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Gulfstar Yachts was a large manufacturer of fiberglass sailboats and powerboats built in the Tampa Bay, Florida area from 1970 until 1990 when the Viking Yachts purchased the company's assets. [1] Vince Lazzara, one of pioneers of fiberglass sailboat construction, founded the company. Lazzara had previously been one of the founders of Columbia ...
The series includes three designs, the C&C 38 (subsequently called the 38-1 to differentiate it from the later models), the 38-2 and the 38-3. The latter boat was an entirely new design. [1] The 38-2 was used as the basis for the Landfall 38, built with the same hull shape, but a shorter keel and rig, plus a different interior. [4]
The design was built by the Alajuela Yacht Corp in the United States. The company completed about 72 examples of the design between 1977 and 1985, including some boats delivered as bare hulls and kits for owner-completion. Some boats were completed to this design built from wood or using a ferrocement hull. The number reported as completed ...
The Swan 38 will not be the boat for every couple. But for sailors who love to sail, who get a thrill out of solid windward performance, and enjoy a boat that stands up to a blow, the 38 is a good choice. It's the type of boat that can be kept for a lifetime of sailing, without losing value or paling in a sailor's eye. Not the grandest, fastest ...
The boat was built by Ontario Yachts in Burlington, Ontario, Canada between 1968 and 1983, with 147 examples completed. Initial production was in the form of a kit for amateur construction, but later many were professionally built. [1] [3] The Viking 28 design was also built in England by Anesty Yachts as the Trapper 28/400, with 70 completed. [1]
Converted to cargo ship in 1954. Sold that year to Sterling Shipping Corp., London and renamed Sterling Viking. Sold in 1956 to Alcyone Shipping Co. Ltd., London and renamed Alcyone Might. Operated under the management of Adelphi Vergottis Ltd. Sold in 1957 to Jugoslavenska Oceanska Plovidba, Kotor, Yugoslavia and renamed Orjen. [74]
Camper and Nicholson is a yacht design and manufacturing company based in Gosport, England, for over two hundred years, constructing many significant vessels, such as Gipsy Moth IV and Prince Philip's yacht Bloodhound. Its customers included Thomas Sopwith, William Kissam Vanderbilt II and George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough.
Manila Yacht Club. The Manila Yacht Club (MYC) was established on January 20, 1927, with its first by-laws signed by five yachtsmen: James C. Rockwell, Joseph A. Thomas, Aubrey P. Ames, Stewart E. Tait, and A.S. Heyward. [2] Operations of the club ceased following the outbreak of World War II when the Japanese began invading the islands in ...