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Default What's the record for longest production of a boat model?

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FishWisher wrote:
I think 20 years of producing the same model of my 22' C-Dory must
rank up there pretty high. Just wondering... anyone know of a longer
production run for a recreational power boat?

Dale
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Stur-Dee Dories, in production as the same basic boat since 1947. When
the founded switched to fiberglass, he used the wood boats as molds.
My father sold these boats at his store from the late 1940s through the
early 1970s.

http://www.stur-deeboat.com/


Also going back to 1947, the Crosby Striper, a boat of my desires to this
day.

http://www.crosbyyacht.com/Custom_Bo...er/striper.htm

Steve P.


The Formula 23' design by Don Aronow? Used boats going back to 1967 can
commonly be found for sale. The same boat is being produced today as the
Abemarle 24'.

I might be a little fuzzy on the history but the original Ray Hunt / Bertram
Moppie design first ran the Miami to Nassau race in 1960 and surely was
produced as the Bertram 31 for well over 20 years.

In the boats I have owned category here is a boat that I personally owned
that was a 1968 model:

http://www.monkeybutler.com/boat/IMG_2188.jpg

The same hull was produced by Angler through the late 1980's

and another Ray Hunt design, the 13' Boston Whaler. I owned a 1963 but the
design was introduced in 1958 I believe. Still made today.

Twenty years doesn't seem to be all that uncommon for a production run.

Steve P.