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Vanguard Sailboats was founded in 1967 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA by Peter and Olaf Harken. The brothers started to gain attention after their sailing hardware was used on boats that won Olympic gold in 1968 , and after Vanguard supplied the Finn class for several countries in the 1976 Olympics .
Designed at Vandestadt, the Sirius 21/22 was an innovative boat and indeed is said to be the first North American production-built, ballasted cruising boat with positive flotation. In a more expensive procedure, closed-cell foam was injected into some compartments, then into the gap between the inner and outer hull the full length and up to the ...
The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. [1] The company was founded by Fraser McGruer and Hubert Vandestadt in 1965. Vandestadt was the main designer for the company and also the nephew of naval architect E. G. van de Stadt, a pioneer of 20th century sailboat design. [1] [2] [3]
Ericson Owner's History Webpage; Ericson Discovers The Keys to Success; Kretcschmer, John, Used Boat Notebook, Sheridan House, 2002 pages 101 -105; Spurr, Daniel, Heart of Glass, McGraw Hill, 2000 pages 144, 239 - 240, 292 & 352. Jones, Gregory, The American Sailboat, MBI Publishing Co., 2002, ISBN 0-7603-1002-5 pgs 168 - 169
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Parry Boat Builder [7] AUS 14: KA–14: 1986: Steak 'n' Kidney: Peter Cole: Consolidated Marine [7] AUS 15: KA–15: 1986: Kookaburra III: Iain Murray & John ...