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Boat Builders
This is a list of boat builders, for which there is a Wikipedia article. Motorboats (<50 feet) *American Skier *Andrée & Rosenqvist *Bayliner *Beneteau *Boston Whaler *Brunswick Boat Group *Carter Safari 28, Carter Marine *Carver Yachts *Centurion Boats *Chaparral Boats *Chris-Craft Boats *Cimmarron Boats *Clyde Boats *Cobalt Boats *Correct Craft *Cruisers Yachts *Evinrude Outboard Motors, Evinrude *Front Street Shipyard *Glastron *Gulf Craft *HanseYachts *Jade Yachts *Jeanneau *Kadey-Krogen Yachts *Lowe Boats *Malibu Boats *MasterCraft Boats, MasterCraft *Maxum *Nautique *Ocean Alexander *Pearson Yachts *Porta-bote *Sea Ray *Ski Nautique *StanCraft Boat Company *Sunseeker *Ta shing (yacht) *Tayana Yachts *Tiara Yachts *Tollycraft *Trojan Yachts *Uniflite *Wacanda Marine *Herbert Woods *Horizon Yachts *Yamaha Motor Corporation *Princess Yachts *Benetti *Blohm + Voss *Burger Boat Company *Cantieri di Pisa *Codecasa *Ferretti Group *Front Street Shipyard *Gul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Skier
American Skier boats (not to be confused with Correct Crafts American Skier) was a tournament boat company founded by Ken Elkind. Elkind of North Miami Beach, Florida, United States, in 1975. Mr. Elkind, after retiring from the offshore racing circuits, became interested in the water skiing business. In the early 1980s American Skier became one of the first tournament boat companies to be approved for competition by the American Water Ski Association. The first 18' Skiers came out as 1976 models from a shop in Opa Locka Florida. In the early 1990s WESMAR took over ownership. They built the 1991-95 models in Ocoee, Florida, moved it to Cape Coral, Florida, and moved it again, this time to Giddings, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 .... Ron Tanis purchased the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Street Shipyard
Front Street Shipyard is a custom boat builder, boat yard, marina, and service yard in Belfast, Maine, USA. The yard is located along the waterfront in Penobscot Bay. The business was established in 2011. One year later, the ownership group also purchased the neighboring business, Belfast Boat Yard. In 2014, Front Street Shipyard began leasing a building in Bucksport, Maine, where production boats are built. Front Street Shipyard is situated on a six-acre property with 1,500 feet of waterfront. The yard has 72,555 square feet of space for yacht storage and 10,320 square feet of shop space for boat building and yacht refits. The buildings on site are long enough and tall enough to accommodate yachts up to 155 feet long. There are seven acres of off-site storage space, as well as a production boat building Boat building is the design and construction of boats and their systems. This includes at a minimum a hull, with propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearson Yachts
Pearson Yachts was a sailboat manufacturer founded by Everett Pearson and Clinton Pearson in 1956. One of the first fiberglass sailboat manufacturers, they grew rapidly during the 60s and 70s, while also developing and designing new boats. However, the company changed ownership throughout the 1980s, after which the company filed for bankruptcy, and was eventually sold to Grumman Allied Industries in 1991. The rights to the name are now held by the Pearson Marine Group. History Founding In 1955, cousins Clinton and Everett Pearson began building fiberglass dinghies in their garage on County Street in Seekonk, Massachusetts. The fiberglass material and their methods of construction was brand new and untested. However, Tom Potter from American Boat Building approached the Pearsons with a project to build an auxiliary sailboat that would sell for under $10,000. Naval architect Carl Alberg was given the task of designing the boat. The result was the Triton 28 sailing auxiliary. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Alexander
Ocean Alexander is a Taiwanese yacht manufacturer with shipyards in Taiwan and the United States. In 2021 it was the 4th largest yacht builder in the world by feet of yacht produced. History Ocean Alexander was founded by Alex Chueh in 1977. The company has had a long relationship with American boat designer Ed Monk, jr son of the legendary Ed Monk, sr. The current President of Ocean Alexander is Alex’s son John Chueh. Ocean Alexander closed their Chinese yard in 2013. In 2018 70% of yachts produced by Ocean Alexander were for American customers. Collaboration with Christensen In 2009 Ocean Alexander formed a partnership with Christensen Shipyards to produce Ocean Alexander’s Evan K. Marshall designed 120 Megayacht at Christensen’s Vancouver, WA facility. Ocean Alexander shipped a mold across the pacific and production started on the first of three hulls in 2010. Hull #1 was launched in 2012 and named ''DREAM WEAVER''. Following the completion of the first vessel Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nautique
Nautique is an American boat manufacturer that produces boats primarily for waterskiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing. With models in the Super Air Nautique and Ski Nautique lines, they are widely considered the gold standard in the inboard towboat market. Owned by parent company, Correct Craft, Nautique is a member of the oldest family-owned and operated boat manufacturer in the world. Ski Nautique In 1961 Correct Craft released the original Ski Nautique, the first fiberglass ski boat of its kind designed by Leo Bentz. It was the world's first tournament inboard ski boat and paved the way for the modern day watersports boat. Throughout the 60’s and 70’s, the Ski Nautique dominated the watersports boat market and was used in waterski shows and tournaments across the globe. In 1981, Nautique unveiled the Ski Nautique 2001. In 1986, SeaWorld signed a contract with Nautique to supply Ski Nautique boats for ski shows at their marine parks. During that same year the 25th anniver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxum
Maxum was a subsidiary of the Brunswick Boat Group, a division of the Brunswick Corporation, which manufactured recreational boats. One manufacturing plant was in Pipestone, Minnesota. This facility was established in the 1970s with 300 plus employees and produced the Maxum runabouts. The other plant was in Salisbury, Maryland Salisbury () is a city in and the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, and the largest city in the state's Eastern Shore region. The population was 33,050 at the 2020 census. Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury ... with over 200 employees and constructed all Maxum cruisers. Maxum boats were discontinued in 2009. References External links Maxum Boats Home Page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MasterCraft Boats
