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  2. Correct Craft - Wikipedia

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    [3] [9] [5] It was the world's first tournament inboard ski boat. [1] In 1986, SeaWorld signed a contract with Correct Craft to supply Ski Nautique boats for ski shows at their marine parks. In 1995, Suzuki obtained domestic rights as the only distributor of Correct Craft boats in Japan in exchange for Suzuki carrying only Correct Craft boats. [5]

  3. Boat building - Wikipedia

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    Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction of a hull , with any necessary propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other service systems as the craft requires.

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  5. Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    This initiative created the Corsair fiberglass division of Chris-Craft. The Corsair boats were made by Thompson Boat Company of New York in Cortland. In late 1964 Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. at Peshtigo, Wisconsin subcontracted with Crownline, Inc. of Cairo, Illinois to have the latter make fiberglass boats for them. This was a low-cost means ...

  6. Huckins Yacht Corporation - Wikipedia

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    USS PT-96, built by Huckins at Jacksonville, Florida, underway at high speed, circa 1942. Huckins Yacht Corporation built PT boats for two squadrons during World War II. In 1940, three governing bodies – the Bureau of Ships, the Board of Inspection and Survey, and the Navy Personnel Command – had agreed that all PT boats developed up to that time were defective.

  7. Chris-Craft Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Chris Smith built his first wooden boat – a simple skiff, or punt – in 1874 when he was 13 years old. [2] In 1881, he joined his brother Henry to begin manufacturing boats full-time. [ 2 ] In 1910, the brothers joined with other partners to form the Smith Ryan Boat and Engine Company, focusing on building fast, economically-priced runabout ...

  8. Pilar (boat) - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Hemingway owned a 38-foot (12 m) fishing boat named Pilar.It was acquired in April 1934 from Wheeler Shipbuilding in Brooklyn, New York, for $7,495.[1] "Pilar" was a nickname for Hemingway's second wife, Pauline, and also the name of the woman leader of the partisan band in his 1940 novel The Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls.

  9. Body-cam footage shows rescue of child, others from boat that ...

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    Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jesus Rojas-Burgos holds on to the top of a center console boat as it lists to its side after hitting a Florida Keys bridge Monday, July 8, 2024. “LT ...