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Motorboats

  • American Skier
  • Bakri Cono Marine, Thailand http://www.bakricono.com
  • Bayliner
    Bayliner
    Bayliner is the world's largest manufacturer of recreational boats. Established in 1957 by Orin Edson, Bayliner currently has over 400 dealers in over 60 countries around the world. The company operates as part of the Brunswick Boat Group, a division of the Brunswick Corporation. Bayliner was...

     http://bayliner.com/index.asp
  • Bertram Yacht
  • Boston Whaler
    Boston Whaler
    Boston Whaler is a boat company that builds foam filled fiberglass boats. Boston whaler was founded in 1958 by Richard T Fisher, and is still in business today.-History of the Design:...

     http://www.whaler.com/
  • Brunswick Boat Group
    Brunswick Boat Group
    The Brunswick Boat Group, headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, is the largest maker of pleasure boats in the world. In 2008, the company's net sales were US$1.7 billion...

     - maker of Bayliner
    Bayliner
    Bayliner is the world's largest manufacturer of recreational boats. Established in 1957 by Orin Edson, Bayliner currently has over 400 dealers in over 60 countries around the world. The company operates as part of the Brunswick Boat Group, a division of the Brunswick Corporation. Bayliner was...

    , Maxum http://www.maxumboats.com/, Sea Ray
    Sea Ray
    Sea Ray is a brand of pleasure boats produced and sold around the world. The company currently operates as part of the Brunswick Boat Group, a division of the Brunswick Corporation.-History:...

     http://www.searay.com/, & Trophy http://www.trophyfishing.com/
  • Carver Yachts
    Carver Yachts
    Carver is a powerboat company located in Pulaski, Wisconsin in the United States.Their models have ranged from 17 feet to 65 feet as of Nov. 2007.-History:...

     http://www.carveryachts.com/
  • Centurion
    Centurion Boats
    Centurion Boats is a watersports boat manufacturer based out of Merced California, with an East coast factory in Woodland North Carolina.Centurion builds a line of inboard boats for water skiing, wakeboarding, and wakesurfing with both direct drive and V-Drive configurations.- History :Centurion...

     http://www.centurionboats.com/
  • Chaparral Boats
    Chaparral Boats
    Chaparral Boats was founded in 1965 by William “Buck” Pegg in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida The company’s bellwether boat at the time was the 15’ Tri-Hull with a sticker price of $675. Although the tri-hull was discontinued in the early 80’s many remain in commission today. In 1967 fire destroyed...

     http://www.chaparralboats.com/
  • Chris-Craft Boats
    Chris-Craft Boats
    Chris-Craft Boats, formerly Smith and Sons Boat Company, is a defunct manufacturer of wooden boats. It was sold in 1960 to NAFI which would take the Chris-Craft name.-History:...

     http://www.chriscraftboats.com/
  • Cimmarron Boats
    Cimmarron
    Cimmarron Boats are a now defunct manufacturer of various models of boats in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The manufacturing facility was located near Stone Mountain, Georgia.- 1987 :* Cimmarron 500CL* Cimmarron 500CLX* Cimmarron 500IDX...

  • Clyde Boats
    Clyde Boats
    Clyde Boats was a small, privately-owned, custom boat company located in Detroit, Michigan. For nearly fifty years it produced custom mahogany motorboats for clients in the Great Lakes area.-The early years:...

  • Correct Craft
    Correct Craft
    Correct Craft is a U.S.-based builder of powerboats primarily for ski and wakeboard use. It was founded in 1925 by Walt C. Meloon as the Florida Variety Boat Company.-History:...

  • Cruisers yachts
    Cruisers yachts
    Cruisers Yachts is a brand of pleasure boats owned by KCS International. The company builds boats ranging from 30 feet - 58 feet, and is headquartered in Oconto, Wisconsin...

     http://www.cruisersyachts.com/
  • Correct Craft
    Ski Nautique
    The Ski Nautique line of power boats by Correct Craft, Inc. are specialist waterskiing boats, designed for use on a slalom course and to give a suitable wake for waterskiing. They are designed to be accessible to skiers of all levels of expertise. Most boats are inboard's, with a Chevrolet or Ford...

     http://www.correctcraft.com/ - makers of Nautiques
  • Fleming Yachts  http://www.flemingyachts.com/
  • Gozzi
    Gozzi
    Gozzi is an Italian surname, and may refer to:* Carlo Gozzi , Italian dramatist* Gasparo Gozzi , Italian critic and dramatist* Simone Gozzi, Italian footballer...

