Our new RIB

Our new RIB has arrived – creating the Borneo Dream fleet!

Borneo Dream has just taken delivery of a custom built 8.75m x 2.9m RIB. Our RIB arrived last week in a 40ft container at Kota Kinabalu Port. It had been travelling for 25 days from the UK, with a short stopover at Singapore, to Sabah.

Our new RIB will truly transform scuba diving day trips from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It is the first RIB in Kota Kinabalu to be used for recreational diving. We’ve chosen a larger model with seating to create a fast AND comfortable boat transfer for our scuba diving day trips.

Here’s a little bit about the specification:

• It has a cruising speed, when planing, of 30 knots and a top speed of approx. 50 knots!!
• It will be fitted with the latest navigation equipment – GPS Plotter, Sounder and Sidescan Sonar.
• It will have twin 150hp Yamaha 4 stroke engines.
• There will be seating for 12 persons (on jockey seats – comfortable and safe)

Twin 150hp Engines

It will half the time taken to reach our long distance, offshore dive sites like Mayne Rock, Pulau Tiga, Usukan Wrecks and Mantanani. We’ll also use our RIB, alongside our spacious catamarans, for group trips and busy periods in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park.

Later this week we’ll be launching our new RIB and conducting sea trials. In a couple of weeks she’ll be fully ready for diving trips with our customers.

If you want to find out more about the new addition to the Borneo Dream fleet, or fancy a fun and fast ride for your diving trip in Kota Kinabalu, then please contact the Borne Dream team.

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