Managing director Rob Underwood told BB : "Our new offices are extremely accessible and allow us to have all the sales facilities we need in a really attractive environment."

He added: "We have enjoyed an excellent relationship with Goodchild Marine Services for some time. The company has been established for over 27 years and has built an enviable reputation for meticulous finishing, being renowned for high quality workmanship and engineering."

Underwood said Broadblue had also just appointed new French and German dealers and had three boats on order form the USA. "The US has gone nuts on catamarans, " he told BB .The Ipswich offices will accommodate the sales, management and design teams and provide the opportunity to moor demonstration boats in the adjacent marina.

The long term manufacturing deal with Goodchild will see the company - which already builds the Broadblue 46 - take on the 42 as well. Broadblue's latest launching, the 385, is being built in Poland.