
As with anything else, improper maintenance and lack of awareness of safety demands will make Rigid Inflatable Boats, RIBs, hazardous workhorses. After investigations into a couple of accident and reviewing the data, Maritime New Zealand has issued a safety bulletin hightlighting the causes of the accident and recommendations for avoiding them.
MNZ describes RIBs as “robust, but not invincible”, something worth remembering as you bounce across the waves.
Here’s the safety bulletin: