Flying Mantis preparation

The Team


GREAT TEAM,
GREAT DESIGN.



100% British


The concept, specification, design, production, project management, branding and marketing, is a UK success story and the result of an amazing team of specialists who all share a passion for sailing and innovation. When you have people on the team who love the sport, they understand the objectives.



The Designer


Jamie Stewart, a Yacht & Power Craft Design graduate, has built over 500 high performance custom racing dinghies, at the cutting edge of design and manufacture using a range of materials.


Jamie has experience in bringing products from design to market using modern CAD/CAM and CNC rapid prototyping techniques. He also brings experience in state of the art resin infusion technology.



The Expert


Dr Richard Pemberton has assisted in the development of foil design and hull dynamics for the Flying Mantis. He is a specialist in Computational Fluid Dynamics and a naval architect. Richard has worked as a designer or technical consultant to sailors and yacht racing teams in major competitions such as The America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Vendee Globe race, the Olympics and the World Speed Sailing Record, working on foil design for Sailrocket, the current version of which is the fastest sailing boat in the world.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran Ross Harvey

The Stig


The Flying Mantis chief tester is Ross Harvey. Ross is an Irish and Dutch National Moth champion and a very talented sailor and instructor who has taken part in World and European sailing championships.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Imagineer


Simon Chrispin is the man behind the concept of the Flying Mantis. Simon learnt to sail in Albacores in the 1990’s on Lake Ontario at the North Toronto Sailing Club. He loves sailing solo dinghies and cats, but at 6’3” and 90kg does not fit well in a number of single handers.


Simon has a background in corporate finance at Deloitte, corporate debt restructuring and finance at The Royal Bank of Scotland, he was Chief Operating Officer for Royal Bank Private Equity and Co-ordinator for the £1.7bn More London estate in London. He is a member of British Marine, the IoD and the ICAEW.


Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

The Aviator


Colin Wills is a director, entrepreneur, aviator and investor in It Should Be Fun. Colin flew the Flying Mantis during his first sail after a 20 year absence from dinghy sailing. “It reawakened the fun of sailing small boats”.


Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

The Sale Maker


Chloe Wills-Eve has developed sales growth and run companies at board level, across a range of businesses. She is passionate about health, fitness and watersports.



The Strategist


Amanda Flood is an Oxford graduate, Chartered Accountant and game developer. Amanda has a wide range of business experience and is excellent at spotting the rocks under the corporate sea.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Company


It Should Be Fun is the British developer and owner of the Flying Mantis. ISBF works with individualism, simplicity, beauty and innovation, and above all, an ethos that its products and the work environment should always be fun.


When it came to designing the Flying Mantis, we started with clear objectives and problems to overcome. Then created an innovative boat that proves the concept. The most efficient form that met the requirements turned out to be a trimaran.



Flying Mantis preparation

The Team


GREAT TEAM,
GREAT DESIGN.



100% British


The concept, specification, design, production, project management, branding and marketing, is a UK success story and the result of an amazing team of specialists who all share a passion for sailing and innovation. When you have people on the team who love the sport, they understand the objectives.



The Designer


Jamie Stewart, a Yacht & Power Craft Design graduate, has built over 500 high performance custom racing dinghies, at the cutting edge of design and manufacture using a range of materials.


Jamie has experience in bringing products from design to market using modern CAD/CAM and CNC rapid prototyping techniques. He also brings experience in state of the art resin infusion technology.



The Expert


Dr Richard Pemberton has assisted in the development of foil design and hull dynamics for the Flying Mantis. He is a specialist in Computational Fluid Dynamics and a naval architect. Richard has worked as a designer or technical consultant to sailors and yacht racing teams in major competitions such as The America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Vendee Globe race, the Olympics and the World Speed Sailing Record, working on foil design for Sailrocket, the current version of which is the fastest sailing boat in the world.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran Ross Harvey

The Stig


The Flying Mantis chief tester is Ross Harvey. Ross is an Irish and Dutch National Moth champion and a very talented sailor and instructor who has taken part in World and European sailing championships.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Imagineer


Simon Chrispin is the man behind the concept of the Flying Mantis. Simon learnt to sail in Albacores in the 1990’s on Lake Ontario at the North Toronto Sailing Club. He loves sailing solo dinghies and cats, but at 6’3” and 90kg does not fit well in a number of single handers.


Simon has a background in corporate finance at Deloitte, corporate debt restructuring and finance at The Royal Bank of Scotland, he was Chief Operating Officer for Royal Bank Private Equity and Co-ordinator for the £1.7bn More London estate in London. He is a member of British Marine, the IoD and the ICAEW.


Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

The Aviator


Colin Wills is a director, entrepreneur, aviator and investor in It Should Be Fun. Colin flew the Flying Mantis during his first sail after a 20 year absence from dinghy sailing. “It reawakened the fun of sailing small boats”.


Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

The Sale Maker


Chloe Wills-Eve has developed sales growth and run companies at board level, across a range of businesses. She is passionate about health, fitness and watersports.



The Strategist


Amanda Flood is an Oxford graduate, Chartered Accountant and game developer. Amanda has a wide range of business experience and is excellent at spotting the rocks under the corporate sea.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Company


It Should Be Fun is the British developer and owner of the Flying Mantis. ISBF works with individualism, simplicity, beauty and innovation, and above all, an ethos that its products and the work environment should always be fun.


When it came to designing the Flying Mantis, we started with clear objectives and problems to overcome. Then created an innovative boat that proves the concept. The most efficient form that met the requirements turned out to be a trimaran.



The Team


GREAT TEAM,
GREAT DESIGN.

