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| + | H. Vernon Davis and his brother, Carson Ralph Davis, designed and built boats in Manteo, North Carolina. Both were interested in boat racing and specialized in E-Class championship runabouts. For his efforts, Vernon Davis was named by the American Power Boat Association as man of the year in 1996. Besides boat-building, he continued operating the family business started by his father, the Carson W. Davis Store, later the Davis Clothing Store. He died in 2006 (May 9, 2006 Virginian-Pilot; May 8, 2006 Outer Banks Sentinel). Boat-building was a family tradition, his grandfather and great-grandfather both built work and fishing boats ([http://books.google.com/books?id=ctHVaCEcNEYC&lpg=PA142&dq=%22Vernon%20Davis%22%20boats&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Outer Banks'', Anthony Bailey]). | ||
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| + | A photo of the boat-building operation is available at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14223545 this link]. | ||
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Davis Boats
Manteo, North Carolina
H. Vernon Davis and his brother, Carson Ralph Davis, designed and built boats in Manteo, North Carolina. Both were interested in boat racing and specialized in E-Class championship runabouts. For his efforts, Vernon Davis was named by the American Power Boat Association as man of the year in 1996. Besides boat-building, he continued operating the family business started by his father, the Carson W. Davis Store, later the Davis Clothing Store. He died in 2006 (May 9, 2006 Virginian-Pilot; May 8, 2006 Outer Banks Sentinel). Boat-building was a family tradition, his grandfather and great-grandfather both built work and fishing boats (The Outer Banks, Anthony Bailey).
A photo of the boat-building operation is available at this link.
Model Information
1956 to 1959 Davis models
http://www.fiberglassics.com/index.php?searchword=Davis&ordering=newest&searchphrase=all&Itemid=88&option=com_search Davis Boats in Use]
