This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia.

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Notable designers

Sailboat designer articles in Wikipedia: * Alan Payne * Archibald Cary Smith *

Ben Lexcen Benjamin Lexcen AM (born Robert Clyde Miller, 19 March 1936 – 1 May 1988) was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect. He is famous for the winged keel design applied to ''Australia II'' which, in 1983, became the first non-American yac ...

Bill Langan Michael William Langan, (Bill Langan), (June 9, 1955 – December 31, 2010) was an American yacht designer who practiced his trade in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. His designs, both as chief designer at Sparkman & Stephens and later as th ...

* Bill Lapworth * Bill Lee *

Bill Luders Alfred Edward "Bill" Luders, Jr. (December 31, 1909 – January 31, 1999) was an American naval architect, who designed all but one of the Sea Sprite Sailing Yachts. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Luders attended The Hill School in Pottstown, ...

* Britton Chance Jr. *

Bruce Farr Bruce Kenneth Farr (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farrdesigned boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Ra ...

* Bruce Kirby * Bruce Nelson *

Carl Alberg Carl Alberg (11 April 1901 – 31 August 1986) was a Swedish born naval architect known for his influence in early fiberglass boats. Career Alberg moved to the United States in 1925 where he began working as a rigger then later as a spar mak ...

Charles Ernest Nicholson Charles Ernest Nicholson (12 May 1868 – 26 February 1954) was a British yacht designer. Biography He was born in 1868, one of four sons and six daughters of Benjamin Nicholson (1828-1906), also a yacht designer, and the original Nicholson of ...

Charley Morgan Charley E. Morgan (1929 - 2023) is a legendary American sailboat racer and designer. He is best known as the founder of Morgan Yacht Corporation. Early life Morgan was born in Chicago November 1929 and raised in Florida. Morgan built the yach ...

* C. Raymond Hunt Associates * Dennison J. Lawlor * Doug Peterson * Edward Burgess * Edwin Augustus Stevens Jr.,

Cox & Stevens Cox & Stevens began in 1905 as a yacht design and commercial brokerage in New York City. The original principal partners were Daniel H. Cox, Irving Cox, and marine engineer Colonel Edwin Augustus Stevens Jr., son of renowned designer Edwin August ...

* E.G. van de Stadt *

Frank Bethwaite Francis Dewar Bethwaite (26 May 1920 – 12 May 2012) was a New Zealand naval architect, author and Olympic meteorologist.

Gary Mull Gary Mull (September 27, 1937 – July 14, 1993) was an American yacht designer who created many popular fiberglass sailboats. Early life and education Gary Mull began his college career with a year at Pomona College as an English major, th ...

Germán Frers Germán Frers, Sr. (born July 4, 1941, in Argentina) is a naval architect renowned for designing successful racing yachts. He designed his first yacht in 1958. There is a design team consisting of Germán Frers and his son Germán Frers, Jr., su ...

George Cassian George Cassian was a yacht designer and founding partner of Cuthbertson & Cassian yacht designers, one of four companies that in 1969 formed C&C Yachts, a Canadian yacht builder that dominated North American sailing in the 1970s and early 1980s ...

George Harding Cuthbertson George Harding Cuthbertson (1929-2017) was a founding partner of Cuthbertson & Cassian yacht designers, one of four companies that in 1969 formed C&C Yachts, a Canadian yacht builder that dominated North American sailing in the 1970s and early ...

George Hinterhoeller George Anton Hinterhoeller (1928–1999) was a Canadian boat designer and builder, a significant contributor to the Canadian sailboat industry for almost forty years. Early life Hinterhoeller was born in Mondsee, Austria on March 16, 1928. He fi ...

George Lennox Watson George Lennox Watson (30 October 1851 – 12 November 1904) was a Scottish naval architect. Born in Glasgow, son of Thomas Lennox Watson, a doctor at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and grandson of Sir Timothy Burstall, engineer and entrant at the ...

George Steers George Steers (August 15, 1819 – September 25, 1856) was a designer of yachts best known for the famous racing yacht ''America''. He founded a shipyard with his brother, George Steers and Co, and died in an accident just as he was landing a maj ...

