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A Phoenix on the Water

A Phoenix on the Water

Running a business is not for the faint of heart. Despite the best laid business strategies and decades of hard work, success can ebb and flow with the tides of economics and consumer tastes. The Wheeler family behind Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation and Wheeler Yachts knows this all too well. In the past century they’ve weathered countless storms and hardships; yet emerged with a brand that has stood the test of time.

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How Hemingway Transformed Sportfishing on a Wheeler Yacht

How Hemingway Transformed Sportfishing on a Wheeler Yacht

Ernest Hemingway was revered worldwide for his intense literary style and prize-winning novels. In the papers, it was his risky adventures and scandalous personal life that earned him notoriety. But “Papa,” as he liked to be called, contributed more to the 20th century than fiction and headlines … he was also one of the early pioneers of sportfishing boats.

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Patriotism & Shipbuilding: How Wheeler Supported WWI & WWII

Patriotism & Shipbuilding: How Wheeler Supported WWI & WWII

When Howard E. Wheeler Sr. founded The Wheeler Shipyard Corporation in 1910 his vision was to design and build high-quality yachts for sport and leisure. His singular focus paid off — within a few years the craftsmanship of his yachts had garnered a prestigious reputation nationwide. Business was booming at the Brooklyn-based boatyard, but at the onset of WWI, Wheeler didn’t hesitate to change tack to support America’s defense.

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Matthew Rhys’ Role of a Lifetime: Owner of a 1939 Wheeler Yacht

Matthew Rhys’ Role of a Lifetime: Owner of a 1939 Wheeler Yacht

Perry Mason. A Cold War Soviet spy. The leaker of the Pentagon Papers. Matthew Rhys has played countless iconic characters on television shows and movies like The Americans, Brothers & Sisters, The Post and Cocaine Bear. But after knocking back a few drinks in 2017, the Welsh actor unwittingly took on his most challenging role ever when he stumbled upon a 1939 Wheeler Playmate on eBay.

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The Matchbox Fleet: Wheeler to the Rescue in WWII

The Matchbox Fleet: Wheeler to the Rescue in WWII

On June 6, 1944, American, British, Canadian and Australian soldiers arrived at one of the most hellish battle scenes in modern warfare.

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Travel Back to Gilligan’s Island Aboard a Wheeler Yacht

Travel Back to Gilligan’s Island Aboard a Wheeler Yacht

Five tourists set off on a three-hour cruise captained by The Skipper and his bumbling first mate, Gilligan. After leaving port in Honolulu onboard the S.S. Minnow, a big storm blew the ship off course and shipwrecked the passengers on an “uncharted desert isle.”

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Battle on the High Seas: The Incredible True Story of a Wheeler Ship Fighting a U-boat in WWII

Battle on the High Seas: The Incredible True Story of a Wheeler Ship Fighting a U-boat in WWII

Stealth and deadly, U-boats were one of Germany’s most effective weapons in World War II. With ruthless abandon, they aimed their torpedoes at both military and merchant vessels, sinking nearly 3,000 ships and killing upwards of 30,000 people.

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Fishing for Nazis

Fishing for Nazis

How Ernest Hemingway and his Wheeler Yacht supported the Allies in WWII.

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The Ship that Inspired Hemingway’s “The Old Man & the Sea”

The Ship that Inspired Hemingway’s “The Old Man & the Sea”

An avid sport fisherman, Ernest Hemingway penned his most critically acclaimed novel aboard a Wheeler yacht named Pilar.

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The Boat that Kept the Cuban Revolution Afloat

The Boat that Kept the Cuban Revolution Afloat

A harrowing tale aboard a Wheeler yacht that brought Fidel and Raúl Castro and Che Guevara back to Cuba and changed the course of history.

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