Channel drive pays off for Sealegs

Sealegs' record-breaking drive across the English channel in June in its amphibious vehicle appears to have paid off, with orders for six of the inflatable boats, which carry a price tag of about $98,000, at the Southampton Boat show in England.

Sealegs managing director David McKee Wright said the company had attracted a lot of attention from a wide range of boating enthusiasts who had seen the crossing on TV or read recent boating magazine reviews.

- NZPA