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The company employed many members of Bob Clark's family. Son Dennis started his own sail manufacturing business in 1971, the
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and it entered production the following year, in 1973, with more than 1,000 examples produced during its production run.
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in 1977, with a choice of a fixed or swing keel and two sizes of masts. The same year saw the introduction of the
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in 1984 and it soon went bankrupt. The molds were sold off with some designs being bought by
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The company was founded by Bob Clark in 1960 and continued in business until 1984.
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Son Dave Clark became the head of sales and marketing for the company.
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With business growing, the company established an east coast plant at
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The San Juan boat line was quite commercial successful. 757: 721: 673: 90: 80: 62: 54: 46: 36: 26: 182:Star production began with the building of the 651: 186:by Olympic Star class sailing gold medalist, 8: 456:List of sailboat designers and manufacturers 21: 658: 644: 636: 20: 555: 553: 551: 549: 547: 545: 543: 541: 539: 537: 535: 533: 531: 529: 497: 495: 493: 491: 467: 489: 487: 485: 483: 481: 479: 477: 475: 473: 471: 603:from the original on 8 September 2020 7: 514:from the original on 2 October 2020 593:"Tanzer Industries Ltd, 1966-1986" 278:, aimed at the same market as the 215:and completed addition studies in 201:champion in several boat classes. 155:The first design produced was the 14: 572:from the original on 2 April 2022 339:Summary of boats built by Clark: 624: 504:"Clark Boat Company 1960-1984" 1: 560:Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). 289:The company introduced the 258:International Offshore Rule 805: 197:. 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Privately held company
Boat building
Kent, Washington
United States
Sailboats
boat builder
Kent, Washington
fiberglass
sailboats

Star

San Juan 21
Lightning
dinghy
OK
505
Thistle
Star
mold plug
William Earl Buchan
one design
Don Clark
engineering
naval architecture
San Juan 21
nearby chain of islands
New Bern, North Carolina
Bruce Kirby
Laser

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