Coastal Recreation, Inc was an American boat builder based in Costa Mesa, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats designed by well-known naval architects, including Lyle C. Hess, Peter Barrett and W. Shad Turner.Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, pages 68, 81, 84, 97, 126, 214, 219, 273, 353. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
The company was founded in 1968 and remained in business until 1981. The American east coast sailboat builder, RK Industries, was a subsidiary company.
History The first design produced was the Balboa 20 and this was quickly followed by a series of Balboa and Aquarius boats, all small, cruising boats with an emphasis on road transport by boat trailer.
The company formed a subsidiary sailboat builder, RK Industries, on the US east coast at Strasburg, Virginia, which built the RK 20 and RK 21.
The company was purchased by Laguna Yachts, moved to Laguna's headquarters in Stanton, California and became a subsidiary, before being shut down. Laguna Yachts itself went out of business in 1986, following the early 1980s recession.
Boats Summary of boats built by Coastal Recreation:
Balboa 20 - 1968 Aquarius 21 - 1969 Aquarius 23 - 1969 Balboa 21 - 1969 Balboa 23 - 1969 Balboa 26 - 1969 Aquarius 23-2 - 1970 Ensenada 20 - 1972 RK 20 - 1972 RK 21 - 1972 La Paz 25 - 1973 Balboa 27 8.2 - 1976 Balboa 22 - 1977 Balboa 16 - 1981 Balboa 24 - 1981
See also List of sailboat designers and manufacturers
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