The Operator
Tiger Marine has been building rigid inflatable boats in Egypt since 1996. The factory sits outside Cairo, within reach of Suez and Alexandria ports, and runs two production lines: one laying up fiberglass hulls, one building the inflatable tubes that wrap them. Every boat is built by hand, by a workforce of around ninety-five craftsmen and five engineers, and the tubes are assembled with thermobonding rather than glue.
The range covers six lines and more than twenty models, from compact yacht tenders to ten-metre offshore boats. Tubes come in ORCA Hypalon or Valmex PVC, both from European fabric mills, and the boats are certified to ISO and European Recreational Craft Directive standards, with IMCI and RINA certification on top. That paperwork is why Tiger hulls sell through dealers in Europe, the Gulf and the United States.
For a Red Sea owner the point is simpler. This is a boat designed for the conditions you will actually use it in, built two hours from the coast, and specified to order: pontoon colours, fiberglass finish, upholstery, console layout and engine package are all chosen at build time rather than accepted off a shelf.
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The Lines
Six lines cover the range. The differences are layout and intent rather than construction, and every hull in the catalogue can be customised at order time.
TopLine
The flagship comfort line. Big sunbathing areas fore and aft, built for slow days on the water with a full boat.
ProLine
The all-rounder, with the widest beam in the range. The configuration most owners land on for fishing, watersports and family use in one hull.
SportLine
Performance-leaning layouts that keep the seakeeping manners of the class while giving away less speed.
Open
Clean open-deck boats. The simplest layouts in the range, and the easiest to keep on a mooring or a trailer.
Tender
Yacht tenders sized to davits and garages, built to the same tube and hull standards as the big boats.
ProTender
The working end of the catalogue. Compact commercial-grade tenders for crew work, support duty and short hops.
Atlas Position
Most boats on the Egyptian coast were imported at real cost from yards that have never seen the Red Sea. Tiger Marine is the counterexample: a builder whose boats leave Egypt certified for European waters. If you are buying a RIB to use here, ordering it from the yard that builds for export markets, without the import, is the quiet advantage.
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