Waterbird
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Waterbird Boats
Sarasota Marine Industries, Inc.
790 Gen. Dougher Place
Sarasota, Florida
Drury L. McCraw designed the hulls for this company's models. He was a "boat architect and designer" and also was in charge of production at the company's Sarasota plant. Sarasota Marine Industries started as the Fenne Boat Co., which was bought and renamed by Gordon LeSage and Carroll Shaffer in Fall 1957. LeSage and Shaffer were both former Sears, Roebuck & Co. executives before getting into the boat business (see 1958 article below).
Model Information
1957 to 1959 Waterbird models
1960 to 1962 Waterbird models
1957 Information
1957 Fenne Waterbird Ad
1957 Fenne Waterbird Article
1958 Information
1958 Waterbird Clipper Article
1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman Mercury Mark 78E Test
1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman Mercury Mark 78A Test
1958 Waterbird Clipper Sportsman Mercury Mark 58E Test
1958 Waterbird Runabout Mercury Mark 58AE Test
