The Snapper - Single Seat Hovercraft for Events Companies/Driving Experiences!

The Snapper Business Package!

Please Note : Snapper Hovercraft are only available as a package for business use. We no longer sell the Snapper as a recreational hovercraft. Why? Simple! The size and performance of the Marlin II makes it a more suitable hovercraft for recreational and utility usage. We believe in only supplying the right vehicle for the job!

Flying Fish Hovercraft are delighted to offer an unusual and exciting business package. As manufacturer of The Snapper, we have the perfect hovercraft available - which is designed and built specifically for usage within events businesses for driving experiences.

These UK, hand built, little machines provide incredible thrills to the public at activity centres and driving experiences at a number of venues in the UK and abroad. The enormous experience we have in running these events allows us to make the same package available in other areas of the country including hovercraft, spares, training and all the other necessary equipment and support you need to add them to your existing events business or start from scratch as a profitable and fun business. It perfectly fits into existing events who are looking to expand their range of activities such as quad tracks, paintball sites or Jetski hire lakes.

The package price of £20,000+VAT includes much more than 'just 'two amazing, brand new, hovercraft!

Two Snapper Hovercraft in your choice of standard colours (for full details, see below)
One road trailer
Two hovercraft covers
Spares package including replacement skirt segments, blades & belt, service parts, cables, various fixings etc totaling approx £1000.00
Use of our website design and a credit towards establishing a web presence.
Online ticketing/voucher system for 12 months
First batch of vouchers, gift certificates, presentation certificates & brochures provided with your own details.
We visit your site to advise on course design and train your staff in maintenance, servicing and teach them to instruct clients.
One day training for company principle/administration staff at our factory in Kent.
Immediate listing with packaging and ticketing companies.
Advice on where to source insurance.
Become an agent for Flying Fish and receive a commission on hovercraft sales.
Preferential rate on spares.
No ongoing fees or charges – this is a straightforward business start-up, not a franchise.
Ongoing support and advice.

Option – Add a ‘Marlin II Freestyle’ two/three seat hovercraft (for giving rides) to the standard package for £7,500.00+VAT (£500.00 saving)
Option - Upgrade the Snapper engines to 28bhp for £600.00 (£200.00 saving)

The Hovercraft

The Snapper was developed specifically to provide a thrilling driving experience for the public at events and activities centres. These incredible little craft are easy to drive and fast enough to be fun. They’re tough, easy to repair and easily serviced with long service intervals. They look fantastic and are professionally finished with a strong fibreglass hull and stainless steel fittings.

We’ve personally run these craft and events for over ten years and in that time have learned everything there is to know about maintaining and repairing them. No other manufacturer produces a craft which is designed specifically for driving experiences, or has as much experience of operating their own craft as Flying Fish does.

Your choice of colours from our standard range.
Powered by Briggs & Stratton 23bhp engine
Revs at just 3800rpm
Low noise (78dbA at 25m cruising speed) at a low frequency
Electric start
Very frugal – drinks just 5-6 litres fuel per hour.
Race along at up to 35mph(40mph+ with engine upgrade)
Commercial engine power means long service intervals and long service life.
Very robust craft and engine.
Cheap and easy to maintain segmented, flexible skirt.
Simple driving controls consisting of handlebars and throttle – that’s it!
Training takes less than ten minutes per driver.

The Event

A grassy field and a watersplash! That’s all you need to provide to complete the requirements of this unusual and sought after event. You can even dig your own water-splashes if there is no water on your potential site.

You can work from a home office, taking bookings either by phone, your websites ticketing system (included free for 12 months, thereafter an annual fee is payable) or from voucher companies. We’ll show you how to train folks in under ten minutes before they start pursuit events, relays and individual competitions.

Depending on your site, you’ll ‘process’ up to 30 people a day at an average rate of £75.00per person. With good marketing, you should fill most weekends through spring, summer and early autumn – producing a monthly turnover up to £18,000 with an excellent profit margin.

This isn’t speculation – it’s proven figures!

Flying Fish Hovercraft

Flying Fish is a family owned business based in Sandwich in SE England, firmly established as one of Europe’s largest hovercraft manufacturers. The business has developed the craft over ten years in which time hundreds of hovercraft have been sold throughout the world. Alongside this, Flying Fish run their own events business in both Australia & the UK, and have taught literally thousands of people to drive their craft. You’ll be dealing directly with the manufacturer with all the benefits and support that brings.

Flying Fish have proven their craft in the harshest possible environments and taken on the biggest challenges. For instance,

The only small hovercraft to have made multiple two way crossings of the English Channel.
Completed eight challenging 1000km French ‘Rhone Raids’ on Rhone & Soane Rivers.
UK National Coastal Racing Champions in 2005/2006
Inaugural UK National ‘Formula 503’ champions.
Suppliers of craft to the makers of the BBC’s ‘Frozen Planet’ for use in Arctic conditions.
Used by the Australian State Emergency Services in Queensland flood response 2011.
The only small hovercraft to have completed a two way crossing of the Irish Sea.
In use around the world in hundreds of different applications from flood response to cockling and from mud-sampling to yacht tenders!

Today, employing six full-time staff at their 11,000sq ft factory in Sandwich, the business continues to supply thrill seekers with exciting, reasonably priced hovercraft and commercial users with a vehicle able to access all areas at very moderate cost.

For more details, call us for a chat and we can arrange for you to come along and see how it works!

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