For Sea magazine in the March 2004 article Where Were You in 52 he provided pharmaceuticals executive Wesley Wheeler with the impetus to revive the business his family had shuttered four decades earlier.

Wheeler yacht co. Founded The Wheeler Shipyard Corporation in 1910 in Brooklyn New York to build high-quality beautifully designed yachts up to 85 feet in length. Working primarily with wood Wheeler found it difficult to compete with the growing popularity of fiberglass Perhaps the companys best-known boat was Ernest Hemingways 38-foot sportfisherman. 53 likes 4 talking about this.

I dont have photos but shes powered by two big V-8s. The first hull is scheduled for sea trials in May 2006. The owner bought her for 12K a month ago and has now decided shes too much boat.

She was built at 40 and later nicely extended to 46. She has been hauled every year since 2008 for bottom paint and minor repair at Pensacola Ship Yard. The Vantare CUSTOM Cockpit Motoryacht WHEELER DEALER is just such a cruiser and reasserts what founder Mike Guth said is the philosophy behind all Vantares which was to build a strong stylish yacht using advanced materials and methods that equals or exceeds any domestic cruiser on the market in luxury and performance.

The Wheeler Yacht Company was founded at the turn of the 19th century by Howard E. Nautical Wheeler Boat Co Clanton Alabama. Wheeler in Brooklyn NY.

Company List - W. Wheeler and great-grandson of Howard Wheeler who founded the original Wheeler in 1910 and oversaw the construction of some 3500 hulls before he died in 1961 at 92. The company will be present at the 32nd Annual Newport Boat Show in Newport Beach in April and subsequent shows in the coming months.

When yacht designer Tom Fexas reminisced about the halcyon days of Wheeler Yacht Co. Wheelers winged-W logo could be seen on the worlds top fishing groundsA decade later Wheelers would be darting through the deadly waters off Normandy. The yacht on the pier under construction was rumored to belong to the comedien Jackie Gleason but it went up in flames in that fire.