First boats for London Fire Brigade

The first four flood relief boats have been delivered to the London Fire Brigade.The FRB 390s are a result of months of collaboration between Morton Boats,TK Marine Associates and the Fire service. The boats may look like a standard Fun Yak 3.90 but have been modified to take up to 10 people, given extra strength ropes and handles for easy 6 man handling and high visibility stripes are added for night time recognition.
As seen from the photos one of the advantages of the 390 is the unique stacking system, it is thought they will be in stacks of three so as to aid quick deployment and alleviate storage problems.
A total of twenty boats have been ordered, the remaining sixteen will follow towards the end of March.

New rescue boat for Beaver Sailing Club

Beaver sailing club have just taken delivery of a new rescue boat in the form of a Fun Yak 4.50 complete with a 30 HP Tohatsu outboard motor and Rapide GP 16 trailer.
The package was delivered and handed over by Peter (pictured) and Paul Richards of Morton Boats but unfortunately it was not possible to try it out on the water as the whole lake was frozen over.
The new boat purchase came as a result of a demonstration of a similar 4.50 package towards the end of last year and after most committee members had the opportunity to take it out for a spin, decided this was the boat which would most suit their needs for both training and rescue purposes.
Morton Boats would like wish all at Beaver Sailing Club a most successful and prosperous season ahead.