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Classic Yachts
Classic Yachts was an American boat builder based in Chanute, Kansas. The company specialized in the manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by John Heaton in 1988 and went out of business in 2000. 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.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', pages 172 & 230. International Marine/ McGraw-Hill, 2010. The first design produced was the Classic 22 (Windley) in 1989, followed by the Classic 26 in 1991 and the larger Classic 33 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa (; Spanish for " Table Coast") is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city, one of the region's largest commercial clusters, with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light manufacturing. The city is home to the two tallest skyscrapers in Orange County. The population was 111,918 at the 2020 census. History Members of the Tongva and Acjachemen nations long inhabited the area. The Tongva villages of Lupukngna, at least 3,000 years old, and the shared Tongva and Acjachemen village of Genga, at least 9,500 years old, were located in the area on the bluffs along the Santa Ana River. After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish expedition led by Junípero Serra named the area Vallejo de Santa Ana (Valley of Saint Anne). On November 1, 1776, Mission San Juan Capistr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna 33
The Laguna 33 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1986. The Laguna 33 is a development of the Laguna 30 with the addition of a reverse transom. It was later developed into the Classic 33 in 1995. Production The design was built by Laguna Yachts in the United States, starting in 1986, but the company went out of business the same year and it is now out of production. Design The Laguna 33 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a Ship's wheel, wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a Universal diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The design has the interior lay-out as the Laguna 30, with sleeping accommodation f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windrose 26
The Windrose 26 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a cruiser and first built in 1982. Production The design was built by Laguna Yachts in the United States, starting in 1982, but it is now out of production. The Windrose 26 is a related design to the Laguna 26 which was produced by the company at the same time. Both designs led to the Classic 26, which was produced by Classic Yachts starting in 1991, using the Laguna molds, after Laguna Yachts went out of business. Design The Windrose 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The cabin headroom is . For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker. The design has a hull speed of . See also *List of saili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna 26
The Laguna 26 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a cruiser and first built in 1982. Production The design was built by Laguna Yachts in the United States, starting in 1982, with 400 boats completed by the time production ended. The Windrose 26 is a similar Turner design that was produced by Laguna concurrently. The Classic 26 was built starting in 1991 by Classic Yachts using the old Laguna Yachts tooling. Design The Laguna 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The design has a hull speed of . See also *List of sailing boat types The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans). Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester 22
The Gloucester 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley and Harry R. Sindle as a cruiser and first built in 1983.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 172. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Production The Gloucester 22 is a development of the 1978 Lockley-Newport LN 23. The Gloucester 22 was built by Gloucester Yachts in the United States from 1983 until the company closed in 1988, having built 100 examples. It was developed into the Classic 22 (Windley) in 1990 and built by Classic Yachts of Chanute, Kansas, until 2000. Design The Gloucester 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel, with a retractable centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic 33
The Classic 33 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a cruiser and first built in 1995. The design is a development of the Laguna 33, using the same molds, which Classic Yachts acquired after Laguna Yachts went out of business. Production The design was built by Classic Yachts in Chanute, Kansas, United States, starting in 1995, but it is now out of production. It is not known how many were completed before Classic Yachts closed down in 2000. Design The Classic 33 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The design has a hull speed of . See also *List of sailing boat types The following is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic 26
The Classic 26 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a cruiser and first built in 1991. Production The design was built by Classic Yachts in Chanute, Kansas, United States, starting in 1991. A total of 41 boats were completed, but it is now out of production. The Classic 26 is a development of the Laguna 26 and the similar Windrose 26 and was built from the same hull molds acquired by Classic after Laguna Yachts went out of business. Design The Classic 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The design has a hull speed of . See also *List of sailing boat types The following is a partial list of sailboat types and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic 22 (Windley)
The Classic 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley as a cruiser and first built in 1989. The Classic 22 (Windley) is a development of the Gloucester 22, that been built by Gloucester Yachts. The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the Classic 22, but is now usually referred to as the Classic 22 (Windley) to differentiate it from the unrelated 1962 Classic 22 design by George Harding Cuthbertson and produced by Grampian Marine. Production The design was built by Classic Yachts in Chanute, Kansas, United States, starting in 1989, but it is now out of production. Design The Classic 22 (Windley) is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig and a fixed stub keel, with a retractable centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGraw-Hill
McGraw Hill is an American educational publishing company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that publishes educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also publishes reference and trade publications for the medical, business, and engineering professions. McGraw Hill operates in 28 countries, has about 4,000 employees globally, and offers products and services to about 140 countries in about 60 languages. Formerly a division of The McGraw Hill Companies (later renamed McGraw Hill Financial, now S&P Global), McGraw Hill Education was divested and acquired by Apollo Global Management in March 2013 for $2.4 billion in cash. McGraw Hill was sold in 2021 to Platinum Equity for $4.5 billion. Corporate History McGraw Hill was founded in 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Appliances''. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Marine
S&P Global Inc. (prior to April 2016 McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013 The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial information and analytics. It is the parent company of S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Mobility, S&P Global Engineering Solutions, S&P Global Sustainable1, and S&P Global Commodity Insights, CRISIL, and is the majority owner of the S&P Dow Jones Indices joint venture. "S&P" is a shortening of "Standard and Poor's". Corporate history The predecessor companies of S&P Global have history dating to 1888, when James H. McGraw purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Appliances''. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The ''McGraw Publishing Company'' in 1899. John A. Hill had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The ''Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coastal Recreation
Coastal Recreation, Inc was an American boat builder based in Costa Mesa, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats designed by well-known naval architects, including Lyle C. Hess, Peter Barrett and W. Shad Turner.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', pages 68, 81, 84, 97, 126, 214, 219, 273, 353. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. The company was founded in 1968 and remained in business until 1981. The American east coast sailboat builder, RK Industries, was a subsidiary company. History The first design produced was the Balboa 20 and this was quickly followed by a series of Balboa and Aquarius boats, all small, cruising boats with an emphasis on road transport by boat trailer. The company formed a subsidiary sailboat builder, RK Industries, on the US east coast at Strasburg, Virginia, which built the RK 20 and RK 21. The company was purchased by Laguna Yachts, moved to Laguna's headqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
