Almarine Meteor Jetboat Restoration: New Trailer

Saturday 13 February 2010

New Trailer

The boat had spent many months on some old tires as the old trailer was about to fall apart. The trailer would have needed a complete rebuild and as I didn't have that much time to work on it, so I decided to fork out for a new one. I found a suitable trailer from Indespension, which is actually a Jet Ski trailer, which fits the boat well. It sits a bit higher than the old trailer which makes it easier to work on.

The boat sat on old tires awaiting new trailer

Up on new trailer an ready for the water

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About Almarine Boats

There is very little information out there on Almarine boats. As far as I know the company made 4 different boats. The smallest was a 9ft speedboat with an outboard engine and was called the Spitfire, the next was the Seafire which was essentially the same as the Spitfire but with a longer hull (about 10.5ft). My boat is called the Meteor, and has the same hull as the Seafire but has waterjet propulsion and an inboard engine. Almarine also made a twin waterjet boat of substantial size (about 16ft) called the Javelin. There are quite a few Seafires and Spitfires in existence, many of which are in Holland, but the Meteor is a very rare boat indeed. I think the mouldings were licenced to some other boat manufacturers as there are some Meteors out there with some subtle differences such as different jet units. Almarine produced two versions of the Meteor, one with a single stage jet unit, and another with a twin stage jet unit. The twin stage unit fitted to my boat can handle more power (up to approx 75hp).

Summary of Almarine Boats:

Spitfire - Length 9ft - Outboard
Seafire - Length 10.5ft - Outboard
Meteor - Length 10.5ft - Inboard - Waterjet
Javelin - Length ~16ft - Inboard - Twin Waterjets

Almarine Meteor Jetboat Restoration

Saturday 13 February 2010

New Trailer

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