The PlastiGlass Company (usually just called PlastiGlass) was an American
boat builder
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Motorboats (<50 feet)
* American Skier
* California
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. The company was an early pioneer in the design and manufacture of
fiberglass
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sailboat
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Types
Although sailboat terminology ...
s.
The company was founded by
boat designer
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Small boats are typically found on inl ...
Barney Lehman in 1950 and sold to
WD Schock
The W. D. Schock Corporation (usually styled W. D. Schock Corp) is an American boat builder originally based in Newport Beach, California, later in Corona, California and currently located in Santa Ana, California. The company was founded by ...
in 1955, becoming part of the nucleus of the
WD Schock Corp.
History
Lehman started building his first design, the Lehman 10
cat rigged
A boat or yacht that is Cat-rigged has a single mast, stepped well forward, carrying a single fore and aft sail, behind the mast. A boat that is cat-rigged can also be described as having a Una rig.
Laser dinghies are cat-rigged, as are Finn ...
sailing dinghy
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls:
* the sails
* the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth)
* the trim (forward/rear angle of ...
, also called the
Lehman Interclub, in 1948, before the founding of his company two years later. The Interclub was chosen as the
one-design racer for a US-Mexico inter-club competitive regatta that was held in
Acapulco
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in February, 1952, which included the sponsorship of the Mexican government.
The slightly larger
Lehman 12, also a cat-rigged dinghy, was later developed into the longer
Lehman 14. After WD Schock purchased the company in 1955, that design was developed into the commercially successful
Lido 14
The Lido 14 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Barney Lehman and William D. Schock and first built in 1958.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 40-41. Houghton Mifflin C ...
, with 6,100 boats built.
[Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 40-41. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ]
Boats
Summary of boats built by PlastiGlass:
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Lehman 10
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Lehman 12
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Lehman 14
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Lehman Interclub
See also
*
List of sailboat designers and manufacturers
This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups.
Notable designers
Sailboat designer articles ...
References
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