Laguna Yachts

Laguna Yachts was an American boat builder based in Stanton, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.[1][2]

Laguna Yachts
TypePrivately held company
IndustryBoat building
Founded1973
FounderBill Downing
Defunct1986
Headquarters
Stanton, California
,
United States
ProductsSailboats

The company was founded by Bill Downing in 1973.[1][2]

History

The first designs produced were the Windrose 18 and the Windrose 24, both as 1974 models.[1][2]

In his 2010 book, The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, author Steve Henkel praised Laguna Yacht's Windrose 18 in particular as "a showpiece" of Shad Turner's California sailboat design aesthetic, that emphasized "avante garde" modernist styling, something that was not seen on east coast boats in the same period.[3]

In 1981 the company bought out Coastal Recreation Inc. of Costa Mesa, California. It continued to builder some Coastal Recreation models, adapted others into new models and ceased production of other models.[4][5]

Laguna Yachts ceased business in 1986, although some of its designs were later built by Classic Yachts of Chanute, Kansas.[1][2]

Boats

Summary of boats built by Laguna Yachts:[1]

See also

References
  1. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Laguna Yachts 1973 - 1986". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Laguna Yachts". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 66. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
  4. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Coastal Recreation Inc". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Coastal Recreation Inc". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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