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Ericson Yachts was founded by Handy and Jenkins in about 1963. They began with molds bought from a defunct builder as well as from an enterprising dump operator. After a year or two of operation, they filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and were subsequently purchased by Mark Pitman and Del Walton in 1965.
A 2010 review note, "Bill Crealock the designer of the Dana was simply a genius. When he designed the Dana back in the early 1980s he was about 65 years old and he used all his hard earned experience gained from a lifetime of creating and sailing yachts. The Dana may well have been one of the last yachts designed without the aid of a computer." [8]
Pacific Seacraft Corporation is a Washington, North Carolina–based sailboat manufacturer specializing in fiberglass monohull cruising boats. Pacific Seacraft is best known for producing the Crealock line of sailboats. These are heavy, overbuilt offshore cruising designs designed by William Crealock. [1]
[7] [8] On May 31, 2007, Universal, in partnership with Warner Bros., officially announced that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter would be added to Islands of Adventure. [a] After a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-year construction period, the area officially opened to the public on June 18, 2010.
The Pacific Seacraft 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a simulated lapstrake canoe hull, a spooned raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed modified long keel, with a cutaway forefoot. It displaces 5,700 lb (2,585 kg) and carries 1,750 lb (794 ...
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the South Coast Seacraft Owners' Association. [5] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Hollis Metcalf, owner of South Coast Seacraft, was a southern gentleman who sold a South Coast 23 kit to my wife and me in 1964 ...
In 1978 the design was produced by Cruising Consultants Inc. of Newport Beach, California, under the name Crealock 37. [1] In 1980 the design was acquired and put into production by Pacific Seacraft of Washington, North Carolina as the Pacific Seacraft 37 and it remained in production in 2020. [1] [6] [7]
West Wight Potter 19 West Wight Potter 19 cockpit. The West Wight Potter 19 is a recreational keelboat, with a hard chine hull, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller, and a vertically lifting fin keel. It displaces ...