The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 spurred the growth of Buffalo. The concomitant influx of yachtsmen from the East Coast nurtured the formation of the Buffalo Yacht Club. Early in August 1859 a small group initiated this...
The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club was originally established on May 10, 1877 with Captain David Lazarus Davis as Commodore. Members included all crew of the vessels: "Waterwitch", "Petrel", "Mary Askey", and an unnamed boat belonging...
Today, more than ever, Wellcraft boats are considered with diligence, designed with passion and produced with the premium quality, superior performance and dependable reliability that has become consistent with our name and your...
In 1948 in a city suburb of Vitry, France, an electronics engineer Berco Grimbert established a company called “Societe Electronique de Vitry” or “Sevy” for short. The firm built electrical accessories, and as a sideline,...
Sea Ray is the world's largest manufacturer of superior quality pleasure boats, producing more than 40 models ranging from 18 to 68 feet. No other pleasure boat manufacturer in the world offers such variety. The four families...
Sea-Doo accounted for nearly one of every two watercraft sold in 2005 and for good reason - Sea-Doo has been the industry leader in product design, innovation and production.
We introduced the first sit-down watercraft in...
Whether you're charting a course over the vast Pacific or you're navigating to Bermuda over the Atlantic Ocean's unpredictable seas, Jefferson Yacht owners report a singular peace with the world, their families, their friends...
Nicholson's has been in the business of chartering yachts since 1948 when Commander V.E.B. Nicholson first sailed into English Harbour on his schooner "Mollyhawk" and founded yacht chartering in the Caribbean. Since then Nicholson...
A company is its workers - no more, no less. We’ve been building boats at Mirage Manufacturing at the same location in Gainesville, Florida, since 1971. Over the years, we’ve built up a skilled and dedicated work force; each...
Maxum, a Brunswick Corporation brand and a member of the
Brunswick Boat Group, is the acknowledged leader in recreational boating. Over the years, the boating industry has seen many companies come and go-leaving customers without...
We build boaters’ boats. Every model is designed and built to exceed the expectations of people who really understand the sport. Put someone who knows boats at the helm of a Glastron. Then sit back and listen to them rave about...
We live in a disposable, throw-away society. Old world craftsmanship and quality, where things were built to last, have been replaced by faster and less expensive technologies usually driven by planned obsolescence and increasing...
In a place where a handshake is still sufficient to the sealing of a dream.
Gamers, these guys. Every last one of them. Heads up, tails down, centered, ready to go right now. The moms and dads who make Cobalt boats learned...
Let us take you on a journey.
It begins in Algonac, Michigan, a sleepy town on the St. Clair River. It was here that Christopher Columbus Smith built his first boat in 1874, aged 13.
He built a simple lake boat for duck...