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Quer

boat builder Roses, Girona, Spain

Quer Barcelona is a Spanish boatyard founded in 1992 that builds fast composite craft for professional use, all with speeds above 25 knots. Its range covers passenger and taxi boats, diving boats, surveillance and police Explorer models, pilot boats, military and special projects, plus outboard, hybrid and fully electric versions. Hulls are built in carbon fibre and honeycomb sandwich with the yard's patented QEFS supercavitating bow, and the company states it has delivered more than 125 vessels. It is based in El Port de la Selva, Girona, Catalonia, and adapts its boats to national certification rules for international markets.

Quer Barcelona

Quer Barcelona is a boatyard created in 1992 by Josep Mª Quer, specialising in fast craft for professional operators. All models in the range are stated to exceed 25 knots, with the emphasis on safety, passenger comfort, low fuel consumption and low operating costs. The yard reports more than 125 vessels built to date, each to customer-specific specifications, and holds a European patent for its QEFS (Quer Eco Fast System) supercavitating bow.

Services

  • Custom design and construction of professional fast boats
  • Configurable deck layouts, seating and equipment to owner requirements
  • Study of national regulations and technical modifications to obtain homologation in different countries, with certification bodies including Bureau Veritas, Lloyds and RINA
  • Integration of smart systems on police craft: joystick control, GPS dynamic positioning, radar, intelligent infrared and night vision, underwater vision, drones and real-time reporting to a control centre
  • Hybrid and fully electric propulsion options
  • A recycling method for vessels at the end of an estimated 30-year life cycle

Vessel Types

  • Explorer range for surveillance and rescue, with carbon cabin or semi-cabin, including the Quer Explorer 80 (18.56 m, 2x700 hp Volvo D13 Tier III, 36.1 knots)
  • Passenger and taxi boats: Quer 35 (9.98 m), Quer 40 Seabus (11.90 m), Quer 50 (12.90 m, 48 pax + 2) and Quer 60 (15.00 m, 60 pax + 3)
  • Quer Diving (9.90 m, up to 27 pax) for diving operations, also adaptable to sport fishing, parasailing, wake and towables
  • Quer Q35 Pilot (10.80 m, 2x Volvo Penta D4-300, 30 knots) for port pilots
  • Outboard-powered NUC models, electric and hybrid craft
  • Military and special-purpose projects

Construction

  • Carbon fibre and polypropylene honeycomb sandwich, vacuum infusion
  • Stepped hulls with transverse steps and double chine
  • High-density PVC foam insulation; ISO 22196 antibacterial gelcoat additive in cabins

Location

  • Av. Doctor Moisés Broggi, 56, 17489 El Port de la Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
  • Vessels delivered to the Caribbean, Croatia, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Seychelles among other markets