Australian volunteer search and rescue (SAR) organisation Marine Rescue NSW has completed conducting sea trials of two recently acquired rigid inflatable boats (RIBs). Brunswick 30 and Trial Bay 30 belong to the same series of RIBs built by Yamba Welding and Engineering (YWE). Design work on the...
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US Marine Corps acquires two new combat watercraft
The US Marine Corps recently took delivery of two new combat reconnaissance watercraft in a series built by Australian-New Zealand partnership The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG). Designated as a Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft (MMRC), the vessels are capable of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, interdiction, and battlespace shaping operations. Low-observable features that make the craft […]
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AWARDS 2023 | Best RIB Pilot Boat – Aldebaran – Naiad Design (Whiskey Project Group)
Best RIB Pilot Boat – Aldebaran – Naiad Design (Whiskey Project Group) New Zealand-based Naiad Design (part of the Whiskey Project Group) is renowned globally for its, usually, aluminium-hulled rigid inflatable boats that are used for patrol, rescue, assault, tourist and pilotage, among other...
AWARDS 2023 | Best SAR RIB – Woolgoolga 30 – The Whiskey Project Group
Best SAR RIB – Woolgoolga 30 – The Whiskey Project Group The rapidly growing Whiskey Project Group has hit the deck running in both Australia and the United States. Its Naiad-designed and Yamba Welding-built aluminium rescue RIBs, especially, can be seen all over eastern Australia, particularly in...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | November 15 – Senegalese and Greek patrol ships plus new Australian corvette and reconnaissance boat series
The Senegalese Navy acquires an offshore patrol vessel while the Hellenic Coast Guard taps a Finnish manufacturer for new boats. In Australia, a new corvette class is being proposed for local manufacture while a partnership unveils a tactical watercraft for littoral operations. Senegalese Navy takes delivery of second patrol vessel in series The Senegalese Navy […]
VESSEL REVIEW | Woolgoolga 30 – Australian rescue RIB to serve northern New South Wales
The Whiskey Project Group, the partnership formed by Australian boatbuilder Yamba Welding and Engineering (YWE) and New Zealand-based naval architecture firm Naiad Design, has handed over a new rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to Australian volunteer marine search and rescue (SAR) organisation Marine...
VESSEL REVIEW | Tuggerah Lakes 21 & Batemans Bay 21 – Australian volunteer rescue group expands RIB fleet
Australian volunteer maritime search and rescue (SAR) organisation Marine Rescue New South Wales recently took delivery of two new rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) in a seri ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Port Stephens 30 – New 10-metre boat joins Australian rescue charity
Australian search and rescue (SAR) charity Marine Rescue New South Wales recently took delivery of a new rigid inflatable boat (RIB) from The Whiskey Project Group, the p ..
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AWARDS 2022 | Best Small FiFi Boat – Nawi 1 – The Whiskey Project Group
Best Small FiFi Boat – Nawi 1 – The Whiskey Project Group While primarily designed as a fire fighting support vessel for the National Parks and Wildlife Service of th ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Kuursi – Australian Army watercraft to support border protection operations
The Australian Army has christened a new specialised littoral watercraft that will be deployed at Far North Queensland’s Thursday Island by the army reserve’s 51st Ba ..
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