    , Norway http://www.gozzi.no
  • Hatteras Yachts http://www.hatterasyachts.com/
  • Lochin Marine International Limited http://www.lochin.com
  • Lord Nelson Yachts - Maker of the Lord Nelson Victory Tug
    Victory Tug
    The Lord Nelson Victory Tug, abbreviated " LNVT ", is a brand of motor yacht designed by James Backus and produced by Lord Nelson Yachts, Inc. based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Delivery of the first 37-foot hull was in 1983. A total of eighty-six Victory Tugs ranging in length from 37 to 49 feet...

  • Lowe Boats
    Lowe Boats
    Lowe Boats is the name of a company that manufactures aluminum boats. Lowe is the parent company of Sea Nymph Boats, a line of recreational fishing boats which was established in 1946. They make pontoon boats and recreational fishing boats such as the Sea Nymph aluminum fishing boat to the right....

  • Malibu Boats
    Malibu Boats
    Malibu, which is headquartered in Merced, California, is a United States manufacturer of recreational boats, founded in 1982. Malibu is notable as a major manufacturer of water sports boats, used in water skiing and wakeboarding tournaments.-History:...

     http://www.malibuboats.com/
  • MasterCraft http://www.mastercraftboats.com
  • Maxum http://www.maxumboats.com/
  • Monterey Boats
    Monterey Boats
    Monterey Boats, Williston, FL - founded 1985 in Archer Florida by the Marshall brothers, partners, co-chairmen and CEO of the company. From early beginnings with only two 19 foot runabout models Monterey took its first leap in 1989 introducing their first family cruiser. By the mid-1990s Monterey...

     http://www.montereyboats.com/
  • Pacific Asian Enterprises - maker of Nordhavn
    Nordhavn
    Nordhavn is a trade name of a line of ocean-going recreational trawler style yacht designed and produced by Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc. of Dana Point, California. The yachts, ranging from 40 to in length, are renowned for their structural strength and ability to cross oceans...

     http://www.nordhavn.com/ powerboats & Mason http://www.nordhavn.com/mason/mason.htm sailboats
  • Pearson Yachts
    Pearson Yachts
    Pearson Yachts was a small manufacturer of fiberglass sailboats built in Bristol, Rhode Island founded by cousins Clinton and Everett Pearson in 1956. The company is one of earliest fiberglass sailboat manufacturers. The Carl Alberg designed Triton 28 launched at the New York Boat Show in January...

     http://www.pearsonyachts.com/
  • Reinell
    Reinell
    Reinell is a powerboat company located in the United States.While they are mostly known for powerboats, they also built sailboats in the mid 70's...

     http://www.reinell.com/
  • Sea Gem Marine http://www.seagemmarine.com
  • SEAT PHUKET Thailand (Cell phone +6673839400 call OBBY) http://phuketindex.com/seatphuket/
  • Ski Nautique
    Ski Nautique
    The Ski Nautique line of power boats by Correct Craft, Inc. are specialist waterskiing boats, designed for use on a slalom course and to give a suitable wake for waterskiing. They are designed to be accessible to skiers of all levels of expertise. Most boats are inboard's, with a Chevrolet or Ford...

    http://skinautique.com/
  • Starcraft Marine
    Starcraft Marine
    Starcraft Marine, Starcraft Boats, or simply Starcraft is the name of a company that manufactures boats, campers and RVs. In the beginning, Starcraft also produced farm equipment including aluminum water tanks. The original name of the company was Starcaft Tank Company.-History:Starcraft was...

     http://www.starcraftmarine.com/
  • Sunseeker
    Sunseeker
    Sunseeker International, is a UK luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Their headquarters and assembly factory is in Poole Harbour, at Poole in Dorset, England. The company has been making motor boats since 1979.-Profile:...

     http://www.sunseeker.com/
  • Tiara Yachts
    Tiara Yachts
    Tiara Yachts is a boat manufacturer based in Holland, Michigan. Its models include both fishing and cruising boats ranging from 29-58 feet. The company is most famous for coining the term "open" to describe its Tiara 3100. Tiara has a sister company, known as Pursuit, that produces models from...

      http://www.tiarayachts.com/
  • Tollycraft
    Tollycraft
    -History:Tollycraft was founded in 1936 as a wooden boat builder by Robert Merland Tollefson . In 1962 the company switched to building their boats from fiberglass. Tollefson sold the company in 1987, and it was bankrupt by 1993...

     http://www.tollycraft.net/
  • Uniflite
    Uniflite
    Uniflite was founded in Bellingham, Washington by Art Nordtvedt in October 1957. Although the company is best remembered as a maker of recreational powerboats, its initial products were small fiberglass runabouts...

