Berthon UK
(Lymington, Hampshire - UK)
Sue Grant
sue.grant@berthon.co.uk
0044 (0)1590 679 222
Berthon Scandinavia
(Henån, Sweden)
Magnus Kullberg
magnus.kullberg@berthonscandinavia.se
0046 304 694 000
Berthon Spain
(Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Simon Turner
simon.turner@berthoninternational.com
0034 639 701 234
Berthon USA
(Rhode Island, USA)
Jennifer Stewart
jennifer.stewart@berthonusa.com
001 401 846 8404
November 20, 2025
In the world of explorer yachts, not all metal is created equal. ^ Main Photo – FPB 97, ICEBERG – Spotify – Apple – YouTube The latest Berthon Podcast brings…
October 23, 2025
The new Berthon podcast is starting to gather pace and the Berthon Team are hugely enjoying the opportunity to chatter about yachts. – Spotify – Apple – YouTube Yacht designer,…
January 27, 2025
The Berthon Sales Group has worked closely with Steve and Linda Dashew for many years, supporting the FPB (Functional Power Boat) fleet designed and created by these extraordinary life-long sailors….
December 3, 2024
The FPB 78, GREY WOLF II, is the second in a series of three extraordinary explorer yachts from Dashew Offshore. She was built in New Zealand by Circa Marine and…
February 13, 2024
The FPB (Functional Power Boat) fleet from Steve and Linda Dashew’s Dashew Offshore are for sure, the last word in go anywhere, long distance Explorer Yachts. With their rugged aluminium…
November 1, 2023
When Steve and Linda Dashew of Dashew Offshore decided that that an ‘unsailboat’ might be a good replacement for their 78’ BEOWULF, they lofted the plans of the first of…
May 23, 2023
Continuing her progress north, the second stage of FPB 78-002, GREY WOLF II’s summer programme sees her heading for Norway for June and July. She will be available for charter…
May 11, 2023
But… What/Who Is FPB 78, GREY WOLF II? GREY WOLF II is the second in a series of three FPB 78s designed by Dashew Offshore and built by Circa Marine…
January 6, 2023
Built for Steve and Linda Dashew, designers of the incredible FPB series, she is the first of three outstanding explorers who have cruised to most corners of our planet. Delivered…
September 21, 2022
First commissioned 2017, GREY WOLF II is the second of her owner’s FPBs. The little WOLF, or GREY WOLF was an FPB 64, in which he steamed from New Zealand…
March 25, 2022
FPB 78#02 GREY WOLF II docked on B-hammerhead at Berthon’s UK HQ in late February. This was a great moment for us as her adventures, and that of her predecessor…
November 12, 2021
The FPB fleet are a phenomenon and are simply the last word in go anywhere 4-wheel drive motor yachting. FPB 64 TOCCATA first splashed in 2011 and is #3 of…
November 4, 2021
…and life after the FPB programme. Here at Berthon International we have been working with Steve and Linda Dashew for many years, and still work with them today – supporting…
March 4, 2021
Berthon are delighted to announce their appointment as central agents for the sale of FPB 78#3 IRON LADY II. She is currently available for inspection in Beaufort, North Carolina -…
January 21, 2021
FPB 97 ICEBERG is the largest and fastest of the FPB series. There are 18 Functional Power Boats in the fleet and between them they have crossed oceans many times….
March 6, 2020
Berthon have been involved with Dashew Offshore and have been working with them on marketing the FPB range of un-sailboats for some years. Now that the FPB Programme has closed,…
January 7, 2020
The 18 strong FPB fleet continues to cross-oceans and to realise the dreams of their crews the world over. This year has seen FPBs cruising in both the northern and…
December 19, 2018
Unbreakable world cruising yacht from the board of Steve and Linda Dashew. FPB 64 AVATAR is offered fresh from a nautical makeover, which has her gleaming. All deferred maintenance and…
October 25, 2018
FPB 64#03 TOCCATA joined us a couple of weeks ago for winter storage. Chris and Carolyn Groobey and their 2 Labradors – Travis and Charlie are taking a break after…
May 11, 2017
After hundreds of thousands of sea miles, FPB has ultimately refined performance characteristics and efficiency into the new FPB 70. The FPB 70 incorporates elements that take this new model into…
January 6, 2017
FPB 78#1 COCHISE has cruised 11,400nm, since being launched 6 months ago, cruising from her build yard in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand, across the Pacific to the Panama Canal…
July 18, 2016
Dashew Offshore has now made some extraordinary heavy weather sailing footage available – with links below. It makes for compulsive viewing. It also shows how the Dashew designs have evolved over…
May 24, 2016
BUFFALO NICKEL has just completed the journey from Phuket, Thailand, to Circa Marine in Whangarei, New Zealand. The passage took 47 days – with 623 hours underway, and 6,289 miles…
January 15, 2016
There is a new baby sister on the way. An FPB whose genetic make-up includes many of the capabilities and breakthrough characteristics of her larger FPB 97 and 78 siblings,…
