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The Schaefer Group was the successor of the company Fritz Schaefer GmbH, which was established in 1937. Today, the entrepreneur's sons are in control of these companies, including 16 production facilities on 3 continents and numerous subsidiaries with more than 8,000 employees.
Electra was officially renamed USS Potomac on January 30, 1936, converted to serve as a presidential yacht and commissioned into the United States Navy on March 2, 1936. [5] There were approximately $60,000 in upgrades made while converting the ship into a presidential yacht, to make the vessel wheelchair-accessible and more accommodating. [8]
Year Length overall in meters Name Reference 1985 31.7 Lady M [1]1990 31.9 Pacific Eagle [2]1991 32.6 Eclipse [3]1992 33.2 Sea Quell [4]1993 33.6 Imagine B
S2 Yachts hired naval architect and designer Arthur Edmunds to design several sailboats between 1974 and 1980. [5] S2 also hired the firm of Graham & Schlageter to design the popular S2 7.9 one-design racer and many of the company's later, more racing-oriented boats for production, including the S2 6.9, S2 9.1, S2 10.3, S2 22 and the S2 35. [6] [7]
Ferretti model 68' (2005) cruising at 31 knots. Pershing 72, European Powerboat of the Year 2008 in the category 50 feet and over In the year 2000, Ferretti purchased 100% of the capital of Riva S.p.A., a producer of luxury fibreglass yachts measuring 10 to 35 metres in length, both flybridge and open.
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In 1970, Jay Benford gave Perry his first job as a yacht designer. Benford was promoting ferro-cement boats in Seattle. Soon, Perry had his first published design, a 47-foot ketch in National Fisherman. Boatbuilder John Edwards who would found Hans Christian Yachts sent a letter to Perry in response to the 47-foot ketch. Eventually, this ...
Com-Pac Yachts is an American brand of sailboats, made by the Hutchins Co., Inc., a boat builder based in Clearwater, Florida. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats .