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Friday, October 1st 2004
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Blue Water Classics
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The original Valiant was the Valiant 40, designed in 1973 and arguably the first "performance cruiser." Uniflite, a powerboat manufacture in Bellingham, Wash., began to produce the 40 and between 1975 and 1983 built roughly 50 boats a year under contract with the founders of Valiant Yachts.
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Wednesday, September 1st 2004
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Cruising Design: 50
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For decades Valiant has been building the cruising boats that most serious cruisers dream of. Designed and built for the shorthanded crew, the new Valiant 50 has set a pace that others can only follow.
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Friday, August 1st 2003
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Staying Power
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The term "performance cruiser" is now commonplace, but the genre didn't exist until a young yacht designer named Bob Perry drew the lines for the Valiant 40 in 1973. Perry used the experience gained in designing fast IOR boats during his apprenticeship with Dick Carter and equipped the Valiant 40 with what was at the time an ultra modern underbody-a fin keel and skeg hung rudder.
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Saturday, May 20th 2000
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Tradition
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Before 1984, Worstell had been a major dealer for Valiant, a line that began when Robert Perry designed the first Valiant 40 in 1973. For 10 years Uniflite buitl them in Bellingham, Washington, until Worstell took over and carted the molds down to Texas.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2000
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Just Launched
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Boats from Valiant Yachts have a lot of bluewater miles to live up to. Since 1973, when Bob Perry designed the Valiant 40, the double-ended performance cruiser that helped open the modern era of light to moderate displacement bluewater boats, Valiant Yachts has been fine-tuning the formula.
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Tuesday, September 1st 1998
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The Versatile V42
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A persistent demand for custom interiors was the impetus for the creation of the Valiant 42, says Rich Worstell, president of Valiant Yachts in Gordonville, Texas. The V42 evolved from the venerable Valiant 40, and it's popped from the same mold.
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Wednesday, September 5th 1990
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World Race
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The America's Cup gets the lion's share of sailing coverage by the general news media, but in blue water sailing circles, the ultimate proving grounds is the BOC Challenge
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Wednesday, February 15th 1989
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The Lonestar Commitment
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In 1986, a lone man made the commitment to sail a VALIANT 47 singlehanded around the world in one of the most formidable and challenging long distance races known to man, the B.O.C.
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