Seafarer Fiberglass Yachts, Inc. (usually called Seafarer Yachts) was an American
sailboat
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Types
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importer, distributor and
boat builder based in
Huntington, New York
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. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of
fiberglass
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sailboats.
The company was founded in the 1950s as an importer, started building its own sailboats in 1965 and went out of business in 1985, following the
early 1980s recession in the United States
The United States entered recession in January 1980 and returned to growth six months later in July 1980. Although recovery took hold, the unemployment rate remained unchanged through the start of a second recession in July 1981. The downturn e ...
and the downturn in the sailboat market.
History
The company started off in the 1950s as an importer and distributor of sailboats built in
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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by
DeVries Lentsch. The company then set up its own manufacturing operation in a building in Huntington, New York that had been built as a
supermarket
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and starting building sailboats in 1964. Many of the boats built were designed by James A. McCurdy and Philip ("Bodie") H. Rhodes of
McCurdy & Rhodes, like the
Seafarer 22, although some boats were by
Sparkman & Stephens
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, like the
Sailmaster 22.
[Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 133, 197. ]International Marine
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, 2010.
Boats
Summary of boats imported or built by Seafarer Yachts:
See also
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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
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References
External links
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