Tartan Marine (also called Tartan Yachts) is an American

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. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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s. The company was founded by Charles Britton in 1971. He started the company as a result of buying out the remains of the

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 ...

after its factory was destroyed by a fire in 1971. In 2018 the company was producing six designs, the Tartan 5300, Tartan 4700, Tartan 4300, Tartan 4000, Tartan 345 and the Tartan Fantail.

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