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This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups. Notable designers
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. [1] Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged , with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant.
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]
Star Flyer, a 112 m (367 ft) sail cruise ship launched in 1991, in the Pacific. This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships. It is sorted by overall length.
1-mast (sloop rig) aramid foam core/vinylester sandwich flybridge, refitted at Pendennis in 2014 Badis: 70.00 m (230 ft) Perini Navi: Philippe Briand: 2016: 2-mast (ketch rig) aluminium flybridge, originally Sybaris: Atlantic: 69.24 m (227 ft) Van der Graaf: William Gardner: 2010: 3-mast gaff replica of the steel racing schooner Atlantic (1903 ...
In 1871, Albion and Menzies Gamage purchased a lot of land in South Bristol, Maine and constructed the A&M Gamage Shipyard which remained in the family until 2000. [5] [6] In 1924, Harvey F. Gamage left his apprenticeship at East Boothbay, ME boatyards and set up business for himself in a small shed on the Gamage shipyard, where he oversaw construction of more than 288 vessels, including many ...
By Erika Riggs For many years, the Poplar Point lighthouse was the beacon guiding ships in Wickford Harbor, a protected inlet in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay. Built in 1831, the structure ...
A fore and aft-rigged vessel with two or more masts of which the foremast is shorter than the main Settee Single-decked, single or double-masted Mediterranean cargo vessel carrying a settee sail Shallop A large, heavily built, sixteenth-century boat which is fore-and-aft rigged; more recently a poetically frail open boat Ship or full-rigged ship