The MasterCraft Boat Company is an American manufacturer of luxury high-performance boats. The company was founded in 1968 in Maryville, Tennessee, and is currently headquartered in Vonore, Tennessee. MasterCraft boats are used in waterskiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing, though the company has also produced several boats that are not focused on water sports, such as the NauticStar line of fishing boats. History MasterCraft's founder Rob Shirley was a young waterskiing instructor who opened a waterskiing school in Florida 1965. In 1968, with the help of a few fellow waterskiers, he modified a Ski Nautique boat manufactured by Correct Craft. The boat was completed in August, and debuted at the U.S. Nationals in Canton, Ohio. In that same year Rob had to close the school and moved to his wife's parent's farm in Maryville, Tennessee. There he founded the MasterCraft Boat Company, which initially operated out of a two-horse barn. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malibu Boats
Malibu Boats is an American manufacturer of recreational boats, founded in Merced, California in 1982, and currently headquartered in Loudon, Tennessee with additional production facilities in New South Wales, Australia. Malibu is "the world's largest manufacturer of watersports towboats", used both recreationally and in water skiing and wakeboarding events. History Malibu was founded in Merced, California, in 1982 by Bob Alkema and Steve Marshall. During the first year of operation, "production began at a modest pace of two boats per week", using a single-hull design and a blended gel coat."Malibu Manufacturer Profile", ''Water Ski Magazine'' (January–February 2002), p. 104-109. The company quickly developed a backlog, and increased staff and output. The company implemented an employee stock ownership program in 1986, and had acquired a nine percent share of the market by 1988. With the California plant at full production, the company opened a second plant in Tennessee. By the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowe Boats
The Brunswick Boat Group, headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, is the largest maker of pleasure boats in the world. The company's net sales were US$1.7 billion in 2008, and US$1.0 billion in 2012. The Boat Group makes Sea Ray, Bayliner and Meridian pleasure boats; Boston Whaler offshore fishing boats; and Crestliner, Cypress Cay, Harris (formerly FloteBote), Lowe, Lund, Princecraft fishing, deck and pontoon boats. Brunswick is one of the largest boat makers by units in Europe, with Quicksilver, Uttern and Valiant boat brands. Brunswick also owns the New Zealand boat brand, Rayglass. Brunswick markets its specialty boats through Brunswick Commercial and Government Products. Attwood and Kellogg boat parts and accessories, once a part of the group, are now a part of the Mercury Marine group. History The Brunswick Boat Group (BBG) was formed in 2000 to manage the Brunswick Corporation's nearly 45 boat brands. The parent company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadey-Krogen Yachts
Founded in 1977, Kadey-Krogen Yachts is a manufacturer of long-range capable, recreational trawler yachts in the U.S. Their vessels are closely linked in naval design to the historic fishing trawlers of the North Sea and have the capability to cross any ocean. Kadey-Krogen Yachts is a semi-custom builder and manufactures 10-15 yachts per year. Six models are currently offered, ranging in size from with new models on the drawing board. Defining aspects of the Kadey-Krogen trawler yacht are a pure full displacement hull, a fine forward entry, a wineglass transom, a fully covered aft deck which functions as the back porch, and high quality interior joinery predominantly in teak or cherry with other selections available. Their design enables the yachts to make ocean passages in comfort and safety. Owners of Kadey-Krogen trawler yachts have reported crossing the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Kadey-Krogen is headquartered in Stuart, Florida, with othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanneau
Jeanneau is a French boatyard in Les Herbiers, in the Vendée département, which has produced yachts since 1957. It was founded by Henri Jeanneau, a hardware store owner, who began by producing power boats. Jeanneau specializes in monohulls, but it created a specialist multihull line, Lagoon catamarans. Jeanneau (and Lagoon) became part of Groupe Beneteau in 1995. History Henri Jeanneau's first boats in 1957 were wooden outboard motor-powered dinghy designs. He quickly moved to producing boats from fiberglass and by 1960 his motorboats, including the Jeanneau Sea-bird, were made from this new material, followed by the first sailboats in 1964. In 1970 the company was purchased by the American conglomerate, Bangor Punta. By mid-1980 the company was sold again and became part of Chatellier SA. In 1990 there was a joint venture with Italian Ferretti Craft to build a series of yachts, but the project did not last long. In 1995 the company was bought out by Groupe Beneteau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Yachts
Jade Yachts is a Taiwanese yacht manufacturer headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History Jade Yachts was founded in 2004 as a subsidiary of Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company specializing in steel and aluminum yachts. In 2006 the yard delivered the 26.46-metre ''Bandido'', which was the first steel-hulled motor yacht ever built in Taiwan. In 2014 the company created a floating pavilion for the Taiwan International Boat Show. In 2016 the yard gave the 65 m Benetti ''Ambrosia III'' its 10-year refit. Vessels Amadeus/Felix Felix is a 70 m yacht launched in 1969 as a research vessel by Neue Jadewerft and converted into a luxury yacht by Jade Yachts in 2007. She was originally owned by Bernard Arnault. Jade 959 Jade 959 is a 52 m ice class yacht launched in 2014. See also * List of companies of Taiwan * Maritime industries of Taiwan * Ocean Alexander * Horizon Yachts * Johnson Yachts * Nordhavn/Ta shing (yacht) Ta Shing Yacht Building () is a yacht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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