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Ranger Boats is a company that produces bass fishing boats designed primarily for black bass fishing. The company was founded in 1968 by Forrest L. Wood in Flippin, Arkansas . Ranger is generally credited with the introduction of the modern bass boat . [ 1 ]
Ranger boats were originally built in Costa Mesa, California, but the operation was moved to Tampa, Florida in 1981 to better serve the market. [1] [2] The company was acquired by American conglomerate Bangor Punta in 1973 and became part of Lear Siegler when it bought out Bangor Punta in 1984. [1] [2] As part of Lear Siegler's restructuring in ...
The MV Chugach Ranger is a historic ranger boat whose home port is Petersburg, Alaska. She is the last wooden ranger boat in the fleet of the United States Forest Service operating in Southeast Alaska. [2] She was designed by Seattle-based boat designer L. H. Coolidge and launched in Seattle in 1925. She has been in service ever since ...
The boat has a draft of 3.75 ft (1.14 m) with the standard fin keel and a hull speed of 5.99 kn (11.09 km/h). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The City of Houston and the Houston Port Authority have operated seven fireboats in Houston. [1] The Port authority currently manages three fireboats in Houston. [2] The Port Houston, completed in 1926, was the first fireboat in Houston. [1] She was retired, in 1950, when she was replaced by the Captain Crotty.
Ranger 28 Standard model, with a PHRF racing average handicap of 180 with a high of 177 and low of 183. [1] [2] [5] Ranger 28 TM Serial numbers 1-86 Early tall mast model, with a PHRF racing average handicap of 183 with a high of 196 and low of 174. [8] Ranger 28 TM Serial numbers 87 and later
The Ranger 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull has a single hard chine and positive flotation, making the boat unsinkable. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem , a plumb transom , a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept fin keel .
The Ranger 22 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted rudder and a fixed fin keel . It displaces 2,183 lb (990 kg) and carries 900 lb (408 kg) of ballast.