NEARLY 40 YEARS OF ELEGANCE WITH 37 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE UNDER THEIR BELT AND HUNDREDS OF YACHTS BUILT, FLEMING HAVE MORE THAN EARNED THEIR PLACE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE POWER YACHT WORLD STORY EVA MELLORS PHOTOS SUPPLIED TOP TO BOTTOM:
Part of the team behind the brand; Building luxury yachts in Taiwan was a relatively new idea, when Fleming got its start
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n 1985, yachtsmen and adventurers the world over had a big year. Against a background of international political turmoil, records were set for everything from speed to size (not to mention some wild trends in interiors). At home, the nation watched Apollo take out the Sydney to Hobart (again), the fourth ever edition of what’s now known as the Volvo Ocean Race started out from Southampton, and that same year, in another corner of the world, a future international legend was quietly born. European and American boat yards may be somewhat historical homes for the development of cruising yachts, but in 1985, founder Tony Fleming was looking to the future. At the time, the business of building yachts in Taiwan was only really a few decades old, yet the local industry was already
