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C&C also designed boats for manufacturers in the US, such as Newport series for Lindsey Plastics (later Capital Yachts) of Harbor City, California, [46] Harpoon for Boston Whaler, and Lancers for Lancer Yacht Corporation, in Irvine, California. [3] In England, Anstey Yachts built the Trapper 27, 28, and 35 (which was a C&C 35).
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Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa , California , headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders.
Ericson Yachts was founded by Handy and Jenkins in about 1963. They began with molds bought from a defunct builder as well as from an enterprising dump operator. After a year or two of operation, they filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and were subsequently purchased by Mark Pitman and Del Walton in 1965.
In 1980 the original owner, Ward Proescher, sold the business to Terry MacRae and P. Michael Watson. Proescher later went on to start a competing charter yacht company in the Bay Area, Commodore Cruises. By acquiring existing charter yacht companies, Hornblower was able to expand into San Diego in 1984, followed by Newport Beach in 1987.
Price: $580 million Features: Largest sail-assisted yacht in the world, underwater observation pod, carbon fiber rotating masts, multiple pools 3. Symphony: Owned by Bernard Arnault
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Fibreglass Boats 3rd edition, by Hugo Du Plessis A&C Black (publisher) 1996 ISBN 0-7136-4290-4; Power & Motor Yacht Magazine, Santa Cruz Coastal Flyer — By Tim Clark — July 2002; Yacht Magazine, Coastal Flyer 39, by Dennis Caprio Published: May 2002; Sailing World Magazine, Boat of the Year Winners (1985-2003) August 26, 2003 by The Editors