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14/09/2009 - Round Ireland Record
PRESS RELEASE
HUMBER QUINQUARI 10M Sets World Record 11 September 2009
Leaving in the dark at 3.00 am on the 11 September Sea Wolf left the Mizen to circumnavigate Ireland (including all its islands except Rockall) arriving back in 19hrs 13 mins.
Captain Justin M’Inerney along with Co-skipper Derek Stanley and Gregory Marsaden of Team Pulsar Racing described the conditions in some sections as exceptionally challenging with much higher swells than predicted. They pushed themselves and the boat to the limit and whilst it would seem that they beat the existing record by only 4 minutes in truth the previous record holders did not encompass all the islands.
The team now hold the ISA National and UIM World Record for the time taken to powerboat around Ireland, a distance of 704 nautical miles.
The winning vessel, Sea Wolf is a standard production 10m from the Humber Inflatables stable and fitted out by their commercial partners Quinquari Marine. Fitted with Shockwave Ice consol and Twin Suzuki DF300 Outboards with an impressive navigation suite from Raymarine the ethos was to use a standard boat to demonstrate it exceptional strength and sea keeping properties.
Over 100 of the 10m Offshore have been produced in the last 5 years with Quinquari providing the commercial fit out. They have been produced for clients across the world and for some very demanding applications with inboard/outboard variants and open and cabin arrangements.
Justin called the Humber Quinquari Team immediately after the race and simply said "weve done it, were shattered but we took your boat to hell and back and it came through perfect – it must be the worlds strongest and best performing standard production RHIB available – thank you".
03/06/2009 - Independent Testing and Trials Reports
The Humber Sportspro range Independent Test and Trials reports are finally finally due for publication.The initial publication will be in the next edition of Rib International and copies of the reports will be on general release and available for download from this site from that date forward.
Meanwhile RD on the next wave of new Humbers continues with previews due shortly, so watch this space....
18/05/2009 - RIBEX 2009
A very big thank you to all our customers who took the time to come over to our stand on the pontoons at RIBEX.
This years Ribex was a resounding success for Humber with the launch of our new Sportspro range, on show were 3 new vessels a pair of 8m boats one black and racy and one a white smooth offfshore cruising option with teak decking also shown in the 10m version. The vessels were put through their paces and the resulting independent test reports and evaluations are due for world-wide publication in the coming weeks. Initial feed back has been impressive to say the least with the 10m boat surpassing target speeds over time trials. More Info and pictures to follow
