Back to the 70's - Fiberform motor cruisers from the USA

[Bajansailor]

Over on the Powerboats section of the Boat Design Forum, a gentleman called Zovix recently asked for information re the Fiberform 24' Cruiser that he is rebuilding in Sweden (I wonder how it ended up there?) - I have a catalogue on the Fiberform range from 1977 so I scanned and posted the relevant page for him.

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/powerboats/i-need-help-identifying-model-my-fiberform-50934.html

I then started looking on the internet for info re Fiberform boats, and realised that there is not a lot out there.
Although the catalogue states that they had been building boats in the USA since 1957, I am guessing that they were probably one of the casualties of the 80's when so many boatyards went out of business.
So I thought I would copy the rest of the catalogue, and post it on the Boat Design Forum in the hope that if anybody is doing a search in future for these boats, this thread will come up.

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/po...er-range-1977-catalogue-51011.html#post698133

And as I had copied them all to Photobucket, it was easy enough to copy them to a thread on this Forum as well, as I am thinking that some of the mobo folk on here might be interested in the design and styling that was happening with powerboats in the USA in the 70's.

It also vividly illustrates the progress that has been made in fibreglass manufacturing technology when these boats are compared against the very complex shapes that are built today.

Here are the first 11 boats in the range - more will follow in subsequent posts.

 

[Bajansailor]

 

[AndieMac]

Thanks for posting Martin, interesting read, you can really see the early Searay and Bayliner design in some of those models

 

[Greg2]

Some interesting boat history here, all under 30 feet in length and some with a flybridge. An illustration of how boat lengths have increased inexorably over the years

 

[wipe_out]

Amazing how they seemed to fit so much into such "short" boats..

 

[Bajansailor]

And in the 70's a 28' motor boat would have been thought of as large and luxurious - yet many Builders these days only seem to start at 30'+ with their range.