Finding the right support vessel

Probably the most important and largest expense of the expedition and the one that has taken many hours of research to hopefully get right was the Support Vessel. We had a number of requirements:

1. Seaworthiness. Sounds obvious but 90% of boats we saw for sale wouldn’t have been able to handle some of the sea states we are likely to encounter, especially around the North of Scotland.
2. 6 Berths When we first started planning, we thought we’d also have a motor-home follow us around the coast, to act as accommodation and help with transport to various site seeing venues. But we quickly decided it would be logistically difficult and would mean we’d miss out on the fun of anchoring in quiet bays and enjoying the coastline at the best times of the day – sunrise and sunset.  We’ll have 4 permanent crew members, plus we wanted to have friends come join us for parts of the adventure.
3. 15-20 knots Cruising speed.   Across the wind we can comfortable average this speed on our foil boards, so to act as a support/rescue vessel it needs to be able to keep up without flogging the engine.

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4. Large water and fuel tanks. We want the freedom to stay at anchor and not have to fill up every 2-3 days so the larger the better for tanks. This will also be important in some of the more remote locations in Scotland.
5. Easy Stern Access for launching/landing kites- One of the harder things to find was stern platforms which didn’t involve a long ladder climb which would make passing up foil boards and kite handling tricky. Most boats which had 6 berths came with an aft cabin (yielding a long ladder climb ), whereas in comparison the ones with 4 berths often had an aft cockpit with easier stern access. Making the decision between being able to have friends come to stay vs convenience on a daily bases, was a hard one.

After narrowing the search down over the best part of a year I flew back to the UK to go and view 4 boats which met most of these requirements. We now have now chosen one which we are having surveyed and a sea trial  in a few weeks, so fingers crossed!