     http://www.unifliteworld.com/
  • Wacanda Marine
    Wacanda Marine
    From its inception in the late 1940s through about 1984, Wacanda Marine, Inc. was owned and operated by Forrest Collins, Colville, Washington. From 1984 to 1988, the company was owned by the Yakima Indian Nation, Wapato, Washington, although Mr...

     http://www.freewebs.com/wacandaboats/
  • Yamaha Motor Corporation http://www.yamaha-motor.com/
  • A. F. Theriault & Son Ltd. http://www.aftheriault.com/ http://www.aftheriault.com

Motoryachts (>65 feet)


Sailboats

  • Amel Yachts
    Amel Yachts
    Chantiers Amel is a shipyard which was founded in La Rochelle by French yacht designer Henri Amel in 1965.The shipyard produces blue-water cruising fiberglass ketchs which included a popular 16 metre series branded Meltem, Mango, Super Maramu and Amel 54, as well as smaller sloop and ketch series...

     http://www.amel.fr/ - maker of Super Maramu
  • Bénéteau
    Beneteau
    Beneteau is a French sail and motor boat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and the United States.-History:Shipwright Benjamin Beneteau founded his company in 1884, at Croix-de-Vie, France to build sailing trawlers. In the mid sixties Benjamin's grandchildren Annette Benneteau...

     http://www.beneteau.com/
  • Blue Water Cruising Yachts http://www.bwcy.com.au/ - current maker of Cavalier Yachts
    Cavalier Yachts
    Cavalier Yachts was a yacht manufacturer in New Zealand, with production in New Zealand and designs also licensed to Australia and Japan. In the 1970s Cavalier were the largest production boat builders in the Southern Hemisphere.-History:...

     and Blue Water in Australia
  • Bristol Yachts
    Bristol Yachts
    Bristol Yachts was a US-based company which was among the first commercially successful production fiberglass sailboat boat builders. The company was founded in 1966 and closed in 1997.-History:...

  • Cabo Rico Yachts
    Cabo Rico Yachts
    Cabo Rico Yachts is a small manufacturer of fiberglass, aft cockpit sailboats built in Costa Rica anddesigned by W.I.B. Crealock and Chuck Paine. The US headquarters are in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sizes range from 34 to 56 feet...

     http://www.caborico.com/
  • Catalina Yachts
    Catalina Yachts
    Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 47 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler .-History:...

     http://www.catalinayachts.com/ - maker of Catalina & Capri
  • Corsair Marine
    Corsair Marine
    Corsair Marine International is an international sailboat builder that builds trimarans. It is now headquartered in Vietnam.- History :Corsair Marine was founded in 1984 in Chula Vista, California by John T. Walton .In 1994, John Walton sold Corsair Marine to Paul Koch who was Corsair Marine's...

     http://www.corsairmarine.com/ - maker of Corsair trimarans and Foiler dinghies
  • Freedom Yachts
    Freedom Yachts
    Freedom Yachts is the maker of the Freedom and Legacy yacht brands. The Freedom sailboats have unstayed rigs, meaning that the mast is freestanding and not supported by the normal set of wires called standing rigging...

     http://www.freedomyachts.com/ - maker of Freedom & Legacy
  • Hallberg-Rassy
    Hallberg-Rassy
    Hallberg-Rassy AB is a Swedish shipyard internationally known for producing exclusive, high quality sailing yachts.The yard is located in Ellös on the island of Orust, Västra Götaland....

     http://www.hallberg-rassy.se/
  • Hunter Marine
    Hunter Marine
    Hunter Marine Corporation is a U.S.-based sailboat builder and a subsidiary of Luhrs Marine Group, which also produces Silverton, Mainship, and Luhrs brands of powerboats.-History:...

     http://www.huntermarine.com/
  • Hylas Yachts
    Hylas Yachts
    Hylas Yachts is a brand of fiberglass, center cockpit sailboats built in Taiwan by Queen Long Marine Ltd and designed by Sparkman & Stephens and German Frers. The US headquarters are in Marblehead, MA under the name Hylas Yachts USA. Sizes range from 42 to 70 feet...

     http://www.hylasyachtsusa.com/
  • Island Packet Yachts
    Island Packet Yachts
    Island Packet Yachts is a United States-based builder of sailing and motor yachts. They are based in Largo, Florida. The incorporated name for the company is Traditional Watercraft, Inc. Production facilities are located on nine acres of ground with of covered manufacturing space in central...

