THE TENDERS
HELIOS 3 carries a 5.8m/19’ Novurania Chase RIB tender with 260hp Yanmar diesel engine and Hamilton jet drive stowed in the float-in garage aft.
A 12m/40’ Intrepid 400 with a hardtop roof acts a towed chase boat.
Equipped with a center console with a shower and a bathroom and an AIS system, Sun Ra is powered by two Volvo D6400AF 400hp diesel engines. Sun Ra either cruises independently or is towed behind HELIOS 3.
After the tracks are laid, the central section of the swim platform is hydraulically lowered to provide water access.
The float-in garage enables the Novurania tender to be launched and recovered using an electric winch and a rail system.
The fact that no crane is required means that a purely technical environment can be transformed into an open-air living area and beach club.
The garage also houses a small fleet of water toys including two Seabobs F5 S, Hobie Kayaks and an E – LIFT Foil L5 Sport.
The water toys are stowed on the bow forward of the anchor deck. HELIOS 3 carries two Yamaha Super Jet wave runners and two Yamaha jet skis GP1800.
The toys are launched using a Nautical Structures 2200 crane with dedicated power pack for wave runners and toys. There is also a Portable Atlas 2500 davit.
On the sun deck there is a Nautical Structures Hydraulic EZ300FB crane originally used to launch a small rescue tender. It is
currently used to launch the Laser Sailing dingy stowed on the sun deck roof aft.
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Wave runner launch
Laser sailing
dingy launch
Concept and text
Penny Hammond-Smith
Graphic Design
Matthieu Vuillaume
Photography
BlueIprod