Cavalier Yachts: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Yacht manufacturer in New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
'''Cavalier Yachts''' was a yacht manufacturer in [[New Zealand]], with production in New Zealand and designs also licensed to [[Australia]] and [[Japan]]. In the 1970's1970s Cavalier were the largest production boat builders in the Southern Hemisphere.

Cavalier Yachts was created as a partnership between Peter K Smith<ref name="NZ_Herald_10344936">Bailey,{{cite Robin.web [|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10344936 "|title=New Zealander develops new class of anchor"], ''NZ Herald''|author=Bailey, SeptemberRobin |date=10, September 2005 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=23 September 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.petersmith.net.nz/about/peter.php "About Peter"], ''PeterSmith.net.nz''</ref> and [[John Salthouse (boat-builder)|John Salthouse]], trading as Salthouse Custom Glass Boats Ltd, later changed to Custom Glass Boats Ltd. They initially produced the successful Cavalier 32 as well as the Coronet Trailer Sailer and the Corsair 36 launch.

Salthouse and Smith amicably parted company with Smith taking the Cavalier Yachts half of the business.<ref>McCorkindale, Ian: "Cavalier 32", Boating New Zealand, October 2001</ref>. Smith introduced two new partners, Pat Sullivan as administrator and accountant, and Grant Bennet as floor and production manager.

In 1979, Prime Minister [[RobertRob Muldoon]] introduced a sudden 20% sales tax surcharge to the New Zealand boat-building industry<ref>Templeton, Hugh: "All Honourable Men: Inside the Muldoon Cabinet 1975-1984", Auckland University Press, 1995 ({{ISBN |186940128X}})</ref> which priced Cavalier out of the international market, leading to cancelled orders and precipitating the collapse of the business.

==Cavalier Models==

Cavalier Yachts was one of the New Zealand boat-building industry's early successes, the largest in the southern hemisphere at the time. 170 Cavalier 32s were built, and 84 Cavalier 39s .<ref name="NZ_Herald_3594453">Bailey,{{cite Robin.web [|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=543&objectid=3594453 "|title=Flagship of Familyfamily Line"],line ''NZ|date=25 September 2004 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald'',]] September|access-date=23 25,September 2004.2011}}</ref>.

* [httphttps://bluewaterboatssailboat.orgguide/cavalier-/32 Review of the Cavalier 32 at Bluewaterboatssailboat.orgguide]

* [httphttps://bluewaterboatssailboat.orgguide/cavalier-/36 Overview and History of the Cavalier 36 at Bluewaterboatssailboat.orgguide]