Tollycraft

Tollycraft was an American powerboat manufacturer in business from 1936 to 1997.

A Tollycraft houseboat at Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal

History

Tollycraft was founded in 1936 as a wooden boat builder by Robert Merland Tollefson (better known as Tolly). In 1962 the company switched to building its boats from fiberglass. Tollefson sold the company in 1987, and it was bankrupt by 1993. Although it attempted to resume operations, the company went out of business in 1997.

Tollycraft was known to make high-quality boats ideally suited to the waters of its home in the Pacific Northwest.

References
  • Robert M. Lane, "Tollycraft: Family, Friends, Boats", Passagemaker, Nov. 2005, pg. 154.
  • Bruce Ramsey, "Tollycraft: What The Have-Knots Have- Shipbuilder's Yachts Ride Wave Of Popularity - And Of Profitability", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 27, 1989, Sec. Business, Pg. B1.
  • Richard Thiel, "North Star 71 Pilothouse Motoryacht— Design Odyssey", Power and Motoryacht, July 2000, Online version
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