The engineering is strong and simple. Complicated and over-sophisticated engineering is not a feature required for a charter boat! Strength and reliability is!  Straight shaft drive is standard on all craft but other options are available if you are brave enough to try them. We have tried them all since we started in 1977 and we use the best all round system still, the conventional shaft. All engines are fitted with down angle gearboxes that will ensure the engine sits almost level in the engine room. The main full length keel that featured so heavily on the older Offshore craft has gone. In its place is just smooth contours and a shaft, propeller and protective skeg if required.  Less drag means more efficiency. Without an engine box on the deck means that the Power unit will be limited to the Yanmar series of high power small diesel engines and this boat can take up to 440 hp.

The general deck layout has been restyled and flush deck hatches have been designed and developed to replace the heavy, and also very expensive, aluminium hatches that we have been forced to use for years. Main engine flush hatch is easily removed for your major servicing requirements...

A waterlock/silencer has been developed and built into the construction system reducing your overall fatigue caused by the constant rasp of the straight through exhaust.

With economy in mind, all the bulkheads and deck components have been designed to be constructed as simply as possible from full sheet sizes. No cost savings are ever made by reducing the specification of the Hull or the reinforcement design of any of the craft. The hull lay-up schedule is basically the same as it always was for the whole of the Offshore range of craft when we used to build them Pre 2000.

For the skipper/owner that wishes to finish his own craft at his own premises we can supply a complete kit of parts including pre-marked out plywood sheets to aid the simplified construction of the boats.
 

General Options Full Galley fit out to requirements Sea Toilet Twin bunks converting to double Foredeck hatch with retractable shade Hanging locker Recessed halogen lighting (2) Reading lights (2) Custom built dive ladder Custom built dive platform Custom built dive lift COP certificate Safety Equipment to Code of Practice Rules

General Specifications Length 30ft Beam Overall 11 ft Draught 2ft 9in Displacement 3 tons Cockpit area 140 sq. ft Fuel capacity 150 gals Berths 2 + Colour Hull Black Superstructure Ivory Deck Lt. Grey

Panther

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