Classic Yachts

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Classic Yachts
Type Privately held company
Industry Boat building
Founded1988
FounderJohn Heaton
Defunct2000
FateOut of business following a factory fire
Headquarters
Chanute, Kansas
,
United States
Key people
President: John Heaton
Products Sailboats

Classic Yachts was an American boat builder based in Chanute, Kansas. The company specialized in the manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. [1] [2]

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The company was founded by John Heaton in 1988 and went out of business in 2000. [1] [2]

History

Heaton started out as a dealer for Laguna Yachts based in Stanton, California and for Gloucester Yachts of Newport Beach, California. Laguna had also bought out a competitor, Coastal Recreation of Costa Mesa, California, in 1981. Laguna Yachts went out of business in 1986 and Gloucester Yachts in 1988, leaving Heaton with no companies to represent. He bought the molds and tooling for some of the designs and produced three of his own boats as "Classics" until a factory fire in 2000 ended the business. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The first design produced was the Classic 22 (Windley) in 1989, followed by the Classic 26 in 1991 and the larger Classic 33 in 1996. [1] [2]

The Classic 22 (Windley) sailboat design is a development of the Gloucester 22, that had been built by Gloucester Yachts from 1983 to 1988. The Classic 26 was based on the Laguna 26 and also the similar Windrose 26, both built by Laguna Yachts from 1982 to 1988. The Classic 33 used the Laguna 33 molds. The Laguna 33 had been produced by Laguna in 1986, just before that company went out of business. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Boats

Summary of boats built by Classic Yachts: [1] [2]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Classic Yachts Inc". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Classic Yachts". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Laguna Yachts 1973 - 1986". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Laguna Yachts". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, pages 172 & 230. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN   978-0-07-163652-0
  7. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Classic 22 (Windley) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Classic 22 (Windley)". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  9. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Classic 26 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Classic 26". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Classic 33 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Classic 33". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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