- Uniflite
Uniflite (United Boat Builders) was founded in
Bellingham, Washington by Art Nordtvedt in October1957 . Although the company is best remembered as a maker of recreational powerboats, its initial products were smallfiberglass runabouts. The company also supplied river patrol craft to theUS Navy between 1965 and 1972 for use in theVietnam War .Uniflite was acquired by Chris-Craft in
1984 , who continued to build the boats under their brand until they ceased production in1989 .After the company's demise, Art's son, Gary Nordtvedt, went on to found
Norstar Boats .External links
* [http://www.unifliteworld.com/ Uniflite World]
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