Earlier Yachts

A family legacy of craftsmanship, tradition and unmatched expertise

For 50 years, the Wheeler Family – father and five sons – built yachts of the highest quality. From 1910 through two world wars and well into peacetime, Wheeler built over 3,200 pleasure boats and more than 800 military craft which earned them 8 Navy ‘E’ awards for service to the United States. The Wheelers built their boats with only the finest materials available at the time. They were hand crafted and built to last. It was this reputation for quality that drew Hemingway to Wheeler in 1934.

Wheeler Yacht Company ‘Firsts’

• First to build a sedan cruiser and give it that name.
• First to build a flying bridge with dual controls
• First to install a dinette that converted to beds.
• First to use a reduction gear engine.
• First boat with a diesel engine in a boat show.
• Queen of the NY Boat Show for 15 years in a row.
• First to sponsor an in-the-water boat show at City Island, NY, in 1937