PHOTO: courtesy Monaco Yacht Show
Just as megayacht shipyards and designers are putting forth dramatic new ideas to capture buyers’ imagination, so, too, are watertoy manufacturers. Something that certainly grabbed attention at the Monaco Yacht Show last week was the bright-orange WaterBuggy toted by Cizgi Yacht’s E&E.
The WaterBuggy is the creation of Turkey-based Bodrum Marine Group, a watersports specialist. It’s part tender, part PWC, capable of carrying three people and operated via a simple joystick. E&E’s WaterBuggy is powered by a 10-hp Honda outboard, concealed within the body of the toy. Bodrum Marine Group also offers 9.8- and 9.9-hp outboards from Tohatsu and Mercury.
Regardless of outboard choice, the WaterBuggy maneuvers smoothly and quickly, and you can even spin it in place. It can run in pretty skinny water, too: as shallow as about three feet (one meter). Novice watertoy enthusiasts and families with small children need not be worried, as the WaterBuggy tops out at just 6 mph (10 kph).
Pricing for the Honda-powered WaterBuggy is 8,000 euros ($10,550 approximately as of this writing); with the Tohatsu engine, 7,500 euros ($9,900 approximately). Both prices are exclusive of tax and transportation.
This video gives you a better sense of what the WaterBuggy is all about.
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Hello! Our company from Russia would like to buy WaterBuggy for water attractions. How can we make this deal and wich terms of delivery in Novorossiysk?
In addition would like to note that in case of fruitful collaboration we would like to become the distributor of your production in Russia market.
From of you we would like to receive the brochure on conditions of cooperation (distribyyuterstvo). Probably there is a standard package deal for the distributor in whom the dealer receives a number of services for the fixed cost (contribution), including the first party of WaterBuggy models in number of several units or something else.
Best regards!
Konstantin