Claim: After the success of the Fairline 40 model, Fairline Boats expanded in the 1980s with the development of high speed cruising yachts.
Evidence: Sam expanded the company's sales network overseas to take advantage of the expanding Mediterranean market place – by 1979 the company employed 140 people and turned over £5 million, with production expanded by the success of 1977's Fairline 40 model. The company expanded in the 1980s developing lines of high speed cruising yachts.