Safehaven Marine put Thunder Child II to the test against the might of Storm Brendan yesterday — showing just how well the wave-piercing powerboat can handle the roughest elements at sea.
Sea trials for the XSV20 design began a year ago but had taken a backseat to the successful Cork boatbuilder’s commissions for port and harbour vessels — an enviable situation which nevertheless saw the planned North Atlantic Challenge that had been scheduled for last summer moved to this year.
Thunder Child II has been developed in mind of setting a new west-east transatlantic world record, and a proposed route has been plotted from St John’s in Newfoundland, via Greenland and Iceland, to Killybegs on Ireland’s West Coast.
Here's an epic slow motion sequence of Thunder Child II hit by a couple of massive waves during Storm Brendan today, beautifully shows the power and majesty of the sea. #StormBrendan @captainbob76 @MaryP972 A nice video follows @LarryCpix @mbymagazine @urlofcork @AfloatMagazine pic.twitter.com/tYZwIU0QVc
— Safehaven Marine (@SafehavenMarine) January 13, 2020