THIS IS WITHOUT TWISTED EXISTS TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO LEGENDARY VEHICLES.

For twenty years, Twisted Automotive has worked on the Land Rover Defender.

Understanding every nut and bolt. Applying craftsmanship, design, engineering and attention to detail, to produce a vehicle perfect for adventure. A special place to be. Something antiordinary.

“This can apply to any mode of transport,” thought Charles Fawcett, founder of Twisted Automotive. “It’s a lifelong dream of mine to work with speed boats.” The idea for Twisted Marine was born. However, things worth having don’t often come easily.

Twisted Marine was just an idea. How did it become a reality? The short answer is determination. The full story is here.

Charles looked for an engineering company to facilitate his Twisted Marine ambition.

In 2020, Salcombe Marine Services was for sale following the retirement of the incumbent director. Charles put in an offer for the business.

So did a man named Jake Cronk. Jake is a fully qualified marine engineer. He worked for Mercedes AMG HPP (in Formula 1) but yearned to own a business.

He knew Salcombe Marine Services of old, having completed an engineering apprenticeship there many years before.

Charles bid more than Jake but needed someone to run it.

Collaboration is always better than competition. The two men went into business together to start the journey. Jake became MD of Twisted Marine.

Twisted Marine was born. But a business is nothing without people. A brand without a soul is pointless.

The soul of Twisted Marine is the team of passionate engineers and marine industry enthusiasts. From a modest workshop in Salcombe, their only goal is to make awesome boats.

Boats.

Twisted Marine needed a product. A boat offering to sell. Welcome the Twisted 450 RIB, launched at the British Motor Yacht Show (Swanwick Marina) in May 2022. Despite the business’ infancy and intense product development, Jake and Charles were hungry for growth.

In a bid to expand the South coast territory, Twisted Marine targeted West Marine Services, a successful and wellestablished marine engineering company in Brighton Marina.

The idea behind the east coast expansion was to grow the marine engineering side of the business and increase main agency links for other OEM suppliers.

For the boat owners of Salcombe, Brighton and everywhere in between, the expansion means they can get their boat serviced and maintained by Twisted.

With a growing presence came a growing product offering. The Twisted 300S sports boat was launched at Southampton International Boat Show in September 2022.

This brings us to today. Let’s fold the corner of the page and ask, what’s in the next chapter?

Scarab is the main character. Rarely seen in UK waters, Twisted Marine imported a Scarab from Ohio. The essence of the project is to create ultimate reliability AND blistering Miami Vice-like performance.

• 1999 vessel

• Reworked from bow to stern

• Two new 6.2-litre Volvo Penta 430HP V8 petrol engines with DPS outdrives

• Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) standards

• Trailblazer for the marine industry

At the same time, we’re physically rebranding Salcombe and Brighton Marine Services to Twisted Marine. It’s the same experts and the same services, but now visually part of the Twisted family. As for setting a scene on the South coast, a Twisted showroom in Salcombe will open in summer of 2023. This is a story without an end.