From the late 1950s, Hong Kong yards built Western designs in wood at prices no American yard could match — which is why so many American-designed ketches and trawlers of the 1960s and 70s are Chinese-built teak boats. Several are still sailing on San Francisco Bay.
Characteristic types
- Cheoy Lee production sail and power
- Grand Banks 36 and the wooden trawler yacht
- Angelman & Davies Sea Witch ketches built under licence
Across the eras
Designers
Hugh Angelman
Designer and yard partner — Wilmington, California
Charlie Davies
Designer — Southern California
Builders & Yards
American Marine Ltd. — Grand Banks
Junk Bay, Hong Kong; later Singapore
Cheoy Lee Shipyard
Shanghai, then Hong Kong
Okamoto Boatyard
Japan
Classes & Types
Sea Witch Ketch
Angelman & Davies, from c. 1937
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