Sportsman
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Founded 📆 | Summerville, South Carolina (2011) [1] |
| Founders 👔 | Tommy Hancock & Dale Martin[1] |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Recreational boats |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 300 |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Sportsman is a company that produces pleasure fishing outboard boats. The company's main manufacturing facility is located in Dorchester County, South Carolina.[2]
History[edit]
Originally founded by two legendary boat builders, Tommy Hancock and Dale Martin, Sportsman Boats was the vision to fulfill a need in the boating market place.[3] Starting with a 20,000-square-foot space in 2011, the manufacturing facility has undergone several expansions.[4] The current facility was expanded from 74,000 square feet to 190,000 square feet in 2014.[5] The latest expansion plans to add an additional 75,000 square feet and cost $3.5 million.[6]
Overview[edit]
Sportsman Boats manufacturers and markets boats ranging from 20-foot to 31-foot Center console (boat) in 4 different series. They produce 2 lines of offshore center console boats and 2 lines of inshore bay boats.[7] The offshore boats are marketed as the Open Series, with a size range of 21-foot to 31-foot and the Heritage Series, with a size range of 21-foot to 25-foot. The inshore boats are marketed as the Masters Series, which range from 20-foot to 26-foot and the Tournament Series, which ranges from 21-foot to 23-foot.
Solar Panel Project[edit]
In 2017, Sportsman showed off its $1.2 million solar energy project consisting of 2,394 3-by-5 panels on the rooftop of their manufacturing facility.[6] The solar farm has an estimated output of 800-kilowatt[8] and the company stated that the panels would produce enough energy to run the entire plant.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Boat builders are back: Hancock, Martin form company". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "SPORTSMAN BOATS MANUFACTURING ANNOUNCES NEW FACILITY IN DORCHESTER COUNTY". Charleston Regional Development Alliance. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "Sportsman Boats Manufacturing, Inc". boatersbook. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "Sportsman Boats expanding in Dorchester County". Charleston Regional Business Journal. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "Summerville boat builder to add 150 jobs". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Sportsman Boats announces $3.5 million expansion". The Summerville Journal Scene. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "About Sportsman Boats". Sportsman Boats. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "BDC Assists Sportsman Boats in Going Solar at Production Facilities". Business Development. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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