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Dragonfly Trimarans is a line of trimaran sailboats built by the Quorning Boats shipyard in Skærbæk, near Fredericia, Denmark. [ 1 ] 55°31′11.97″N 9°38′8.08″E / 55.5199917°N 9.6355778°E / 55.5199917; 9.6355778
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 offshore cruising designs designed by William Crealock. [1]
The boats used may be specialized cruising dinghies, small keelboats, trailer sailers or general purpose daysailing or racing boats pressed into service for the purpose. Commute cruising, also known as seasonal cruising, is becoming increasingly popular. Commute cruisers live aboard and sail for a few months at a time, exploring new or favorite ...
Johnson Boat Works Melges Performance Sailboats [66] Barnett 1400: 1989: Ron & Gerry Hedlund: Barnett Boats & Windward Boatworks [67] Beneteau First 14: 2017: Samuel Manuard: Beneteau [68] [69] Beverly Dinghy: 1953: A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff: Cape Cod Shipbuilding [70] Blue Crab 11: 1971: Harry R. Sindle: Lockley Newport Boats & Mobjack ...
New Telstar models sport a folding mechanism allowing its outer hulls (amas or outriggers) to be retracted alongside the main hull, while still allowing the boat to be moved under the engine power. This permits the boat to use marina berths intended for monohulls and be trailered without a need for special permits. Another unique design point ...
In 1989 the 100th boat was completed. A production peak was achieved in 1991, with 101 boats completed. [1] Farrier left the company in 1991, conflicting with Walton over "growing concerns about company directions", [3] but having established production and wishing to move back to Australia to work on his F-31 Sport Cruiser design. He re ...
If a minimum number of one-design boats show an interest in a regatta, the organizer arranges for the class to have a separate starting sequence, or class start. In recent years the J/105 class sailboats has been the sailboat that often has the most boats in their class for any individual regatta, and has a class start in every NOOD regatta.
Cruisers claimed to be the foremost lapstrake boat builder in the world. In 1959 and 1960, they made 3,000 boats annually. Then the bottom fell out of the wooden-boat market. [citation needed] A reorganization of the three Thompson family owned boat plants at Peshtigo, Cortland, NY and Oconto went into effect on 1 January 1959.