Fairline Yachts Ltd. is a British manufacturer of motor yachts. The company launched on 26 January 2016, when its owners purchased the assets of Fairline Boats which went into administration in December 2015. Fairline Yachts' headquarters and manufacturing facility is in Oundle, Northamptonshire. In December 2017, it was announced that a new manufacturing facility in Hythe, Southampton had been purchased by the boat yard and boats over 60 feet would be produced there.
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History
In January 2016, Alexander Volov and Igor Glyanenko, UK-based Russian businessmen, purchased the assets of Fairline Boats for about £4 million. Fairline Yachts Ltd new managing director Russell Currie announced a reduction in the workforce from the previous 466 to "around 100".
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Key developments
In March 2015, Fairline Yachts completed its first build, a Targa 48GT, for a UK customer.
In May 2015, Fairline Yachts announced it had employed its 100th staff member.
In May 2016, Fairline Yachts announced a partnership with the superyacht yacht designer Alberto Mancini and naval engineers Vripack to work on the design of the future Fairline model range.
At the Cannes Yachting Festival in September 2017, Fairline Yachts launched the first fully Mancini designed boat, the Targa 63 GTO. This was the first of the new generation of models from Fairline Yachts, aptly launched during Fairline's 'golden year' with the brand celebrating 50 years of boat building throughout 2017. This new model was announced as the winner of the best exterior design in the 50-80ft yachts category at the highly coveted World Yachts Trophies, the annual 'Oscars' of the yachting industry, held during Cannes Yachting Festival.
In December 2017 Fairline Yachts announced it had taken possession of a five-acre (20,000 sq metre) waterside location in Hythe near Southampton, UK. It is expecting to launch the new facility and begin boat building on the South Coast in the late summer of 2018. Boats over 60ft will be built at the new site in Hythe with testing, commissioning and customer handover also taking place there. Located on Southampton Water, the facility has large vessel deep water berths and over 200,000 sq feet (18,000 sq metres) of undercover manufacturing space. It is expected the new facility will initially create up to 200 jobs in the Southampton area.
Range
Fairline Yachts' range includes the following models:
- Squadron - spacious flybridge motoryachts. From 48 feet (15 metres) to 65 ft (20 m)
- Targa - modern express cruisers. From 43 ft (13 m) to 63 ft (19 m), Targa boats are either GT (Gran Turismo) models or OPEN models.
- F-Line - announced in September 2017, the 33 feet (10 metres) express cruiser 'F-Line' series will launch in January 2019.
References
External links
- Fairline company website
- Fairline Owners Club
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