Woody Marine 24 Millennium Place, Tingalpa, 4173, Queensland, Australia
Phone: 61 7 33487684 / 33487682 ; Fax: 61 7 3348 7689;
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Why Woody's RIBs make superior boats
The Approach
We focused on creating high
performance hulls, rapidly building respect and a strong reputation for hull
design and strength. In addition we realised that existing vessels had
non-detachable fenders. We decided to make the fenders relatively cost-effective
and easy to replace, like the tyres of a car, creating a dramatic improvement
in value to our customers. Our buoyant fenders are fitted to the hull as
non-structural components, easily removed for repair or replacement.
This entirely new concept was tested and refined in our first one hundred boats over a period of five years. The system proved to be excellent, and we have continued to improve our designs over a further two decades.
Consider these facts:
Durability: try and buy a second hand RIB (if you can - RIB's are so durable they are rarely sold)!
Woody's RIBs are now used by governments in Australia and around the world for customs surveillance, fisheries protection, Police, Volunteer Marine Rescue and Coastguard duties, and are used as commercial and pleasure vessels for fishing, diving, surveying, pilotage, tourism and as tenders for yachts.
The soft ride and predictable handling of RIBs makes them easy to drive in rough conditions, while maintaining excellent speed. Many RIB vessels built by Woody are used for various tourism ventures off the coast of Fiji and Australia. Each boat can carry up to one tonne of people at a speed of 45 knots, and over the course of a year will clock up four thousand hours running time, travel thirty thousand nautical miles and carrying excess of 5,000 passengers!
See
some of the amazing RIB's built by Woody at this link
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