The RIBCO Venom 45 SC at rest on clear water, seen from above on the quarter, a white RIB with grey tubes, teak side decks and bathing platform, blue sunpads and a centre console under a T-top, with no outboards on the transom
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Venom 45 SC Sterndrive

RIBCO's flagship RIB, offered either on outboards or, as here, on inboard diesel power.

Manufacturer statement
13.910 m
Length overall
3.75 m
Beam
2 x 440 hp
Maximum power
51 knots
Maximum speed

A stepped deep-V that RIBCO calls its flagship

RIBCO presents the Venom 45 SC as its flagship and, in its own words, probably the best boat in this segment. It is built on the yard's stepped deep-V hull, which RIBCO says holds a settled ride in any sea state.

Outboards or inboard diesels, and this one is the diesel

The 45 SC comes in outboard and sterndrive versions, and RIBCO's point is that the choice does not cost performance. On the sterndrive the figures change with the engines: two times 440 hp instead of three times 500, and 51 knots instead of 72.

The engine bay open under the aft sunpad, showing two Volvo Penta D6-440 inboard diesels side by side beneath the lifted cushion, with a rocky headland behind
Twin inboard diesels under the aft sunpad.

Two cabins and a heads in a 14-metre RIB

There is a cabin for two in the centre console and a second cabin in the stern. The heads, with a shower, is inside the cabin.

A carbon T-top, and the hull drawn by Lorne Campbell

The T-top is carbon, with a fixed windscreen and a wiper. The three-stepped hull was designed by Lorne Campbell, and the boat is homologated to CE category B for thirteen people.

Technical specifications

By the numbers

12 specifications, with a source linked on each row. Reference: ribcomarine.com.

RIBCO Venom 45 SC Sterndrive specifications
Length overall13.910 m
Beam3.75 m
Hull typeMonohull
HullThree-stepped hull designed by Lorne Campbell
Persons capacity13
HomologationCE category B
Maximum power2 x 440 hp
Maximum speed51 knots
Fuel2 x 465 L
Fresh water180 L
CabinsA centre console cabin for two and a stern cabin
HeadsWC with shower, inside the cabin

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