Seafarer Fiberglass Yachts, Inc. (usually called Seafarer Yachts) was an American sailboat importer, distributor and boat builder based in Huntington, New York. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.[1][2]
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Boat building |
| Founded | 1950s |
| Defunct | 1985 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Sailboats |
The company was founded in the 1950s as an importer, started building its own sailboats in 1965 and went out of business in 1985, following the early 1980s recession in the United States and the downturn in the sailboat market.[1][2]
History
editThe company started off in the 1950s as an importer and distributor of sailboats built in Amsterdam, Netherlands by DeVries Lentsch. The company then set up its own manufacturing operation in a building in Huntington, New York that had been built as a supermarket and starting building sailboats in 1964. Many of the boats built were designed by James A. McCurdy and Philip ("Bodie") H. Rhodes of McCurdy & Rhodes, like the Seafarer 22, although some boats were by Sparkman & Stephens, like the Sailmaster 22.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Boats
editSummary of boats imported or built by Seafarer Yachts:[1]
- Swiftsure 33 - 1959
- Javelin 38 - 1960
- Meridian 25 - 1960
- Polaris 26 - 1960
- Seafarer Bahama 35 MS - 1960
- Seafarer 45 - 1961
- Seafarer 23 Kestrel - 1963
- Sailmaster 22 - 1963
- Tripp 30 - 1963
- Burgess Atlantic - 1965
- Rhodes Ranger 29 - 1965
- Seafarer 46 - 1967
- Seafarer 31 Mark I - 1968
- Seafarer 36C - 1968
- Seafarer 48 - 1969
- Rhodes 38 - 1971
- Seafarer 38 Ketch - 1971
- Seafarer 29 - 1972
- Seafarer 34 - 1972
- Seafarer 38C - 1972
- Seafarer 24 - 1974
- Seafarer 31 Mark II - 1974
- Seafarer 22 - 1976
- Seafarer 23 - 1976
- Seafarer 26 - 1977
- Seafarer 23 Challenger - 1978
- Seafarer 30 - 1978
- Swiftsure 30 - 1978
- Seafarer 37 - 1980
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Seafarer Yachts 1965 - 1985". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Sea Time Tech, LLC (2021). "Seafarer Yachts". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "McCurdy & Rhodes". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 133, 197. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Seafarer 22 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Sailmaster 22 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
External links
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