     http://www.ipy.com/
  • Su Marine Yachts
    Su Marine Yachts
    Su Marine Yachts is a Turkish shipbuilding and Boat building company based in Istanbul.Su Marine builds luxury sailing and motor yachts, and the custom built sailing yacht "Roxane" presented to the 2010 Monaco International Boat Show has been qualified as one of the Finalist for the World...

     http://www.sumarineyat.com.tr/
  • Tayana Yachts
    Tayana Yachts
    Tayana Yachts is a Taiwanese brand of fiberglass sailboats built by Ta Yang. Ta Yang means "big ocean" in Mandarin, and Tayana means "belongs to big ocean." The yard was founded in 1973 and has built over 1,400 bluewater cruisers. Designers have included Robert H. Perry, Robert Harris, Robb...

     http://tayanaworld.com/
  • Wally Yachts
    Wally Yachts
    Wally Yachts is a maritime design and manufacture company based in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Company history:Founded by wealthy Italian businessman Luca Bassani in 1994, Wally started out primarily as a sail boat design firm and have more recently branched out into designing cutting edge motor yachts,...

     http://www.wally.com/
  • Wasa Yachts AB
    Wasa Yachts
    Wasa Yachts AB is a Swedish Shipyard and Boat builder, known for producing high quality fast racing and cruising sailing yachts since late 1970s. The Wasa Yachts yard is located in Södertälje, Sweden.-Products:Current Products include:*Wasa 38*Wasa 41...

     http://www.wasayachts.com/
  • Westerly Marine Inc http://www.westerlymarine.com/ Custom Boatbuilders, USA
  • W.D. Schock http://www.wdschock.com/ - maker of Sabot, Lido 14
    Lido 14
    The Lido 14 dinghy was designed by W.D. "Bill" Schock, founder of W.D. Schock Corp. The first Lido 14 was delivered in early 1958 and has been continuously manufactured by W.D. Schock Corp...

    , Santana 20
    Santana 20
    The Santana 20 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. The boat is popular on the west coast of the United States with large fleets in Portland, Seattle, Eugene, Los Angeles, & San Diego. There are also fleets in the Midwest including Denver, Kansas City, Tulsa, Oklahoma City...

    , among others
  • Westsail
    Westsail 32
    The Westsail 32 was a production fiberglass sailboat built between the years of 1971 and 1980. Approximately 830 were built, about half of them in kit form. The "W32", as they are often referred to, was very heavily built and has taken many people on trouble-free voyages and several...

     http://www.westsail.com/
  • Kherson
    Kherson
    Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry...

     boat factory since 1879
  • A. F. Theriault & Son Ltd. http://www.aftheriault.com/

Catamarans


Mares International power cats from 38 to 110feet www.maresinternational.com

Watersports, dinghies, launches & tenders

  • Bombardier
    Bombardier Recreational Products
    Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company that traces its roots back to the year 1942 when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec.In 2003, Bombardier Inc...

     - maker of SeaDoo http://www.seadoo.com/
  • Boston Whaler
    Boston Whaler
    Boston Whaler is a boat company that builds foam filled fiberglass boats. Boston whaler was founded in 1958 by Richard T Fisher, and is still in business today.-History of the Design:...

     http://www.bostonwhaler.com/
  • Corsair Marine
    Corsair Marine
    Corsair Marine International is an international sailboat builder that builds trimarans. It is now headquartered in Vietnam.- History :Corsair Marine was founded in 1984 in Chula Vista, California by John T. Walton .In 1994, John Walton sold Corsair Marine to Paul Koch who was Corsair Marine's...

     http://www.corsairmarine.com/ - maker of Corsair trimarans and Foiler dinghies
  • Honda
    Honda
    is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

     - maker of AquaTrax http://powersports.honda.com/watercraft
  • Kawasaki Heavy Industries
    Kawasaki Heavy Industries
    is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

     - maker of Jet Ski http://www.kawasaki.com/
  • Yamaha Motor Corporation http://www.yamaha-motor.com/
  • Zodiac Group
    Zodiac Group
    Zodiac, which became Zodiac Aerospace in 2007, is a French corporation, specialized in the production and development of on-board systems, safety systems and cabin interiors...

     http://www.zodiac.com/ - maker of Avon http://www.avoninflatables.co.uk/, Bombard, & Zodiac inflatables
  • Z1 Boats
    Z1 Boats
    Z1 Boat is a brand of luxury yacht tender manufactured in the United States. Most notably, the 23 foot sportsboat, with a V-hull design made of fiberglass or Carbon / Kevlar laminate schedule, with an inboard motor, foot controls, and side steering console...

    http://www.z1speedboats.com/

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