Anyone have a Air rider boat?

[promaz_13b]

Hey all.
A mate of mine is looking at getting a 7.3m air rider plate boat built (they look amazing!!!) we live in Brisbane but the air rider factory is in WA. Just wondering if anyone in QLD owns one and wouldn't mind us coming to have a quick look at it.

Thanks heaps!
Marc

[Pimp A Shrimp]

I too would be very interested in hearing any reports on Air Rider Hulls. I've don't some research on them at it seems that any competent plate alloy manufacturer should be able to build such designs as they come in kits from the Designer Gavin Mair from Global Marine Design. You wouldn't be limited to getting the boat built in WA, however your chosen design would have to come from Global Marine Design, being WA based. I hope that makes sense. I've found three WA based builders that have built Air Rider Hulls being: Fine Entry Marine, Kirby Marine & Prestoncraft, however i have yet to locate a QLD (or east coast) builder.

Cheers
Andrew

[cormorant]

I think it was one of those designs that was a Sydney ports fire tender support boat. Cost a mint and was never used , well not much in anger and like all that style of boat was impossible to hold on station with fire stuff going on. Not sure what happened to it , may still be in use and not sure if it. Always looked good but never had a good look at it and not sure who the builder was but with the points based tender system of NSW where local supplier get extra leg up and corruption on top it may have been a local builder who obviously can build to survey.

[Chimo]

Hi Corm

This wasn't it was it? Looks like a pretty common cat painted up http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=722

Cheers
Chimo

PS Maybe this is the one? Needs a big trailer!!

http://www.sail-world.com/CruisingAus/index.cfm?SEID=0&Nid=54845&SRCID=0&ntid=39&tickeruid=0&tickerCID=0

[Pimp A Shrimp]

[QUOTE=Chimo;1463978]Hi Corm

This wasn't it was it? Looks like a pretty common cat painted up http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=722

Cheers
Chimo


Chimo

Air Rider Hulls are a form of a cathedral hull, or as described by some; 'hull form is cathedral – something like a deep-V with trainer wheels' or or simple terms a 'tri-hull' but not your tradtional tri-hull design. GLobal Marine Design do have Cat designs, but they are referred to as 'Aerocats'. Below is a pic of a current Air Rider Hull with inboard diesel. Nice Boat...bloody expensive and heavy, but nice!

Cheers
Andrew



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[Chimo]

So this one then

Maybe this is the one? Needs a big trailer!!

http://www.sail-world.com/CruisingAus/index.cfm?SEID=0&Nid=54845&SRCID=0&ntid=39&tickeruid=0&tickerCID=0

[cormorant]

$360,000 worth and I'm not going to say a lot else. NSW was the land of honey with Bob Car and Joe Tripodi

http://www.marinekits.com/catalogue.php?id=159


NSW wouldn't be NSW without a promo video....hmmmm

http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/gallery/files/video/firenews/marine1.mpg


http://www.westernboatrepairs.com.au/gallery.html
Rescue Boat
Here at WBR we took this newly built aluminium Rescue boat from bare boat to fully painted, ready for fitting out. This boat was built in 2008 by Axiom Alloys in Mount Druitt for the Sydney Ports Authority. This Paint Job was completed within a three-week timeframe.

Don't seem to have a website
Axiom Alloys Pty Ltd in Mount Druitt 2770 NSW.
02 9675 2966

[promaz_13b]

Thanks for that info shrimp. Looks like we have a bloke in Melbourne that can build it and yeah it all comes as a pack from WA. We wanted to change a few things and air rider are completely fine with it, which is great!!! just wanted to actually see one in real life before we go ahead with a 150K boat Hahahahaha

[dodgyone]

Not yet. Due to be delivered in May/June. 9.3 with twin Yam 350's on its way.

[dodgyone]

What power are you looking at?

[dodgyone]

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