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Mark Ellis (born 4 February 1945) is an American-Canadian naval architect, who has designed sixteen production sailboats, along with many custom sailboats and powerboats. He is best known for his Nonsuch series of catboats , the Limestone series of powerboats and Niagara sailboats.
Mixing new technology [3] with tradition handed down by their fathers and grandfathers, the company still designs and builds custom one-of-a-kind mahogany boats up to 60' in length. The Mayea family constructs one to two boats per year. The last boat to be built was a custom designed and built 47' mahogany runabout.
The boat has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the centerboard extended and 2.00 ft (0.61 m) with it retracted. [1] The boat is fitted with a German BMW diesel engine of 12 hp (9 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fresh water tank has a capacity of 25 U.S. gallons (95 L; 21 imp gal). [1]
As fiberglass boats grew in popularity, the company began building fiberglass boats in addition to wooden boats. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] Syd Young moved the company to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho , in 1981. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] The company's main business at the time was restoring wooden boats, building only a few new boats per year. [ 3 ]
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum is a maritime museum in Essex, Massachusetts which contains historical and demonstrative displays regarding the history of the wooden shipbuilding industry in Essex. Essex produced more wooden fishing schooners between 1668 and the twentieth century than anywhere else in America.
Erich Goetz (born 1949) is a builder of sailing vessels used in the America's Cup, owner of Goetz Custom Boats, [1] and co-founder of the Resolute Racing Shells company. [2] Eric has been known throughout his career as a leader in boatbuilding technology and was one of the first builders to use carbon fiber to increase stiffness and remove ...
USS Essex was a 1000-ton ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was named by her captain, William Porter, for his father's old sailing frigate, the USS Essex. This Essex was originally constructed in 1856 at New Albany, Indiana as a steam-powered ferry named New Era.