Black Fin Yacht Corp. a subsidiary of Zimmer Corporation
Another one of Zimmer's ventures was boats - Zimmer purchased the Black Fin Yacht company in 1984. Zimmer sold off Black Fin in 1987/88 during their bankruptcy, but the Black Fin Boat company lives on to this day.
We located some original brochures for the Black Fin line when Zimmer owned them in the mid-80s and have scanned them here along with some contemporary news articles about Zimmer's involvement with Black Fin. If you have any more info about Black Fin Boats in the "Zimmer-era", please contact us!
Finally, we asked D.A. "Don" Johnson, designer of the QuickSilver, about these and he had this to say...
We located some original brochures for the Black Fin line when Zimmer owned them in the mid-80s and have scanned them here along with some contemporary news articles about Zimmer's involvement with Black Fin. If you have any more info about Black Fin Boats in the "Zimmer-era", please contact us!
Finally, we asked D.A. "Don" Johnson, designer of the QuickSilver, about these and he had this to say...
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I was responsible for anything that moved; cars, van and truck conversions, motor homes and the 'Black Fin Yachts' - these were 26' to 36' Sport Fishing Yachts that sold for roughly $170K to $225K in '84-'87. Fun but very hectic years !!
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Black Fin 27 Fisherman/Combi
Black Fin 36
Notice D.A. "Don" Johnson's name in the lower right of this cover image!
