Canal Boats ~ Shipbuilding History

Canal Boats

Fort Lauderdale FL

Canal Boats was a subsidiary of Fort Lauderdale's Water Taxi Inc., in operation from 1996 until 2008. It built a unique design of electro-hybrid ferry. Its yard, which continues as a maintenance operation, is on the Tarpon River, at 413 Southwest 3rd Avenue.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Notes
33-02	1052658	Ryan K	Amelia River Excursions	passenger	8	33	1997	later Water Taxsea
38-	1059848	Lauderdale	Water Shuttle LLC	passenger	10	38	1997
38-	1063136	Rio Vista	Water Shuttle LLC	passenger	10	38	1998
38-	1073395	Bayview	Water Shuttle LLC	passenger	10	38	1998
38-11	1081233	Alpha	Wendella Sightseeing	passenger	10	38	1999
42-01	1116686	Clay Shaw	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2001
42-02	1120063	B-Sea-T	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2001
42-03	1121275	Carlisle Wilson	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2001
65-149	1121983	Miss Mallory	Potomac Riverboat Co	passenger	60	70	2003
42-04	1123169	Michele	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2002
42-05	1125659	The Buz	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2002
42-06	1129881	Bio-Bus	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2002
42-07	1132927	Glades	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2002
42-08	1134102	Tropic	State of Florida	passenger	47	42	2002
42-09	1159459	Dale R	Water Shuttle LLC	passenger	13	42	2004
42-27	1161274	Riverwalk	Water Shuttle LLC	passenger	13	42	2004
42-28	1165452	Captain Haynes	City of Tavares	passenger	13	42	2004	later Water Shuttle II
42-29	1166999	Major St Clair Abrams	City of Tavares	passenger	13	42	2005	later Water Shuttle I
59-01	1217286	Blue	Beach & Reef Inc	passenger	18	60	2008