Road Trips and Boat Trips Unite with the Sealvan

Detour Life

Mar 6

Two for the price of one. That’s the promise of Turkey’s Sealvans and its quirky caravan/yacht combos.

Hitch up a Sealvan to the back of your car and you can enjoy the freedom of the open road, with comfortable accommodation everywhere you go. Reach a beach and you simply slip into the water to continue your cruise.

Sealvans offers two models, a compact 4.2-metre and a more spacious 7.5-metre version. Go large and you’ll get sleeping space for four people, a full kitchen and dining area, and panoramic windows. The scaled-down Sealvan, meanwhile, sleeps two, but still somehow squeezes in a kitchen and bathroom. You can add extras like heating, air conditioning or a sunroof and choose a variety of interior materials.

Out on the water propulsion comes from a 50 hp Honda outboard, although a more eco-friendly electric motor is also an option. From the video below it looks like the Sealvan is just as at home at sea as it is on land, although we probably wouldn’t risk a full trans-Atlantic adventure - not least because your car will be left behind on the beach.

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