Craft



The five special inflatable craft have been designed by Eurocraft Ltd, working with Ben Cartwright, one of Britain’s most experienced river boatmen.

These include an inflatable recce, two man canoe and four special self-bailing inflatables. Two of these inflatables will be 14 feet long and will be able to accommodate four crew members. The remaining two inflatables will be 16 feet long in order to accommodate six people. The tube extends around the craft making it both a powered boat for easier conditions and a white water for rapids. Each of the inflatables is equipped with a tried and tested Mariner outboard provided by E.P Barrus Ltd. These are mounted internally and can be raised when the craft is used in its white water mode.

The inflatables for Kota Mama V are named after JP Knight’s shallow draft tugs which are working in Guyana and Suriname: Kessock; Kestrel; Kinloch and Kite. The recce canoe will be called Fearnought after the launch tug that tows water barges on the River Medway.