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New look RIB magazine Issue 94
WORLD NEWS

08 neWS in breiF
All the latest news from the RIB world

15 greaT briTiSh rib rally

Gearing up for the Great British RIB Rally, 11th-23rd June 2010, interest
builds as participants nominate recipients for fund-raising support.

BOAT TESTS AND REVIEWS

20 SPeCial mUlTi-rib TeST

In answer to the many readers who have asked why we tend to major on
testing bigger RIBs, we decided to put together a multi-RIB test for craft of
between 5 and 5.8 metres, with a maximum engine size of 115 hp.

ADVENTURE FEATURES AND CRUISINg

34 rib rally 09
‘Adventure with a capital A!’ The reaction of John Wood, sales manager of
Ribeye and first-time participant in the Rib Rally Tour, right after the last
stage of the OffShore Rib Rally 785 - the 2009 Caribbean Edition.

44 a bOaT Called WandO

Four families, including six children and a wiry-haired Jack Russell,
aboard three boats bound for the crystal Atlantic waters of
Mount’s Bay, off Cornwall’s most western extremity…

INTERVIEW

56 bear gryllS
Edward ‘Bear’ Grylls, at 36, seems to have been everywhere and
done everything – adventurer, best-selling author, television
presenter, speaker, fund-raiser and all-round good bloke.

INTRODUCTION TO RIBBINg

61 geTTing STarTed
Most people have a rough idea of what to do when buying their first car,
but with a first RIB there are significantly more variables and pitfalls, and
sometimes things are not quite what they seem…

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 PROFESSIONAL OPERATORS

66 FlambOrOUgh liFebOaT
The first surprise for me, as one who grew up in Yorkshire, was seeing the
white cliffs of… Flamborough…

72 briTiSh anTarTiC SUrvey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is one of the world’s leading
environmental research centres and is responsible for the UK’s national
scientific activities in Antarctica.

INSTRUCTIONAL FEATURE

78 a hUrriCane COming?
We’ve all done it planned a day out on the water with a guarantee of no
wind, no clouds and a promise of 30º-plus temperatures, only to find
horizontal rain and black clouds in the middle of July…

PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS

84 FighTing The Crime WaveS

Waterborne crime is an ongoing threat, but one that can be managed
given the right manpower and equipment. Here’s one Danish company
with something to say about it…

86 zOdiaC milPrO
In recognition of the need to have top-quality search and rescue
capabilities in your safety armoury, the Spanish are laying their faith in
three of the brightest stars in the Zodiac fleet...
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