Columbia Yachts
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Columbia Yachts is a US manufacturer of sailboats, with offices and production facilities in Southern California.
Columbia 34 Mark II
Catalina Yachts
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Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler.
Columbia Yachts
…Valdes' tenure. A side note is that Frank Butler, the owner of Coronado Yachts came into Whittaker with the merger, but left about a year later to form Catalina Yachts. Following Dick Valdes' departure from Columbia Yachts in 1972, the company offices and plant were relocated to Virginia, and eventually sold to Hughes…
Catalina 27 racing on San Francisco Bay.