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Groupe Beneteau appoint Flagstaff Marine as the exclusive Australian Importer for Excess catamarans

by Graham Raspass 7 Jan 2019 23:31 UTC
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Following a recent visit to Australia by Excess Brand Manager, Lorenza Turrisi and Asia Pacific Director, Vianney Guezenec, Flagstaff Marine have been appointed as the exclusive Australian importer for the NEW Excess catamaran range of multihull boats.

Flagstaff Marine MD and co-owner Graham Raspass commented:

"We are very excited to have been chosen as the Exclusive Australian importer for the new Excess range of Catamarans. Group Beneteau have a wealth of experience in designing and building catamarans through the Lagoon brand and the new Excess brand promises to deliver a whole new experience in Catamaran sailing".

Raspass went on to say "I am looking forward to my upcoming meetings with the design and product development teams, together with the other worldwide dealers at the Dusseldorf boat show, Jan 19-27 and sharing more information on my return to Australia".

Micah Lane, co-owner of Flagstaff Marine stated, "We are really looking forward to launching the Excess Range in Australia and using our many years' experience of selling and commissioning Catamarans in both Australia and Europe to ensure its success down under".

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