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[Robert Engleheart]

2011 United States Marine Naval Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boat

Bid for the chance to own a 2011 United States Marine Naval Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boat at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #95,410.

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This could be your new sound & offshore rig.

 

[Matt B]

2011 United States Marine Naval Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boat

Bid for the chance to own a 2011 United States Marine Naval Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boat at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #95,410.

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This could be your new sound & offshore rig.
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That would certainly make the ride out to the tuna grounds more sporting.

 

[Robert Engleheart]

And a bit quicker: “Factory-rated top speed is 44 knots, and the cruising range is 190 nautical miles at 30 knots.”

 

[Evan B]

All fun and games til someone stick a gaff through the tubes

 

[Islander]

…..and you could chase drug smugglers as a side gig!

 

[Matt B]

And a bit quicker: “Factory-rated top speed is 44 knots, and the cruising range is 190 nautical miles at 30 knots.”

As long as the ocean is like a lake, you're set!

 

[Robert Engleheart]

As long as the ocean is like a lake, you're set!

I am no seaman but I can’t imagine these aren’t designed to be used in open Ocean conditions, might not be the most comfortable. looks like a pretty good V in that hull.

 

[Billy]

I think he would be a fool not to buy it...

 

[Nick Clayton]

Those things are bad ass, and can definitely handle more water than most would think, but 44 knots on an average PNW ocean would be pretty damned miserable lol

Could definitely get there quickly, but boy would it be cold on some days!

 

[Matt B]

Those things are bad ass, and can definitely handle more water than most would think, but 44 knots on an average PNW ocean would be pretty damned miserable lol

Could definitely get their quicky, but boy would it be cold on some days!

That's basically what I was thinking. I've been on one of those military grade RIBs, I think it was an even bigger version, on a tour of the Na Pali Coast, and I've also been out to the PNW tuna grounds a few times, so I'm not completely full of it, just mostly.

 

[Matt B]

Another option to really advance your services offered and compete with the dreaded float plane charters:

 

[Nick Clayton]

All fun and games til someone stick a gaff through the tubes

I've gaffed thousands and thousands of fish and have never once hit the boat......





So naturally my first time out in something like this and I'd bury that gaff in the hull first swing

 

[clarkman]

Looks like the perfect Mako rig....

 

[Nick Clayton]

Not sure I'd really want to be standing in the bow of that thing on an open ocean trying to cast, but it definitely wouldn't break my heart to spend some time at the wheel of a boat like that on a flat ocean!

 

[Matt B]

Not sure I'd really want to be standing in the bow of that thing on an open ocean trying to cast, but it definitely wouldn't break my heart to spend some time at the wheel of a boat like that on a flat ocean!

That'd be okay, I guess, but just picture using this at PNP! First cruising low over the lineup only to splash down 300 yards off shore, you could give a whole new meaning to "buzz bomb"!

 

[Nick Clayton]

That'd be okay, I guess, but just picture using this at PNP! First cruising low over the lineup only to splash down 300 yards off shore, you could give a whole new meaning to "buzz bomb"!

Would sure open things up offshore when it comes to sliding in on jumpers

 

[ThomasM]

I've gaffed thousands and thousands of fish and have never once hit the boat......

So naturally my first time out in something like this and I'd bury that gaff in the hull first swing

If a gaff would be a problem, I'm not sure what they do about bullets...

 

[Nick Clayton]

If a gaff would be a problem, I'm not sure what they do about bullets...

Yeah, I joke but these boats are definitely built to handle such things. No way a single puncture is going to take one out

 

[Buzzy]

No way a single puncture is going to take one out

That’s for sure.

 

[Vandelay Industries]

That's guys seem to do just fine in a RIB fishing for tuna.



It is the Mediterranean sea though.