Cheetah Marine company News and Trends items

To celebrate the upcoming boatshow, Cheetah Marine is delighted to launch the first professionally produced Cheetah video. The video demonstrates the functionality of the Cheetah Catamaran in a variety of marine environments and includes 2015 launches alongside catamarans currently in service. Sequences include rough weather testing, watersports, beaching, commercial fis...

7.9m ‘RV Tonn'', meaning Wave in Irish is tasked with mapping areas of seabed around Ireland and follows on from two similar specification Cheetahs developed for the Port of London Authority and the British Geological Survey. To the Irish Surveyors, the experience which Cheetah Marine has acquired in this niche market was of extreme importance. Archie Donovan, Princip...

HULL DESIGN The new 2.55m wider hull has adopted elements from the popular 7.2m and 7.9m hull designs. Sean Strevens, Cheetah Designer comments ‘I have lowered the C of G but kept the tunnel shape similar to the 7.9m hull for the soft ride. A lower spray rail aerates the hull bottom whilst the wedged planing plank gives proportional lift and better hull efficiency. Ove...

8.5m SERIES 3m BEAM Typical lengths: 8.5m, 8.9m The 8.5m Cheetah maintains a shallow draught of 0.3m and produces very little wash. This combined with a finely tuned hull design enables the Cheetah will glide effortlessly through the water, keeping fuel consumption to a minimum. Wide hulls with 1.9m centres supply substantial buoyancy enabling passengers or heav...

The first three Cheetahs were completed in time for Seawork and included Cheetah Marine''s hydrogen powered prototype. The forth is X-Cat, an 11.2m Cheetah which will be sailing south for a surf life on the west coast of France. The 11.2m has been designed and built for Surf Safari and charter trips from Capbreton nearby to surf capital Biarritz With such an exciting...