Bayliner (Buccaneer/US Yachts)

Active: 1970 – 1979

Founded by J. Orin Edson who had been a dealer for small powerboats and motors since 1955. At some point he purchased the Bayliner name and began building sailing craft around 1970. It is said that Bayliner, which historically, had been a manufacturer of power boats, got in to the sailboat business in response the fuel crisis of the early 1970's. Of course, the higher fuel prices didn't make them less expensive to build.

Whatever the reasoning, they were called Buccaneers and they built a lot of them before they sold off the entire devision in 1979? and went back to building powerboats only.

Many models were based on 'splashed' copies of boats from other builders (most notably the COLUMBIA T-23 and COLUMBIA T-26) with changes that emphasized interior amenities with sailing performance as a secondary consideration. And yet some might say, they have their own unique aesthetic. These boats ranged from the 17' BUCCANEER 180 up to 27'. Others included the Doug Peterson designed BUCCANEER 335 at 33'. These were also built from tooling purchased from other companies.

Many of the same models (with minor differences were built by US Yachts which was a division owned by Bayliner. US Yachts, (not the same company that was associated with Grampian Yachts) also built some larger boats (the largest was the US 42) that did not appear in the Bayliner line.

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Boats (29)

Name	LOA (ft)	First Built	Last Built	Rig
BUCCANEER 180	17.58	1974	—	Fractional Sloop
BUCCANEER 200	20.42	1974	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 210	20.83	1974	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 220	22	1978	—	Fractional Sloop
BUCCANEER 240	23.67	1975	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 245	23.67	1975	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 250	25	1978	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 255	25	1978	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 270	26.67	1975	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 272	27.5	1978	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 275	26.67	1976	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 277	27.5	1978	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 285	26.67	1976	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 295	29.25	1976	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 305	30	1977	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 320	32	1976	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 325	32	1976	—	Masthead Sloop
BUCCANEER 335	32.83	1978	—	Masthead Sloop
US 18	17.58	1980	—	Fractional Sloop
US 21	21.25	1982	—	Fractional Sloop
US 22	22	1979	—	Fractional Sloop
US 25	25	1981	1982	Masthead Sloop
US 27	27	1983	—	Masthead Sloop
US 29	29.5	1977	—	Masthead Sloop
US 30	29.92	1979	1983	Masthead Sloop
US 305	30	1978	—	Masthead Sloop
US 33	32.83	1981	1983	Masthead Sloop
US 35	35.25	1979	—	Masthead Sloop
US 42	41.5	1982	1986	Masthead Sloop