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vielleicht kann sich ja noch jemand auf den Bericht von der Donaufahrt von Bernhard und mir erinnern: http://www.schlauchboot-forum.com/fo...ead.php?t=2303

dem Fahrer vom blauen BWM hab ich ja eine Forumsvisitenkarte gegeben und prompt hat er mir auch ein Mail geschrieben, woraus ein richtiger Mailverkehr wurde , in dem er mich mit Information und Bildern versorgt hat.

Also, wen's interessiert, hier die Kurzfassung davon.

Er heisst Martin C. , ist interessiert, einmal zu einem Treffen auf der Donau oder auch wo anders zu kommen und ersucht, ihn darüber zu informieren, wenn wir sowas planen.
Er und sein Freund (seine Freunde) sind richtige Ribbsters und stehen auf englische Ribs und deren Layout (wie auf den Fotos unschwer zu erkennen ist).

Angefangen hat das Ganze 1996, aber lest bitte selbst :

Zitat von Martin C.

About BWM (blue water maritime) RIBs.

It is a long story, which started in 1996, when I decided to buy a RIB and I went to U.K. for a boat exhibition and sea trials. That time I met Paul Lemmer former owner of BWM, which you may know from articles about RIBs from different boaters magazines. (RIB International, http://www.ribmagazine.com/). As you know that British labour is expensive and every quality products from U.K. are quite high priced. So after two years of negotiation, my friend and I decided to buy a BWM mould from Paul Lemmer and get training for RIB building. Over last six years we build and sold 14 BWM boats. I have to say we never did it professionally, but only as a part time job - a hobby. We both have other business for living. The BWM in Britain finished-bankrupted and we developed moulds for consoles and the deck here in Czech Republic. Tubes we are buying from Henshaw a British tube manufacturer.

Rib manufacturing has some advantages, you get the boat cheaper, learn a lot about the boat building, but it is too time consuming. Another problem is that before Czech Republic joined EC we did not need CE certification, which costs money and it is difficult legislative procedure, certainly in the Czech Republic. So, at the end I want to say that we really do not manufacture BWM for sale now, only for friend, which have to register the boat as self manufactured, which has disadvantage of you can not sale the boat for five years. As we are older we also prefer boating then working in a warehouse.

Anyway, as I love RIB boats and especially the British design, recently I contacted and visited David Farmer a British manufacture of luxury RIBs with inboard engine called v-type ( http://www.v-type.com ). With a part of my influence he is preparing new project called v-type V2, outboard version of the v-type classic line. For the hull will be used the same mould as for V1 and the RIB will be manufacture in lengths 6.0m, 6.5m and 7.5m. The price will be very reasonable and it will be CE marked. The consoles and some final assembly will be done here in Czech Rep. Our first DEMO RIB I should have at d the beginning of the next year. David already have a prototype with various consoles and seating as you can see on the photographs, but for the production line it will be all new and stylish design. I am also preparing a new www presentation for v-type RIBs.

So, jetzt werd ich euch noch ein paar Bilder von den BWMs zeigen, die er mir geschickt hat, und ein paar Bilder von V-Type Prototypen, die aber auch auf der V-Type Website zu finden sind.



V-Type Prototypen





































interessante Echolotgeber-Aufhängungs-Konstruktion (nehm ich an ) und dessen Bedienung








Auf meine Frage, ob sie ein BWM-RIb bauen und verkaufen schreibt er mir folgendes:

Zitat von Martin C.

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About BWM, we can manufacture a boat BWM RIB, but we do not have CE certification, which is necessary in EU market. The BWM only can be sold as parts or partly builded boat and then locally registered as self construction/self builded.
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As I told you RIB building as a hobby was too time consuming, so I do not really want to invest more money and time into obtaining CE certifications. I prefer today to go boating and meet with people interested in RIBs. That is also why I got in contact with David Farmer v-type. I will buy boats from him almost builded, (without outboard engine, steering system) or also without consoles, which will be fixed here in Czech. That will not be so time consuming. In RIB building is most difficult and time consuming to fix a pair of tubes on the fibreglass hull. That will be done in U.K.

For your information v-type 6.0m will cost in Czech Republic around 13 500,-EUR + VAT. It will be fully kitted RIB including hydraulic steering and ballast system mechanism, two colours tubes, consoles like my BWM or similar new design,battery, compass, windscreen etc. (no engine, no trailer).

I do not plan to do licensed production of v-type. As you said about Austria, the market for RIBs in Czech Rep is also very small. We usualy sell two or three boats per year. I also now co-perate with a dealer of SACS. But that is only for customes that insist on sunbed and luxury type of boat.

I have met Charles, the owner of RIBEYE. He also owns now RIBTEC (very trditional British R|IBs). He has premises near David Farmer and David used on his first prototype V2 RIBEYE consoles (on picture). Most of RIBEYE production is done in South Africa Charles's approach to RIBs is a bit different to most British manufacturers. He wants to sell many hundreds RIBs every year and as you know he is promoting and selling through Yamaha.

hier noch die angesprochene RIBEYE Konsole.



Ich hoffe, ich hab euch nicht gelangweilt. Ich find das total interessant, vor
allem, wann hat man schon Gelegenheit, mit jemandem zu sprechen/mailen, der selber RIBs baut .

Wenn jemand spezifische Fragen hat, dann bin ich gern bereit, diese an Martin C. (seinen Namen will ich hier nicht ausbreiten) weiterzuleiten bzw. euch dessen e-mail-Adresse zu geben.


PS: ich hab Martins Einverständnis, über seine Boote und seine Absichten hier zu berichten und seine Bilder zu posten.
Ich hoffe, er ist mir nicht böse, dass ich Text aus seinen Mails an mich hier teilweise veröffentlicht habe, das war mir aber echt zu viel zum Übersetzen bzw. nacherzählen .