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Pages in category "Yacht clubs in Illinois" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chicago Yacht ...
Gear was re-used for AUS–29 USA–18 Defiant: America³: Superseded by USA–28 after 1992 third defender R-R: On Display at the Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame in Bristol, Rhode Island SWE–19 Tre kronor: Swedish America's Cup Challenge Finished 7th 1992 LVC: Charter in Sweden. She can be spotted on Google maps. NZL–20
S2 also hired the firm of Graham & Schlageter to design the popular S2 7.9 one-design racer and many of the company's later, more racing-oriented boats for production, including the S2 6.9, S2 9.1, S2 10.3, S2 22 and the S2 35. [6] [7] S2 Yachts started building power boats once the clause had expired in the late 1970s, as the Tiara Yachts line ...
Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler. [1] Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat manufacturers in the world, with over 80,000 boats manufactured to date. [2]
Drum competed in the 1985 Fastnet Race. It was one of the favourites to win the race, but the boat lost its keel because the keel supplier failed to heat treat the structure holding the keel to the yacht as specified by the designer, a necessary step after welding aluminum. When the structure failed, Drum capsized. [1] Its crew were all rescued.
Of the 500 yachts built in the company's history, there are about 250 still in service. [9] [10] David Ross and partner Jim Ruffolo, Chicago entrepreneurs, acquired the bankrupt company in 1993. Ross retired in 2007. Burger is now headed by Jim Ruffolo, President/CEO. About 350 employees build an average of three yachts a year. [11]
Irwin Yacht and Marine Corporation, often just called Irwin Yachts, was an American boat builder based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and became one of the largest producers of sailboats in the United States.
Carver Yachts was founded in 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when Charles "Charlie" Carter and George Verhagen started building mahogany runabouts in a factory on South 27th. The popular myth that they started building boats in the backyard garage is not true.