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Waterbird Boats
 
Waterbird Boats
  
Sarasota Marine Industries
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Sarasota Marine Industries, Inc.
  
 
790 Gen. Dougher Place
 
790 Gen. Dougher Place
  
 
Sarasota, Florida
 
Sarasota, Florida
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Drury L. McCraw designed the hulls for this company's models. He was a "boat architect and designer" and also was in charge of production at the company's Sarasota plant. Sarasota Marine Industries started as the Fenne Boat Co., which was bought and renamed by Gordon LeSage and Carroll Shaffer in Fall 1957. LeSage and Shaffer were both former Sears, Roebuck & Co. executives before getting into the boat business (see 1958 article below).
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'''Model Information'''
 
'''Model Information'''
 
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File:Waterbirdbb001.jpg|1957 to 1959 Models
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File:Waterbirdbb001.jpg|1957 to 1959 Waterbird models
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File:Waterbirdbb002.jpg|1960 to 1962 Waterbird models
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'''1957 Information'''
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File:Waterbirda57001.jpg|1957 Fenne Waterbird Ad
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File:Waterbirda57002.jpg|1957 Fenne Waterbird Article
 
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</gallery>
  
  
'''Model Information'''
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'''1958 Information'''
 
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File:BHBPHOTO211.JPG|1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman
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File:Waterbirda58001.jpg|1958 Waterbird Clipper Article
File:BHBPHOTO233.JPG|1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman  
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File:BHBPHOTO211.JPG|1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 78E]] Test
File:BHBPHOTO212.JPG|1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman  
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File:BHBPHOTO233.JPG|1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 78A]] Test
File:BHBPHOTO228.JPG|1958 Waterbird Runabout
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File:BHBPHOTO212.JPG|1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 58E]] Test
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File:BHBPHOTO228.JPG|1958 Waterbird Runabout [[Mercury|Mercury Mark 58AE]] Test
 
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</gallery>
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[http://www.fiberglassics.com/index.php?searchword=Waterbird&ordering=newest&searchphrase=exact&limit=20&Itemid=88&option=com_search Waterbird Boats in Use]
  
  
 
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[[Category:Sheet Plywood]]
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Latest revision as of 12:40, 11 May 2021

Logo and Additional History Needed. Please contact us to edit or contribute to this page.


Waterbird Boats

Sarasota Marine Industries, Inc.

790 Gen. Dougher Place

Sarasota, Florida


Drury L. McCraw designed the hulls for this company's models. He was a "boat architect and designer" and also was in charge of production at the company's Sarasota plant. Sarasota Marine Industries started as the Fenne Boat Co., which was bought and renamed by Gordon LeSage and Carroll Shaffer in Fall 1957. LeSage and Shaffer were both former Sears, Roebuck & Co. executives before getting into the boat business (see 1958 article below).


Model Information


1957 Information


1958 Information


Waterbird Boats in Use


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