Boats.co.uk announces Parker Boats dealership

Boats.co.uk has been appointed as dealer for Parker Boats, manufacturer of outboard powered sport, leisure and fishing boats.

The arrangement comes into force immediately with Boats.co.uk exhibiting six of the new Parker Boats at the London Boat Show in January.

Current UK dealer, Sussex Boat Shop Chichester, will continue to handle the brand in Hampshire and Sussex while Boats.co.uk will deal with sales and service on the East Coast, West Country and from their facility in Poole, Dorset.

James Barke, Managing Director of Boats.co.uk, said: “This is a great alliance between Sussex Boat Shop Chichester, Parker Boats and Boats.co.uk. We have been impressed with the Parker boat range for some time and are confident that they will sit neatly alongside our other powerboat dealerships of Princess, Williams, Axopar and Arvor.

“With the substantial increase in interest in outboard boats recently we were keen to work with Sussex Boat Shop Chichester to bring even more of these superb boats to the UK. Our Parker Boats Manager Dan Chaffe, will ensure the award winning Boats.co.uk service standards are extended to our new Parker owners throughout the country.”

The boats range from the Parker 630, a 6.10m day-boat, through to the 11m, Parker Monaco.

Philip Scott, Managing Director and founder of Parker Boats commented: “This is a perfect partnership for our boats in the UK. Sussex Boat Shop Chichester has been a successful local dealer for us and now to be teamed with Boats.co.uk, one of Europe’s top boat dealerships, we can offer our Parker boat range to a much larger market.

“Our boats are built and designed to the highest standards and we are therefore proud that our 690 Day Cruiser has been nominated for a European Boat of the Year Award 2018, this will help to reinforce our presence and help this new team to substantially increase our market share of outboard boats in the UK.”