Many years ago when it still was not such a known brand I decided to find the ultimate boat that will address my needs: to tour between the Greek islands fast and safe.
I started to look around and inspected quite a few boats from veritable of brand makers. Eventually I bumped into a relatively small maker, Ribco. The sea trial was on 8.60 meters twin engine boat and we knew this is the boat we were looking for. We then visited the factory and were happy to meet a reliable nice owner with what seems to be a professional team. We bought the first boat and since then almost any yacht friend that came with us to one of our trips ordered a rib from Ribco (as tender).
Later on ribco made the incredible 11 meters boat that is, in my eyes, the ultimate open sea machine. Not to big, still can park anywhere, it can be towed by sea and also on trailer with a car. Now we have both the 8.6 meters and the 11 meters. The 8.6 is easier to tow with a yacht (70 feet catamaran) though the 11meters can also be towed.
The 11 meters has 2 beds, shower, kitchen toilet but still cruise easily at 30 knots in a rough sea. I slept in it allot of nights and its perfect. With no kids we cruise at 40. Max speed I saw on flat water was 52 knots. We go in very rough sea and safely sail even on shallow water (1 meter dept.).
We are group of friends each has one rib and did tens of thousands of miles all around Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Italy. I am yet to find a better machine to serve our needs. In the last few years Ribco has become very popular in Greece and I see more and more similar boats. Each designs his own internal as per his needs.
We use it also as Kite surf boat and the 8.60 is perfect for that.
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