Does anyone know what this beastie is?

[nik]

Seen at Cowes yacht haven today.

Nick.

[martini]

A Navatek I believe it's called
http://www.navatekltd.com/ares.html

[slimtim]

wow that's quite something, a hydrofoil but unlike anything I've seen before. Would love to see it running...

[nikster]

Workds like a really good suspension system and the guy in the UK wanted to market to Safari operators etc - with the amount of impact injuries the industry see's i can see the merit - but wary of cost recovery but seems to work quite well.

Im still waiting for the day that one of the rib manufacturer's designs a suspension deck or passenger / helm area on shock absorbers and also with a compressed neoprene / impact cushion floor type thing....... might be easier and cheaper??

[ribraff]

I remeber seeing one of these at Mr TIlley's workshop .... a real monster and as usual a very fine set of tubes on it!

[Rodan]

Yep, its a link up between Navatek and Ice Marine (who do the Blade Runner...). Nice boat!

[250kts]

The suspention deck is not far away! I may be testing one in the near future ......

[Bigmuz7]

Mmm.... Ive gone a bit knobbly kneed

[PeterM]

Originally Posted by nik

Seen at Cowes yacht haven today.

Nick.

Thats a big set of deolfins............