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Century Boat Co.

Overlakes Corp.

Manistee, Michigan

The Century Boat Co. was purchased in November 1929 by George G. Eddy who engaged John L. Hacker to design a line of outboard and small inboard boats. Hacker's son, John A. Hacker was elected president of the corporation (April 1930 MotorBoating)

In 1951, the Century Boat Co. acquired the Overlakes Freight Corp., an inactive operating entity of the Nicholson-Universal Steamship Company (The Fleet Histories Series, Freshwater Press, 2003). The Century Boat Co. was then re-organized as a subsidiary of the Overlakes Corp. In 1958, Cruis-Along Boats was acquired and added as another subsidiary.

In both 1957 and 1958, a stock 22' Century Raven mahoghany lapstrake boat with a Dearborn Interceptor 150 HP engine set new records for the Miami to Bimini, The Bahamas and the Key West to Havana single engine marathon races. See 1958 article below.

For the 1962 model year, Century discontinued the Palomino and Roan outboard boat models, and with no new outboard boat models to replace them, this put Century entirely into the inboard and sterndrive boat segments of the industry.

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  1957 Century inboard boat models

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  1958 Century inboard boat models

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  1959 to 1961 Century outboard boat models

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  1959, 1961 Century inboard boat models

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  1962 Century inboard boat models

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  1970 to 1971 Century outboard boat models

1956 Info

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  1956 Century in Nordberg Ad

1957 Info

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  1957 Century Coronado and Arabian Ad

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  1957 Century "Winners Circle" Ad

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  1957 Century Boats Article

1958 Info

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  1958 Century Coronado Ad

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  1958 Century Resorter 19' Ad

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  1958 Century Two-Page Ad

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  1958 Century article

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  1958 Century Raven 22 speed record article

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  1958 Century New Models article

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  1958 Century Nordic 19 photo

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  1958 Century and Graymarine ad

1959 Info

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  1959 Century Boats Article

1964 Info

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  1964 Century Scamp 19' MerCruiser 150 sterndrive test

Century Boats in Use

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