The smoke of Christmas is visible on the horizon and where is Maricuda? We seem to have been ‘building our brand’ for a very long time now so where is the payback? What have we done? Where are all the products that we had such high expectations for? What have we been up to and what has happened to the Atlantic Challenge? All legitimate questions which I shall do my best to answer.

First the Atlantic Challenge. With the UK economy on its knees, the funding for this project is currently being sought from a number of foreign sources. The new technology, which will enable this boat to make the fastest Atlantic crossing ever is too important for Maricuda to ignore, thus the hunt for a sponsor goes on. However, Maricuda is about much more than just an attempt to win the Blue Riband of the Atlantic.

In the last few weeks Maricuda has taken on two new directors so we are now four. Go to www.maricuda.co.uk/maricuda/maricuda-directors to see who’s who. When I first formed Maricuda in 2009 I thought that we would just be making a range of unique manual bilge pumps and a folding anchor. The reality is, we now have over thirty products in various stages of completion and in the coming months we will be selling these products in a variety of different ways in order to create our revenue.

Production Director Mark Cox will be manufacturing the Aquarion MP-160 in its now improved form along with the Stowaway folding anchor and the Triton anchor, which has recently undergone extra development to meet the demands of the rapidly expanding RHIB market. These products will be quickly followed by a smaller version of the Aquarion to be more compatible with the needs of the leisure boat market. There is also a brand new pump currently approaching the end of its development phase which will employ the same operating characteristics as the Aquarion but will fill the space for a highly reliable manual bilge pump which is light and compact to fit smaller craft. There are also a number of Maricuda designed products sat on the shelf waiting to be manufactured externally under the Maricuda brand.

Commercial Director Martin Spooner is presently sourcing specialist companies within the marine industry who would benefit from adopting our designs either to supplement their present range or to introduce a completely new direction to their business. Martin’s extensive business acumen is invaluable in this difficult and demanding role as no two businesses are completely alike and every deal is custom made to suit individual requirements. Ultimately Maricuda will benefit from the sale of these designs by receiving royalty payments of the products manufactured under licence.

Apart from all of the above, Maricuda has a growing number of capital projects in its portfolio. These include the tsunami escape structure which subsequent to a recent visit to Tokyo, is currently being assessed by a leading engineering company in Japan for possible adoption in high risk areas; a revolutionary tidal power generator which size for size is several times more efficient than its closest rival and a deep mine escape system which would have enabled the Chilean miners to have been sitting in their local within an hour of the incident. There are several other products in this group but probably the most relevant to the present global economic nightmare are those relating to the efficiency of ocean going cargo ships. Maricuda has two significant designs, which will have a direct effect on the economy of world trade by making international sea transport more cost-effective.

The reason that we haven’t broadcast our ongoing development work is because we have to maintain client and product confidentiality in order to protect our ideas before taking them to market. Products that Maricuda are currently involved with are notoriously slow to evolve and have to be carefully managed until profits are returned. So the answer is, we have been busy, we are still busy and we are getting busier. Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all our friends and supporters.

David Aitken MSc

Managing Director of Maricuda .

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