Midway through 2007 we were approached by Kanter Yachts, Ontario, Canada to partner them in a tender process for the construction of several open, military-style RIB’s capable of high speeds and rapid deployment of...
Of late we have been associated with TP Marine in Holland who have produced GRP RIB’s for quite some time. They are branching out into the realm of alloy hulls and commissioned us to...
Not a new design but rather a much modified version of our successful 30’ QRV RIB. This boat has polyethylene D-Shape fenders instead of the air filled collar system used on the QRV RIB....
This is our latest RIB design, the so-called QRV (Quick Response Vessel) for Coastguard North Shore at Brown’s Bay, Auckland. She is a development of our highly successful 9.0m (30’) QRV currently in service...
This is the second major collaboration between de Villiers Design and the Benford Design Group (www.benford.us). She is a smaller sister to the 55’ Coaster described elsewhere on this site. Aside from the size...
Some think of adventure as hardship and discomfort. That’s not what this vessel is all about. Designed for short-handed cruising, the Kelly Archer Adventure Series feature stout, well-found vessels set up to go anywhere....
Here is another design commissioned by the AMF Boat Co. in Tauranga, NZ. The philosophy behind this trawler-style motoryacht was to achieve a comfortable and seaworthy coastal (or liveaboard) cruiser which would be ruggedly...
This design was commissioned by the AMF Boat Co. in Tauranga, NZ in their bid to provide a solution to the needs of one of the local coastguard units. Our design was chosen and...
In the early nineties, as part of my post-university “overseas” experience I found myself in a delightful village by the name of St. Michaels on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, USA....
On the face of it this design is no different to our earlier LISO 39′ Cutter design. Dig a little deeper and you will see the AFC 1175 is a different animal entirely. Our...
