Osprey alloy pontoon boats designed to be rugged, reliable, safe, with the optimum dry ride

The main advantages alloy has over other materials are:

• Light weight
• Does not need any treatments once built i.e. paint, anti foul, UV inhibitors, caulking or sealing
• Resists the elements - heat, cold, sun, rain, salt etc
• Rugged - can be run up on gravel beaches without causing any damage
• Easy to repair in the unlikely event of damage
  (The main causes of damage to date has been during trailering - a motor accident or backing into concrete wall etc
• Simple to add onto at later date ie; easy to weld on brackets and fittings at any stage

All Osprey Boats are built to stringent procedures by qualified craftsmen

• All pontoons are pressure tested and sealed
• All floors are fully welded alloy tread plate which not only creates more reserve buoyancy but results in a non slip surface
• Hand and grab rails are strategically placed to ensure optimum safety in inclement weather
• All coamings are of sufficient height to protect the crew from the weather and from falling overboard
• The pontoons which create fundamental stability also come into play when the crew are all on one side watching the 'big one' being reeled in or lifting a scallop dredge, reslting in minimal leaning of the boat

Osprey Boats have been designed in-house to give the optimum ride and ensuring safety and ease of use and maintenance

We continually innovate at a design level to further enhance the ride and usable space, improve safety, simplify manufacture, and maximise styling of Osprey Boats. These changes arise from a combination of ideas suggested by all our staff and from the feedback we encourage from our end users.

• Osprey boats are designed with a very fine entry and deep vee to create a very soft and dry ride. All components are high quality marine grade alloy plate
• The hull has several full length, floor to hull stringers which are cross gusseted at small intervals to create an extremely strong platform
• The hull plates are married to alloy pontoons in such a way to create lift, and result in turning the water and spray down
• The pontoons are shaped to give over 11kg of buoyancy per 100mm of length, This results in huge load carrying ability, i.e.; the water taxi's in Abel Tasman National Park are registered to carry 18 passengers plus crew, in a 7.50M boat
• The pontoons are segmented (fully baffled) into several separate compartments meaning that if one should ever be holed the boat will stay afloat and still be mobile
• The pontoons, unlike many other brands, extend beyond the transom, acting like built-in trim tabs keeping the boat level and avoiding 'back flipping' when riding off wave tops
• The transom pod is also extended, which increases leverage so the operator can trim the boat more easily than if the motor was attached directly to the transom. Having the motor mounted well back from the transom also means that it can be raised higher thus keeping the power head well above any stern waves or wash
• Side rails protect the pontoons from damage along-side wharves and other vessels, and carry on round to the transom creating huge platforms either side of the motor bracket
• The topsides have been refined, creating protection for the crew from the elements and vast amounts of storage in side pockets and seat bases