Graham & Schlageter Graham & Schlageter (also known as G&S) was an American naval architecture design firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The company specialized in the design of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Scott Graham and Eric Schlageter in 19 ...

Greg Elliott Greg Elliott is a New Zealand sailing yacht designer. He is most notable for the Elliott 6m, an Olympic-class keelboat selected for the women's match racing event for the 2012 Olympics. He has designed yachts that have won all four Blue Water Cla ...

Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect Ltd. Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect Ltd. (GCMNA) of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is a designer of international luxury yachts. The company was established in 1994 by Gregory C. Marshall and with partner Gordon Galbraith, who joined the com ...

Group Finot Group Finot is a French boat design company based in Jouy-en-Josas. Founded by Jean-Marie Finot, the company specializes in the design of fiberglass sailboats. The company also collaborates with designer Pascal Conq as ''Groupe Finot - Conq'' ...

Jens Quorning Jens Quorning is a Danish multihull A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans (with two hulls), and trimarans (with three hulls). Ther ...

* Johann Tanzer *

John Alden John Alden (c. 1598 - September 12, 1687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the ''Mayflower'' which brought the English settlers commonly known as Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, US. He was hired in Sou ...

John Beavor-Webb John Beavor-Webb (1849 - March 11, 1927) was a British and American naval architect. He was a designer of sailing yachts, including Partridge 1885, a UK National Historic Ship and the America's Cup challengers Genesta (yacht), ''Genesta'' (1884) a ...

* John Illingworth *

John Laurent Giles John Laurent Giles (1901–1969) was an English naval architect who was particularly famous for his sailing yachts. He and his company, Laurent Giles & Partners Ltd, designed more than 1000 boats from cruisers and racing yachts to megayachts. Exa ...

John Marples John Marples is a multihull sailboat designer who collaborates with Jim Brown (multihull designer), Jim Brown. The pair are responsible for the ''Constant camber'' (1970s-present), ''Seaclipper'' (1970s-present) and ''Searunner'' (1960s-1970) seri ...

John Westell John Westell (11 March 1921 – January 1989) was an English sailboat designer, who is noted for designing the 505 sailing dinghy and the Ocean Bird class of trimarans. Westell also designed cruising sailboats. Biography Born Woodroffe John Wes ...

Juan Kouyoumdjian Juan Kouyoumdjian is a naval architect. He has designed ocean racing yachts, three of which have won the Volvo Ocean Race. He studied at the University of Southampton doing an Engineering Degree in ship science degree specializing in Yacht and S ...

* J&J Design * Rodney Johnstone * Laurie Davidson * Lyle Hess * Mark Ellis *

McCurdy & Rhodes McCurdy & Rhodes is an American naval architecture design firm, originally based in Cold Spring Harbor, New York and now located in nearby Oyster Bay, New York. The company specializes in the design of fiberglass sailboats. The company was fou ...

Myron Spaulding Myron Spaulding (October 28, 1905 – September 11, 2000) was an American sailor, yacht designer and builder and concert violinist in Sausalito, California. Life Myron Spaulding was well known on the Sausalito waterfront in the mid and late 190 ...

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920. Biography Herr ...

Olin Stephens Olin James Stephens II (April 13, 1908 – September 13, 2008) was an American yacht designer. Stephens was born in New York City, but spent his summers with his brother Rod, learning to sail on the New England coast. He also attended the Massa ...

Roderick Stephens Roderick Stephens, Jr. (August 7, 1909 – January 10, 1995) was one of America's best known and respected sailors. In 1933 he became Associate Designer, later promoted to President, of Sparkman & Stephens naval architecture and yacht design f ...

Sparkman & Stephens Sparkman & Stephens is a naval architecture and yacht brokerage firm with offices in Newport, Rhode Island and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The firm performs design and engineering of new and existing vessels for pleasure, commercial, and milita ...

Philip Rhodes Philip Leonard Rhodes (1895–1974) was an Americans, American naval architect known for his diverse yacht designs. Life Rhodes designed a wide variety of vessels from 7' dinghies to 123' motor-sailors, from hydrofoil racers to America's Cup win ...

