Aeroboat – Merlin-powered loveliness

Not too far in the future (hopefully) Rolls-Royce will partner with a boat builder in Southampton to build the Aeroboat – which will be powered by the fabled RR Merlin V12; the same engine that powered the Spitfire and helped to win WW2. OK, so not exactly cutting-edge hybrid technology that we're accustomed to promoting at Sharp Communication PR and marketing, but it’ll make an awesome noise, not that anyone outside the Gulf of Oman will ever hear one...

We really hope this thing makes it off the drawing-board of Claydon Reeves in Lymington and onto the water.