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Boat Manufacture
Fairline Yachts reveals location of
new production facility
British luxury boat manufacturer, Fairline Yachts, releases further
information regarding its new manufacturing facility, announced during
Cannes Yachting Festival in September. The location of the facility has been
disclosed as Hythe, Southampton Water, on England’s South coast.
Fairline has taken possession of the 5-acre (20,000 sq metre) waterside location.
Building work is expected to take around nine months to complete. Fairline is
expecting to launch the new facility and begin boat building on the South Coast
in the late summer of 2018.
The new manufacturing facility will enable Fairline to build larger yachts,
which has not been possible at the firm’s existing Oundle, Northamptonshire
location. The boat yard’s manufacturing base in Oundle will continue to operate
and will build boats up to 60ft. Boats over 60ft will be built at the new site in
Hythe with testing, commissioning and customer handover also taking place
there. Conveniently located in 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.
Russell Currie, Managing Director of Fairline Yachts, comments, “As the global
yachting market evolves, clients from across the world are increasingly demanding
larger yachts than we’ve been able to create. Our new site, to be named Fairline
Marine Park, will boast state-of-the-art facilities, giving us room to expand and
create bigger boats, whilst making the most of the existing boat building skills in the
location. By increasing our manufacturing capabilities across both Northampton
and Southampton, we are future-proofing Fairline Yachts and retaining our
commitment of investing in British boat building.” MS
Creditline: Fairline Yachts
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