Montgomery Marine Products

Montgomery Marine Products
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryBoat building
Founded1969
FounderJerry Montgomery
Defunct1995
Headquarters
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United States
Key people
President: Jerry Montgomery
ProductsSailboats and Dinghies

Montgomery Marine Products was an American boat builder based in California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and dinghies.[1][2]

The company was founded by Jerry Montgomery in 1969.[1]

History

The first design produced was the Montgomery 12 a sailing dinghy introduced in 1972. The largest boat built was the Lyle Hess-designed Montgomery 23. Reviewer Steve Henkel reported in 2010 that the company's quality of workmanship was "fairly high" and "above average" with a "good level of attention to detail". He described the 23 as "admirably shippy". The final design, the 1980 Montgomery 15, Henkel described as "graceful".[1][2][3]

The company ceased operations in 1995, although many of its designs were taken up by other companies, in particular Nor'Sea Yachts and Montgomery Boats. Jerry Montgomery went on to form a sailboat rigging, racing kayak and outrigger canoe design company, which is now no longer in business. He also designed the Sage 17, Sage 15, and Sage Cat for Sage Marine in 2009-2018.[4][5][6][7]

Boats

Montgomery 15

Summary of boats built by Montgomery Marine Products:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Montgomery Marine Products". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, pages 46, 71 and 238. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
  3. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Montgomery 23 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Montgomery 17 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Montgomery 17 FD sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. ^ Montgomery, Jerry (2011). "Jerry Montgomery - Specialist in trailerable sailboats since 1969". jerrymontgomery.org. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Sage 17 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.