Custom Steel Boats
Merritt NC
Custom Steel Boats was started in 1981 by Richard Flowers and his son Rodney, in Arapahoe NC. They moved to a larger facility in Merritt in 1994. Visit the company at customsteelboats.com. Their web site now describes them as a steel fabricator and makes no mention of boats but presumably they could be back in the boat business if they had some work.
O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
Built in Arapahoe NC | ||||||||
103 | 945792 | Tranquility | Michael B. Butterworth | recreational | 20 | 43 | 1989 | |
104 | 957877 | Serenity | Low Sea Marine | passenger | 26 | 49 | 1986 | |
978978 | Bird of Time | Morgan O'Shaughnessy | recreational | 15 | 42 | 1991 | ||
108 | 952072 | Tuugaalik | recreational | 16 | 43 | 1992 | later Island Time | |
111 | 952938 | Alleluia! | Victor Ceide | recreational | 22 | 43 | 1989 | |
112 | 1033767 | American Steel | Robert J. Wouda | recreational | 30 | 43 | 1995 | later Reventon |
119 | 986258 | Kala'd | recreational | 11 | 42 | 1993 | later Rickshaw, Oasis | |
120 | 1041242 | Zoe | John Diggs | recreational | 12 | 42 | 1996 | |
121 | 991451 | Sunseeker II | Harold M. Fairbanks | recreational | 9 | 42 | 1993 | |
125 | 1027283 | Katherine B | George C. Salley | recreational | 15 | 41 | 1994 | later Valkyrie |
914917 | Firefly | Stuart P. Tansill | recreational | 22 | 46 | 1995 | ||
Built in Merritt NC | ||||||||
123 | 1034240 | Ramblin' Rose | James L. Taylor | recreational | 34 | 55 | 1995 | later Ocean Stars |
124 | 1035304 | Griffin | Wlliam B. Gardiner | recreational | 22 | 47 | 1995 | |
128 | 1039833 | Long Run | recreational | 83 | 61 | 1995 | later Impervious | |
131 | 1032745 | Shiloh | Donald A. Henderson | passenger | 21 | 45 | 1995 | |
133 | 1030714 | Imajica | Marsha S. Petersen | recreational | 24 | 49 | 1995 | |
1075807 | Donza Lee | Donza Lee Inc | passenger | 36 | 52 | 1998 | ||
137 | 1076981 | Lady Alice | recreational | 16 | 35 | 1999 | later Water Lilly | |
138 | 1074517 | Dulcinea | The Joel E Peterson Trust | recreational | 98 | 65 | 1998 | later Xtratuff |
142 | 1064964 | Quetzalcoatl | Donald W. Bryden | recreational | 25 | 45 | 1998 | |
145 | 1086281 | Big C Too | Edwin A & John O Crandell | towboat | 35 | 45 | 1999 | |
147 | 1183825 | Northern Attitude | Adios Charters Inc | passenger | 37 | 57 | 2002 | |
148 | 1126062 | Toucanne | Richard M. Lowman | recreational | 44 | 55 | 2002 | later Iron Annie |
149 | 1114579 | Jennifer Anne | Delancey Developments Inc | recreational | 87 | 65 | 2001 | later Almost Heaven |
150 | 1110604 | Victory | The Valkyrie Trust | recreational | 33 | 45 | 2001 | |
151 | 1119723 | Ramaela | Patience Rewarded LLC | recreational | 95 | 65 | 2001 | |
153 | 1155640 | Beverlee Jane | Robert Webster | recreational | 16 | 40 | 2004 | later White Spirit |
155 | 1167133 | Carol Marie | Ralph C. Kimball | recreational | 27 | 47 | 2004 | later Qilin |
159 | 1176111 | CSB 82 | Northern Expedition LLC | recreational | 171 | 71 | 2006 | |
161 | 1191870 | Neville | Ralph C. Kimball | recreational | 27 | 47 | 2005 | later Spirit |
162 | 1220582 | Migliori Amici | Island Explorer Yachts LLC | recreational | 169 | 91 | 2009 | later Boundless |
163 | 1217225 | Miss Brenda | Cape Lookout Cabins | passenger | 54 | 48 | 2008 | |
164 | 1242558 | Mary Musgrove | Chatham Transit | passenger | 84 | 67 | 2012 | |
167 | 1268225 | Two Dukes | fishing boat | 123 | 70 | 2019 |