Sunseeker Yachts To Be Bought By Chinese Firm

A Chinese property group is set to buy Britain’s top yachtmaker, according to Sky sources.

Dalian Wanda is tipped to pay around £300m for Sunseeker, the UK’s leading motor boat maker by sales, according to reports.

Sources earlier told the Financial Times that say the deal is expected to be closed by the end of June.

Sunseeker is based in Poole, Dorset.

“We bought the best yacht company in the UK,” the boss of Beijing-based property firm Wanda was reported as saying.

Mr Wang, who is chairman and founder of the firm, did not identify Sunseeker by name.

The planned acquisition is the latest in a string of high-end companies targeted by Chinese firms, as taste for luxury continue to spread among China‘s rich.

According to the Financial Times, Mr Wang is a long-time fan of Sunseeker glitz.

It said that in 2010 his property group bought a rocket-shaped vessel from the firm.

The Sunseeker Predator 108 Special Edition was the same as used by the villain in the latest version of the James Bond film Casino Royale.