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Wilderness Boat Works first made the Wilderness 21 in 1978. [2] The Wilderness 21, later remanufactured as the Burns 21, [1] [2] was designed by Chuck Burns and first produced by shipbuilder Lynn Daugherty and John Josephs of Wilderness Boat Works of Santa Cruz, in California. There were about eighty made.
The boat has a draft of 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with the standard keel fitted. [1] The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering, but a special "D" model was produced with an inboard Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 7.5 hp (6 kW), located under the companionway ladder. The fuel tank holds 13 U.S. gallons (49 L; 11 ...
In December 2014, Sealegs released a collaboration with New Zealand boat builder Stabicraft – the Stabicraft 2100 ST (Sealegs Technology). [12] In September 2015, Sealegs International announced that it had produced and shipped its 1000th Sealegs craft. [3] In September 2018, International announced the release of the Sealegs Electric. [13]
The manufacturing rights were later purchased by John Althouse with the intention of restarting production. No new boats are currently being manufactured. The yachts varied in length from 26 to 44 feet, [2] and included express, sport fisherman, sedan and dual cabin models on a semi-planing hull. The series was made of welded aluminum.
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships , see: List of sailing boat types This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
An Ultra Light Displacement Boat (or ULDB) is a term used to refer to a modern form of sailboat watercraft with limited displacement relative to the hull size (waterline length). Principally manufactured from the mid 1970s through mid 1980s, these boats generally sit higher in the water allowing them to move faster in nearly all water types ...
More recently, Pearl River Productions has published a DVD providing a video history of the Wianno Senior class. That DVD provides updates to the class history beyond the 75th anniversary and discusses the recovery of the class from the devastating boat yard fire on December 10, 2003, in which 21 Seniors were destroyed, 18 of them the classic wooden Seniors.
In the 1950s, Spencer established a boatbuilding workshop on Bute Road in Browns Bay, Auckland, where he pioneered construction techniques for lightweight flyer boats and yachts. [4] He was a well-known designer of sailing boats of all sizes, including the Cherub, Javelin (NZ), [5] Firebug and Flying Ant classes of sailing dinghies. His designs ...