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This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups. Notable designers
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. Over time the brand and the company have become synonymous. [1] [2]
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The Catalina 18, formerly known as the Capri 18, is a trailerable American sailboat that was designed by Frank Butler and Gerry Douglas and first built in 1985. [1] [2] [3]The design was originally marketed as the Capri 18, but the name was changed by the manufacturer to Catalina 18 in 2000.
J/Boats is an American boat builder based in Newport, Rhode Island and founded by Rod Johnstone in 1977. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
In 1957, Morgan, along with Charlie Hunt, designed and built Brisote, a 31-foot plywood yawl. [6] After successfully appealing disqualification due to a lack of engine, he entered the Havana race and took second in Brisote's division. [3] [4] In 1960 Jack Powell commissioned Morgan to build the 40 foot centerboard fiberglass yawl Paper Tiger.
The Endeavour 40 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester resin and fiberglass woven roving and multi-directional chopped strand fiber, with teak wood trim. It has a center cockpit, masthead sloop rig or optional ketch rig, with aluminum spars, a raked stem , a reverse transom , a skeg -mounted rudder controlled by a wheel ...
Tripp began experimenting with a new material for hull construction and began designing boats for fiberglass, becoming a pioneer in the field. [1] Tripp was not only a designer, but also an accomplished sailor and sailed many of his own designs. [2] Cruising World listed his Columbia 50 as number 17 of the 40 best sailboats of all time. [4]