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Default Galaxy Boats?

On Jun 23, 3:21*pm, wrote:
On Tuesday, April 1, 1997 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, Al Harney wrote:
MarJim Trv wrote:


I currently own a '89 Galaxy 21' Shooting Star. *This boat was built in
So. Carolina. *I would appreciate any info on the boat, manufacturer or
owners of other Galaxy boats.
Thanks,
Jim Irwin


Galaxy boats were built in Columbia SC, I am in Lexington SC a suburb.
They are long since out of business. *Don't know about the 89 but they
built some really poor boats at times. *I worked at a boat shop in the
early 70's when in school and used to go to their factory to pick up new
ones. *I have seen them put wet plywood from out in the rain into a boat
floor and spray fibreglass on it!.
Al


No way, that's crazy!
S


Not ass crazy as one may think. Bayliner and others had a poor
reputation of slopshoddy and weak hulls. Bare-bones stringers and
cheap materials in the transom.

My '77 Marquis was built in S. Carolina I believe, and it was a good
quality hull. It's got some material in it. But they've been out of
business as a small mfj. for quite some time. as well.

Now they are a name absorbed by some big conglom that used the same
name registry for blue water yachts.