Category:VIP

The following brands of boats included commercial models powered by inboard marine engines mounted vertically, otherwise known as Vertical Inboard Power (VIP). This list is restricted to brands of boats which were offered with factory-installation of units such as the Fageol 44 VIP made by Fageol Products Co..

In 1957, Fageol advertised that 30 boat manufacturers were installing the Fageol 44 VIP in their boats. This list inclued:

• American Boats, Warsaw, Indiana
• Bell Boy Boats, Bellingham, Washington
• Carlisle Marine, Yardley, Pennsylvania
• Century Boat Co., Manistee, Michigan
• Commodore Boat Co., New Bern, North Carolina
• Crosby Aeromarine, Grabill, Indiana
• Cruisers, Inc., Oconto, Wisconsin
• Custom Craft, Buffalo, New York
• DuCraft Boat Co., Port Orange, Florida
• Elgin Boats, Chicago, Illinois
• Famous Craft, Goshen, Indiana
• Grumman Boats, Inc., Marathon, New York
• Martin Boats, Cynthiana, Kentucky
• McNeil Boat Co., Atlanta, Georgia
• Milo Craft Boat Co., Chicago, Illinois
• Norman Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas
• Owens Yacht Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
• Penbo Boats, Rockport, Maine
• PM Boats, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
• Polar Kraft Mfg. Co., Memphis, Tennessee
• Revel Craft, Arnold, Maryland
• St. Cloud Marine Mfg. Co., St. Cloud, Florida
• Scottie Craft, Miami, Florida
• Shelcraft, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Switzer Craft, Crystal Lake, Illinois
• Tollycraft Corp., Kelso, Washington
• Topper Boat Co., Baltimore, Maryland
• Whitehouse Reinforced Plastics, Fort Worth, Texas
• Yellow Jacket Boat Co., Denison, Texas

If you know of a brand of boat which offered models with a VIP option but is not listed here, please contact us so that we may update this page.

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