These builders make boats for family days on the water, watersports and speed: fiberglass bowriders and deck boats, Sundancer cruisers, inboard ski and wake surf boats, high-performance boats, and custom boats built on traditional Chesapeake Bay hulls.
The list runs from MasterCraft's and Sea Ray's plants in Vonore, Tennessee, to small yards such as Mathews Brothers, which builds to order. Where a company also builds boats outside the USA, its listing says so.
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Adrenaline Powerboats builds high-performance boats and center consoles, hand built and fitted out to each buyer's order. For owners of fast custom powerboats.
Made in: Lincolnton, GA (boats built at its Commerce Drive factory; the company was founded there in 2000).
Source: YATCO builder profile, checked 10/2026
Lincolnton, GA
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Caravelle builds fiberglass runabouts, bowriders and deck boats, plus Razor pontoon boats, for recreational boaters. The company has built boats in Americus since 1966.
Made in: Americus, GA (Caravelle and Razor boats built at the company plant).
Source: Pontoon & Deck Boat, US Coast Guard MIC listing, checked 10/2026
Americus, GA
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Inboard tow boats built for waterskiing, wakeboarding and wake surfing, plus luxury performance runabouts, for watersports riders and families on lakes.
Made in: Vonore, TN (hulls, assembly and many components, including the upholstery, which the company makes in its own shops rather than buying from suppliers).
Source: Boating, 2023 plant tour, checked 10/2026
Vonore, TN
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Custom Chesapeake Bay-style power boats, including the 29-foot Patriot and Blackwater (based on a Cecil Robbins workboat hull), the Mathews 18 and Mathews 24, plus Hampton One Design racing sailboats. Owners can take part in their boat's build.
Made in: Denton, MD (boat building, with maintenance and storage at the same yard).
Source: PropTalk, 2022, checked 10/2026
Denton, MD
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Fiberglass bowriders, sport boats and Sundancer cruisers in the SPX, SDX, SLX and Sundancer series, for family day boating and overnight cruising. A Brunswick brand.
Made in: Vonore, TN (Tellico Lake plant, boats about 23 to 35 feet, building since 1983). Sea Ray's Coast Guard manufacturer record also lists a factory in Reynosa, Mexico.
Source: Sea Ray, 2023, checked 10/2026
Vonore, TN
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Runabout and performance boat builders by state
- Georgia: Adrenaline Powerboats (Lincolnton), Caravelle (Americus)
- Maryland: Mathews Brothers (Denton)
- Tennessee: MasterCraft (Vonore), Sea Ray (Vonore)
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