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In late 1969 the assembly hall of the Nautor's Swan boat yard burnt to the ground, destroying a dozen hulls in various stages of production. As a result, Pekka Koskenkylä was forced to sell stakes of Nautor's Swan to Wilhelm Schauman Oy ( UPM ) in order to finance the rebuilding of the yard and to restart production.
In the mid 1980s Hans Christian Yachts commissioned the designing of a new series of boats based on a more modern hull design with the goal of the "ultimate cruising sailboat." The end result was the Christina series with the 52 and 48 models designed by Doug Peterson [ 1 ] and Scott Sprague designing 40 and 43 [ 2 ] versions.
The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and became one of the largest producers of sailboats in the United States. [ 2 ] The company was founded by Ted Irwin (June 28, 1940 – February 5, 2015) in 1966 and went through a succession of bankruptcies and subsequent name changes, before finally closing in 1992.
The Westsail 32 was a production fiberglass sailboat built between the years of 1971 and 1980. Approximately 830 were built, about half of them in kit form. [1] The "W32", as they are often referred to, was very heavily built and has taken many people on trouble-free voyages and several circumnavigations.
The fiberglass material and their methods of construction was brand new and untested. However, Tom Potter from American Boat Building approached the Pearsons with a project to build an auxiliary sailboat that would sell for under $10,000. Naval architect Carl Alberg was given the task of designing the boat. The result was the Triton 28 sailing ...
For example, the M-19 can mount a 40 horsepower (30 kW) outboard, the M-26-X can mount a 50 horsepower (37 kW) outboard and the M-26-M can mount a 60 horsepower (45 kW) outboard. With these large engines, the boats are capable of speeds of over 20 knots (37 km/h), and the M-26-M brochure shows a picture of the boat pulling a waterskier.
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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 an early developer of the fiberglass hull.