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The K2 History
The forerunner of our boats, the Seahopper, was designed and developed by Geoff Lennard in the mid 70’s. Two versions were made in marine ply, an 8 ft and a cut down 6ft 8in version, both capable of being sailed. In 1988 Steve Rea bought the business L.T. Boats from Mr Lennard. In 1997 Mark Walters encouraged Mr Rea to make him a 10ft hull for use with his Mirror sailing rig. The new 10ft Kontender was officially launched at Earls Court in January 1998. In June 1998 Steve Rea and Mark Walters formed a limited company, Seahopper Folding Kontender Ltd, primarily to build and market the new boat. In July 1999 Mr Rea tendered his resignation when it was found that he owed the company money (from sales commission owed to the company). Thereafter under a new agreement the Seahopper range was built exclusively by Mr Rea for SFK Ltd. In April 2000 it was discovered that Mr Rea had been invoicing the company for boats which had not been made or completed. SFK Ltd moved its stock to new premises and started its own production under the new name Stowaway Boats Ltd. In January 2007 Stowaway Boats launched a new prototype fibreglass version of the 3 metre sailing dinghy the K2 at the London Boat Show, and in the summer of 2007 it went into full production. At the same time we discontinued our production of marine ply boats. Late in 2008 we intend to launch our fibreglass version of the 1.8 metre tender. Realistically it will probably be another year on before the 2.4 metre version is in production, to complete the range. Links |
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