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

Balboa 20 The Balboa 20 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Lyle C. Hess as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser, at the request of Richard Arthur and first built in 1967.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising ...

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

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, which built the RK 20 and RK 21. The company was purchased by Laguna Yachts, moved to Laguna's headquarters in

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and became a subsidiary, before being shut down. Laguna Yachts itself went out of business in 1986, following the

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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. ...

- 1969 * Aquarius 23 - 1969 * Balboa 21 - 1969 * Balboa 23 - 1969 * Balboa 26 - 1969 * Aquarius 23-2 - 1970 * Ensenada 20 - 1972 * RK 20 - 1972 * RK 21 - 1972 * La Paz 25 - 1973 * Balboa 27 8.2 - 1976 *

Balboa 22 The Balboa 22 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner and William M. Downing as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1977.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboat ...

- 1977 *

Balboa 16 The Balboa 16 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a day sailer and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 64-65. Ho ...

- 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 Manufacturing companies established in 1968 1981 disestablishments in California 1968 establishments in California

History

Boats

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References