Maritimo’s Singapore dealer strikes swiftly

by Bob Wonders on 31 Mar 2009 Although respected Singapore company, Hong Seh Marine, was only appointed to the Maritimo dealer network in January, it has already struck ‘pay dirt’ with the sale of a Maritimo 48 Sky Lounge.

The stylish, C-12 Caterpillar-powered flybridge cruiser was carefully shrink-wrapped at the Hope Island plant in readiness for its journey as deck cargo to Singapore this week.

More than five-hours work went into the detailed shrink-wrapping operation, which ensures the vessel will arrive in Singapore in pristine, show room condition.

Maritimo marketing director, Luke Durman, said the company had indeed chosen well in selecting Hong She Marine as its authorised Singapore dealership.

The renowned company was established in 1936 and is also the Singaporean distributor for Ferrari, Maserati and MV Augusta and Cagiva motorcycles.

Preparing the 48 Sky Lounge for its shipment to Singapore ended a busy week for the boat manufacturer which earlier had played host to Australia’s major media representatives (including Powerboat-World) as it unveiled its future plans.

The media toured the Hope Island and Coomera production plants, the company’s foundry at Molendinar and the rarely-seen headquarters of the Maritimo Offshore Race Team, where they witnessed race engines being run on a high-tech dynamometer.

They also had the opportunity to ‘talk racing’ with ‘Maritimo’ driver (and current Australian Class 1 champion) Tom Barry-Cotter and chat with some of the skilled mechanics that keep the race team to the forefront.

Luke Durman, national sales manager Peter Jenkins and general manager Martin Lewis each detailed their responsibilities within the Maritimo organisation and freely answered questions, some ‘tricky’, to say the least, thrown at them by the media throng.

To end what had been an interest-packed tour, the media was treated to a gala dinner at a prominent Gold Coast restaurant, the host none other than Maritimo CEO Bill Barry-Cotter.