One for Olli

[FLYING FISH]

Another craft for your files.

This one was designed by Don Shead and Colin Chapman in 1973.

Chapman was in his pomp at that time with all sorts of trick ideas for the time,with materials from the racing car industry.
A designers ego gone mad.

The boat weighed 7.5T with 2 x 210hp Ford diesels for a 46ft hull which was a lot lighter than Sunseeker type boats,but needless to say it wasn`t cheap.

[Carl]

dont they look simular (powles)

[Carl]

powles 46

[FLYING FISH]

Originally Posted by Carl

powles 46

Who copied who,I suspect Powles.Most Shead styling was ahead of the game.

A lot of the Sunseeker styling was copied by similar builders,as was the engine hatch styling on the early seventies raceboats,even transom styling got copied.

[olli]

Originally Posted by FLYING FISH

Another craft for your files....

Thank you for the pics! The Marauder was not a stranger to the German crowd. Their importer did quite a lot of advertising (unfortunately b/w only):





Btw a major German model builder had a very popular scale model kit:
http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=h...%26prmd%3Divns

Here is one for your Sead files, the Northland NH-60 XP:

[FLYING FISH]

Amazing how you keep tabs on the Englanders,especially with the modelmaking!