Watch this daredevil boatbuilder launch €1m vessel in bid to break world record

A daredevil boat builder is set to brave heaving seas and storm surges over the coming days as he puts his sleek new €1m wave-piercing vessel through a set of sea-trials ahead of a world-record breaking bid.

Safehaven Marine MD, Frank Kowalski, launched his newest and fastest naval patrol, and search and rescue (SAR) vessel, Thunder Child, at the Port of Cork yesterday.

He put the 60-ft high-speed boat, which wouldn’t look out of place in a James Bond film, through a series of self-righting tests at the port.