About this tender
The Ribbon 45 Skeleton is the build we recommend when an owner's brief is a 14m carbon-fibre open tender with serious Dutch-yard pedigree, designed and built end-to-end by Ribbon Yachts in the Netherlands. The Skeleton naming reflects the boat's open architecture, no closed superstructure, no enclosed wheelhouse, the hull and the deck-plan as a clean envelope around the carbon-fibre frame. For an owner who wants the carbon hull and the build philosophy of the Ribbon range with a more open guest-deck, the Skeleton is the right answer.
Construction is carbon fibre throughout, hull and superstructure both. Cruising speed is published at 40 knots with sixteen guests on board. Diesel power, 1,600 litres of fuel, exterior design and naval architecture both done in-house at Ribbon. The boat sits between the R45XC fast-supply variant and the R45 SC closed-superstructure flagship, taking the open-deck philosophy and the most considered exterior from the SC and pairing it with the working-hull pedigree of the XC.
We would put the Ribbon 45 Skeleton alongside the Wajer 55 and the larger Hodgdon Yachts limousine range. What separates Ribbon is the carbon construction and the in-house naval architecture, the boat is fundamentally a Ribbon design rather than a hull bought in and dressed by a stylist. Lead time is twelve months and up, price is north of 1.2 million Euros at our reference, and the buyer is typically an owner whose mothership is in the 70m bracket.
Highlights
The four details we'd point out first to a captain who hasn't seen one on the water yet.
Hull and superstructure are both carbon fibre, giving the Skeleton the stiffness, lightness and finish-tolerance of a high-performance hull at 14m. Carbon also lets Ribbon hold the tight brightwork and joinery interfaces that distinguish the boat from GRP alternatives at this length. Easy craning weight, despite the size.
Ribbon's exterior design and naval architecture are both done in-house, which means the boat is integrated rather than dressed. Hull, deck, fitting and architecture all serve the same brief. For an owner who values design coherence over glued-on stylist's signatures, that integration is part of what justifies the price premium.
Cruising speed is 40 knots with the full sixteen-guest load. That is unusual at 14m and signals the carbon construction's payback in performance. For a chase or fast-supply brief at this length, the 40-knot working number is the relevant specification rather than peak top speed in light condition.
The Skeleton naming reflects the open architecture, no closed superstructure or wheelhouse. The deck plan is clean and the carbon-fibre frame visible. For a Mediterranean cruising programme where the open-deck guest experience is the priority, the Skeleton is the right configuration. For Northern programmes that need weather protection, the closed R45 SC is the alternative.
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The full specification
Specifications, prices, availability, and performance figures are supplied for guidance only and remain subject to confirmation by the yard, seller, broker, survey, contract, and final specification.
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