CATAMARAN CHARTERS, INC.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

Catamaran Charters Ltd In 1997, the company name was changed to "The Catamaran Company". Marianne Doux-Laplace was promoted to Manager of all charter base operations, a position she retains to this day at her base in Tortola, BVI. In 1998 The Catamaran Company was appointed the dealer for , a division of "Groupe Beneteau", the world's largest builder of sailing yachts, with a territory covering Florida and the Southern states. Lagoon at that time was the second largest catamaran builder in the world with around 25 dealers throughout the world. Within five years Lagoon had grown to become the largest catamaran builder in the world and The Catamaran Company had grown to become its largest worldwide dealer, a position held for most of the subsequent decade. In 1999, slightly before the growth of the internet as a valid marketing tool, the company purchased the domain name The Catamaran Company and over the next five years invested more than $1M building a web team to develop the world's largest catamaran website. From 2003 until today, The Catamaran Company became and continues to be the highest ranked catamaran website on the internet. In 2004, The Catamaran Company embarked on a growth path with its acquisition of "2 Hulls Inc.", their largest competitor in the used catamaran market in Florida. 2 Hulls specialized in used catamarans below 35 feet whereas The Catamaran Company tended to concentrate on the larger cats over 35 feet so the acquisition gave The Catamaran Company a much broader coverage especially with regard to the lower end of the market. which was the first and leading catamaran website since the mid 90's until it was overtaken in 2003 by The Catamaran Company. As the company grew in size and in sales there became an increased need for dockage, service and maintenance so the company signed long term leases on five separate dockage locations throughout Ft Lauderdale with dockage for up to 25 catamarans. In 2005, The Catamaran Company continued its expansion with the opening of the Also in 2005, mainly due to a large increase in the number of sales and the growth of its business The Catamaran Company set up a new company to handle the paperwork side of the business and called it appropriately In 2008 The Catamaran Company took over the control and operation of the leading catamaran magazine in the US, " In 2009 The Catamaran Company purchased a majority interest in Performance Cruising Inc., the manufacturer of . Over the past 30 years more than 1,000 Gemini Catamarans have been manufactured in the US, making the Gemini the most successful model of cruising catamaran ever built. No other catamaran has come within 50% of those sales figures and today 90% of those Geminis built still remain all around the world. The Catamaran Company's partner in this venture was Laura Hershfeld, whose father designed and whose family built the Gemini from its very inception. In addition to this investment The Catamaran Company also acquired the four-acre Gemini waterfront manufacturing facility in Annapolis. Following the completion of the purchase, The Annapolis Catamaran Center was relocated to the Gemini headquarters, was renamed " The Catamaran Company - Annapolis In 2009 a new Catamaran Sales office was opened in St Augustine, Florida. This office was expanded to four full time staff in 2011 and was relocated to larger premises in St Augustine Marine Center. The Catamaran Company – St Augustine has the exclusive rights to catamarans in this facility and annually arranges the storage and repair of over 40 catamarans during hurricane season. In 2013 a new catamaran lift was acquired increasing the capacity of catamarans that could be hauled and launched from 41 feet to 65 feet. In early 2010 The Catamaran Company expanded its charter reservation department with a new division called " " with the objective to provide their existing charter clients with catamaran sailing vacations outside of the sole company charter location in the BVI. This division currently operates with remote reservation staff in Montreal, Canada, Charleston, SC., St. Petersburg, FL and continues to be managed from the Ft. Lauderdale head office by Kimberly Lee, who has run Group Charter Reservations since 1998. In early 2011 a Catamaran Sales Office was opened in St Petersburg, Florida and this office is now the second highest selling office in the Catamaran Group. In 2012 a new Sales Office was opened in Lauderdale Marine Center, the largest yacht yard in South Florida. This office was opened jointly with Multitech, the outside company who takes care of all the service work for The Catamaran Company. Within 12 months of opening this office became the highest selling office in the group. The Catamaran Company and its related businesses continues to be the world's largest retailer of new catamarans, in addition to being the world's largest retailer of used catamarans, achieving sales of over 100 used catamarans on an annualized basis over the last 10 years. Future plans include a new division catering to larger catamarans due to the increase in that sector of the market. Less than 10 years ago a $1m catamaran sale was a quarterly event whereas today it happens monthly. There are more 50+ foot catamarans built each year than existed in total in 2003 and The Catamaran Company sells more of these larger catamarans than any other company in the world. 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