Performance Marine Group

Unique Heritage

We hold multiple UIM world powerboat endurance records, and our sailing team has over 50+ years of experience building and selling Olympic-class Laser and ILCA dinghies to customers and athletes around the world. We are the custodians of the Byte Class copyright and hold worldwide building and marketing rights to the single-handed Byte and Byte CII dinghy.

Realtime Innovation

Through our manufacturing and innovation centres we invest and develop new technologies and processes. We partner with a wide range of entrepreneurial marine and water sports businesses to support the demands of our growing Performance Marine Team customer base. The development of the Rascal class of endurance adds a new and challenging dimension to the sport. We are bringing together the wealth of experience of UIM in endurance powerboating and blue water sailing from World Sailing.  

Developing future athletes and influencing change

Performance Marine Group manufacture and deliver world-class products and services to all our customers, athletes, and Olympic medal contenders, giving them all the chance to win. We lead in developing endurance marine sports where we innovate and promote new events, competitions and participating athletes, globally through the Performance Marine Team.

ASIA & OCEANA

In Australia, Performance Sailcraft Oceania sells and distributes our ILCA Olympic-class boats and accessories throughout Oceania and Asia. PSO also operates currently an 8-hull and growing charter fleet of ILCA dinghies in Australia. PSO is the promoter and operator of our expanding endurance race program. Through this activity we seek to develop new and exciting challenges for athletes of all ages. Sign up for our quarterly newsletter to be kept up to date on our activities and as a member of the Performance Marine Team benefit from offers and discounts on a range of products and services from our partners

Performance Sailcraft Australia has a 55-year heritage of laser and ILCA dinghy building. It builds ILCA dinghy in a new state of the art manufacturing facility in Morrisett, NSW. In the same facility we undertake research and development into composite material processes and advanced manufacturing techniques that support our marine activities and complimentary automotive, motorsports and aviation requirements. 

EUROPE & THE MIDDLE EAST

Performance Sailcraft Europe sells and distributes a range of ILCA and other dingy parts  plus sells ILCA dingy manufactured within the group. It will also operate a new 18-hull charter fleet of ILCA dinghies in 2025. PSE is the promoter and operator of our expanding endurance race program. Through this activity we seek to develop new and exciting challenges for athletes of all ages. Sign up for our quarterly newsletter to be kept up to date on our activities and as a member of the Performance Marine Team benefit from offers and discounts on a range of products and services from our partners.

Our first development event took place in The Adriatic Sea in September 2024, when Dan Lannard sailed over 200 nautical miles in 5 days. This event used the UIM endurance powerboat rules that apply to our powerboat activities as a model that we are adapting for our global sail craft endurance race program.  

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Performance PowerCraft Europe Ltd supports sales and support of our endurance vessels, ThunderChild II and Voyager. 

The 54 Knots endurance team are based in Europe and we own and our endurance race boat, ThunderChild II, which currently holds nine world records.  

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THE U.S.A.

In the USA, Performance Sailcraft Inc. is becoming operational to sells and distributes a range of ILCA and other dingy parts, as well as ILCA dinghy manufactured within the group. During 2025, it will also operate a new charter fleet of ILCA dinghies. 

Sign up for our quarterly newsletter to be kept up to date on our activities and as a member of the Performance Marine Team benefit from offers and discounts on a range of products and services from our partners.

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