This is a versatile craft with an excellent inboard installation, whose gas extraction and water ingress protection are particularly well-designed. The Picton range also continues in production and is still very competitively priced. Crompton Marine is the only real newcomer to the leisure boat-building market, but has long been building RIBs for commercial use. The Crompton people are real RIB enthusiasts and talk like it. Their biggest boat, with its multiple spray rails and very deep-V hull, is reminiscent of the Classic Avon 8m Searider.
Delta reports that it is so busy with commercial contracts that diving has had to take a back seat.
This should not be surprising when you look at some of the enormous Deltas with powerful inboard diesels and spacious cabins. There will obviously be an amount of Delta expertise injected into Chinook, but there are no plans to continue Delta leisure craft. Flatacraft is now well established in the dive market. The arrival of another quality builder with a specialist boat is always to be welcomed. A competitive market can only be to the benefit of the discerning buyer.