It is the second yacht the company has built for British owner Barry Houghton the Salperton III was launched in 2007 the companys 10th anniversary and won two international super yachts awards the next year.

Barry houghton salperton. The 60-year-old owns the Cotswolds village estate of Salperton but is based in. His son Jason will take over the daily running of the estate and has. Mr Houghton who lives in Cheshire is currently on a business trip to the US.

The company is handling the sale of Salperton III a 145ft super-yacht owned by Barry Houghton a Lancashire-born entrepreneur who made his fortune from Rainford a telecommunications company he. Houghtons fortune stems from Rainford the St Helens firm he set up in 1971 and sold to Reltec for 80m. The Salperton Estate in Gloucestershire.

Owner Barry Houghton was so impressed with Salperton III. The design concept for number IV was for a. Not bad for a grammar school boy from St Helens says Houghton 61 its owner.

It is the second yacht the company has built for British owner Barry Houghton. There is just no question that we have produced the best super yacht launched in that year Another of the companys success. Self-made millionaire Barry Houghton who made his money in the telecommunications business.

Barry Houghton the owner of Salperton 1V which was recently dismasted and aboard when one of his crewmen was severely injured last year when a jib sheet parted said. On delivery in 2009 the 45-metre sloop was already prepared for high latitudes with extra heating vast tankage 22 tonnes of fuel and 12 tonnes of water and eight freezers for extended cruising. After significant discussion and a lot of soul searching it has very sadly been decided that Salperton Park Horse Trials will no longer run as the Estate feels that the impact to the parkland is too much.

We sit aboard his current yacht the 45 metre sailing yacht Salperton IV as he flicks through albums of his adventures on his iPad. I have learned more about sailing my yacht during a 1-week regatta than I have in a whole year of cruising It was a sentiment which received a universal nod of agreement. The earlier Salperton III was launched in 2007 the companys 10th anniversary and won two international awards the next year.