Self-Launching Powerboat

An amazing aluminium fast workboat that launches and recovers itself on a steep shingle beach without using a trailer. Concept invented by Shaun Maguire with hull design by Stuart Roy. Filmed on its first sea trials, June 2007

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Boat
• self-launching
• amphibious
• powerboat
• workboat
• fast
• hull

[Kremlin60]

Did it ever end up going into production?

[a1yachtdesigner]

@Kremlin60 No, we have only built one so far. Still waiting for the follow-up business. That's boatbuilding!

[samlovesbones1]

Impressive, have the RNLI seen this idea, might be worth a patent on the concept!

[a1yachtdesigner]

@samlovesbones1 Thanks for your kind comment. Yes, the designis patented. Yes, a technical person from the RNLI has seen a video presentation, but did not make any comment about its suitability or otherwise.

[louis1995j]

nice vid and cool boat could you post a vid with the boat in the water instead of pictures

[a1yachtdesigner]

@louis1995j Thanks for your interest. Regret there is so little movie foootage, only a few stills. I only got to see the boat on the trials day - I have been back in the office designing more since then!

[aztech2727]

awesome!

[Kremlin60]

@a1yachtdesigner I can see this having applications in Northern British Columbia or Alaska...

[den2003]

I can imagine this being used on private Yachts!

[a1yachtdesigner]

@lolmehaha1 Yes, this boat can cope with most surfaces.  But it only does a couple of knots on land and 35 knots on water.

[a1yachtdesigner]

@johnguz76 Thanks for your comment. The boat is doing very well on the shingle beach for which it was designed. It is all made of marine grade aluminium alloy and yes, there are plenty of zinc sacrificial anodes in place.

[a1yachtdesigner]

@rossmelvin Thank you so much for your kind comment.

[a1yachtdesigner]

@den2003 Yes it is a great boat and genuinely does everything we planned for it. But success is a long time coming in terms of new orders!