Tony Morgan appointed MD of Peters Opal Yachts

by Cailah Leask, Fast Track Sailing on 10 Oct 2006 Peters Opal, the UK’s largest distributor of motor and sailing yachts, has announced the appointment of Tony Morgan as Managing Director of the company’s Yachts Division. The division is responsible for the sales and marketing of the Island Packet, Bavaria and Legend range of yachts in the UK and throughout Europe.

Tony is also a main Board Director of Peters Opal and a founding shareholder of the business which was started in 1973 as B A Peters & partners Ltd. A keen yachtsman and family man, Tony is looking forward to the challenge of leading an already successful business and maintaining the company’s pre-eminence in the European yachting marketplace.

Tony comments; 'I am delighted with my appointment and am relishing the opportunity to work across these three fantastic brands. The Peters Opal team are second to none and excel at providing outstanding customer service – I look forward to overseeing another excellent year of growth expanding on our outstanding existing sales record.'

Tony will be based in Peters Opal’s Chichester office and will take up his new position immediately.

Peters Opal are the sole UK agents for Bavaria, Island Packet and Legend sailing yachts and UK distributors for the Rodman, Sealine and Azimut motor yachts.

Peters Opal have offices in Chichester, Gosport, Hayling Island, Swanwick, Ipswich, Brixham, Kip Marina (Scotland), Cala D’Or, Denia, Sotogrande and Alcudia (Spain).

Website: http://www.petersopal.com