Help With Boat Identity.

[Pipe_Dream]

It might not have been a foreign company, but a Florida company who bought the rights to produce the boat (if indeed it was a Ray Hunt design, instead of an imitation).

Doing a Florida company search, I came up with this:

Fibra Boats, Inc.
Filed to do business in Florida 08/09/1965.
02/14/1969 changed name to Leisure Industries, Inc.
Status: Inactive.
Converted to Notes 02/14/1969 and 08/22/1970.

Link:
http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet...s_filing_type=

Click on Name History to see the original Fibra Boats name.

It's a start.

[Pipe_Dream]

Digging a little deeper I can see potentially why they "converted" in 1969. I have found references in case law to Hunt Industries, Inc. v. Fibra Boats Inc. (1969) mentioned in cases of patents, intellectual property and experimental products. I haven't been able to find the actual case yet, though.

[macojoe]

Wow someone has been digging!! Thanks for the info Pipe its very interesting, and another twist on V20 History!

Yeah but how many people came in on it???

[bradford]

Good work there Pipe Dream! Maybe we can somehow add any info found to the history section.


A neighbor of mine has a boat almost just like that one; same deck cap, and windsheild etc. I've thought about asking him if he'd ever want to sell it. While I love my 85, I've got a soft spot for the old gals. I'll try to see if he knows any info about it. The one you have drbarbra is in good shape for a boat that old. Welcome!!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by JJBroc

Yeah but how many people came in on it???

Probably a few still stuck in the fish box

[randlemanboater]

Welcome to the site Dr. B!!!!


That hull looks identical to a V-20.

I bet you can find out all about it by looking up that court case.

[drbarbara]

There I am in need of some guidance, I can do well with blood pressures and things of that nature but I have no idea how to look up a case. I tried googling it but I only found references to it, not the actual case. Any ideas??

Thanks