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'THE BEST OF THE BEST' photo gallery

We don't make exaggerated claims about the strength and sea keeping abilities of our vessels, here's the proof!

We made a pilot boarding video when we Had the Malta pilot's over to see their new pilot boat. The Gleann Mor and her crew demonstrated her alongside handling for us in an Easterly force 7-8 and we captured some good footage. See the video.

Our Interceptor 55 in heavy seas.

Below, an Interceptor 55 alongside a 42 showing the difference in size!

The INTERCEPTOR 55 ORCA II has been extensively sea trialed over the past month,  three videos were made of her in Heavy seas up Force 9, with 5m waves on one day breaking over the Harbour Rock , conditions were pretty extreme. Here is a compilation of the best moments-  SEE THE VIDEO

Nice sequence captured of a 5m breaking  wave (the anchor light is 5m off the waterline), the crest broke over her bow but you can see it being nicely deflected by the wave breaker before it hit the screen

For full details on this vessel, 'ORCA II' click on this link

Portland Interceptor 42 'Pilot' being sea trialed on a lumpy day offshore, see a video of her in action from this link-

SEE A VIDEO OF HER BEING SEA TRAILED AT SPEED OFFSHORE

Portlands new pilot boat 'Culverwell' undertook her first rough weather sea trails in force 7 conditions with wind against tide producing some lumpy conditions, here are some pics, there is a new video on our video download site from this link-  

SEA A VIDEO OF HER BEING TESTED IN GALE FORCE 7

On the 4th Feb 2007 we took Thunder Child and Camac out together, These are some pics from the video, as you will see from the video there were some challenging moments. It was a force 8 gale and an ebb tide at the entrance to the harbour.

Above and below, taking on big breaking seas in gale force conditions with the Dublin pilot boat.

Dublin pilot boat in sea trials in Southerly Storm force 9 conditions, seas were over 7.5m, 23ft. Below are some pretty impressive pictures, it was a wild day with some big seas around, you had to be paying attention!

This was a particularly bad moment, she was totally engulfed by this sea beam on. Her wide beam and high stability stopped her from being rolled over.

Waves can break over the Harbour Rock at the entrance to Cork Harbour, and then break continuously for several hundred yards, creating a carpet of foam when its really bad.

Below, running away from this one.

SEE A VIDEO OF THE DUBLIN PILOT IN GALE FORCE 9 & 20FT SEAS

SEE A VIDEO OF THE DUBLIN PILOT AND GENESIS 37 IN GALE FORCE 8

Below the Dublin pilot boat 'Camac' sea trialed in a SW gale.

Surfing on the crest of a wave, where the Interceptors directional stability pays off. In quartering seas she does not heel over and yaw, even when running over a wave as below.

Below, Cork & Dublin pilot boats together in a rare shot.

Cork Pilot boat in severe storm force 9, 70mph gusts. Extreme conditions.

Below, Gleann Mor in severe storm force 11, with 100mph wind gusts recorded & 10m seas. Airports were closed and large trees bought down locally. Worst conditions I ever saw. The waves were huge. Most pics were unusable due to camera shake and reduced visibility. The video was better.

Below, the largest wave we ever captured  on film during our video shoots , estimated at well over 10m in height. the masthead light is 6m above the waterline, in the video you see her completely disappearing in the troughs, and this was from the top of the cliffs at Roches Point lighthouse.

SEA THE VIDEO OF HER IN STORM FORCE 10

Another severe storm  with 8m swells.

Running back with a large following seas at the entrance to Cork Harbour.

During sea trials with Portland Harbormaster on board, the port of Portland ordered a boat after this sea trial in gale force 8, shortly after the sea trial Portland ordered an Interceptor 42 pilot, which can be seen elsewhere on this page

Some of  our best ever pictures were taken of the Cork Pilot boat during storm force 9.

SEA THE VIDEO OF HER BEING SEA TRIALED IN GALE FORCE 9

Facing a big breaker over the Harbour Rock

Taking seas green over the foredeck

Just missing being hit by a big breaking sea beam on.

Cork Pilot, in Gale force 8, and able to maintain 23ks in to 10ft seas

'NAOMB AINE' our latest Genesis 37 was sea trailed in some lumpy conditions, we captured the moment when she was airborne in a spectacular shot-

'Thunder Child' in big seas.

WILDCAT 40 'Rubymay' was sea trailed in force 7, gusting 8 on the 17 Nov 2007, we captured some great pics and there is a video of her which you can see from this link- CLICK HERE

We  sea trailed the Wildcat 36 'The Black Cat in gale force 8 & wind over tide conditions with some very heavy breaking seas, Wave heights were 4m / 15ft but exceptionally steep on this day, probably the touch of east in the direction. The conditions were very challenging and we captured some great shots and video, she performed beautifully and demonstrated her excellent seakeeping abilities. 

SEE A VIDEO OF THE WILDCAT IN GALE FORCE 8 AND 15FT SEAS

Below, a particularly large wave about 15ft high almost broke on top of us, this shows how steep the seas can be in tidal race conditions with wind over tide, far worse than open sea waves

Not a good moment to be wondering if your boat is built strong enough, but we knew that our Wildcat 36 had the seakeeping abilities and  strength to deal with these conditions. Will focus the mind though!

We did a video and photo shot of Thunder Child, conditions were S/W force 5-6 with wind over tide,  just right for a maximum speed  30kt run, any worse and we would have had to slow down, made for some spectacular high speed footage.

SEA A VIDEO OF THE GENESIS BEING SEA TRIALED AT SPEED IN ROUGH CONDITIONS

Nice shot of the her alongside the Cork Pilot boat, they were out doing a boarding at the same time.

Sea trialing the first Genesis, it was about force 5-6, but we were flat out into it and managed to capture a shot of her prop out of the water.

In preparation for her voyage home to the UK's South Coast, 'SUSSEX' underwent tough rough weather trials offshore in gale force 8 conditions, we captured some excellent shots. 

SEE THE VIDEO OF THE WILDCAT 36 SUSSEX IN GALE FORCE CONDITIONS

This picture puts the wave size into perspective, this freighter was making heavy weather of it!

On the 28th of April 2005, in gale force 9 conditions and 50kts of wind we took 'Toraigh na Dtonn' to sea to record a demonstration video illustrate the Interceptor 42's outstanding seakeeping abilities. To make conditions worse we waited for the spring ebb tide to run through the mouth of Cork Harbour, creating some of the worst sea conditions possible. We took our Interceptor 42 out into this maelstrom and captured some amazing pictures

Climbing the face of a huge sea.

SEE THE VIDEO OF THE CLASS 6 PASSENGER VESSEL 'TORAIGH NA DTONN' IN GALE FORCE 8+

‘Mikatcha’ taking a breaking sea 'green' during a video shot in force 8 conditions prior to her delivery.

SEE THE VIDEO OF THE INTERCEPTOR 42 WORKBOAT 'MIKATCHA' IN GALE FORCE SEAS