Seakeeper gyro stabilisers double growth
Gyro stabilisation is becoming mainstream on boats below 50ft, as Seakeeper's impressive global growth attestsSeakeeper has ended a record-breaking 2017 with increased shipments of more than 50 per cent over the previous year, creating a compound annual growth rate of 42 percent over the past five years. Tellingly, sales on units for vessels under 50 feet increased 130 percent YOY.
To accommodate the increase in demand and growing product line, Seakeeper has expanded its Mohnton, Pennsylvania, assembly facility by 50 percent and created 12 new production lines – to increase total production capacity to more than 6000 units per year.
Seakeeper Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Semprevivo, said Seakeeper is changing the way of boating.
"We will continue to stay on the forefront of product development until people reminisce about the day that boats used to roll," he quipped.
For Seakeeper, 2017 saw the release of two new products.
The Seakeeper 3, the first DC-powered gyro, began shipping in April for boats 30-39 feet. The product, with a completely new design, won the Innovation Award for Mechanical Systems at The International Boatbuilders Exhibition & Conference (IBEX) in October.
The release of the Seakeeper 6 in July for boats 40-49 feet packed 20 percent more performance into the same footprint as its predecessor, the Seakeeper 5 which we tested here.
New product launches and the expansion of Seakeeper’s demo-boat program to six boats globally, plus a new office in Lavagna, Italy, later this year, will are all part of the global push to make gyro stabilisers mainstream on motorboats today.
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