From the first Alicat appearing at Seaworks 2010, Alicat Workboats have gone from strength to strength with boat number 9 nearing completion and boat 14 going into production. The state of the art luxury crew transfer vessel produced by Alicat Workboats are now working around the UK Coast and are well received by contractors, the “airline like” interiors and full suspension seats make for a comfortable transfer.
These features are complimented by the excellent sea keeping qualities of the Alicat Workboat; with speeds of 30 knots being achieved whilst maintaining a comfortable ride for the engineers on board.
Steve Thacker the General Manager for Alicat Workboats , claims that: “ Our boats are fast becoming the vessel of choice for the contractor’s crews travelling out to the wind farms ”
Boats For Sale
Whilst the first wind farm boats produced by Alicat were used within Alicat’s parent company the Gardline Group, boats are now being offered and sold to third parties. Now with third party customers showing a great deal of interest in the boats Alicat have looked in ways of increasing production to satisfy demand
Director Nigel Darling has commented: “ The demand for the boats is such that we are now embarking on a build under licence programme with yards around Europe, the entire boat can be delivered to a yard in three containers for construction by the yard. Careful supervision is supplied to ensure all boats produced achieve the same high standards as boats built in our own yard .”
New designs
Alicat are now enthused by the early success of the catamaran build programme and are developing both larger and smaller vessels to widen the market and to satisfy client demand for boats to suit different environments. Alicat workboats has recently been awarded the Gardline Group Innovation Award 2011,this was proudly received by Steve Thacker and Simon Coote at the Gardline Annual Dinner.
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, February 14, 2012; Image: Alicat Workboats