Blyth Workcats at Seawork
UK based Blyth Workboats will be showcasing its newest catamaran designs at this year’s Seawork International exhibition.
The well-established Essex yard is well known for its newbuild GRP catamarans, which sport both robust seaworthiness and economical performance.
Edward Tuite, from Blyth, said: “There is probably no such thing as a standard Blyth Workcat. We specialise in being able to provide custom quality boats at mass production prices and this is a good way of winning customer loyalty. Buyers can specify all of the little and apparently inconsequential details that make the difference between a boat that is simply acceptable and one that is loved.”
The yard’s latest delivery, the 18m Aqualink, has recently been completed for Ostend Marine Services, an established Blyth Workcat owner. It features the yard’s first high bridge and includes numerous details that the customer were able to specify.
Blyth Workcats said that the new Aqualink has demonstrated impressive performance and economy. Because it has less weight it enables smaller engines to be used resulting in greater economy and higher speeds.
These benefits are enhanced by carefully designed hull profiles and chines which are known to improve handling and sea-keeping in extreme conditions. Because GRP construction costs are significantly lower than those of metal-hulled catamarans, many Blyth Workcat customers find that their budget goes further than expected making it possible to invest in higher specification wheelhouse technology and interior accommodation than might otherwise have been the case.
With a range consisting of 10, 11, 12, 14, 18 and 20m catamarans all Blyth Workcats are constructed from GRP to offer important advantages over metal-hulled boats including lower running costs and a much lower purchase price.
GRP boats can also be built to provide additional strength where it is needed and valuable weight savings wherever the design permits it. Hull lamination and construction is governed by meticulous quality control so the customer can benefit from a boat that has been built to exactly meet their needs while enabling rugged strength and reinforcement to be applied wherever it is needed.
The yard builds fisheries patrol, windfarm support, surveying, dive support, passenger ferry, fishing charter and general harbour maintenance activities sectors.
Visit Blyth Workboats on stand B27
By Anne-Marie Causer
