Commuter V

Commuter-V after retirement the craft was moored in a stationery position next to the sea wall in the Sea Gardens at Asparuhovo and converted converted into a nice fish restaurant, here it rested for many years before finalling being retired for scrap in 2018/19.

It was originally designed for use as a foot passenger or commuter transport from Varna to Burgas on several daily runs.

It is said that the journey took around 1.5hrs and was much easier than that of the road. It can be dedused from the fact that this is craft number III, that there were several of these boats making the run up and down the coast during the 1960s & 80’s Soviot period.

An old Kometa Hydrofoil (Commuter-V)

Looking closely at the design we believe it was originally a Kometa class ( Please review in Liks Tab )which was in production from 1961 to 1983 at the plant of N. Novgord, Feodosia. A total of 106 of these craft were exported from the Soviet Union to many countries around the world as passenger, sea going Hydofoils.

Passenger – 106 to 120

Please review the video of is an operational Kometa Class in action in the Black Sea in Video Tab, when you look closely as it comes into dock one can clearly see the similarities between this and the images of the craft as it is today.

• http://www.hydrofoils.org/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P-0eb2Rof0&t=147s