- Founded
- 1986
- Headquarters
- Brunswick Marine in EMEA, Parc Industriel de Petit-Rechain, Avenue Mercury, 4800 Verviers, Belgium
- Shipyard location
- Vila Nova, Portugal
- Official website
- https://www.quicksilver-boats.com/
Brand Overview
Brunswick's European outboard-boat brand, building boats since 1986 and run by Brunswick Marine in EMEA from Verviers, Belgium — twenty models from 6.0 to 9.1 metres in Open, Sundeck, Cruiser, Bowrider, Weekend and Pilothouse lines, with a production site at Vila Nova in Portugal.
YachtCodex Analysis
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What this builder is
Quicksilver's own timeline begins in 1986, when Brunswick and Mercury started building Quicksilver inflatable boats in Europe; aluminium and fibreglass boats followed in 1993, the Commander series in 1995, and in 1999 Brunswick bought the French fishing-boat builder Arvor and sold its boats under the Quicksilver name. The Activ and Captur ranges arrived in 2010 together with a dedicated product development and engineering team of designers, engineers and a naval architect in Florida, and the boats went on to collect European awards — the 675 Open as European Powerboat of the Year in 2011, the 605 Open, 755 Sundeck and 805 Pilothouse among later winners. The 875 Sundeck flagship came in 2017, the production facility at Vila Nova in Portugal was expanded in 2021, the 805 Open of 2023 set the design direction the yard says future Quicksilvers will follow, and in 2026 the brand marked forty years with more than 300 dealers and distributors in 70 countries. The menu lists 28 boats in eight tabs; the Specifications tab of each page prints overall and hull length, beam, bridge clearance, weight without engine, draft, water and fuel tanks, maximum power, shaft length, persons, CE category and berths.
Who sails them
Quicksilver owners are European families, first-time buyers and holiday boaters who want an easy, sociable outboard boat for swimming, sunbathing and day trips — Sundeck and Open owners on the Mediterranean and the lakes, Cruiser and Weekend owners who want a cabin for a night aboard, anglers on the Pilothouse boats, and members of Freedom Boat Club's European clubs, for which the yard says Quicksilver is the main boat supplier.
Signature models
The 875 Sundeck, flagship since 2017, is the signature; the 805 Open introduced the design the yard says it will build on, and the 805 Pilothouse, a Best of Boats and Boat of the Year Japan winner, leads the fishing boats.
Strengths
Quicksilver is known for value — the yard says fantastic value — with boats designed and engineered by the Brunswick Group's engineers, a wide range of hull types from open boats to pilothouses, Smart Edition option packs and the Exclusive Deluxe Line on the cruisers, an online 3D configurator, a string of European boat-of-the-year awards, and a network of more than 300 dealers and distributors in 70 countries.
Considerations
The Specifications tab prints no standard engine, speeds, range, cabins or heads; `Maximum power` is the hull's maximum rating, entered as engine power only on single-engine hulls; weight is without engine. The 605 Open prints the same length, beam, draft and fuel tank as the 625 Open. Boats under about 6 metres — the 455, 555 Open, 475 and 525 aXess, 505 and 555 Cabin and 555 Bowrider — are not entered, the 905 Weekend is stored in its outboard build with the inboard figures noted, and no pictures are attached because Brunswick's terms of use restrict using its photographs.
Analysis generated 10/18/2026
Part of
Brunswick Corporation↗ · since 1986
Also in the catalogue
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 20
- Length range
- 6.02–9.09 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Monohull 20
Models by this brand
20 models
Cruisers4
Pilothouse3
Sundeck4
Open4
History
Quicksilver dates itself to 1986, when Brunswick and Mercury began building Quicksilver inflatable boats in Europe. Aluminium and fibreglass boats followed in 1993 and the Commander series, which became iconic, in 1995; in 1999 Brunswick acquired the French fishing-boat builder Arvor and marketed its boats under the Quicksilver brand, and by 2005 the range had grown to ten categories and 37 models. The Activ and Captur ranges were launched in 2010, a turning point marked by a dedicated product development and engineering team of designers, engineers and a naval architect in Florida. Awards followed — the 675 Open as European Powerboat of the Year in 2011, the 705 Cruiser in 2013, the 755 Sundeck in 2016, the 605 Open in 2017 — and the 875 Sundeck flagship arrived in 2017. In 2019 the Venture Group was formed within Brunswick to share resources with Bayliner, and Quicksilver became the main supplier to Freedom Boat Club's European expansion; in 2021 the production facility at Vila Nova in Portugal was expanded. The 805 Open of 2023 set the stage for future Quicksilver design, the Exclusive Deluxe Line came to the cruisers in 2025, and in 2026 the brand celebrated forty years with more than 300 dealers and distributors in 70 countries.
History written fromquicksilver-boats.com/int/en/timeline/· 40th Years of Historyread 10/18/2026