Sunseeker International is a British luxury motor yacht manufacturer headquartered in Poole, Dorset, England. The company was founded in 1969 by Robert Braithwaite as Poole Power Boats and later rebranded as Sunseeker International. The shipyard has grown from a small boatbuilding operation into one of the largest luxury yacht manufacturers in the United Kingdom, employing over 2,500 people at its Poole production facilities. Sunseeker gained widespread cultural recognition through the use of its yachts in several James Bond films, beginning with The World Is Not Enough in 1999. The company's product range spans from the 40-foot Hawk 38 day boat to superyachts exceeding 50 meters in length, organized into several model lines including the Performance range, the Manhattan flybridge series, the Predator sport yacht line, the Ocean semi-displacement range, and the flagship 161 superyacht. Sunseeker builds its vessels primarily in advanced composite materials, utilizing resin-infusion construction techniques for its smaller and mid-range models, while larger superyachts incorporate aluminum superstructures on GRP or aluminum hulls. In 2013, Sunseeker was acquired by the Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese conglomerate, which provided capital for facility expansion and new model development. The company maintains a global dealer network spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East, and operates a dedicated brokerage and charter division. Sunseeker yachts are designed and built entirely at the company's facilities along the Poole waterfront, where the shipyard occupies multiple production buildings and a dedicated marina for sea trials and vessel commissioning.
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