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Island Packet Yachts
Island Packet Yachts is an American builder of blue water cruising sailing and motor yachts, based out of Largo, Florida. The incorporated name for the company is Traditional Watercraft, Inc. Production facilities are located on five acres of ground with of covered manufacturing space in central Pinellas County. Island Packet Yachts is a subsidiary of Traditional Watercraft, Inc., founded by naval architect Bob Johnson in 1979. In January 2017, Darrell and Leslie Allen took ownership of the company, and it became Island Packet and Seaward Yachts. The Allens have a long history with Island Packet as the dealer in San Diego, CA, for over 25 years. The Allens started with just 13 employees and today are at over 50, with many returning craftsmen who have over 20 years of experience building Island Packet Yachts. Island Packet Yachts 349 was named Cruising World's 2019 Domestic Boat of the Year and the 439 model winning Cruising World's 2021 Best Full Size Cruiser of the Year. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Largo, Florida
Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, as well as the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 82,500, up from 69,371 in 2000. Largo was first incorporated in 1905. In 1913, it became the first municipality in Pinellas County to adopt a council-manager government. It switched back and forth from "town" to "city" a few times, and became a city again in 1974. It was an exporter of agricultural products until the 1960s population growth began to transform it into a bedroom community. From 1905 to 2010, Largo grew in area from to about , and in population from about 300 people to more than 70,000. Largo began as a rural farming community and became the third largest city in Florida's most densely populated county. Largo is a sister city to Tosayamada, Kōchi, Japan, and has been named a National Arbor Day Tree City for 32 years in a row. History Beginnings of the area The native inhabitants of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hake Yachts
Hake Yachts, also called Seaward Yachts, was an American boat builder based in Carmel, Indiana. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded in 1973 by boat designer Nick Hake, a graduate of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. History After starting building sailing dinghies, the first keelboat design produced was the Seaward 23 in 1984. The company also took over the Starboard Yacht Company, also founded by Hake, which had been producing his Slipper 17 pocket cruiser design since 1981. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the company produced the Seaward line of sailboats, including the Seaward 25 and Seaward 22. in his In a 2010 book, ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', Steve Henkel praised the construction quality of the boats the company built and their choice of high-end hardware.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', pages 56, 202, 203, 309, 310. International Marin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Packet 27
The Island Packet 27 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert K. Johnson as a cruiser and first built in 1984.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 224-225. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by Island Packet Yachts in the United States between 1984 and 1992. A total of 243 examples were completed, but it is now out of production. Design The Island Packet 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim and a teak and holly cabin sole. It is a Cutter-rigged sloop; with a spooned raked stem; a vertical transom; a rudder mounted to the keel, controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel or optional long keel and centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted. The boat is fitte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Packet 35
The Island Packet 35 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert K. Johnson as a cruiser and first built in 1988.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 320-321. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by Island Packet Yachts in the United States, with 178 examples completed between 1988 and 1994. It is now out of production. Design The Island Packet 35 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a cutter rig with anodized aluminum spars, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel or optional long keel with a centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The design features a platform-type bowsprit. The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted. The boat is fitted wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Packet 29
The Island Packet 29 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert K. Johnson as a cruiser and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 246-247. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by Island Packet Yachts in the United States, who produced 64 examples of the design between 1981 and 1997, but it is now out of production. Design The Island Packet 29 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak and holly wood trim. It has a cutter rig or an optional masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel with rack and pinion steering and a fixed long keel or optional fixed long keel with a centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sailboat Designers And Manufacturers
This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups. Notable designers Sailboat designer articles in Wikipedia: * Alan Payne * Archibald Cary Smith *Ben Lexcen *Bill Langan * Bill Lapworth * Bill Lee *Bill Luders * Britton Chance Jr. *Bruce Farr * Bruce Kirby * Bruce Nelson *Carl Alberg *Charles Ernest Nicholson *Charley Morgan * C. Raymond Hunt Associates * Dennison J. Lawlor * Doug Peterson * Edward Burgess * Edwin Augustus Stevens Jr., Cox & Stevens * E.G. van de Stadt *Frank Bethwaite *Gary Mull *Germán Frers *George Cassian *George Harding Cuthbertson *George Hinterhoeller *George Lennox Watson *George Steers *Graham & Schlageter *Greg Elliott *Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect Ltd. *Group Finot *Jens Quorning * Johann Tanzer *John Alden *John Beavor-Webb * John Illingworth *John Laurent Giles *John Marples *John Westell *Juan K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
