Custom Steel Boats ~ Shipbuilding History

Custom Steel Boats

Merritt NC

Most recent update: January 18, 2021.

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 and see the yard from the air on Google here. 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.

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	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