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This section includes news and updates from both Southern Motorboats and our customers. For those
customers wishing to add any details about their boating adventures and experiences please
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A New Partnership for Southern Motorboats in Poole
Southern Motorboats is extremely proud to announce an exciting new partnership in Poole, Dorset.
For three years, we have been supporting customers and selling boat from the excellent Salterns Marina. Our expansion to Poole in 2005 has proved a great success to the point that we now need a more complete suite of services to look after our customers and a more suitable sales office, showroom and display to attract new clients.
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From the beginning of May 2008, our Poole facility will transfer to and become an integral part of Parkstone Bay Marina.
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Parkstone Bay Marina is perfectly positioned to offer the very highest levels of customer support and servicing. Couple this with a fantastic new showroom and we expect it to become another major centre for Jeanneau on the South Coast.
This is a truly exciting development in the plans to enhance facilities for our Hampshire and Dorset customers and fits in perfectly with our existing offices at Sparkes Marina – Chichester Harbour, Universal Marina – Hamble and Osprey Quay at Portland.
The staff at Parkstone Bay Marina will be joined by Southern Motorboats salesman, Tom Bettle, to help with a smooth integration of the Jeanneau brand. Tom said: “I am so excited and pleased to be joining Parkstone Bay Marina with a view to bringing knowledge of the brand to the brilliant team already there. Together, we can offer a superb level of service and commitment to Jeanneau owners and prospective customers in Poole.”
The new operation will trade under the name of Southern Motorboats (Poole) Ltd.
Our Poole telephone number 01202 706943 will remain the same and the new address for Jeanneau powerboats in Poole will be:
Southern Motorboats (Poole) Ltd.
Parkstone Bay Marina
Turks Lane
Poole
BH14 8EW
Southern Motorboats opens new office in Portland
In advance of our move into prestigious new premises at Osprey Quay in 2009, we are delighted to announce that we have meanwhile secured temporary offices at the marina and have already relocated there from our Weymouth site. This new location allows us increased space to display our range of Jeanneau motorboats both on the hard and on the water.
Martin McIntyre, our Sales Manager, has been appointed to manage this important new Southern Motorboats outlet and he looks forward to serving the needs of all our customers in the Weymouth and Portland area.
Why not contact Martin now on 0845 223 2550
or call in and visit us?
Southern Motorboats, Osprey Quay, Portland Marina, Dorset, DT5 1DX
Southern Motorboats comes to Sparkes
We are delighted to announce that Southern Motorboats, has come to Sparkes Marina on Hayling Island, Chichester Harbour.
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We have taken up to 30 metres of space on the water at Sparkes to view demonstration models from Jeanneau’s Prestige and Merry Fisher ranges, as well as additional demonstration space on the hard. |
We have also taken on significant office space for our new sales and brokerage outlet and are delighted to announce that we have appointed Mark Whitman as our site manager.
Sparkes Marina is owned and operated by Europe’s largest marina group, MDL Marinas, which manages over 7,000 berths at 20 major marinas and boatyards.
This move will enable us to provide improved customer service to our clients in he area and the new site will cement our presence as THE central South Coast dealer for Jeanneau motorboats.
Our New Site Manager at Sparkes Marina
Southern Motorboats has appointed a new site manager, Mark Whitman, to our recently opened site at Sparkes Marina, Chichester Harbour.
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Mark, who has already worked with us for two years, is highly experienced in management, previously working for a major telephone provider. |
He will also be using his experience to ensure that the pre and post sales process is upheld.
Mark comments: "Sparkes gives us great opportunities to offer an even better service to customers living in the South East Hampshire and West Sussex areas.
The berthing areas will also allow customers to trial the boats for themselves; we have secured significant space to allow as many models as possible to be stored here for this reason. I look forward to the challenges ahead."
New Portland site sees expansion across the south for Southern Motorboats
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Southern Motorboats is pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement to open a new showroom with berthing spaces at the upcoming Portland Marina site, which will be part of the venue for sailing events for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. |
The site will see Southern Motorboats, the most successful Jeanneau motorboat dealer in the UK, co-operate with Jeanneau yacht distributor, Sea Ventures, to lease a 3,000 sq ft undercover showroom with display and demonstration model berths nearby. The two organisations are leaders in their respective fields, and this venture will result in the establishment of one of the largest dedicated Jeanneau showrooms in the UK.
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What the new showroom will look like.
