy cargo or to carry large groups of people.

Madera RIBs are the first and only RIB manufacturer in the world with higher placed tubes on their Ribs which has the following advantages:-

i) A Madera RIB has a proven, better sea-going behaviour than conventional RIBs with lower tubes.

ii) A Madera RIB has a safer work platform for the crew and passengers.

iii) Higher placed tubes prevent hard-slamming of the RIB and the tubes on the water above sea state 1.

iv) Because of the reduced slamming a Madera RIB has also less vertical accelerations and has an much effect on the physics of the crew, passengers or embarked forces.


Build quality

Exhaustive quality control, suitable for professional use in very heavy offshore circumstances, RIBs are built in a certified state of the art factory under the supervision of several Certification authorities.



Construction

Made from a GRP (glass reinforced plastic) hand lay-up, below deck a special construction is built reinforced with Kevlar, the boat is divided in small waterproof compartments filled with closed cells foam.


Navigational reliability

Navigate in extreme circumstances thanks to their build design and quality and the installation of the best equipment.


Safety

Designed and built for use in extreme circumstances without having to worry about personal safety on board.



An ergonomic design

More spacious – in volume and height - thus a larger cargo capacity load.


Applied technology

Only the best equipment from the best suppliers is installed.


Innovation

This places our RIBs at the technical and technological vanguard


The range

Length range for professional use running from 8 - to 21 meters


Price-quality ratio

The most attractive option on the market when compared to similar vessels due to their quality, reliability and cost.




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RIBs : Rigid Inflatable Boats - Rugged...Invincible...Brave !

You can blame us to make something so ordinary sound uber-cool!

Considering what these boats can actually achieve with ease, the adjectives used in the title of this post would sound like an understatement.


Rigid Inflatable Boats...better known as R.I.Bs (RIBs) are your everyday, 'friendly' kind of boats that seem to be made out of some kind of rubber and an engine attached at the aft. Though it may be that simple in design and form...these can function from something as simple as a tender to a multi-million yacht, or something as complex as braving storms in order to rescue stranded sailors - that too with amazing dexterity.

Although developed from inflatable boats, RIBs have come a long way and are available in many shapes and sizes and some are built with specific purposes also.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Though light-weight, RIBs are about high performance and high capacity. They are constructed with a solid, shaped hull and flexible tubes at the gunwale. The design is stable and seaworthy.

One of the main advantages is that due to the inflatable collar the buoyancy is not lost if a large quantity of water is shipped aboard.


Though they look similar in terms of shape, RIBs come in varying lengths from 12 feet to 55 feet, generally.

Engines varying from your favorite '9.9' HP to 500 HP are fitted on to many manufactured RIBs.

Practically, the best option on water, since sometime fixing a puncture can be as simple as fixing a puncture of your cycle tyre - RIBs find their way into uses such as rescue boats, military and defence, water-sports and tourism boats, fishing boats, and the most glamorous that it could get is being a tender to a super-yacht.


Their versatility and cost advantage is one of the most important reasons for this all-round use, further aided by ease of transport and in inflating/ deflating.

Lately, modern technology has helped develop 'inflatable keels' that increase buoyancy further and aide a smoother ride.

HISTORY OF RIBs

The combination of rigid hull and large inflatable buoyancy tubes seems to have been first introduced in 1967 by Tony and Edward Lee-Elliott.

Though it was patented only in 1969 by Admiral Hoare, after research and development at Atlantic College in Wales.


For practical use, RIBs then were introduced for the first time as lifeboats on the England in 1970.

WAVE-JUMPERS

YIPPEEEE!...its fun-time...and what fun it would be to 'jump' waves! Many resorts have found a novel use for RIBs where these come fitted with 2 parallel rows of seats, the RIB being 10 meters in length.


It is propelled by two powerful engines, with the aim being to get the craft to roughly 30-40 knots before jumping off the tops of waves.

'WHEELHOUSE' RIBs

An 'extension' to the RIB family is the Wheelhouse RIB - larger RIBs can have hard-tops or wheelhouses made of GRP or aluminium.


Wheelhouses offer protection from the elements to both the crew and passengers - and can also protect equipment such as suspension seats and navigation equipment.

Some RIB manufacturers, provide optional canopies which form fabric and perspex wheelhouses but can be easily removed in good weather.

Increasingly, RIBs are becoming available with small cabins (usually with accommodation for 2 people and in some cases sea toilets or chemical toilets), widening the application of RIBs as cruising craft.

Looking for the most practical and versatile option on the water...and at the most reasonable price...look no further...the RIB is yours for the taking!
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