Fatcat has formed a new company and brand for their range of alloy Fatcat designs.
Founded by Blair Mclay and Roger Tweddell on the Hibiscus Coast just north of Auckland, Fatcat’s design philosophy is about stability, space, and safety, emphasising superb handling at speed. Fatcat, a specialist HDPE polymer boat manufacturer, was continually being asked for a bigger design than the rotomoulded 4000 model it was already producing.
With the limitations of moulding technology, they felt that alloy was the most suitable material for larger boats over 5.0m. Blair set about designing the 5.25m 5000 model, and construction took place in a specialist alloy construction facility in Napier, Tekam Engineering.Â
Due to the departure from FatCat’s normal polymer construction, the decision was made to rebrand as AirCat and split it off into a new entity.
Team Marine has been established to develop a range of larger aluminium boats up to 10m and more. Fatcat has, in the meantime, developed the new 4500 polymer model to fit in between and will be available by October 2021. Blair and Roger’s philosophy has always been to design and test prototypes with careful evaluation before settling on the production version. The production version of the FatCat 5000 will be refined and a little longer and designated the AirCat 625. The Prototype is available for demonstration.Â
