Glen Wooldridge (Glen Wooldridge) a passionate fisherman, hunter and traveler, he built his first boat back in 1915 with the sole purpose of downstream turbulent river rig in the state Oregon. However, the process of design and production of boats that can go in almost any, even the most complicated rivers, was so exciting for Glen that was soon followed by other projects. Originally it was a wooden boat. In the future, based on the characteristics of the operation of vessels on the waters Northwest US (mountain shallow rivers with fast currents), the material of the buildings was selected as aluminium. Today this family company is headed by a representative of the third generation of Wooldridge, who like my grandfather, his name is Glen, and in the design of boats involved his son Grant.
Wooldridge Boats is building boats to this day, showing a good momentum of sales.
Wooldridge Boats are handmade at a small factory in Seattle, state Washington. In the same building is a cozy showroom, where visitors can see models of the company and its history.
the product Range of the shipyard comprises as >closed cabin boats 6-7 m long, and light open boats from 5 m to 6.3 m, which the firm traditionally focuses. Among them are boats type >Gorbatov flat floor that can be equipped with a jet outboard or inboard engines, or classic outboard motors. The manufacturer is not chasing aesthetics of shapes and lines in priority to the operational and performance characteristics, and professionals will appreciate this approach. This, of course, is American sturdy and attractive product. The range of application of the Wooldridge boats is very broad: recreation, fishing (including sports), hunting, rescue, research and conservation work.
Wooldridge — it's kind of perfect, polished by time and experience of the designers of the boat in them possess passed on from generation to generation family passion of Wooldridge to travel and overcome the difficult routes. If you look closely enough simple at first glance, the hull of the boat will open a lot of proprietary improvements designed to improve their performance. For example, the aft tunnel — the "keel on the contrary", which is able to perform the functions of a conventional keel on conboth built specifically for use in shallow waters.