02-10-2012
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Originally Posted by mitiempo
Columbias were apparently built under license in various countries, Europe included I have learned. It's funny, i belong to a UK forum, interesting the boats from the US that turn up. Catalina of course being number 1. Jaguar they are called in the UK.
I guess Coopers sold more 26's than 34's, but we built a fair number of 34 interiors.
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A surprising number of boats from here have been built under license in Europe. My own Kirby 1/4 ton was built by Trapper in England. The guy I bought mine from commissioned the design from Kirby, raced it at the worlds in France and then sold it to Trappers instead of shipping it home - they used it as the plug for a production version. They also built the C&C 27 under license. The Coronado 35 & 41 were built there - in Italy IIRC. They fetch a much higher price there than they do here even though, from what I can tell, they were built to the same standard. Imagine a Coronado 41 with a teak deck! I've seen them advertised over there.
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