Reichel/Pugh Reichel/Pugh is a yacht design company based in San Diego, California, United States. It is led by John Reichel and Jim Pugh. Since the late 1990s, Reichel/Pugh-designed yachts have successfully competed in many major races, including the Ame ...

Raymond Creekmore Raymond Creekmore (May 5, 1905 – May 1984) was a prolific artist, writer and sailboat designer. Creekmore was an American artist who, in the beginning of his career, "wandered" extensively, using his experiences in observation and his dir ...

* Robert Perry * Robert W. Ball *

Ron Holland Ronald John Holland (born 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand)Ron Holland:Desi ...

Sandy Douglass Gordon K. "Sandy" Douglass (October 22, 1904 – February 12, 1992) was an American Sailing (sport), racer, Naval architect, designer, and boat building, builder of dinghy racing, sailing dinghies. Two of his designs, the Thistle (dinghy), Thist ...

Starling Burgess William Starling Burgess (December 25, 1878 – March 19, 1947) was an American yacht designer, aviation pioneer, and naval architect. He was awarded the highest prize in aviation, the Collier Trophy in 1915, just two years after Orville Wright ...

Ted Gozzard Hedley (Ted) Gozzard (13 June 1933 – 15 May 2014) was a British yacht designer and builder. Gozzard was raised in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, where he apprenticed as a carpenter-joiner and gradually earned his journeyman’ ...

Ted Hood Frederick Emmart Hood (May 5, 1927 — June 28, 2013) was an American yachtsman and naval architect. He founded the sailmaker Hood Sails in Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1952. Hood Sails operated until purchased by Quantum Sails in 2017. Hood fou ...

Ted Irwin Irwin Yacht and Marine Corporation, often just called Irwin Yachts, was an American boat builder based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and became one of the largest prod ...

Tony Castro Tony Castro (full name Antonio Maria de Lancastre de Mello e Castro), Conde das Antas, Conde da Lousa, Visconde de Pernes, born 1952, is a yacht designer, known for numerous winning designs. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, he has been designing sailing ...

VPLP VPLP design (Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost) is a French-based naval architectural firm founded by Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, responsible for designing some of the world's most innovative racing boats. Their designs presently ...

William Fife William Fife Jr. (15 June 1857 – 11 August 1944), also known as William Fife III, was the third generation of a family of Scottish yacht designers and builders. In his time, William Fife designed around 600 yachts, including two contend ...

* William Ion Belton Crealock * William Shaw

Notable manufacturers

Sailboat manufacturer articles in Wikipedia: * Aegean Yacht *

Albin Marine Albin Marine was a Swedish boat builder. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. Founded in 1899, the company was wound up and its brand sold in 2008. History The company was founded in 1899 as a builder ...

Alexander Stephen and Sons Alexander Stephen and Sons Limited, often referred to simply as Alex Stephens or just Stephens, was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Linthouse, Glasgow, on the River Clyde and, initially, on the east coast of Scotland. History The comp ...

* Alloy Yachts * Aloha Yachts * Alsberg Brothers Boatworks *

Amel Yachts Chantiers Amel is a French shipyard founded by Henri Amel in 1965. Based in La Rochelle, Amel is known for its production of ocean-going sailboats. History Yacht designer Henri Amel founded Chantiers Amel in 1965. During World War II, Amel noticed ...

Archambault Boats Archambault Boats was a French boat builder based in Dangé-Saint-Romain. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of monohull fibreglass sailboats and often partnered with the BG Race shipyard in Saint-Malo to produce its larger b ...

* Ariel Patterson * Austral Yachts * Baltic Yachts *

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

Bayfield Boat Yard Bayfield Boat Yard Limited was a Canadian boat builder originally based in Bayfield, Ontario, and later in nearby Clinton, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. The company was founded by Ted G ...

Beneteau Beneteau or Bénéteau () is a French sail and motor boat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and in the United States. The company is a large and recognized boat builder, commanding a substantial worldwide market, with its holdi ...

* Bowman Yachts * Bristol Yachts *

C&C Yachts C&C Yachts was a builder of high-performance fiberglass monohull sailboats with production facilities in Canada, Germany, and the United States. C&C designed and constructed a full range of production line cruiser-racer boats, as well as custom ...

