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His brand boAt was titled the World's Top 5 Wearable Brand in 2020 and 2021. [23] In 2021, he was named one of the Economic Times 40 Under 40. [21] He won the Lokmat Most Stylish Entrepreneur of the Year in 2021. [24] [25] In 2024, he won the National Creator Award for Celebrity Creator. [26] [27]
Chaparral Boats (originally Fiberglass Fabricators) was founded in 1965 by William "Buck" Pegg and Reggie Rose in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The company's bellwether boat at the time was the 15-ft Tri-Hull with a sticker price of $675. [ 1 ]
The boats sold well though the 1973 oil crisis period, but the division was sold off to Pearson Yachts in 1984. Pearson continued producing the designs under the Triton name until that company went bankrupt in 1991. [3] [4] The largest boat built was the US Yachts US 42.
At a young age, Johnstone raced various boats at the Wadawanuck Yacht Club in Stonington, Connecticut and won several club and ECYRA trophies from 1947 to 1954. He and his father, Rob, constructed a homemade Lighting #3310 boat in a garage, [ 1 ] which Johnstone used for racing boats like Thistles, 505s, and 470s.
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J/Boats is an American boat builder based in Newport, Rhode Island and founded by Rod Johnstone in 1977. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The company's original brand, Malibu Boats, remains the company's premium brand. [14] In the early 1990s, Malibu adopted the practice of offering to fly purchasers of certain high-end custom boats to their factory headquarters, then located in Merced, "for a red carpet factory tour where they can see the special edition being built right before their eyes". [20]
Forrest Lee Wood (June 9, 1932 – January 24, 2020) [1] was the founder of Ranger Boats, and widely acknowledged as the developer of the modern bass boat. He was also the namesake of the Walmart FLW Tour for sportfishing.