It seems to me that if I buy just a RIB hull and rig it myself, the cost is much less that buying a pre-rigged boat. For example, for the Mercury Ocean Runner 430 RIB, I am looking at the hull for about $3100, a center console for about $1000, steering wheel for $99, steering cable $129, 25 HP 4 stroke for about $3500, dual cooler seat for about $300, so for total of about $8000 I get a pretty decent boat.
How hard is it to put everything together? I went to a dealer today and saw a rigged RIB that was looking pretty hastily put together. I was thinking, "I could do it better than that!".
It seems to me that it just takes drilling holes on the fiber glass and bolting stuff together.
Or, am I delusioning myself?
How hard is it to put everything together? I went to a dealer today and saw a rigged RIB that was looking pretty hastily put together. I was thinking, "I could do it better than that!".
It seems to me that it just takes drilling holes on the fiber glass and bolting stuff together.
Or, am I delusioning myself?