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Hacker-Craft is the name given to boats built by The Hacker Boat Co., an American manufacturer founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1908 by John L. Hacker (1877–1961). It is one of the oldest constructors of wooden motor boats in the world. The company moved operations to New York State in the 1970s and continues to produce hand-built boats.
The first Uniflite boat an all fiberglass 17' outboard. Uniflite soon added a 14', an 18' and a 20' outboard and inboard/outboard boats, followed by a 25' express cruiser followed by a 31' and a 34' boat. Uniflite was the only boat builder exclusively using fire-retardant resins in the production of pleasure boats. [citation needed]
A 2010 Hacker-Craft triple cockpit runabout The bows of several Riva Aquaramas and Aristans, an Aquarama in center 2004, 22 ft Spencer Runabout, 380 hp Crusader engine, Spencer Boatworks, Saranac Lake, New York The 48' Hackercraft Pardon Me built by Hutchinson Boat Works of Alexandria Bay, New York. A runabout is any small motorboat holding ...
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Their products made their debut at the New York and Chicago Boat Shows that year. [3] In 1922, Smith formed the Chris Smith & Sons Boat Company in Algonac, Michigan. The company name was changed to Chris-Craft in 1924. [4] Chris-Craft sold high-end powerboats to wealthy patrons, such as Henry Ford and William Randolph Hearst.
On March 6, 2012, Yamaha announced it had sold Century Boats back to an American company, Allcraft Marine, based at Dawson Drive, Dade City, Florida. Most assets with the exception of the Panama City plant were included in the sale. To continue Century Boat's history and quality construction, the new owners updated the firm's boats.
Thompson Bros. Boat at Peshtigo was one of the earliest boatbuilders to embrace the new inboard/outboard propulsion unit that was introduced to the boating public at the New York Boat Show in early 1959. Volvo Penta of Sweden was the first to make a practical inboard/outboard engine and outdrive. By the summer of 1959 Thompson was installing ...
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