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  2. Runabout (boat) - Wikipedia

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    In 1955, Chris-Craft created The Plywood Boat Division which marketed both Kit and pre-built plywood craft. [2] By 1960, wooden powerboats had become rare since most new vessels used fiberglass or other lightweight materials, including fiber reinforced plastic materials to reduce weight and maximize speed, particularly in racing craft. The art ...

  3. Penn Yan Boat Company - Wikipedia

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    Penn Yan Boat Company, which produced a wide range of wooden and fiberglass powerboats, sailboats, canoes and rowboats, [1] was founded in 1921 by German-native Charles A. Herrman. [2] It derived its name from the location of its headquarters, Penn Yan, New York . [ 2 ]

  4. Mayea Boat & Aeroplane Works - Wikipedia

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    Mayea Boat & Aeroplane Works is an American wooden boat builder based in Michigan.The company was founded in 1911 by Louis T. Mayea [1] and represents the oldest family-run custom mahogany speedboat builder/designer in the United States.

  5. Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    A new owner came in and got the firm going again. By about 1997 regular production ceased and all boat production stopped by 2000 or 2001. A liquidation auction in 2002 signaled the end of almost 100 years of boat building history. [6] [7] The 2013 Assembly of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association featured Thompson Brothers canoes. [4]

  6. Hacker-Craft - Wikipedia

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    Hacker-Craft's logo, hand-painted in gold leaf on the side of a mahogany runabout. Hacker was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 24, 1877. For four years, while working at his father's business as a bookkeeper, he attended night school and took a correspondence course in order to become an accredited marine designer.

  7. StanCraft Boat Company - Wikipedia

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    StanCraft was founded in 1933 by W.H. "Billy" Young and his son Stanley Young, when they handcrafted their first mahogany wood speedster in Lakeside, Montana, on the shore of Flathead Lake. [2] [3] Over the next 35 years, they constructed over 800 wooden boats, [2] with Stanley Young as head designer and builder. [4]

  8. Phil Bolger - Wikipedia

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    Phil Bolger was unconventional in many ways and, among many large boats, yachts and custom designs, took an interest in what he termed "evolving crafty ways of building boats". [4] As far back as 1957 he designed "Poohsticks" [ 5 ] as a small plywood rowing skiff to be simply and economically built at home (originally by his brother).

  9. Boat building - Wikipedia

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    Wood is the traditional boat building material used for hull and spar construction. It is buoyant, widely available and easily worked. It is a popular material for small boats (of e.g. 6-metre (20 ft) length; such as dinghies and sailboats).

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