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Halvorsen Boats entitled Dream Boats and Work Boats – The Halvorsen Story. Mark Halvorsen owns Halvorsen Boat Sales in Sydney Australia which has largely become a boat importing business and specialist in the restoration of vintage Halvorsen Boats. Mark still designs and has his
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Over 900 Halvorsen Boats have been built in China and exported worldwide. In 2000, Kong & Halvorsen Marine's 20-year contract with the
Chinese government expired, and the factory was closed. However, Harvey and his son Mark Halvorsen continued to build boats by contracting to approved yards where
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When Lars died in 1936, his family (including his widow, Bergithe, and daughters) shared ownership, equally, of the business. Eldest son Harold took over as managing director of the newly formed company, Lars
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December. From 1925 through 1976 the family enterprise built 1,299 craft, the first, Sirius, from a slipway in Drummoyne and then from yards in
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new range of pleasure boats worldwide. Over the next two decades, hundreds of craft ranging from 30 to 134 ft (9.1 to 40.8 m) were built under the Kong & Halvorsen, Island Gypsy, and
Halvorsen brand names.
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