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To Build or Not to Build… Your Boat.
Captain Fred looks at the history of building boats in the mid-20th century in Southern California, and details why you probably shouldn’t build your own boat.
Ride the Boatbuilding Wave
In 1967 I started Progressive Yacht Hardware Intnl.(PYHI). A company that made plastic parts (portholes, deck plates, windows and hatches for sailboats and powerboats). The boat building boom made me and a lot of other entrepenaurs rich. For years, the money rolled in and I found ways to spread the wealth. Formula Racing cars, Restoring [...]
Fields of Dreams
I have built so many boats and caused so many boats to be built I struggle to remember them all. I can’t remember where they went. I never scrapped one, or sunk one, or left one on the rocks. Where did they go?
I remember the experimental ones and how much work it was to create [...]
