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Correct Craft is a United States–based builder of powerboats primarily for waterskiing, wakeboard, and wakesurf use. It was founded in 1925 by Walt C. Meloon as the Florida Variety Boat Company.
Chris-Craft Boats was an American boat manufacturer founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939). [1] The company was sold by the Smith family in 1960 to NAFI Corporation, which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962.
A 16 ft Skiff is a class of three-person sailing dinghy with twin trapezes and a large asymmetrical spinnaker. The class is unique to Australia, where it is one of the most popular boats sailing with 75 boats registered in 7 clubs. The class has the largest fleet of high performance skiffs on the east coast of Australia.
The company was founded in 1996 by Lynn Rabren. [6] [7] The "boutique Gulf Coast boatbuilder" was relaunched under new ownership in 2019.Caribiana sea skiffs are outfitted to each customers wishes with mahogany or teak wood finishes.
The skiff with a sail has developed into specific sailing boats bearing the name "skiff". In Sydney, the term was used for a number of racing classes (sizes from 6 ft to 23 ft have existed). These were originally heavily crewed and canvassed boats that were relatively short for the canvas and crew carried and were developed from working boats ...
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 ...
The O'PEN Skiff is a single-handed training and racing sailboat.The hull is built of thermoformed, molded polyethylene, with a two-section mast and aluminum boom.It has a catboat rig, with a K.Film polyester, fully-battened mainsail; a raked stem, an open transom; a transom-hung, composite epoxy rudder, controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable, composite epoxy daggerboard.
The 49er and 49er FX is a two-handed skiff-type high-performance sailing dinghy.The two crew work on different roles with the helm making many tactical decisions, as well as steering, and the crew doing most of the sail control.