Gulfstream Ventures Corporation was formed in 1998 to design, build and market a line of high end, hand crafted boats. The company, although newly formed, draws on the nearly three decades of construction and boat building experience by the CEO and founder, Mark F. Wyllie. These boats are the finest of any hand made boats found anywhere.

Product Line
Gulfstream offers a fleet of fine, durable hand crafted boats.

Based on the winning catamaran design Blade Runner Class catamaran by Malcolm Tennant, this cat is a delight to sail. Holder of virtually every race record in New Zealand, AfterBurner (shown here) is a thing of beauty. At just over 43 feet in length, she’s fast due to her light weight, high aspect ratio and low wetted surface. Hand laid cedar strip planking forms her hulls, which are then coated with the West system of epoxy and Kevlar reinforced fiberglass. The clear resin allows the beautiful wood to show through. Despite the emphasis placed on performance, this sailboat is also suitable for cruising. The hulls have full standing headroom, and can accommodate 4 to 6 people with ease. Rigged as a typical three-quarter sloop on a rotating mast, masthead extras, such as reachers and spinnakers, can be flown in very light weather. These boats are built on a customer ordered, one-off basis, and list for sale at $195,000. Delivery time is 4 months.

This canoe has much in common with the racing cat above, in that it too is hand crafted of laid up cedar planks which are then coated with the West system of epoxy and Kevlar reinforced fiberglass. Based on the successful Winisk design by John Winters, this Canadian-designed tripping canoe is fast, maneuverable and sturdy: she’ll carry 580 pounds and still outperform and out maneuver lesser, half-hearted compromise canoes. At 17"-6" LOA, she a serious beauty with features like Mahogany thwarts, woven seats, and a Kevlar bottom that round out the bullet-proof wooden classic look that has become the Gulfstream trademark. Canoes are available within 6 weeks of order, and have a MRSP of $5,000

Revenues will come from the boat building activity, as well as from charter operations arising from placing in service the first prototype Blade Runner catamaran. This boat is substantially complete at this writing, and lacks only assembly finishing and rigging. When complete, it is expected to go into charter day sailing service in the west coast of Florida area.