BOAT REVIEW | Lamont T430 Jet Tender
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On calm waters off Omaha Beach, we had the T430 running upwards of 35 knots.
MUCH IMPROVED Previously marketed as the Explorer Jet Tender, the all-new Lamont T430 Jet Tender is a whole different boat. Barry Thompson went North to Omaha Beach to try out the first of the new breed.
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hile the Lamont brand is new to boating, it comes with a heritage that stems back quite a few years. When Andy Lamont brought Explorer Boats in 2018, he inherited a range of RIBs and a fledging jet tender business.
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“The biggest difference between those earlier boats and today’s models is we have repowered a Yamaha TRI fourcylinder engine coupled to a Solas 6” jet pump”, says Andy. He added that one of the main reasons for the change was to have a universal power
platform that any Yamaha dealer around the world could service. “We also dropped the twin driveshaft design for a single shaft, changed to water-feed seals which are good for 10,000 hours and rejigged and simplified the whole drive train”, added Andy.
