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CONTENTS

FIRST LOOK
FEATURE
12 GENOA BOAT SHOW
Apart from RIBEX,Genoa os the only
boat show that had such a variety of
RIBs on display and is easily the biggest
display under one roof. Paul Lemmer
checks out over the RIBS on offer.

BOAT TESTS FIRST LOOK MINI GUIDES


22 Hysucat 6.6m Evo & 8.0m 38 Rough Guide to...
We test the new 6.6m Evo and 8.0m models Welcome to RIB Magazine’s
from Hysucat from the South African RIB rough guide features, where
manufacturer. Paul Lemmer reports... we visit our favourite cruising
spots aound the UK. This issue
features a visit to Eastdale.
26 Russ RIBs 750 Super Sport FIRST LOOK Easdale and Colonsay offer
some of the best RIB cruising in
Visiting the La Rochelle Boat Show was a the UK.
pleasant experience, with wall-to-wall sunshine
and an interesting number craft, including the
all-new Russ 750.

30 Prestige 630 Pro Catamaran FIRST LOOK


You go for years without a catamaran RIB
in sight, then all of a sudden, we are testing
three in two issues! This issue it’s Prestige
RIBs turn, introducing the 630 Pro.

34 Searib 860 FIRST LOOK


During Cowes sailing week this year there was a
series named the ‘1851 Cup’ and the umpire’s
boat for the event was a Portuguese Searib
8.6m. We took the opportunity to step aboard
and put her through her paces.

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CRUISING DESTINATIONS

ADVENTURE

PARADISE FOUND...
40 Paradise found 60 BIBOA Lymington Challenge
Where can you cruise just 35 miles out from the British Cast your mind back to a mid-September afternoon with
mainland to find an island idyll of white sandy beaches and the temperature reaching a balmy 24 degrees as 28 RIBs
turquoise waters where tropical plants grow in profusion? of various sizes blasted across the Solent at the first ever
There is but one location … the lost land of Lyonesse … BIBOA Lymington Challenge …

52 Seabirds WILDLIFE 64 What a Drag!


Virtually every trip to the Trim angle and engine height
shore or voyage at sea will can reduce drag and increase
involve encountering one speed … Jim Russell reports.
particular type of wildlife -
the seabird …
68 Gear Reviewed
60 Communication Paul Lemmer sumerises this
breakdown years products, often tested
under extreme conditions.
Leading electronics

70 Combatting marine theft


communication company
Icom UK are a company
made up of people with a
passion for delivering products Boat and outboard theft is nothing new: it has been going
that mariners like you and on since the days of Blackbeard, only then they stole entire
I literally trust our lives to ships and their cargo, and it was called piracy. Simon
every time we put to sea. HMS Everett reports...
reports …

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