Sailboat Manufacturers

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was that we left port in. But of course this was at rare intervals.

- Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi

Some Sailboat Manufacturers with Resources on the Net

You should also check the One Design page, since there is some overlap.

Alden Yachts
Alloy Yachts International
Allures Yachting: A French shipyard manufacturing aluminum sailboats from 40 to 51 feet. Their sailboats are designed and manufactured to be able to sail the world.
Aluminium Yachts Construction
American Sail Inc.: American Sail Inc. manufactures small sailboats and dinghies ranging from 8 to 15 feet. Products include daysailors, catamarans, boardboats and dinghies with or without sails.
Aquarius Sails Inc.: Builders of the RC-30, RC-27, SC-22 and SuperCat catamarans.
Amel: Super Maramu 2000.
Austral Yachts
Baltic Yachts
Bauteck Marine Corporation: Dedicated to designing and producing small boats of exceptional quality, performance and reliability.
Bavaria Yachts: Information from Yacht Sales West, Inc., their U.S./Canada importer.
I.Beck & Söhne: Yacht und Bootswerft am Bodensee.
Beetle, Inc.: Beetle Cat.
Bénéteau: Beneteau.
Boo Marin Ab: Arcona line of boats.
Bristol Marine
Britannia Boats Ltd.
Beneteau
boats-ri: Boat builders in Rhode Island.
C & C Yachts
Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co.: Builders of varied vessels, such as the Herreshoff H-12 1/2 and the Daysailer.
CastleCraft: CastleCraft is a Master Distributor for Snark Boats.
Catalina Yachts
Cherubini Yachts
Chesapeake Light Craft, LLC
Colgate 26 Sailboats: Distributors of the Colgate 26.
Comar Yachts: Comet series of boats.
Com-Pac Yachts/Hutchins Co., Inc.
Corsair Marine
Covey Island Boatworks
Dagley's Boatworks: Located in Petite Riviere, Lunenburg County, on the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia.
Degerö Yachts
Dehler Yachts U.K. Limited
Drascombe Wooden Boats: Drascombe Wood Boats, designed primarily for sheltered or coastal waters but able to take on the sea. Custom made to order. There is also an Australian Mirror Site.
Elliott Marine
Easy Build Kitsets: Builders of the Tri-Star 3500.
Endeavour Catamaran Corporation
Eric Dow & Co.: Builders of the Haven 12 1/2.
Escape Sailboats: Builders of user friendly sailboats from 6' to 12'.
Flying Scot, Inc.
Freebooter Boats: Canadian boat builders & manufacturers of sailboats, fishing boats & row boats.
Freedom Yachts: Contains full brochures for all of their sail and powerboats and information on selected Freedom brokerages. They also have Freedom Yachts Charter brochures online and a message board.
Front Runner Boat Works
Garcia Aluminum: Descriptions of French built aluminum sailboats. Garcia is a custom builder with experience mostly in blue water cruisers, but also various special craft, including one for BOC/Vendee Globe challenge that has been round the world several times.
General Boats: Manufacturer of the Rhodes 22.
Gozzard Yachts
Hallberg-Rassy
Hans Christian Yachts of America
Harley Raceboats: Builders of the Mustang 30.
Havencraft's MacGregor & Venture Sailboat Information: Another site is: Gerry Berg Holdings Ltd in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Hinckley Yachts
Hobie Cat: Includes Hobie's online forum.
Hogfish Boatworks: Builder of the Hogfish 44. St. Augustine, FL.
Hunter Marine
International Marine: Builders of West Wight Potter sailboats.
Island Packet Yachts
J/Boats
JB Boat Company Pty. Ltd.: JB 5/50 Sports Dinghy.
Jeanneau America, Inc.
Johannsen Boat Works: Manufacturers of the Trinka Rowing & Sailing Dinghies.
Johnson Boat Works: Johnson Boat Works was founded in 1896, and is the original designer and manufacturer of Inland Scows.
JS9000
JY Sailboats
LDC Racing Sailboats: RS Racing sailboats.
Little Harbor
Linjett Sailing Yachts: Designed and built at Rosättra Boatyard, founded in 1886 and one of the oldest yards in Sweden.
Luhrs Marine Group: Manufacturers of Hunter Sailboats.
Maha Mysore Boats
Maine Cat
Marine Concepts: Specializing in shallow draft, trailerable sailboats.
Martin Yachts Ltd.
McLaughlin Boat Works: Builder and information on Optimists.
Menger Boatworks, Inc.: Builders of 15-, 19-, and 23-foot catboats.
Modulo Boats
Morris Yachts
M-Yachts
Nautor's Swan: Information on their boats, charters and more.
Next Generation Yachts Limited: Luxury, high-performance, 45' to 60' composite yachts.
Nimble Boats, Inc.
Nomad Boatbuilding: Wooden boat design, construction and restoration.
Nor'Sea Yachts: Builder of the Montgomery and Norsea boats.
Northshore
North Wind Yachts: Barcelona, Spain.
NuWave Marine: Including an inflatable sailing catamaran.
Pacific Seacraft
PDQ Yachts
Pedigree Cats, Inc.: Builder of customer multihulls.
Precision Boatworks
Rhodes 22
Jeremy Rogers Yachts: Home of the Contessa32.
Royal Huisman Shipyard: See what kind of boat founding Netscape can get you.
Sabre Yachts
Saga Yachts: Includes information about the Saga 43.
Sam L. Morse Co., Inc.: Makers of the 28' Bristol Channel Cutter and the 22' Falmouth Cutter.
Scarano Boat Building: A boat building and designing company on the Hudson River in upstate NY specializing in wood-composite schooners, replica projects and riverboat type power boats. Among the boats they have built are the schooners ADIRONDACK and MADELEINE (both in Newport, RI), IMAGINE...! and WOODWIND (both in Annapolis) and the SCHOONER AMERICA, which is an above the waterline replica with a modern underbody sailing around the world. Currently under construction in their shop is the FRIENDSHIP, a 171' replica of a late 1700's merchant ship.
WD Schock Corporation
Scorpio Yachts Inc.: They manufacture sailing or power yacht, up to 100' in length, with the average being about 40', and have built many yachts for the Detroit and surrounding area.
Sea Island Boatworks: Custom Wooden Boatbuilding in Sail and Power. Located on Shem Creek in the town of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, near the Charleston harbor.
Seaward Sailboats: A small Florida-based builder of shoal-draft sailboats ranging in size from 19' to 32'. Their boats are called Seaward's and their manufacturing name is Hake Yachts.
Shannon Yachts
Shumway Marine: Distributors of the Ideal 18 and the Sonar.
Siltala Yachts of Finland: Manufacturers of Nauticat sailboats.
Spencer Yachts Ltd.
Sweden Yachts
Tartan Yachts
TomCat Boats: Design and build sailing catamarans in the 20-50 ft range.
Topper Hermanson Boatbuilding: Custom yachts in steel and aluminum.
Turner Yachts
Ultimate Sailboats: Manufacturers of the Ultimate 20 and the Antrium 27
Valiant Yachts
Vanguard Sailboats: Manufacturers of many one-design sailboats including Lasers, 49ers, Optimists, Sunfish and more.
Walker Bay Boats Inc.
Wally Yachts
Waterline Yachts
Wauquiez
Westerly
Windfast Marine: Builders of custom multihulls.
WindRider: Trimarans.
Working Sail: Builders of Traditional Wooden Pilot Cutters From the South West of England.
Wormwood Performance Yachts: Semi-production, as well as custom yachts.

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