JBT Marine announces that Ballistic RIBs win a 9 RIB tender for the South African Police. Many of you will already know that Ballistic RIBs are well liked by Harbour masters, Port authorities, fishery protection, drug enforcement teams and many other commercial operators. I am pleased to say that we have done it again!

Ballistic RIBs are just coming to the end of a 9 boat delivery of RIBs for the South African Police. As with all RIBs from Ballistic we are used to building in tight time frames to meet the customer demands. Again this order of High speed Ribs has been delivered in record time which is great news for the SAP (South African police) who are already using these impressively appointed vessels in the harshest of conditions fighting crime.

These commercially specified RHIBs are equipped with seating for 10. Twin Yamaha 200hp engines. Self-righting systems and an impressive range of instruments including RADAR. Each RIB is also fully foam filled which will ensure hull safety even when holed multiples of times (Bullets Etc.) Each has Military grade Hypalon tubes (Pennel material) and high spec of re-enforcement rubbing strakes.

Each RHIB has been made to the strictest of specifications and has to be quality checked and signed off before delivery by the SAP’s own surveyor.

If you are looking for a high quality RIB with quite exceptional sea keeping ability why not look at the Ballistic RIB www.ballisticribs.com

Another treat for us at the Genoa boat show was the launch of the Impressive 300HP Evinrude Etec from BRP. We hope to be fitting the First 300hp Evinrude etec in th UK to a Ballistic RIB. Here is a picture:

And for those that have not seen it yet here is a picture of the 300HP Mercury Verado, should push most RIBs and speedboats at a reasonable speed:

Genoa boat show….JBT marine,  Ribsforsale visit

Last week we returned from the Genoa boat show.

For those of you that don’t know, Genoa boat show boasts some of the most impressive RIBS in the world. Each time I go the Ribs just seem to get bigger and bigger! The RIBs that you see on display in Genoa are not quite the same that you might see at a British RIB show but they certainly are impressive.

I think that the main differences really relate to that fact that the Italian Rib builders are generally building boats for hot sunny days in the MED, whereas in the UK we need our RIBs to be capable of putting up with a little more abuse and a very wide range of conditions, And of course the passengers tend to need a little more support!

When I first saw the Williams jet Tender in the UK, I thought it was impressively priced but its nothing compared to some of the luxury super yacht tenders that you might see at the Genoa boat show.

Then there are the Cabin RIBs……… If you haven’t been to Genoa you have no idea what is going on in the world of Italian cabin RIBs. You can see cabin RIBs in all shapes and sizes, and a surprisingly large quantity over 40 yes 40 foot!!

I have attached a random selection of my photos from the show for you to look at, if you have any questions I would be more than happy to assist.