Marinette Boat Forum

bcassedy wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:44 am One other note on the demise of the Marinette brand. The company originally was making airplanes during WWII. Once the war ended, the factory at Standiford field in Louisville (a hanger) was converted to building Big M's. Eventually, Standiford expanded and the company was going to be booted from their then location to make way for airport improvements. It was then, as mentioned by Joe above, that the recession played a significant part in the sale of the brand to the houseboat company in Tenn. And I believe the "luxury boat" tax imposed by the feds at the time also was a major contributor. There were a large number of boat makers who went belly up because they couldn't move their product.

Bill

barkleydave wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:00 am
Pluckerbaum in Louisville is still in production and builds in my opinion the best quality luxury Aluminum boats in the world!

$$$ but look how long our Ms have been on the water and still going strong !

If you have the means and are let's say in your 40's buying a new Plucker would be the last yacht you would ever have to own.
Feast your eyes on these!!! Aluminum Cruisers were good friends with Plucker and many constructions practices were similar.

http://www.pluckebaum.com/

safe boating,
dave

David wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 10:53 pm Hi, I recently purchased a 1985 39’ sedan bridge ... I see a number of the aft. Cabin models, but does anyone know how many of the 39’s were built?

Thanks!
David

bcassedy wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:16 am John

What I wrote is what I learned from this forum years ago. Having worked for American Airlines (a lifetime ago???) here in 'Zinzinnati' I had some airline contacts in Louisville who corroborated the story. Just goes to show you, what you learn thru this forum is gold, and it's best to pass that knowledge on to others as they become acquainted with 's!

Now, if my children just follow thru on that nugget...

Bill