* C-Yacht * C. & R. Poillon * Cabo Rico Yachts *

Cal Yachts Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa, California, headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all ...

Calgan Marine Calgan Marine was a Canadian boat builder that had its factory on Crown Street in North Vancouver. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Al Nairne in 1962 and ceased operatio ...

Cape Cod Shipbuilding Cape Cod Shipbuilding is an American boat builder based in Wareham, Massachusetts. The company specializes in the manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by brothers Myron and Charles Gurney in 1899. History The company s ...

* Capital Yachts * Cape Dory Yachts *

Caribbean Sailing Yachts Caribbean Sailing Yachts (CSY) is a company which built heavy-displacement recreational sailboats built during the 1970s and 1980s in Tampa, Florida. CSY was one of the first companies to recognize the impending growth of the Caribbean charter indus ...

Cascade Yachts Cascade Yachts was a pioneering United States, U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from 23 to in length. It was founded in 1954 in Portland, Oregon by a group of local sailors interested in experimentin ...

Catalina Yachts Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler . Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat m ...

* Cavalier Yachts *

Clark Boat Company The Clark Boat Company was an American boat builder based in Kent, Washington. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Bob Clark in 1960 and continued in business until 1984. ...

* Classic Yachts *

Columbia Yachts Columbia Yachts is a US manufacturer of sailboats, with offices and production facilities in Southern California. History Richard “Dick” Valdes and Maurice V. Threinen founded Glass Laminates, a fiberglass contract company, in 1958. Amo ...

* Com-Pac Yachts * Contest Yachts * Cooper Enterprises * Cornish Crabbers *

Coronado Yachts Coronado Yachts was a US sailboat manufacturer located in Southern California which produced several popular lines in the 1960s and early 1970s. Many of the boats they built are still sailing and racing today. In the 1970s Playvisa obtained a li ...

* Coastal Recreation *

CS Yachts CS Yachts was a Canadian boat manufacturer founded in 1963 by Paul Tennyson, under the name Canadian Sailcraft. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. The location of the firm was in Brampton, Ontario, n ...

* CW Hood Yachts * David Carll *

Dehler Yachts Dehler is a German brand of sailing yachts. It is originated in the former Dehler shipyard that was founded in the 1960s by Willi and Heinz Dehler. As of 2009, the brand belongs to German yacht manufacturer HanseYachts, Greifswald. Dehler coop ...

Douglass & McLeod Douglass & McLeod was an American boat builder based in Grand River, Ohio. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass racing sailboats.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 166. Intern ...

* Down East Yachts *

Dragonfly Trimarans Dragonfly Trimarans is a line of trimaran sailboats built by the Quorning Boats shipyard in Skærbæk, near Fredericia, Denmark. The trimarans produced by this shipyard are characterized by a folding technology denominated "SwingWing". This allows ...

Dufour Yachts Dufour Yachts is a French sailboat manufacturer which was founded in 1964 by naval architect and engineer Michel Dufour. It was purchased by Fountaine Pajot in 2018, and Dufour remains a separate brand A brand is a name, term, design, ...

Endeavour Yacht Corporation The Endeavour Yacht Corporation was an American boat builder based in Largo, Florida. Founded in 1974 by John Brooks and Rob Valdes, the company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company went out of business ...

* Ericson Yachts *

ETAP Yachting ETAP Yachting is a Belgium, Belgian boat builder based in Lokeren. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. History The company was founded by Norbert Joris in 1970 and was originally a manufacturer of lig ...

Freedom Yachts Freedom Yachts was the maker of the Freedom (sail) and Legacy (power) yacht brands. The Freedom sailboats have unstayed rigs, meaning that the mast is freestanding and not supported by the normal set of wires called standing rigging. Garry Ho ...

George Lawley & Son George Lawley & Son was a shipbuilding firm operating in Massachusetts from 1866 to 1945. It began in Scituate, then moved to Boston. After founder George Lawley (1823–1915) retired in 1890, his son, grandson and great-grandson upheld the busin ...

Grampian Marine Grampian Marine Limited was a Canadian boat builder based in Oakville, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Jim Bisiker in 1962 and operated until 1977. History ...