Flying Mantis preparation

100% British


The concept, specification, design, production, project management, branding and marketing, is a UK success story and the result of an amazing team of specialists who all share a passion for sailing and innovation. When you have people on the team who love the sport, they understand the objectives.


The Designer


Jamie Stewart, a Yacht & Power Craft Design graduate, has built over 500 high performance custom racing dinghies, at the cutting edge of design and manufacture using a range of materials.


Jamie has experience in bringing products from design to market using modern CAD/CAM and CNC rapid prototyping techniques. He also brings experience in state of the art resin infusion technology.


The Expert


Dr Richard Pemberton has assisted in the development of foil design and hull dynamics for the Flying Mantis. He is a specialist in Computational Fluid Dynamics and a naval architect. Richard has worked as a designer or technical consultant to sailors and yacht racing teams in major competitions such as The America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Vendee Globe race, the Olympics and the World Speed Sailing Record, working on foil design for Sailrocket, the current version of which is the fastest sailing boat in the world.


The Stig


The Flying Mantis chief tester is Ross Harvey. Ross is an Irish and Dutch National Moth champion and a very talented sailor and instructor who has taken part in World and European sailing championships.

Flying Mantis foiling trimaran Ross Harvey

Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Imagineer


Simon Chrispin is the man behind the concept of the Flying Mantis. Simon learnt to sail in Albacores in the 1990’s on Lake Ontario at the North Toronto Sailing Club. He loves sailing solo dinghies and cats, but at 6’3” and 90kg does not fit well in a number of single handers.


Simon has a background in corporate finance at Deloitte, corporate debt restructuring and finance at The Royal Bank of Scotland, he was Chief Operating Officer for Royal Bank Private Equity and Co-ordinator for the £1.7bn More London estate in London. He is a member of British Marine, the IoD and the ICAEW.


The Aviator


Colin Wills is a director, entrepreneur, aviator and investor in It Should Be Fun. Colin flew the Flying Mantis during his first sail after a 20 year absence from dinghy sailing. “It reawakened the fun of sailing small boats”.

Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

The Sale Maker


Chloe Wills-Eve has developed sales growth and run companies at board level, across a range of businesses. She is passionate about health, fitness and watersports.


The Strategist


Amanda Flood is an Oxford graduate, Chartered Accountant and game developer. Amanda has a wide range of business experience and is excellent at spotting the rocks under the corporate sea.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Company


It Should Be Fun is the British developer and owner of the Flying Mantis. ISBF works with individualism, simplicity, beauty and innovation, and above all, an ethos that its products and the work environment should always be fun.


When it came to designing the Flying Mantis, we started with clear objectives and problems to overcome. Then created an innovative boat that proves the concept. The most efficient form that met the requirements turned out to be a trimaran.



The Team


GREAT TEAM,
GREAT DESIGN.

Flying Mantis preparation

100% British


The concept, specification, design, production, project management, branding and marketing, is a UK success story and the result of an amazing team of specialists who all share a passion for sailing and innovation. When you have people on the team who love the sport, they understand the objectives.


The Designer


Jamie Stewart, a Yacht & Power Craft Design graduate, has built over 500 high performance custom racing dinghies, at the cutting edge of design and manufacture using a range of materials.


Jamie has experience in bringing products from design to market using modern CAD/CAM and CNC rapid prototyping techniques. He also brings experience in state of the art resin infusion technology.


The Expert


Dr Richard Pemberton has assisted in the development of foil design and hull dynamics for the Flying Mantis. He is a specialist in Computational Fluid Dynamics and a naval architect. Richard has worked as a designer or technical consultant to sailors and yacht racing teams in major competitions such as The America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Vendee Globe race, the Olympics and the World Speed Sailing Record, working on foil design for Sailrocket, the current version of which is the fastest sailing boat in the world.


The Stig


The Flying Mantis chief tester is Ross Harvey. Ross is an Irish and Dutch National Moth champion and a very talented sailor and instructor who has taken part in World and European sailing championships.

Flying Mantis foiling trimaran Ross Harvey

Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Imagineer


Simon Chrispin is the man behind the concept of the Flying Mantis. Simon learnt to sail in Albacores in the 1990’s on Lake Ontario at the North Toronto Sailing Club. He loves sailing solo dinghies and cats, but at 6’3” and 90kg does not fit well in a number of single handers.


Simon has a background in corporate finance at Deloitte, corporate debt restructuring and finance at The Royal Bank of Scotland, he was Chief Operating Officer for Royal Bank Private Equity and Co-ordinator for the £1.7bn More London estate in London. He is a member of British Marine, the IoD and the ICAEW.


The Aviator


Colin Wills is a director, entrepreneur, aviator and investor in It Should Be Fun. Colin flew the Flying Mantis during his first sail after a 20 year absence from dinghy sailing. “It reawakened the fun of sailing small boats”.

Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

Flying Mantis flyingmantis foiling Trimaran Dinghy sailing

The Sale Maker


Chloe Wills-Eve has developed sales growth and run companies at board level, across a range of businesses. She is passionate about health, fitness and watersports.


The Strategist


Amanda Flood is an Oxford graduate, Chartered Accountant and game developer. Amanda has a wide range of business experience and is excellent at spotting the rocks under the corporate sea.


Flying Mantis foiling trimaran

The Company


It Should Be Fun is the British developer and owner of the Flying Mantis. ISBF works with individualism, simplicity, beauty and innovation, and above all, an ethos that its products and the work environment should always be fun.


When it came to designing the Flying Mantis, we started with clear objectives and problems to overcome. Then created an innovative boat that proves the concept. The most efficient form that met the requirements turned out to be a trimaran.