BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
- Private
- US
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Correct Craft, Inc. has built boats that have served missionaries as ambulances in the heart of remote jungles and as towboats for ski shows in theme parks across the nation. This family-owned boat company has a rich and interesting history that has been captured in countless articles and books. Here is a brief synopsis of some of the more pivotal moments in its 82 year history. Following the sale of his campground in New Hampshire and lured by the promise of inexpensive land for investment and development, Walter C. Meloon moved his family to a small town in Central Florida, called Pine Castle , in 1925. That year the land boom ended abruptly and W.C.'s plans to develop property vanished. Being an innovator and entrepreneur, and seeing a market for boats because of the vast number of lakes in the area, W.C. quickly recovered and created the Florida Variety Boat Company. During these early days, the word "Variety" was key because the company built a variety of craft ranging from sailboats to powerboats to race boats. When they were old enough to travel, W.C.'s sons took to the road to drum up business for the company. Because many people could not afford boats at that time, the Meloons would set up boats on popular waterfronts to sell boat rides. To attract even more attention, two of the sons learned to fly glider airplanes which they used to circle their staging area so they could showcase their boats. ...
CEO
Bill YergonNumber of Employees 400
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing: 336214
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Correct Craft Accelerates Quality Leadership with AIMS Manufacturing Lifecycle Management Release 5 Software
- 2008-08-19
AIMS 'Best Practices in a Box' Helps Boating's Best Get Better RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Solutions, Co. AIMS, www.aimsco.com announced today that Correct Craft (www.nautiques.com), manufacturer of the premium Nautique boat brand, has implemented the AIMS Manufacturing Lifecycle Management MLM Framework Release 5 to ensure...
Correct Craft stands behind its products.(Dock Talk)
- 2006-11-01
Correct Craft is now operating from a new manufacturing plant in east Orlando, Florida, just across town from its previous haunts. As part of its state-of-the-art 137-acre campus, the company has even constructed two lakes on which to test boats and host waterski and ...
Ski locker: Correct Craft celebrates 80 years of boatbuilding.(Dock Talk)
- 2005-10-01
A company that lasts 80 years--during a time of mergers, acquisitions, buyouts and fluctuating trends--is rare. It's perhaps even more unusual that a company stays family owned and remains in the same town for those eight decades. But Correct Craft, of Orlando, Florida, can...
Mission fission: Correct Craft's new SV-211 blurs the boundaries between traditional ski and wakeboard boats.(Exclusive!)
- 2004-05-01
Question: Can a towboat satisfy the demands of both slalom skiers and wakeboarders? Answer: Only if it can produce both small wakes and big wakes. Correct Craft calls its new Nautique SV-211 V-drive a "multi-watersport towboat designed to produce both...
Ski locker: Correct Craft Sport Nautique 216.(Dock Talk)
- 2004-04-01
Correct Craft is known for designing boats that appeal to waterski and wakeboard enthusiasts. Yet, the Orlando-based builder is also becoming known for designing shades of differences into its line of boats. Small differences can add up to major convenience or inconvenience when you're...
No wake zone. (Correct Craft's upgraded Ski Nautique)(includes related article on water skiing)(Evaluation)
- 1997-02-01
Correct Craft's new TSC hull design propels Ski Nautique to wakeless performance It takes nerve to mess with a classic, but designers at Correct Craft, noting that even Mercedes occasionally reworks its SELs, have revised the revered Ski Nautique. The 1997 edition offers refinements both...
A family affair for 71 years. (Correct Craft)
- 1996-07-01
* Through good times and bad Correct Craft has persevered ORLANDO, FL, July '96.-- In 1924 Florida was just starting to experience a land boom that still hasn't slowed down. That year, Walter C. Meloon decided to close the doors of his garage in Ossipee, New...
Will Correct Craft's speed control send waterskiing to the Olympics(Watersports)(includes related article)
- 1996-01-01
Can a computer be the answer to getting waterski competition into future Olympics? Correct Craft of Orlando, Florida, thinks so. That's why Correct Craft, manufacturer of the Ski Nautique (one of waterskiing's most prominent boats) has spent the past year earnestly researching, developing, and testing a...
Tournament-caliber family skiboat.(Correct Craft Nautique Super Sport)(Evaluation)
- 1995-06-01
One of the fastest-growing segments of the trailerable boat market is the tournament skiboat. In the past several years, we have seen a proliferation of models from new companies entering the field and many changes from older companies working hard to keep up with the competition....
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Yergon | CEO |
| Angela Pilkington | Office Manager & Manager, It |
| Don Bostick | Manager, Export |
| Shirley Adams | Manager, HR |
| Steve Mask | Manager, Quality Control |
| Jeff Hadley | Controller |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Ken Meloon | Chairman |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Correct Craft, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Correct Craft, Inc. | Office Manager & Manager, It | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Correct Craft, Inc. | Manager, Export | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Correct Craft, Inc. | Manager, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Correct Craft, Inc. | Manager, Quality Control | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Correct Craft, Inc. | Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mid West Correct Craft, Inc. | President | Current |
| Correct Craft, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
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