- Sunseeker
Sunseeker International, is a UK luxury motor
yacht manufacturer. Their headquarters and assembly factory is inPoole Harbour , atPoole inDorset ,England . In 2005 they employed 1800 people, with a turnover of £172 million pounds. 99% of production is exported. The company has been making motor boats since 1979.Manufacturing is undertaken mainly in
Poole , in seven production plants and shipyards. An additional deep-water shipyard is used to build the 105 yacht and larger vessels. In March 2007, the company announced a 500 job expansion program, with a new site on theIsle of Portland , [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6449009.stm BBC NEWS | England | Dorset | Luxury yacht maker's 500 new jobs ] ] A new factory is being developed at New Quay Road, Poole.In October 2002, Robert Braithwaite, the founder of Sunseeker International, was named
Ernst & Young 's UK Entrepreneur of the Year. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2307259.stm BBC NEWS | Business | Sunseeker scoops entrepreneur award ] ]Appearance in popular culture
Sunseeker boats feature in the
James Bond films: "Die Another Day " and "The World Is Not Enough ". The most recent film, "Casino Royale", shows the Predator 108. [ [http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/bond_21_sunseeker.php3?t=bond21&s=bond21 James Bond 007 :: MI6 - The Home Of James Bond ] ]Models
*Sports Boats: Sportsfisher 37
*Offshore Cruisers: Portofino 35, 46, 47, 53
*Performance Motoryachts: Predator 55, 62, 72, 82, 92 Sport, 95-100, 108 and the XS Sport
*Flybridge Motoryachts: Manhattan 50, 60, 66
*Yachts: Yacht 75, 82, 86, 90, 94, 105, 37M Sport, 37M TrideckGallery
References
External links
* [http://www.sunseeker.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.duck-2-water.co.uk/charters/powerboat-luxury-yachts/sunseeker-portofino-53.asp Sunseeker Portofino 53]
* [http://www.duck-2-water.co.uk/charters/powerboat-luxury-yachts/sunseeker-portofino-375.asp Sunseeker Portofino 375]
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