 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations .(February 2018) |
Ericson Yachts, Inc. was a pioneering builder of fiberglass yachts. Ericson is now out of business, but its designs have been reproduced periodically by other manufacturers.
Ericson Yachts was founded by Handy and Jenkins in about 1963. They began with molds bought from a defunct builder as well as from an enterprising dump operator. After a year or two of operation, they filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and were subsequently purchased by Mark Pitman and Del Walton in 1965. During this period yacht designer Bruce King's first production designs were built. They were the E-30, E-32 Scorpion, E-41, E-35-2, and the E-23. In 1968 Ericson was sold to Pacific American Industries, Roland Mayotte Chairman. Mark Pitman stayed on as president, and Del Walton stayed on as VP of sales. The new facility on Deere Ave in Irvine was built by PAI. During this period the E-32-2, E-29, E-39, E-27, and E-46 were built. 1.64 In 1971 Ericson was sold to CML, Charles Leighton Chairman. Mark Pitman left, and Del Walton became president. During this period the E-25, E-37, E-23-2, E-36C, Madcap (custom 40) (Ericson 41 1967-1971 1-50 Hauls 41'Ocean Racer) E-31C/Independence 31,E-34-R/E-34-T, E-30-2/30+ were produced. In 1978 Red Cavaney replaced Del Walton as president. The E-25+/26, E-38/E-381/E-38-200 were produced. In 1981 Eugene Kohlmann replaced Red Caveney as president. The E-35-3/E-34, E-32-3, and the E-28 were produced. In 1985 Ericson was sold by CML to Acquico, Eugene Kohlmann president. In 1990 Ericson ceased operations and liquidated assets. Some of the molds the E-26, E-28, E-32, E-34, E-38, and E-43 (never built) were bought by Pacific Seacraft, a subsidiary of Singmarine Corp.
Pacific Seacraft itself was purchased by Southern Californian businessman Jeffrey Emery in September 1998.
Hull #1, [1] E-32 Scorpion resides in Oregon, built in 1965, and is possibly the first production Ericson.
| Model | Years Built | Number Built | LOA | LWL | Beam | Displacement | IOR | PHRF | CSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ericson 23-1 | 1968-1971 | 23' | 19' 6" | 7' 6" | 2,700 lbs. | 264 | 2.15 | ||
| Ericson 23-2 | 1974-1979 | 22' 11" | 19' 6" | 7' 11" | 3,100 lbs. | 222 | |||
| Ericson 25 | 1972-1978 | 24' 8" | 20' 10" | 8' 0" | 5,400 lbs. | 18.0 | 1.82 | ||
| Ericson 25+ | 1979-1984 | 25' 5" | 21' 10" | 9' 3" | 5,000 lbs. | 204 | 2.16 | ||
| Ericson 26 | 1966-1969 | 25' 10" | 21' 11" | 9' 2" | 5,250 lbs. | 234 | 2.12 | ||
| Ericson 26 II | 1967-1968 | 25' 10" | 21' 11" | 9' 2" | 5,250 lbs. | 234 | 2.12 | ||
| Ericson 26 III | 1984-? | ||||||||
| Ericson 26 IV (300s) | 1987-? | ||||||||
| Ericson 27 | 1971-1979 | 26' 9" | 20' 6" | 9' 0" | 6,600 lbs. | 225 | 1.88 | ||
| Ericson 28+ | 1980-1984 | 186 | |||||||
| Ericson 28 | 1985-1990 | 28' 6" | 24' 2" | 10' 6" | 7,500 lbs. | 186 | 2.06 | ||
| Ericson 29 | 1970-1979 | 28' 7" | 22' 0" | 9' 3" | 8,500 lbs. | 198 | |||
| Ericson 30 | 1966-1970 | 30' 3" | 23' 4" | 9' 6" | 7,800 lbs. | 26.5 | 192 | ||
| Ericson 30 II | 1977-1979 | 29' 11" | 25' 4" | 10' 5" | 8,990 lbs. | 162 | |||
| Ericson 30+ | 1979-? | 29' 11" | 25' 4" | 10' 6" | 9,000 lbs. | 162 | |||
| Ericson 31C | 1976-1978 | 30' 11" | 23' 11" | 10' 5" | 11,400 lbs. | 1.85 | |||
| Ericson 31 (Independence 31) | 1978-1981 | 30' 11" | 23' 11" | 10' 5" | 11,500 lbs. | 1.85 | |||
| Ericson 32 "Scorpion" | 1967-1967 | 32' 3" | 6' 3" | 198 | |||||
| Ericson 32 II | 1969-1978 | 32'5" | 25'8" | 9' 8" | 8,806 lbs. | 180 | |||
| Ericson 32 III | 1985- | 156 | |||||||
| Ericson 32 200 | 1988-? | 32' 5" | 25' 9" | 10' 9" | 9,700 lbs. | 2.02 | |||
| Ericson 33 | 1981-1984 | 33' 0" | 26' 10" | 11' 2" | 9,500 lbs. | 25.2 | |||
| Ericson 333 | |||||||||
| Ericson 34-T | 1978 | ||||||||
| Ericson 34 | 1987-1996 | 34' 10" | 123 | ||||||
| Ericson 35 | 1967-1968 | 34' 9" | |||||||
| Ericson 35 II | 1969-1981 | 34' 8" | 27' 10" | 10' 0" | 11,600 lbs. | 1.77 | |||
| Ericson 35 III | 1982-1990 | 284 | 35' 6" | 28' 10.5" | 11' 4" | 13,000 lbs. | 123 | 1.93 | |
| Ericson 36C | 1975-1977 | 36' 0" | 30' 0" | 12' 0" | 16,000 lbs. | ||||
| Ericson 36 | 1980-1984 | 35' 7" | 29' 0" | 11' 10" | 11,600 lbs. | 108 | |||
| Ericson 37 | 1973-1975 | 37' 5" | 28' 6" | 11' 4" | 16,000 lbs. | 120 | |||
| Ericson 38 | 1979-1987 | 37' 8" | 30' 6" | 12' 0" | 14,900 lbs. | ||||
| Ericson 380 (Pacific Seacraft) | 1993-? | 37' 10" | 30' 6" | 12' 0" | 15,500 lbs. | 114 | |||
| Ericson 381 | 1982-1986 | 117 | |||||||
| Ericson 382 | 1985-1986 | ||||||||
| Ericson 38 III | 1987-? | ||||||||
| Ericson 39 | 1970-1979 | 39' 0" | 30' 0" | 11' 4" | 19,000 lbs. | 108 | 1.69 | ||
| Ericson 39B | 1974-1978 | 39' 0" | 30' 0" | 11' 4" | 22,000 lbs. | 108 | |||
| Ericson 39 SM | 1971-???? | 39' 0" | 30' 0" | 11' 4" | 19,000 lbs. | ||||
| Ericson 41 | 1967-1971 | 41' 4" | 29' 2" | 10' 8" | 17,800 lbs. | 150 | 1.64 | ||
| Ericson 46 | 1971-1974 | 45' 10" | 35' 0" | 13' 3" | 31,500 lbs. | 72 |
The International Etchells Class is a racing class of one-design sailing boats, designed by American Skip Etchells.
Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler . Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat manufacturers in the world, with over 80,000 boats manufactured to date. Though Catalina produces boats from as small as eight feet under their Capri nameplate, the company is best known for its production of mid-sized cruisers.
C&C Yachts was a builder of high-performance fiberglass monohull sailboats with production facilities in Canada, Germany, and the United States. C&C designed and constructed a full range of production line cruiser-racer boats, as well as custom one-off and short production run racing and cruising boats. C&C boats ranged in size from as small as 21 ft (6.4 m) to as large as 67 ft (20.4 m). C&C also produced a line of bluewater cruising boats in the 35 ft (10.7 m) to 48 ft (14.6 m) range under its Landfall brand. In addition, C&C designed sailboats for production by a number of other manufacturers such as CS Yachts, Mirage Yachts, Northern Yachts, Ontario Yachts, Paceship Yachts, and Tanzer Industries.
Pacific Seacraft Corporation is a Washington, North Carolina based sailboat manufacturer specializing in fiberglass monohull cruising boats. Pacific Seacraft is best known for producing the Crealock line of sailboats. These are heavy, overbuilt offshore cruising designs designed by William Crealock. Crealocks are distinctive due to their overhanging 'canoe' sterns and traditional lines. Their sailboats have been featured in both volumes of Ferenc Máté's The World's Best Sailboats, and Fortune Magazine twice selected Pacific Seacraft as a producer of America's 100 best products.
Bristol Yachts was an American company which was among the first commercially successful production fiberglass sailboat boat builders. The company was founded in 1964 and closed in 1997.
S2 Yachts is an American boat builder based in Holland, Michigan. From 1974 until 1989 the company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and it continues as a builder of motorboats.
Robert H. Perry is a U.S. yacht designer based in Seattle, Washington. Among his designs are some of the most successful cruising yachts in modern cruising such as the Tatoosh 42, Tayana 37 and Valiant 40. Through his career he has designed boats for many well recognized names in the yachting industry, such as Tayana, Cheoy Lee, Valiant, Baba, Ta Shing, Islander, Passport and Saga. Perry has taught yacht design at Evergreen State College.
William Ion Belton Crealock was a yacht designer and author. He was one of the world's leading yacht designers from the 1960s through the 1990s, and his yachts were owned by the famous and wealthy, including Walter Cronkite and William Hurt.
Charley E. Morgan is a legendary American sailboat racer and designer. He is best known as the founder of Morgan Yacht Corporation.
Cascade Yachts was a pioneering U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from 23 to 42 feet (13 m) in length. It was founded in 1954 in Portland, Oregon by a group of local sailors interested in experimenting with fiberglass sailboat construction.
Grampian Marine Limited was a Canadian boat builder based in Oakville, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.
The Landfall 38 is a sailboat that was designed by Robert W. Ball, the chief designer of C&C Design and first built in 1979. The Landfall series, begun with the Landfall 42, was part of a trend within C&C Yachts to develop more cruising-oriented designs under company president George Cuthbertson's direction during the later 1970s and early 1980s.
Robert Wilson Ball was a Canadian yacht designer, based in Port Credit, Ontario, and later, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Robert Ball was the chief in-house designer and Vice President of Design at C&C Yachts from 1973 to 1991.
The Flicka 20 is an American trailerable sailboat designed by Bruce Bingham as a cruiser and first built in 1974.
Hinterhoeller Yachts was a Canadian boat builder based in St. Catharines, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.
The Endeavour Yacht Corporation was an American boat builder based in Largo, Florida. Founded in 1974 by John Brooks and Rob Valdes, the company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company went out of business in 1986.
The Newport 41 is a family of American sailboats that was designed by C&C Design as International Offshore Rule (IOR) racer-cruisers and first built in about 1972.
Irwin Yacht and Marine Corporation, often just called Irwin Yachts, was an American boat builder based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and became one of the largest producers of sailboats in the United States.
The Lancer Yacht Corporation was an American boat builder based in Irvine, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.
Sovereign Yachts was an American boat builder based in Port Richey, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.
