After the success of the Fairline 40 model, Fairline Boats expanded in the 1980s with the development of high speed cruising yachts.
Sam expanded the company's sales network overseas to take advantage of the expanding Mediterranean market place  by 1979 the company employed 140 people and turned over 5 million, with production expanded by the success of 1977's Fairline 40 model. The company expanded in the 1980s developing lines of high speed cruising yachts. 
