Incat Crowther is an

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Company, headquartered in

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, a suburb of

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

specializing in

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design. Incat Crowther has offices in

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, United States and Romsey, UK. The company has a diverse product portfolio of designs for

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catamaran A Formula 16 beachable catamaran Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-stab ...

and

trimaran A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams. Most modern trimarans are sailing yachts designed for recreati ...

vessels with a composite, aluminium and steel construction for a range of sectors, including commercial, recreational, military and passenger.

History

The company was created from a merger of Incat Designs - Sydney and Crowther Designs in 2005. Crowther Design founder

Lock Crowther Lock Crowther (9 September 1940–1993; first name by birth Lachlan) was an Australian multihull sailboat designer. He grew up in Bairnsdale in the East Gippsland region of Victoria. Though his first name was Lachlan by birth, he insisted o ...

had a history in catamaran, trimaran and commercial vessel design. Incat Designs (Sydney, formed 1988) founder

Philip Hercus Philip Christian Hercus AO BSc (20 December 1942 in New Zealand – 3 September 2017) was a naval architect and marine vessel designer in Sydney Australia. He left New Zealand to attend the faculty of engineering at the University of New South ...

(1992 AGM

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medal recipient from the Institution of Engineers, Australia) had a history in passenger vessel catamaran design. In 1977), he formed a partnership, namely International Catamaran Pty Ltd designing and building catamarans in

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. This combination made significant advances in fast powered catamaran technology culminating in the

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catamarans. Early in 1988, the shipyard partnership was mutually terminated and a design-only company, International Catamaran Designs Pty Ltd (Incat Designs - Sydney) was formed as part of the Hercus Marine Group. The other partner Robert Clifford then commenced designing and building under a new company,

Incat Incat Tasmania is an Australian manufacturer of high-speed craft (HSC) catamaran ferries. Its greatest success has been with large, sea going passenger and vehicle ferries, but it has also built military transports and since 2015 it has built s ...

Tasmania Pty Ltd.

and Robert Clifford received the

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(AO) in 1995 for service to the shipbuilding industry. Both merging companies have had long partnerships with the following shipyards:

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Somerset, Massachusetts on the Taunton River. It primarily builds pilot boats and high-speed catamaran ferries. Gladding-Hearn was founded in 1954 by Preston Gladding and Richard Hearn, and de ...

, Richardson Devine Marine, Nichols Bros, Gulfcraft, Cheoy Lee Shipyards, Aluminium Marine, Kvichak Marine and

NQEA Australia NQEA Pty Ltd is an engineering and shipbuilding company based in Cairns, Australia. The company was founded in 1948 as an engineering supply company named North Queensland Engineers & Agents, then expanded in 1966 into shipbuilding and was rena ...

. Later partnerships have emerged with: Arpoador Engenharia, Astilleros Armon, ETP Engenharia Ltda.,

, PT Caputra Mitra Sejati Shipyard, Veecraft Marine Over 650 vessels built to Incat Crowther designs have been delivered. These include ''Eleanor Roosevelt'', the world's first very large catamaran Ro-Pax ferry powered by dual-fuel reciprocating engines, and New York City Ferry's 40-plus vessel fleet.

Records

A world

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record of 114 Skiers by the Horsehead Water Ski Club on 28 March 2010 was set utilizing the vessel Eagle. This record was again broken utilizing the Eagle on 27 January 2012 with 145 skiers making the nautical mile journey.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.incatcrowther.com/ Companies based in New South Wales Shipbuilding companies of Australia Companies established in 2003