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
www.FishWisher.com

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
www.FishWisher.com



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/

"HK" wrote in message
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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
www.FishWisher.com



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.

FishWisher wrote:
I think 20 years of producing the same model of my 22' C-Dory must
rank up there pretty high.

I can think of a couple of companies that have gone out of business
but their molds were purchased and production continued under another
name.
Mitchell Skiffs is one. I bought a 14' skiff a couple years ago that
was produced by South Seas from an original Mitchell mold that's been
around since the early '60s. I also have a 1978 planning dory
produced by Florida Marine Products from an old Mitchell mold. FMP is
now out of business but I'd bet the mold is still around somewhere.

Not a power boat but, Rhodes 19 has been around, basically unchanged,
since the late 1940's. O'day produced them beginning in the late
1950's, and Stuart Marine started producing them in the eary 1980's.
They're still one of the most popular one design classes around.
The more I think about it, the more I remember.

Rick

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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
www.FishWisher.com



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.

"HK" wrote in message
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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
www.FishWisher.com



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/

The CL16s have been in production since the 1950s and still going strong.
Originally a fiberglass version of the then wooden Wayfarers, they were
first manufactured in Nova Scotia...moving to Ontario under new ownership.
For $10k Canadian you can still buy a brand spanking new copy today.
http://www.vaxxine.com/clsailboats/company_history.htm
http://www.vaxxine.com/clsailboats/cl_boat_history.htm

On Aug 18, 3:46 pm, wrote:


Glastron Citation springs to mind but I bet the real answer in the
flat bottom jon boat.


i was going to say the same thing.

But as far as name brands go. Chris Smith and his brother Hank started
Chris Smith and Son's , building boats, later turning into Chris
Craft, (I believe) goes back into the late 1800's

http://www.nmma.org/awards/?WinnerId=78

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:46:06 -0400, wrote:

anyone know of a longer
production run for a recreational power boat?

Aquasport, Mako from the late sixties - Mako's in particular.

Lund certainly. Alumnacraft, Mirrocraft and Tracker.

Grady White.

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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
www.FishWisher.com


How about 37 years (or thereabouts)?

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"In 1962, Robert J. Newton and his sons, John and Whit, were running a
custom boatyard on Junk Bay in Hong Kong called American Marine, Ltd. Father
and sons built heavy sailboats and big motor yachts, to designs by the
world's top marine architects - Sparkman & Stevens, William Garden, Nat
Herreshoff, Ray Hunt and others.
That year they commissioned Kenneth Smith, another well-known marine
architect, to design a 36 foot, diesel-powered cruising boat. Spray was
launched in 1963 and a year later the Newtons abandoned their custom yacht
building to focus on producing the first of a line of boats that would be
known as Grand Banks."
----------------------------------------

http://www.boatcouncil.com/boat-manu...rand-banks.asp

Actually, the first official "model year" for the 36 Classic was 1965.
Although the 36 was discontinued for a while, American Marine stated that
production of it would be resumed in 1999, and I *did* find a '99 36 Classic
advertised on the 'net. It basically looks just like the original. I don't
know if they were continued after 1999.

Eisboch

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:53:22 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"FishWisher" wrote in message
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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
www.FishWisher.com


How about 37 years (or thereabouts)?

I know they're not powerboats but ... The Hobie Cat 14 started
production in 1968 and the Hobie Cat 16 in 1969. Both models are
still in production today, though the 14 only by Hobie Europe. Over
108,000 Hobie 16's have been built.

Steve