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In 1979, Prime Minister Rob Muldoon introduced a sudden 20% sales tax surcharge to the New Zealand boat-building industry [4] which priced Cavalier out of the international market, leading to cancelled orders and precipitating the collapse of the business. A receiver was appointed and successfully traded the company out, repaying all of its debts.
Laszlo Boats used was originally known as Kiwi International Rowing Skiffs (KIRS), and was the most dominant rowing skiff manufacturer in New Zealand, an industry which is "world renowned". They were responsible for building rowing skiffs which won numerous titles, including world and Olympic championships, as well as holding world record times.
boats.com is an online advertising website based in Miami, Florida, United States. [1] It also has operations in Fareham and Padova . [ 2 ] The company has websites in nine markets and eight languages, listing over 350,000 boats in approximately 152 countries.
Lars Halvorsen Sons Industry boatbuilding Founded 1925 Founder Lars Halvorsen Headquarters Sydney, Australia Subsidiaries Kong & Halvorsen Marine & Engineering Company Lars Halvorsen Sons was an Australian pleasure craft and boat building company, described as "one of the most famous [names] in Australian marine engineering". Early history Halvorsen Boats traces its roots to 1887 when Halvor ...
Parry Boat Builder [7] AUS 14: KA–14: 1986: Steak 'n' Kidney: Peter Cole: Consolidated Marine [7] AUS 15: KA–15: 1986: Kookaburra III: Iain Murray & John Swarbrick: Parry Boat Builder [8] AUS 16: KA–16: 1986: Australia IV: Ben Lexcen: Steve E. Ward & Co. CAN 01: KC–1: 1982: Canada One: Bruce Kirby: Fred McConnell Marine, Ltd. [9] CAN 02 ...
In 2013, Sealegs CEO David Mckee Wright completed a circumnavigation of the South Island of New Zealand in a Sealegs 7.7m RIB, the first time an amphibious vehicle had done so. [11] In December 2014, Sealegs released a collaboration with New Zealand boat builder Stabicraft – the Stabicraft 2100 ST (Sealegs Technology). [12]
The Brunswick Boat Group is an American pleasure boat manufacturer. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee , United States , it is the largest maker of such craft in the world. Net sales were US$ 1.7 billion in 2008, [ 2 ] and US$ 1.0 billion in 2012.
The Javelin is a high-performance skiff type dinghy sailed in Australia and New Zealand. The class was founded by designer John Spencer in 1961. Spencer also founded the Cherub Class. It is 14 feet long, sporting a large sail area, single trapeze and asymmetrical spinnaker. The Javelin is a development class, meaning that boats vary in shape ...