The Bering Marine 34 has an adventurous look that's right up there with the times, and which has found its customers. But where some products are content with just a look, the Bering is a real tough boat that could fit, almost as it is, into the inventory of intervention groups or special jibs...

The Bering Group builds a very wide range of yachts in Turkey, with lengths ranging from 20 to 50 metres. Nothing to do with our usual interests, you're probably thinking. Well, it is. Bering Marine is the brand dedicated to the manufacture of smaller motorboats. 

The BM 34 Foil assist is its latest representative.

It's a pretty smart boat. Built entirely from aluminium, this catamaran is a real tough one. It's not a cleverly crafted marketing look like those aggressive Finnish-German crossovers, but a very special kind of boat.

Their all-aluminium construction means that they can be used in all the most unfriendly anchorages, especially as the outboards add very little draught. The hulls don't risk anything if they touch a little, which isn't the case with the Axopars or the Brabus, which they somewhat resemble. The BM 34s are true expedition weekenders, adventurers, machines capable of going anywhere.

Simple, efficient and robust, they can't be compared to a new Defender, but more to a Grenadier, the modernised replacement for the real Land Rover Defender that died in 2015. These wheelhouse catamarans can be fitted with a forward cabin and sanitary facilities. Versatile and versatile, the BM 34s are available in a full cabin version and a walk-around version, and can be fitted with a 4x4-style roof tent, fishing and diving equipment, a front ramp for unloading motorbikes - in short, everything you could dream of for your motorboating activities.

They are equipped with two outboards, which suits them well, as the wetted surfaces of these boats are reduced. Even more cleverly, they are equipped with a fixed foil, Bering Group having acquired the Hysucat technology. Hysucat is a single metal foil mounted between the hulls at the stern. The foil takes the weight off the stern, reduces drag and cuts fuel consumption by around 25%. 25% is no mean feat with 2x400 HP engines capable of consuming 100 litres/hour at full throttle... A maximum speed that takes the boat to more than 42 knots for a boat weighing 8 tonnes.

This fixed foil technology, which is less costly to install and manage than retractable foils, looks set to have a bright future. The first two larger Vandals, built on this principle, were designed and intended for their founders: Espen Oeino and Ben Mennem, successively architect and refit yard owner of... superyachts!