The RIB Comes of Age
I have owned a RIB for almost a decade. I’ve used it on the Great Lakes, and on the Chesapeake and Penobscot bays. I have run it from the Jersey Shore across Raritan Bay to Manhattan on the ugliest of days, flying off ocean swells, safely landing in the troughs and arriving in the city faster than I could have gotten there by car. Despite its small size—15 feet, 5 inches—Bob is one of the most seaworthy boats I have ever used.
As it turns out, I may have been going easy on Bob.
“Eighty percent of our customers use our RIBs a lot harder than