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It is estimated that both organisations will be moving into the new building in the first quarter of 2009.
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Construction has already begun at the site at Osprey Quay, Portland, owned by Dean & Reddyhoff Marinas and will house 600 berths in total. As well as factory and sales space for marine-related businesses, there will also be a 6,500 sq ft. restaurant. The marina is due for completion in October 2008.
“The site at Portland is a great investment for us and will complement our sales sites across the south coast,” comments Managing Director, Bill Dineen. “Portland will bring an increased marine retail market tous, which is a growth area for us following our move to the Weymouth site. With so many events planned throughout the area in 2012, we are delighted to be at the centre of the action. The site will attract a large customer base due to its size and location and more marine support engineers and staff will move to the area, allowing us to offer an even better standard of service to our customers.”
The site will staff four people in total from both Southern Motorboats and Sea Ventures. Nigel Colley, Managing Director of Sea Ventures added: “The project is a big step forward for both organisations. I am delighted to be part of this project and working with Southern Motorboats to increase the presence of Jeanneau boats across the Southern region.”
Poles Apart!
Whilst it may seem that the entire manual workforce of Poland is either lagging your loft, laying your block paving or re plumbing your radiators, I can categorically say they are not. There is more to Polish life than landscape gardening the suburbs of Surbiton - and for those still in Poland there is far more to life than growing turnips and cabbages! Read more...
New Additions to the Jeanneau Range
Jeanneau have introduced a number of new boats across the range for 2008.
Two from the line up were launched at the recent Southampton Boat Show and include;
PRESTIGE 42S
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The arrival of the new Prestige 42S further confirms Jeanneau's growing presence in the sport top, motor yacht market. With current sport top models, including the 30S, 34S and 50S establishing themselves as leaders in this competitive market, the introduction of the 42S looks to make this the boat of choice in the 40-45 feet size category. |
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MERRY FISHER 705 - 100 % fishing boat, 100 % cruiser
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Naturally a seafaring boat, the Merry Fisher 705 offers equipment adapted for both fishing and coastal cruising, while perfectly integrating the successful qualities of the Merry Fisher line: an attractive, innovative design, a stable, high-performance hull, and surprising comfort onboard. |
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The following is a preview of the other boats for 2008
PRESTIGE 38S
Jeanneau is pleased to officially announce the creation of the new Prestige 38S which is due to be presented at the London, England and Düsseldorf, Germany boat shows in January 2008.
The forthcoming Prestige 38S further strengthens the current sport top range and with the recent introduction of the Prestige 42S, Jeanneau are establishing themselves as leaders in this competitive market, the Jeanneau Sport Top range is fast becoming the boat of choice in this category.
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MERRY FISHER 585 LEGENDE
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Stylish and easily transportable, the Merry Fisher 585 Legende is designed for
coastal cruising and fishing.
The Legende version is classic and aesthetically pleasing, its navy blue hull is distinguished by contrasting white hull decorations. Stainless steel fittings and numerous storage lockers assure an excellent standard of comfort on the interior. |
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CABIN VERSION OF THE MERRY FISHER 585 MARLIN
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This new design concept, enriched by Jeanneau’s incomparable experience building Merry Fishers, offers numerous advantages in terms of space (large, open cockpit), safety (wide side decks, deep cockpit, forward bench seating) and adaptability to
various uses (cockpit designed for fishing, ample seating for cruising). |
MERRY FISHER 725
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Jeanneau are pleased to announce that a new fisher-cruiser, an out-board powerboat of over 7 meters,
will appear in an early presentation at the Paris Boat Show in December of 2007.
The new Merry Fisher 725 HB is the largest of the out-board Merry Fishers. |
Designed for dual function, it features a large, open cockpit for fishing, as well as comfortable interior furnishings for cruising. The 150 HP outboard engine demonstrates power, stability and fuel economy.
A NEW FLYBRIDGE FOR THE PRESTIGE 36
Endowing the Prestige 36 with the same style evolutions that have graced more
recent models, an all-new, more enveloping flybridge design with a new arch are
lending the Prestige 36 an added touch of elegance.
This luxury motor yacht, launched in 1999 as the first model in the Prestige
series and the product of a great collaboration between Italian designer, Vittorio
Garroni, and the Jeanneau Design team, has been an unprecedented commercial success.
Jeanneau celebrated the delivery of the 400th Prestige 36 in April of 2007! |
