What Happened To Carver Yachts?

The history of several boat brands, including Maxum, Meridian, and Bayliner, is not mentioned in this text. However, Cruisers Yachts parent company KCS International has acquired the former Carver and Marquis yacht facility in Pulaski, Wisconsin, a 216,000 square-foot, purpose-built manufacturing space. This acquisition will expand Carver’s production and export sales, which at 36% made up more than double the previous amount.

Carver was acquired into a much larger family by Genmar Holdings in the 1990s. In the 2000s, the Voyager models made their debut. The introduction of the 59 Marquis marks a significant change in Carver Yachts. The 59 Marquis is the largest ever built and marks a significant change in Carver Yachts.

The Carver-Marquis Yachts facility was owned by Irwin L. Jacobs, formerly chairman of Genmar, who died in a murder-suicide with his wife on April 10, 2019. The company anticipates hiring around 150 additional crew members to run the new facility and an additional 75 workers at the existing facility. Although the business closed in 2021, Carver yachts continue to be a great choice of vessel, offering a full range of boats, including deep vee, modified vee, and modified vee.

In June 1992, the company bought the bankrupt Pennsylvania-based Trojan Yacht division of Bertram-Trojan Inc. for less than $2 million. Carver Yachts launched the Marquis line in 2004 under the ownership of Genmar Holdings Inc. and emerged from a 2009 restructuring as Marquis Yachts. In good years through the late 1980s, the industry would sell about 10,000 new boats for more than 100,000 per year, mostly inboard cruisers.