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From its inception in the late 1940s through about 1984, Wacanda Marine, Inc. was owned and operated by Forrest Collins, Colville, Washington. From 1984 to 1988, the company was owned by the Yakima Indian Nation, Wapato, Washington, although Mr. Collins managed the production〔http://www.fiberglassics.com/library/Wacanda Accessed Jan. 30, 2011〕 According to the company owner, the name of the company, “Wacanda”, was in recognition that early on, about half the boats were being sold in Washington State, half in Canada. During the course of its operations, Wacanda Marine Inc. produced a series of 12' to 21' fiberglass boats. The boats were typically operated on the lakes and white water rivers of the Pacific Northwest and western Canada. Mr. Collins has indicated that he does not know exactly how many boats the company produced over the years, although it was several thousand. ==Early Innovation== The earliest boats were 12' and 13' (“Fisherman”) models and 15' (“Vandal”) models. Wacanda boats were all built with fiberglass ribs, stringers and floors. The only wood (other than some interior parts) used in the boats were wooden motor mount beds. The boats were known to be extremely well built, with generous fiberglass lamination schedules. In the early to mid-1950s the boats had styling features fairly common to the era, such as dramatically dropped shear lines and tail-fins. Automotive safety glass windshields purchased from the Ford Motor Company were fitted to some of the earliest 16 foot V-hull models. By the late 1950s, Wacanda boats had evolved distinctive styling and performance features including on the v-hulls a flared and concave (hollow) bow profile and ‘squared off’ bow. These features resulted in a roomier interior, as well as a very dry boat. Also, in the mid-1950s, Mr. Collins designed the V-hulls with an inset transom that carried forward through the end of production. This inset transom hull design was somewhat innovative at the time, although it was later seen on boats from other manufacturers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wacanda Marine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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