Quad 450hp outboards for high speed interceptor

The tweaked design adds four Mercury 450HP Outboard engines on an extended platform, with dynamically operating jack plates. This vessel is claimed to show outstanding performance and manoeuvrability compared to other craft in this highly competitive market segment.

The M15 is in particular designed for high speed interception and boarding, with a centre steering position for helmsman to optimize control and allow for full view of the surroundings during boarding manoeuvres and high speed turns. The crew and the officers are all safely and comfortable seated in Ullman shock absorbing seats which levels out the impact from the sea at high speeds up to 70 knots.

The raised fore deck creates a stable platform for the officers when approaching other vessels whilst the lower aft deck can be used when boarding smaller vessels and launching watercrafts and rescue runners carried on deck. The aft deck is a very flexible and stable multi-purpose platform for launching crew members to a helicopter and successfully carrying out complex SAR operations in high seas.

The vessel is designed to operate in very rough sea conditions, up to Sea State 6. With the full body bow, the vessel is claimed to ‘run extremely dry with no green water on fore deck or spray on windscreens’.

At present a third Marell M15 Closed Cabin Interceptor is being built and tested, for speeds above 50 knots and with a walk around closed cabin. More information about this unique vessel with state-of-the-art stern drive propulsion systems and Humphree interceptors will come later this year.

By Jake Frith