Catamaran day fishing boat Kraken

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Cheetah Marine, Isle of Wight catamaran builders have reported a good year for both commercial builds and leisure catamarans. Sean Strevens, Cheetah Designer comments ‘We are now building around 27 boats a year. As well as the increase in production we are seeing a marked increase in the larger models, with the 9, 10 and 11m models the most popular across all sectors of applications.’ This change has come about recently and whilst Cheetah Marine is now in is 25th year of production, until 5 years ago, the original 6m series was the most popular Cheetah Catamaran. ‘Many of the original Cheetah owners are now upgrading and either opting for an over 10m fishing license and buying the 11.2m x 3.7m beam Cheetah. It is a very efficient boat with outboard engines.’ Comments Sean. 2014 commercial builds Amongst the commercial fishing builds this year include four of Cheetah’s beamiest 3.7m hull, built at 9.98m and 11.2m. The 2013 update to Sean’s popular 9.95m x 3.6m series has also secured many orders with six commercial versions built this year including an export to the Canadian east coast fishery.