- Founded
- 1967
- Headquarters
- Oundle, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Shipyard location
- Same as headquarters
- Official website
- https://fairline.com/
Brand Overview
British builder of hand-built motor yachts from 33 to 65 feet — the F//LINE, Targa, Squadron and Phantom ranges — founded in 1967 at Oundle Marina on the River Nene, where every boat is still built.
Overview written fromfairline.comread 9/13/2026
YachtCodex Analysis
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What this builder is
Fairline began when Jack Newington turned disused gravel pits by the River Nene into Oundle Marina in 1963 and launched the Fairline 19 river cruiser in 1967; the Phantom 32 (1974), the Fairline 40 (1977), the Turbo 36 (1981) and the first Targa (the Targa 33 of 1985) followed, the Squadron range opened the large-yacht market in 1991 with the Squadron 62, and the 10,000th Fairline left the yard in 2003. The company, Fairline Holdco Limited, is headquartered and builds at Oundle in Northamptonshire, and holds the Queen's Award for Export Achievement (1986) and for Enterprise (2008). The current range is four lines: the F//LINE 33 day cruiser in sterndrive and outboard versions, the Targa sports cruisers from the Targa 40 through the 47 Open, 47 GT and 50 Edition to the new Targa 58 GTO launched at Cannes 2026, the Squadron 50 and 58 flybridge yachts and the Phantom 65 flagship. Every model page prints principal dimensions — length overall with and without the pulpit, beam, draft, air draft, dry weight, fuel and water, berths, persons and CE category — and engine options with estimated speeds.
Who sails them
Fairline owners are cruising families and couples who want a British-built boat with a sea-going hull, a light, finished interior and dealer support across Europe and beyond: a Targa for fast weekends, a Squadron flybridge for longer cruising with guests, the Phantom 65 for a crewed Mediterranean season, or the F//LINE 33 as a day boat with up to 860 hp on the transom.
Signature models
The Targa is the Fairline story since 1985 — the Targa 40 won Best Sports Cruiser up to 45 ft at the 2025 Motor Boat Awards and the Targa 58 GTO is the 2026 launch — while the Squadron 58 took Best Flybridge up to 60 ft and Best Interior under 80 ft at the World Yacht Trophies and the Phantom 65 a Motorboat of the Year award in 2023.
Strengths
Fairline is known for hand-built British construction at one yard since 1967, award-winning exterior and interior design under Christian Gott, seakeeping hulls with a wide choice of Volvo Penta IPS, sterndrive, shaft-drive and Caterpillar installations, and clearly published dimensions and engine options on every model page.
Considerations
Speeds are the builder's estimates and change with the engine option, dry weight is quoted approximately and on two pages only in imperial tons, the Targa 58 GTO page carries no specifications yet, the 47 Open and 47 GT share one hull and specification, and the range stops at 65 feet.
Analysis generated 9/13/2026
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Where they build
The building sites this yard publishes, in its own order.
Oundle
Oundle, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 10
- Length range
- 10.27–19.96 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Monohull 10
- Cabins
- 1–3
Models by this brand
10 models
Targa5
Squadron2
History
Fairline began in 1963, when Jack Newington bought disused gravel pits by the River Nene at Oundle, cut a channel through to the river and built workshops, offices, a chandlery and a slipway. The first boat, the Fairline 19 river cruiser of 1967, blended handcraft with the GRP construction of the day; the Phantom 32 of 1974 gave its name to three decades of family cruisers, the Fairline 40 of 1977 stayed in production a record eleven years, the Turbo 36 of 1981 became an enduring favourite, and the Targa 33 of 1985 set the benchmark for the modern express cruiser. The Queen's Award for Export followed in 1986, the Squadron range opened the large-yacht market with the Squadron 62 in 1991, a purpose-built 60,000 square foot factory opened in Oundle in 2001, and the 10,000th Fairline, a Squadron 65, left the yard in 2003. Gran Turismo versions of the Targa with a powered retractable hardtop came in 2004, the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2008, and the Targa 63 GTO marked the fiftieth anniversary in 2017; the Targa 43 Open and Squadron 68 took World Yacht Trophies in 2018 and 2019, the F//LINE 33 was 'Superboat' at the 2020 Motorboat of the Year awards, and the Phantom 65 won Motorboat of the Year in 2023.
History written fromfairline.com/heritage/read 9/22/2026