You know, just the other day I was lamenting the fact that I don’t have an amphibious watercraft. There’s a lot of canoeing in my part of the world, but you always have those tiresome portages. I was thinking it would be so much easier if you could just drive along the trails between the lakes.

Luckily, New Zealand-based Sealegs has just come out with a cool new product. Their 5.6m amphibious D-Tube features a marine grade aluminium hull with aluminium D-Tube shaped pontoons. An inboard air-cooled 16hp Honda engine powers the hydraulic wheel motors allowing the D-Tube to drive on land at up 10kmh and a 90hp Yamaha 2-stroke outboard engine provides 60kmh of mobility across the wet parts. From the review at gizmag.com…

With its walk-around centre console and eight rod holders as standard, the Sealegs D-Tube is an excellent fishing platform. It also features a self draining deck with scuppers and foam filled pontoons. The D-Tube pontoons mean that the boat is very stable at rest with ample room forward and aft for fishing.

All yours for just $79,000 AUD including GST. More details from the Sealegs web site here.

[via gizmag]