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It is similar to a cabin cruiser, with a full head, galley, and sleeping space with two to six berths, distinguished from it by being more heavily powered and designed for speed. Express cruisers range in size from 25 feet to 60 feet, characteristically have two powerful engines, and often large open areas near the steering area and in the back ...
Sea Ray designs and markets more than 40 models ranging in boats from 18 to 65 feet (5.5 to 19.8 m). Sea Ray was the first boat manufacturer to use fiberglass in its pleasure boat construction, and it also pioneered the molded-in swim platform when it launched Ski Ray dedicated water skiing tow boats in 1991. [9] In 1995, it acquired a new ...
The 30' Commanders have hulls designed by C. Ray Hunt, and are sought after for offshore fishing due to their deep-V hulls and rough water handling characteristics. [ citation needed ] Several options and variations existed throughout the entire model line, such as the 27' Commander which was available in an open "Sportsman" configuration with ...
In the 1980s, John Grew sold the company to a group of investors, who continued to operate the business under the name Grew Manufacturing. The company faced competition from other boat makers, such as Sea Ray, Bayliner, and Four Winns. The company also faced challenges from the 2008 recession and the exchange rate fluctuations, which affected ...
Argonaut, a 1961 33 foot Trojan Express Cabin Cruiser yacht used by Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson in television series Sea Hunt. [6] The name was derived from the epic Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts by Sea Hunt creator Ivan Tors and producer Frederick Ziv. Trojan Sea Breeze 28 foot (1954+) Trojan Express 33 foot model (1960s).
In 1954 George Garcia, owner of Falls City Flying Service, introduced the ‘Marinette’ which was an aluminum houseboat initially built as a twin-hulled cruiser. Choosing to use an aluminum-magnesium alloy, whereas previous attempts at an aluminum watercraft had mainly involved small row boats made of a copper-aluminum alloy , the same ...
Designed with deck mounts for 6 inch guns to be installed during conversion to an Auxiliary Cruiser if needed in the event of war. RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, England for the Cunard Line , launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906.
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1998 Ship State Description Evanick United States After the 36-gross ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel's EPIRB sent a distress signal, a United States Coast Guard helicopter found her capsized south of the Shelikof Strait near the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) east-southeast of Cape Providence