* Hake Yachts *

Hallberg-Rassy Hallberg-Rassy Varvsaktiebolag (HR) is a Swedish shipyard internationally known for producing high quality blue water sailing yachts. The company's yard is located in Ellös on the island of Orust, Västra Götaland. History Harry Hallberg fou ...

Hans Christian Yachts Hans Christian is a brand of heavilybuilt cruising sailboats. History Most designs are credited to Robert H. Perry, Harwood Ives, Scott Sprague and Tommy Chen. Boat production began in the early 1970s. In the mid 1980s Hans Christian Yachts commis ...

* Hanse Yachts *

Hinckley Yachts Hinckley Yachts, founded in 1928, manufactures, services and sells luxury sail and powerboats. The company is based in Maine, United States. The company has developed yacht technologies including JetStick and Dual Guard composite material, and was ...

Hinterhoeller Yachts Hinterhoeller Yachts was a Canadian boat builder based in St. Catharines, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was originally founded by George Hinterhoeller as Hinterhoeller Limit ...

Hodgdon Yachts Hodgdon Yachts (incorporated as Hodgdon Shipbuilding, LLC and previously known as "Hodgdon Brothers" yard) is a builder of yachts and specialized military vessels, based in East Boothbay, Maine. It is a family-run business that was founded in 181 ...

* Holland Jachtbouw * Hughes Boat Works * Hunter Boats * Hylas Yachts *

Irwin Yachts Irwin Yacht and Marine Corporation, often just called Irwin Yachts, was an American boat builder based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and became one of the largest produ ...

* Island Packet Yachts * Jensen Marine * J/Boats *

Jakobson Shipyard The Jakobson Shipyard, Inc. was a shipyard involved in manufacture of tugs, ferries, submarines, minesweepers, yachts, fireboats and other craft, based in Brooklyn, New York from 1926–1938, and Oyster Bay, New York from 1938-1984. History ''N ...

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, ...

* Jesse Carll (shipbuilder) *

Jeremy Rogers Limited Jeremy Rogers Ltd. is a British boatyard based in Lymington. Founded by English boatbuilder and sailor Jeremy Rogers in 1961, it is currently known for construction to order of the classic Contessa 32 design, and refurbishment of Contessa and ...

Johnson Boat Works Johnson Boat Works was a builder and developer of racing sailboats of the scow design in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. It was founded in 1896, by John O. Johnson who had emigrated from Norway in 1893. After working with Gus Amundson for three years, ...

* Jongert *

J. Samuel White J. Samuel White was a British shipbuilding firm based in Cowes, taking its name from John Samuel White (1838–1915). It came to prominence during the Victorian era. During the 20th century it built destroyers and other naval craft for both the ...

* Laguna Yachts * Lancer Yachts *

Laser Performance LaserPerformance is an Anglo-American dinghy manufacturer- the world's largest producer of small sailboats. LaserPerformance manufactures many sailboats including: Laser, Sunfish, Laser Pico, Bug, Laser Vago, Laser Bahia, Club FJ, Club 420, Z ...

* Lockley Newport Boats *

MacGregor Yacht Corporation The MacGregor Yacht Corporation was a manufacturer of sailing yachts, located in Costa Mesa, California. History MacGregor Yacht Co. was founded by Roger MacGregor as part of a Stanford University MBA class project in the early 1960s. The comp ...

* Marlow-Hunter Marine * Montgomery Marine Products *

Melges Performance Sailboats Melges Performance Sailboats, is an American sailboat manufacturer founded by Harry Melges, father of former Olympic sailor Buddy Melges. Melges Boat Works, Inc. was founded by Harry C. Melges, Sr. in 1945. The company was originally named '' ...

* Menger Boatworks *

Mirage Yachts Mirage Yachts Limited was a Canadian boat builder initially based in Pointe Claire, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal and founded by Dick and Irene Steffen. The company specialized in the manufacture of sailboats. The company was founded in Februa ...

* Moses Adams (shipbuilder) * Najad Yachts * Nauticat Yachts Oy *

Nautor's Swan Oy Nautor AB is a Finnish producer of luxury sailing yachts, based in Jakobstad. It is known for its ''Nautor's Swan'' range of yachts models. The company was founded in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkylä. The designers Nautor has worked with four nav ...

