Outboards

pedroeibar1

butrasgali wrote: »

Not sure would you call it a rib..it has a fixed transom and a solid floor and the rollers for transport to the water

Sounds like a rubber dinghy with a two-piece ply floor rather than a RIB.
If so, using it for 2 adults and two children would be marginal IMO and dangerous outside very protected waters. I’ve been using (for years) an Avon Rover 280 as a tender to/from mooring which is about the same size (9’6”). It is rated maximum four persons/660lbs and 8HP. Power is a 3 HP Honda (aircooled, replaced a 2.5 Mercury) and that is more than adequate. I cannot see how an 8HP would work on it! Two adults, or one plus two/3 kids is comfortable and safe but two adults plus two kids would not.


If your model has a fiberglass hull below the tubes it would marginally change the above, a 3.5 HP would be adequate but a higher powered engine would be better.

nokiatom

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

is the solid floor made from fibreglass, and V shaped, like this;



or is the solid floor just wooden slats, like this;




either way, a 3.5HP engine would most likely move you alright, just very slowly.

4 people in a boat that size and an engine and a tank would in my opinion would be pretty packed and uncomfortable

butrasgali

Thanks it looks like the bottom picture..no v hull......thanks for the advise

AndyBoBandy

butrasgali wrote: »

Thanks it looks like the bottom picture..no v hull......thanks for the advise

so its not a RIB then (Rigid Inflatable Boat*), it's just an inflatable dingy.

a 3.5hp would be sufficient for a boat of this type, but remember it's only really designed for short trips in calm waters/lakes or as a tender. You wouldn't be going over to Irelands Eye on a boat like this (or if you were, you wouldn't have 4 persons on board, and you'd be going on a flat calm day).

*I've always believed that what RIB stood for, but could be corrected..

neris

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

so its not a RIB then (Rigid Inflatable Boat*), it's just an inflatable dingy.

a 3.5hp would be sufficient for a boat of this type, but remember it's only really designed for short trips in calm waters/lakes or as a tender. You wouldn't be going over to Irelands Eye on a boat like this (or if you were, you wouldn't have 4 persons on board, and you'd be going on a flat calm day).

*I've always believed that what RIB stood for, but could be corrected..

Youve not seen the East European lads fishing in the middle of the sound then

nokiatom

neris wrote: »

Youve not seen the East European lads fishing in the middle of the sound then

but how many had to be rescued and there was a few drownings too