Peter Brady and Pacific Power Cats latest ‘displaning’ power cat in the form of a 15.5m Flybridge Cruiser designed and built by for ACP Fishing Pty Ltd has just successfully completed her maiden voyage from Brisbane to her home port of Darwin where she will operate in the charter market as either a day sports fishing for 18 guest’s or long range fishing adventures around the top end for 8.
Named ‘Bathurst’ after the brig Phillip Parker King used to chart Australia’s northern coast from 1817- 1822 the vessel is constructed from infused epoxy composites and is powered by 2 x Yanmar 6LY3A-STP 440hp diesels for a top speed of 26.5 knots fully loaded.
Peter Brady’s fuel efficient ‘displaning’ hull form provides  … Details
Royal National Lifeboat Institution – On a crisp October morning nine courageous volunteers rose to the challenge of pushing a two tonne lifeboat nine miles through the streets of London to help raise funds for a new lifeboat on the Thames for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
Saturday 9 October 2010 saw the nine man Charles Russell LLP team giving the ‘boat push’ everything they had in order to complete the nine mile course from the RNLI’s Tower Lifeboat Station to Chiswick Lifeboat Station. The team managed to complete the challenge in under three and a half hours, raising a fantastic sum of £7,340 in the process with yet more pledges still being received … Details
Ever been driving along a beautiful body of water and wished you were on your boat instead? Or, perhaps you’ve navigated along some particularly nasty coastline and wished you were in one of those cars on the shoreline highway? Well then, you’ve come to the right place: Welcome the Amphibious vehicle. We know, you’ve seen these before, and the idea isn’t really new. In fact, the first time someone had to take a cart across a stream, he or she probably thought: “I wish this thing could float!” Some of the newest boat-cars (or are they car-boats?) are not just floating, though. In fact, they’re capable of reaching speeds of up to 60 mph (52 knots) and more on the water!
Frivolous and impractical? Well, almost certainly. Fun? Oh, you betcha … Details & Pictures