⛵ Sailboat DB

Reinell Boat Works

Active: 1928 – 1980

First founded as Adams & Reinell, Inc., in Marysville, Washington, USA.\r\nThe company specialized in lapstrake and carvel-planked boats in the 10- to 18-foot range, but they advertised their ability to design and build pleasure cruisers or yachts up to 110 feet.\r\nBy the early 1930’s the company was known as Reinell Boat Works. The plant was expanded several times and new models were added to the line, making Reinell a well known and successful west coast US builder of outboard runabouts, at least into the 1960's, when fiberglass construction was introduced.\r\nAfter an initial resistance to the new technology, the company began building small fiberglass runabouts in 1957, which were not well received. \r\nIn the mid-1970's Reinell entered into a short lived venture of building sailboats. The arrangement the company had with designer Arthur S. Henry is unknown but the boats offered under the Reinell name must have come from the same hull molds as those sold under the 'American' brand from American Mariner Industries (AMI).\r\nAfter a number of changes in ownership and management, the company closed it's doors in 1980. Most of companies assetts were purchased by Beechcraft Marine, which in turn went under a few years later.\r\nSee American Mariner Industries.\r\nA Reinell Boat Co. exists (2014) as a builder of powerboats. Other than the name, it has no connection to the earlier firm.

Boats (4)

Name LOA (ft) First Built Last Built Rig
CHEETAH 26 (MONK) 27.5 1974 1977 Masthead Sloop
REINELL 22 22 1974 Fractional Sloop
REINELL 26 25.67 1975 Masthead Sloop
SUN 27 27.5 1977 1980 Masthead Sloop