Seaward boats back in business
The well known Seaward range of boats, previously manufactured by Seaward Marine, are back on the market and being sold by the new UK venture, The Boat Development Company Ltd, which will also be exhibiting at Seawork this year.
The Boat Development Company Ltd is a new venture between Chris Clayton, managing director of Bucklers Hard Boat Builders and Mike Burnham, who was previously based in Turkey with Oyster Yachts and is also a trained naval architect with many years experience in the industry.
Back in January of this year, Alison and Barry Kimber, Seaward Marine’s owners, announced that they were seeking buyers for the business following their decision to retire.
Seaward Marine produced commercial and pleasure craft for customers worldwide for over 33 years, but in the end it had to suspend production due to lack of orders and make eight staff members redundant.
Having now taken on the company’s assets, The Boat Development Company promises to take Seaward products forward into the future – servicing and support will continue from the original Seaward factory at Cowes.
Mike Burnham, managing director, The Boat Development Company Ltd, said: “It’s a new company building the well proven products. Barry and Alison Kimber will be helping us go forward and we sincerely hope that many of the dedicated and skillful people who previously worked at Seaward will work with us in the future.”
The Seaward range starts with the newly developed single engine 19 and runs up to the well renowned and iconic Nelson 42 that is available in various versions to suit both professional and leisure users.
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