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Hydrodyne was a boat company founded by Abner Crosby in the late 1950s. The company was then later run by his son Abner (Ab) Crosby Jr. until 1993 when he sold his interest in the company to private investors. The Hydrodyne trademark is owned by another ski boat manufacturer and may one day reappear on boats. At the current time, the use of the ...
Growth in sales after the Korean War necessitated additional facilities at Elkton, Maryland, and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Trojan by 1968 had become one of the largest producers of inboard motor boats in the world, employing over 700 people, most on their 26-acre site in a 142,000 square foot factory and adjacent truck depot at 167 ...
C&C Yachts was a builder of high-performance fiberglass monohull sailboats with production facilities in Canada, Germany, and the United States. [1] C&C designed and constructed a full range of production line cruiser-racer boats, as well as custom one-off and short production run racing and cruising boats.
The yachts varied in length from 26 to 44 feet, [2] and included express, sport fisherman, sedan and dual cabin models on a semi-planing hull. The series was made of welded aluminum . Most Marinettes today are used on inland rivers and lakes, although some are found in saltwater locations.
During this period yacht designer Bruce King's first production designs were built. They were the E-30, E-32 Scorpion, E-41, E-35-2, and the E-23. In 1968 Ericson was sold to Pacific American Industries, Roland Mayotte Chairman. Mark Pitman stayed on as president, and Del Walton stayed on as VP of sales.
Production of it and its derivatives (the Lungo, Super, and Special) ran from 1962 until 1996. The hull was based on the Riva Tritone, an earlier model speedboat by Riva, which in turn was inspired by the American mahogany Chris-Craft runabouts. The boat's speed, beauty, and craftsmanship earned it praise as the Ferrari of the boat world. [1]
The company has had a long relationship with American boat designer Ed Monk, jr son of the legendary Ed Monk, sr. [4] The current President of Ocean Alexander is Alex’s son John Chueh. [5] Ocean Alexander closed their Chinese yard in 2013. [6] In 2018 70% of yachts produced by Ocean Alexander were for American customers. [5]
The boat's design was considered revolutionary at that time by bringing aspects of racing design into open ocean cruising yachts which up to then meant heavy and slow traditional boats. [2] The Valiant 40 is credited with birthing the category of the "performance cruiser". [ 3 ]