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<p>created page, added history, boats in use link</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Logo and Additional History Needed. Please contact us to edit or contribute to this page.<br /> <br /> <br /> Crystaliner Corp.<br /> <br /> John W. Norek<br /> <br /> 2806 The Rhine<br /> <br /> Newport Beach, California<br /> <br /> <br /> Johnny Norek achieved acclaim as a boat designer in southern California. His fiberglass Crystaliner 27' Cabin Cruiser was raced in the Miami-Nassau race, winning in 1959 when driven by Gordon Hoover (a business partner of Don Mucklow who was later affiliated with [[NAFCO]] and [[Hatteras]]). This was the first fiberglass boat to win the Miami-Nassau race and set a new record time. The winning Crystaliner was powered with twin 280 HP Flynn-Corbett engines (Apr. 18, 1959 New York Times).<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Anthony|Anthony PowerCraft]] contracted Norek to design their line of boats for the 1959 model year (January 20, 1961 Los Angeles Times).<br /> <br /> <br /> In December 1959, Crystaliner Corp. was purchased by the [[Owens|Owens Yacht Co.]] (Jan 18, 1960 Wall Street Journal). Norek then was occupied designing and building a line of Owens runabouts and continued on as boat designer after Brunswick purchased Owens (January 20, 1961 Los Angeles Times).<br /> <br /> <br /> Crystaliner is still in business and the Norek family still associated with the company: http://crystaliner.com/<br /> <br /> <br /> [http://www.fiberglassics.com/index.php?searchword=Crystaliner&amp;ordering=newest&amp;searchphrase=all&amp;limit=20&amp;Itemid=88&amp;option=com_search Crystaliner Boats in Use]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Main Page|Back to Main Page]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:California]]<br /> [[Category:Fiberglass]]</div>

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