Barge and water based firework displays
Fired from boats, barges and pontoons on rivers, harbours and out to sea, with the platform, the safety and the design all handled.
Experienced over-water displays, working to strict harbour regulations and full risk assessments.
We have a wide knowledge of how to perform displays from floating platforms, whether this is a boat, barge or pontoon.
Firing displays on rivers, lakes, within estuaries and out to sea does require extensive knowledge with regards to safety and the platform being used. There are so many elements that are involved in firing these types of displays from designing a specialist display of this nature to understanding the limitations of the watercraft involved.
We have worked closely with various harbours and understand the strict harbour regulations they impose and we have completed detailed risk assessments specific to these venues.
Firing displays of this nature really does provide a photogenic setting with the reflections of bursting fireworks on the water and they look vastly different to your average field fired display. The best advantage of a waterborne display is that debris becomes less of an issue if we are a good distance from land or other shipping but strong winds can still prevent a display from happening.
British Airways i360 launch on a Barge
We have performed amazing displays from floating platforms including a display for the spectacular launch of the British Airways i360. We were chosen to provide this important display over a host of other companies because we were trusted to design and perform a complicated display out to sea. We took photographs from various positions on land to ensure a wide audience could see the display and booked a specific type of boat to use that provided us with a stable firing platform.
The fireworks and equipment were loaded onto the boat in harbour and then we sailed out to sea to position ourselves in line with the i360. The display was choreographed to music whilst we were around 500m out to sea performing a display that offered amazing photographic opportunities. The display that we designed delivered exactly what we promised and the organisers of the event were extremely happy; we could hear the cheering from our boat position from the thousands of people that lined the beach.
Understanding logistics, display design, having a specific timing schedule and a knowledge of what can be used as a floating firing platform are key components in making displays such as the i360 launch such a success.
Private Wedding Display on a Barge
A slightly unusual display that we performed was for a wedding client. He had originally booked a display with another company but they did not have the expertise in place to perform the display out to sea. The client came to us at short notice as he had been let down by this other company.
There was a particular brief that we had to follow, nobody but the client knew that the display was going to take place and it was to be kept secret until the last second. This was all very well but we had to know that we were positioned in the correct place out to sea. We had a Frontier team in situ on the beach communicating with another team on the barge and then when the audience got onto the beach we unleashed a hugely spectacular display off the coast in Swanage Bay. The client was thrilled to have seen what we created and it was the talk of the town for many months that followed.
Let’s talk about your water based display
Tell us the location, your date and what you have in mind, and we will tell you what is possible and design it around the water.
Call us on 01323 488 866.
Water based displays across the UK. On time, every time, since 1996.