Fleming Yachts - 55 and 75 Luxury Motor Yachts
26 January 2005 - 20:59
Construction of Fleming pilothouse motoryachts began at the Tung Hwa yard in southern Taiwan in 1985 under the personal supervision of Tony Fleming. All Fleming yachts are built in the Tung Hwa yard and all the boats are marketed exclusively through Fleming Yachts, Inc., a California corporation with its office in Newport Beach, California. Fleming Yachts do not sell direct to retail customers but market their boats solely through their authorised dealerships who are better equipped to provide service to Fleming customers in their area. The Tung Hwa yard currently builds yachts exclusively for Fleming. Production rate for the Fleming 55 is being increased to one boat every three weeks (15 boats per year).
Although the original hull mold was built 55', the first boats were 50'. Starting with hull # 9 (which made the journey from California to the Mediterranean under its own power) the length was extended to 53 ft and later to the full 55'. Hull # 127 was shipped in May 2002.
In response to customer demand for a larger boat, work started in the Tung Hwa yard in 1997 on building a larger version of the 55. This is the Fleming 75 and the first boat was shipped to California in 2000. She later travelled to the East Coast of the USA under her own power - a total journey, including side trips, of nearly 8,000 miles.
Tony Fleming himself started building boats in 1961 when he joined American Marine in Hong Kong. This yard later went on to build Grand Banks motoryachts and, in his role of technical director in charge of all new development,Tony was closely involved in the development of this well-known boat. Tony Fleming is the president and owner of Fleming Yachts, Inc. and he maintains a hands-on approach to the running of the company including the design and construction of each and every boat.
The Tung Hwa yard has been building yachts in southern Taiwan for over twenty years. It is a family-owned company with no outside shareholders or debt. It is situated on a large piece of land twenty kilometers from Kaohsiung. The yard has new buildings, purpose built for production for the Fleming Yachts for whom they build exclusively. The yard has the necessary skills and facilities to handle all aspects of boatbuilding from lofting to testing the finished vessel which can be placed in a test tank to check out all the equipment prior to shipment.
Despite the increases in production over the years, Fleming Yachts keeps its design team small and maintains a continual presence in the yard.
Fleming Yachts, Inc.
1314 West Bay Ave
Newport Beach
Ca 92661
Tel: 949/723 4225
Fax: 949/723 4093
Email: flemingy@pacbell.net
www.flemingyachts.com
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