new tender

just as a follow up - I contacted a RIB repair guy who was listed in this forum for providing a good repair job for a great price. I sent him pics of my old RIB tender and here's what he quoted...

1 - remove old inflatable tubes and replace with new; $2,200.00
2 - overlay new hypalon material on top of existing tubes; $1,300.00

I am sure this vendor is very good and competitively priced BUT, I just bought a brand new 11 foot fiberglass boat for $1,500.00.

I wanted to pass this information on.

Randy
 
Hypalon is anything but cheap, it also takes quite a bit of skill to make brand new tubes. That's a ton of labor, it's basically buying a new boat if you were to get new tubes.
 
Carver370 said:
Hypalon is anything but cheap, it also takes quite a bit of skill to make brand new tubes. That's a ton of labor, it's basically buying a new boat if you were to get new tubes.
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You're 100% right. I spent about $2K for the tender originally, if I repaired it instead of buying a new one, would spend that much again for what will be a limited life span. I am looking forward to seeing if the fiberglass tender is a good as I think it will be.
 
UPDATE

as you would expect from an inexpensive boat, my new tender needed a couple things before I put the motor on it and put it in the water. It came with the silliest little cleats I've ever seen so I purchased spring loaded retractable cleats. It also didn't have a metal transom saddle for the outboard. I also put her name on the sides. Over the last week or so, I completed that stuff so today, we took the 9.9 off the RIB and put it on the new tender. I hadn't run the motor in about 5 months so I wasn't sure what would happen. After getting fresh gas and replacing a couple fittings that had rusted, we got her wet. To my surprise, the motor fired up after about 6 pulls and we were off. We motored out to the ICW and let her rip. She jumped up on plane quickly and went at least as fast as the RIB. The tilt setting needs to be adjusted and possibly the height of the motor. I'll do those adjustments then take her back out with my handheld GPS and let you know what happens.
 
These are a little more money, but if you want the inflatable look and no problems of the rubber tubes I think odyssey will agree these are awesome.

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I rented one of these BOSS BOATS in Siesta Key yrs ago, very impressed with it too
 
Comparing apples to apples a 11' zodiac yachtline 340 weighs 425 lbs without motor. The 10' rigid weighs in at less than 440 with a 4 stroke 25hp outboard.

The whaler 110 sport weighs 460 with no motor.
 
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My 10'6" AB RIB weighs 450lb including the helm and a 25HP 4-stroke motor. Boat 180, engine 180, helm 80, plus nuts and bolts.
 
Has anyone any experience of Great Pacific inflatables please? I spoke to them today and they told me Hypalon has not been manufactured by DuPont since 2010. We really wanted a Hypalon dinghy to help withstand the FL sun a little better. Great Pacific reckon that a heavy duty PVC with chaps is as good...any thoughts anyone?
 
B.O.A.T. - break out another $475.00

just as I was going to put my tender on my lift, the lift motor blew - translation = $475.00 for a new motor for the hydraulic pump. Later, after Mike installed the motor and checked everything out, Voila

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the chocks need a little adjustment but it fits and works
 
Look's GREAT Randy!!:thumbsup: If it makes ya feel better I have to put new tires on my trailer, 120.00 x 6:smt089
 
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