Rhino 950 Scuba Replacement Boat - Sea trial

The new Rhino 950 Scuba Replacement boat Built by Wale Marine for SMIT Subsea went on sea trial on Monday.

Great performances and maneuverability qualify this new craft.

The craft has reached:

• 22 knots in light ship conditions,
• 16 knots with 1500 Kg load and 6 crew members on board,
• 10 knots with 3000 Kg and 6 crew members on board.

Watch the video...

Wale Marine's latest Rhino 950 SRP after sandblasting

Ready to receive the Ultra Jet 305 jet-drive

The building of the boat is on schedule...
At the time of publication, the Jet drive has already been installed and the motor's chamber is getting ready.
In less than two weeks, our latest baby goes out for a sea trial...

Exciting time to come.

Smit Subsea can't wait for receiving it.
It will give the team so much freedom of movement when operating on offshore sites.
This magnificent HPDE boat will have soon many siblings.

Here will come the SRP system

 This magnificent HPDE boat will have soon many siblings.

Opening in the pontoon for the Dive ladder

I wish my forehead was as robust... 

The chamber for the 295 HP Steyr Marine Diesel 

Aluminium Hatch to be...

About Rhino Marine...

Rhino Marine Products (Pty) Ltd, a Cape town based company manufactures HPDE boats as a more stronger and durable replacement for conventional RIB's, Aluminium and GRP hull work boats since 2003.

It all started after Wale Marine cc, its sister company, was approached by M&R to develop such boats.

After conducting sufficient research into HDPE and the welding thereof, the first 5.9 m Rhino boat was fabricated in 2003 and was a great success. Since then we have constantly been improving our hull designs, fabrication processes and capacity. Rhino Marine now has fabrication plants in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, with our head offices being based in Cape Town. 
We now have a set of proven hull designs and drive systems which are marketed, fabricated and sold as Rhino Marine Products. 
Through our sister company, Wale Marine cc, we are constantly investing in R&D and developing new prototypes that our target markets may require. Wale Marine cc is a well-established engineering corporation operating since 1985 with a dedicated team of engineers who develop all our prototype boats. Once the prototypes have been tried and tested, they are then marketed and sold as Rhino Marine Products. Our models currently include work boats, personnel transfer boats, Scuba Replacement Boats and HDPE Barges. We are busy investigating bringing out a fast rescue boat range, and are capable and happy to develop customized boats for operations that so require. 

Over the years we have developed good relations with top naval architect companies, marine motor agents and many suppliers of marine equipment relating to our industry in order to supply top quality HDPE boats at competitive prices. We have also developed good relations with our shipping agents as our boats are mostly fabricated for export, and thus have also developed a good understanding and experience in the transport/shipping of our boats to various parts of the world. 

Rhino Marine is a member of the South African Boat Building Export Council (SABBEX) which allows for us to travel to various parts of the world in order to conduct marketing and research which ensures that we maintain awareness relating to our markets latest requirements. We have also developed boats with the South African Marine Safety Authority (SAMSA) which ensures that we maintain the necessary safety requirements pertaining to our boats.

SMIT SUBSEA – 950 JET BOAT

Our sister company, Wale Marine, is currently developing a 9.5m Rhino Boat fitted with a 295HP Steyr Marine inboard diesel motor and 305 Ultra Jet Drive for SMIT Subsea.




The boat is to be used for SCUBA replacement diving operations and it will be supplied completely kitted out with hull modifications for dive operations, electrical system with UPS, Genset & Power Sockets, Safety equipment and certification. 
Trials on the completed boat will be carried within the year and once proven successful the 950 Jet Boat will become an official Rhino Marine model.