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By 1967 they had dropped all wooden boats from their product line. The financial loss was significant. The company went from one of the most successful in the industry to just barely hanging on in a matter of a few years. The rebuilding took many years. Today, this is the only Thompson originated boat firm that still operates.
After a few years as a salesman, Porter believed he could build better models of boats than he was currently selling. In 1958, Vic Porter founded Duo Incorporated and started his career as a boat builder with his first 14-foot twin outboard-powered catamaran. Porter's boats became popular, and in 1963 Duo Incorporated was crafting 20 boats per ...
Silver Line Boats or Silverline Boats was formed in 1959 in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. They sold medium-sized motorboats made of fiberglass. They also built and sold fiberglass sailboats. [1] For the next twenty years, the company built thousands of boats and sold them around the world. First, the name was spelled Silver Line, was ...
After World War II, Gilera dominated Grand Prix motorcycle racing, winning the 500 cc road racing world championship six times in eight years. [6] Facing a downturn in motorcycle sales due to the increase in the popularity of automobiles after the war, Gilera made a gentleman's agreement with the other Italian motorcycle makers to quit Grand Prix racing after the 1957 season as a cost-cutting ...
The Ditchburn Pleasure Boats Ltd was established in 1871 on Lake Muskoka by Henry Ditchburn to build wooden pleasure boats and launches. Joined by his brothers, William, John, and Arthur began by building wooden rowboats in Lake Rosseau, and moved to in Gravenhurst, Ontario, in 1890. The company began building gasoline launches in 1898 along ...
The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with the standard keel. [1] Designed for racer and day sailing, the boat has a small cuddy cabin without bunks, designed for stowage only. [13] For sailing the boat has a central control console that gathers many of the sail controls.
Johnson Boat Works Melges Performance Sailboats [66] Barnett 1400: 1989: Ron & Gerry Hedlund: Barnett Boats & Windward Boatworks [67] Beneteau First 14: 2017: Samuel Manuard: Beneteau [68] [69] Beverly Dinghy: 1953: A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff: Cape Cod Shipbuilding [70] Blue Crab 11: 1971: Harry R. Sindle: Lockley Newport Boats & Mobjack ...
Naden Boats is a line of aluminum fishing boats manufactured in Canada by Temagami Boat Manufacturing Inc. Six models are offered, ranging from 11’11" to 16’ in overall length. They are noted for their expanded polystyrene flotation, rigid construction, and semi-V planing hull with five keels.