* O'Day Corp. *

Ontario Yachts Ontario Yachts is a Canadian boat builder at one time based in Oakville, Ontario, then Hamilton, Ontario and more recently in Burlington, Ontario. The company specializes in the manufacture and repair of fiberglass sailboats. The company was f ...

Oyster Marine Oyster Yachts (formerly Oyster Marine) is a British brand of luxury cruising sailing yachts established in 1973. The company is based in Southampton but with foundation and ongoing strong links to Wroxham and Ipswich. History Founding In 19 ...

Paceship Yachts Paceship Yachts Limited was a Canada, Canadian, and later United States, American, boat builder originally based in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The company was founded in 1962 and specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. ...

Pacific Seacraft Pacific Seacraft Corporation is a Washington, North Carolina based sailboat manufacturer specializing in fiberglass monohull cruising boats. Pacific Seacraft is best known for producing the Crealock line of sailboats. These are heavy, overbuilt of ...

* Palmer Johnson *

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. Howe ...

Perini Navi Perini Navi is an Italian shipyard based in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy. Founded in 1983 by Fabio Perini, who pioneered automation and furling systems in large sailing yachts. In December 2021 Perini Navi company has been acquired by the Italian pu ...

PlastiGlass The PlastiGlass Company (usually just called PlastiGlass) was an American boat builder based in California. The company was an early pioneer in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by boat designer Barney ...

Pogo Structures Pogo Structures is a French boat builder founded in Quimper by Christian Bouroullec in 1987. The company moved in 1990 to Combrit, specializes in the design and manufacture of racing and cruising sailboats. It launched its first motor boat in 2 ...

* Precision Boat Works * Rosetti Marino *

Royal Huisman Royal Huisman is a Dutch shipbuilding company that specializes in the newbuild construction and refit, rebuild and renewal of sailing and motor yachts. The shipyard was established in 1884 in Ronduite as a builder of wooden workboats and fishin ...

Royal Denship Royal Denship was a Denmark, Danish multi-facility Conglomerate (company), conglomerate ship and yacht builder. Presently in Administration (law), administration, the company has created some of the world's largest super yachts. Royal Denship cons ...

* Rustler Yachts * S2 Yachts * Seafarer Yachts * Seidelmann Yachts * Skene Boats *

Smith and Rhuland Smith & Rhuland was a shipyard located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The yard was originally opened in 1900 and was the builder of the esteemed ''Bluenose ''Bluenose'' was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Lunenbu ...

* South Coast Seacraft * Sovereign Yachts *

Su Marine Yachts Su Marine Yachts is a Turkish shipbuilding and boat, Boat building company based in Istanbul. Su Marine builds luxury sailing and motor yachts. History SU MARINE Ship Yard company was incorporated in 2007. SU MARINE’s roots date more than 40 y ...

Tanzer Industries Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. History The company was founded by Johann Tanzer in 1966 and went bankrupt in May ...

* Tartan Marine * Universal Marine *

Vanguard Sailboats Vanguard Sailboats was one of the most successful sailboat builders. It was founded in 1967, and is now owned by LaserPerformance. History Vanguard Sailboats was founded in 1967 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA by Peter and Olaf Harken. The brother ...

Vandestadt and McGruer Limited Vandestadt and McGruer Limited (sometimes styled as Vandestadt & McGruer) was a Canadian boat builder based in Owen Sound, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. The company was founded by Frase ...

* Varne Marine * W. D. Schock Corporation *

Wally Yachts Wally may refer to: Music * Wally (band), British prog rock band ** ''Wally'' (album), a 1974 album by Wally * ''La Wally'', an opera by Alfredo Catalani Other uses *Wally (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *WALLY, a propose ...

Watkins Yachts Watkins Yachts and Marine was an American boat builder, based in Clearwater, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by the four Watkins brothers, Redford, Richard, Robert ...

* William H. Brown *

X-Yachts X-Yachts A/S is a Danish shipyard, located in Haderslev in the southern part of Denmark. The shipyard builds sailboats between 35 and 65 feet. History The shipyard was founded in 1979 by the brothers Lars Jeppesen, Niels Jeppesen and their frien ...

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