Coastal Recreation, Inc was an American boat builder based in

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. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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s designed by well-known

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s, 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.

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, 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

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and this was quickly followed by a series of Balboa and Aquarius boats, all small, cruising boats with an emphasis on road transport by

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. The company formed a subsidiary sailboat builder, RK Industries, on the US east coast at Strasburg, Virginia, which built the

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and RK 21. The company was purchased by Laguna Yachts, moved to Laguna's headquarters in Stanton, California and became a subsidiary, before being shut down. Laguna Yachts itself went out of business in 1986, following the early 1980s recession.

Boats

Summary of boats built by Coastal Recreation: *

- 1968 *

Aquarius 21 The Aquarius 21 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Barrett as a cruiser and first built in 1969.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 81. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. T ...

- 1969 *

Aquarius 23 The Aquarius 23 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Barrett and Stan Miller as a cruiser and first built in 1969.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 219. International Marine/McGra ...

- 1969 *

Balboa 21 The Aquarius 21 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Barrett (sailor), Peter Barrett as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1969.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailbo ...

- 1969 * Balboa 23 - 1969 *

Balboa 26 The Balboa 26 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Lyle C. Hess as cruiser and first built in 1969. Production The design was initially built by Arthur Marine starting in 1969. It was then built by Coastal Recreation in ...

- 1969 *

Aquarius 23-2 The Aquarius 23 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Barrett and Stan Miller as a cruiser and first built in 1969.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 219. International Marine/McGra ...

- 1970 * Ensenada 20 - 1972 *

- 1972 * RK 21 - 1972 *

La Paz 25 The La Paz 25 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Lyle C. Hess as a motorsailer and first built in 1973.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 353. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ...

- 1973 * Balboa 27 8.2 - 1976 *

Balboa 22 The Balboa 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner and William M. Downing as a cruiser and first built in 1977.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 214. International Marin ...

- 1977 * Balboa 16 - 1981 *

Balboa 24 The Balboa 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner and William Downing as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages ...

- 1981

References

{{Coastal Recreation Coastal Recreation, Inc

History

Boats

See also

References