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Skene Boats was a Canadian boat builder based in
The company was founded by Donald Skene in 1968. Two years later, in 1970, he sold the company to F. Wallis White and George Carlyle. They sold the company to Carl Strike and his partners in 1979 and the company closed in 1992.
The business was located in a small industrial park at 2793 Fenton Road.
The company produced five different designs of small sailing dinghies, including the Phoenix 18 
Gloucester, Ontario
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, now part of the city of Ottawa
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. The company specialized in the manufacture of fibreglass
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sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminology ...
s. It was founded in 1968 and went out business in 1992.
History
The company was founded by Donald Skene in 1968. Two years later, in 1970, he sold the company to F. Wallis White and George Carlyle. They sold the company to Carl Strike and his partners in 1979 and the company closed in 1992.
The business was located in a small industrial park at 2793 Fenton Road.
The company produced five different designs of small sailing dinghies, including the Phoenix 18 catamaran
A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a watercraft with two parallel hull (watercraft), hulls of equal size. The wide distance between a catamaran's hulls imparts stability through resistance to rolling and overturning; no ballast is requi ...
, Albacore
The albacore (''Thunnus alalunga''), known also as the longfin tuna, is a species of tuna of the order Scombriformes. It is found in temperate and tropical waters across the globe in the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones. There are six distinct ...
one design
One-design racing is a racing method which may be adopted in sports using complex equipment, whereby all vehicles have identical or very similar designs or models, avoiding the need for a handicap system.
Motorsport
One-make racing series (also ...
racer and the Echo 12
The Echo 12 is a Canadian rowboat, motorboat and sailing dinghy that was first built in 1979.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 14-15. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.
The Echo 12 is a ...
. The George Hinterhoeller
George Anton Hinterhoeller (1928–1999) was a Canadian boat designer and builder, a significant contributor to the Canadian sailboat industry for almost forty years.
Early life
Hinterhoeller was born in Mondsee, Austria on March 16, 1928. He f ...
-designed Cygnus 20
The Cygnus 20 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by George Hinterhoeller and first built in 1963.
Production
The design was initially built in 1963 by Hinterhoeller Yachts in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada and also by Clar ...
was produced as both a centreboard
A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a ''centreboard trunk'' (UK) or ''centerboard case'' (US). The retractability allows the centreboard to be raised t ...
boat and a keelboat
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...
.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 14-15. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.
Boats
Summary of boats built by Skene Boats: *Albacore
The albacore (''Thunnus alalunga''), known also as the longfin tuna, is a species of tuna of the order Scombriformes. It is found in temperate and tropical waters across the globe in the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones. There are six distinct ...
*Cygnus 20
The Cygnus 20 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by George Hinterhoeller and first built in 1963.
Production
The design was initially built in 1963 by Hinterhoeller Yachts in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada and also by Clar ...
*Echo 12
The Echo 12 is a Canadian rowboat, motorboat and sailing dinghy that was first built in 1979.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 14-15. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.
The Echo 12 is a ...
* Phoenix 18
* International 420
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
External links
* {{Skene Boats Skene Boats