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There is actually quite a bit of history that surrounds the classic boat company named Glasspar. Bill Tritt, the founder of the company, began building smaller sized fiberglass boats in his factory in Santa Ana, CA in 1949. Bill Tritt was very dedicated to his boat business, and was stunning the world with his use of fiberglass in the construction of his boats as time passed. He closely studied marine architecture and the art of building boats. His fiberglass boats were sometimes referred to as “plastic boats,” but he knew that fiberglass was the wave of the future. In fact, by the 1950s, Glasspar was manufacturing about fifteen to twenty percent of all the fiberglass boats that were being manufactured and sold in the United States.
Bill Tritt had developed multiple sizes and different styles of boats for all different preferences for his customers. One of the most noted boats that he created was known as the Glasspar G3. This particular boat is probably the most famous of his designs. The Glasspar G3 was named after the G3 missile, because the boat itself looks like a missile when on the water. The G3 ski boat was manufactured from the early 1960s up until the mid 1970s. When Glasspar was sold to Larson boats in the early 1970s, Larson continued to manufacture Glasspar G3 for sale because of their popularity.
The Glasspar G3 boat is actually going to make a rebirth! The boat has not been manufactured new since about 1974. FiberClassic Boat Manufacturing has created a newer version of the G3 ski boat and is bringing it to the marketplace very soon. Go to http://www.G3Skiboat.com for more information on this unique project with one of the most classic boats ever created!
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