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Wheeler Yacht Company mentions in the press

Hemingway’s Boat

Yachting Magazine

January 2013

Hemingway’s Boat

It’s very likely that somewhere in Ernest Hemingway’s dozen suitcases were catalogs and circulars and fold-over mailings from Wheeler Shipyard, Inc., whose listed address was “Foot of Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.”

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National Treasures

Showboats International

June 2010

National Treasures

Sometimes in life you have to make the leap, like boatbuilder Jim Moores, who followed his dream from the backwoods of Maine to Riviera Beach, Florida, where he now resotres classic yachts from America’s bygone era of yachting.

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Hemingway Would Love It: Wheeler resurrects its classic – with modern touches

Yachting Magazine

March 2006

Hemingway Would Love It: Wheeler resurrects its classic – with modern touches

I can remember back to the 1930s, when a company named Wheeler offered 15 wooden sportfishermen from 22 to 47 feet, fast commuters and express cruisers.

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Wheeler Yacht Company: A fourth-generation member of an inspired boatbuilding family seeks to revive its legacy

Worth Magazine

March 2006

Wheeler Yacht Company: A fourth-generation member of an inspired boatbuilding family seeks to revive its legacy

To a true yacht enthusiast, few things are more beautiful than a vessel with sweeping lines, perfect proportions and a balance of style and function.

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Recasting a Classic: The Legacy Sedan sportfisherman marks the return of Wheeler yachts

Robb Report

July 2005

Recasting a Classic: The Legacy Sedan sportfisherman marks the return of Wheeler yachts

When yacht designer Tom Fexas reminisced about the halcyon days of Wheeler Yacht Co. for Sea magazine in the March 2004 article “Where Were You in ’52?” he provided pharmaceuticals executive Wesley Wheeler with the impetus to revive the business his family had shuttered four decades earlier.

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Out of the Blue

SEA Magazine

June 2005

Out of the Blue

A couple months after the article was published, I received a call from a Wes Wheeler from California.

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Resurrecting a Legacy: Fueled by a dream, Wheeler Yacht Co. cruises again

SEA Magazine

May 2005

Resurrecting a Legacy: Fueled by a dream, Wheeler Yacht Co. cruises again

It’s inadequate to call boating a hobby. For many, it’s a passion, a dream, or even a way of life; something they were just born into.

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