One bench at Dairy Flat builds every Seafarer.
Neil Curtling has welded inflatable boats for 35 years. The machine that runs the second bead on every seam is his own build, and the team that uses it fits in one photograph.
The peoplesides of the join
Seafarer's own heat welding machine runs a bead on the water side and a second on the air side. Two welds where the trade runs one.
That second bead is why the warranty can be what it is, and why a Seafarer tube holds pressure after the fabric around it has seen ten New Zealand summers.
Inside the shedBoating NZ, May 2019
"I think heat welding promotes greater consistency in the quality of the joins because you can see the joining process as it happens." Neil, in the magazine's teardown of the Dual Seal system.
Read the featurePowerboat, July 2022
The SF340R with a deck crane fitted, reviewed as a working dive boat. The magazine put it through its paces on the water.
Read the reviewWhat customers say
"Knot your average repair shop." "Aqua Pro done and dusted, we are o-fish-ally good to go." "Good quality and good price." Google reviews, word for word.