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Garlington Landeweer

Much like Victor Kiam, who loved his Remington razor so much he bought the company, brothers Evert and Peter Landeweer liked the Garlington ride so much they purchased the Stuart, Florida-based boatbuilder in 1993.
 Richard Garlington started designing boats in the mid-1980s after spending his younger years building and driving racecars. Garlington teamed up with marine architect Dan McCarty, and the pair laid out their first fishing boats, paying close attention to detail and functional simplicity. With their low profile and clean lines, Garlington's boats always turned heads.
 
"Richard rounded off everything," Peter Landeweer says. "The shape was very modern for the time, but still had this classic look. That's what first attracted us to the Garlington."
 
Richard Garlington built several game-boat sizes, including 44, 48, 58 and 63 feet. After the Landeweers purchased the company, they added some length to the 58 and came up with one of the most successful Garlington hulls, the 61-footer. They also added two larger vessels: a 72 and an 80, built overseas in New Zealand.
 
The company uses composite construction, integrating advanced technologies such as vacuum-bagging and Kevlar laminates. There is no wood used in the Garlington hull. All of the interior layouts and engine packages are fully custom and up to the owner. 
 

At a Glance: •  Composite construction •  Express and flybridge designs •  Custom interiors

Getting the most speed out of a hull is a delicate balance between weight and horsepower. "Our boats just feel right," Landeweer says. "I'm convinced we've got a good balance of weight and strength. We're not the fastest boat out there, but we are one of the most efficient. A standard 61 with twin 1,500 hp diesels tops out at 42 knots, but when you drop down to a 35-knot cruise, you're burning about 2.9 gallons a nautical mile. Drop it down even more to 27 knots, and you're using less than 2 1/2 gallons for a range of roughly 550 nautical miles." The 61 holds 1,500 gallons of diesel.
 
Although most custom builders continually migrate to larger yachts, Landeweer is excited about a new 48- footer that the company recently began working on. "The 48 will be a true game boat. We are going to offer it in four layouts — a flybridge, an express, a walkaround and a day boat with an open bulkhead," he says.
 
For more information, contact Garlington Landeweer of Stuart, Florida, at 772-283-7124, or visit www.garlingtonyachts.com.

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