Lowe Boats is the name of a company that manufactures aluminum boats. Lowe is the parent company of Sea Nymph Boats, a line of recreational fishing boats which was established in 1946. They make pontoon boats and recreational fishing

Recreational fishing

Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is fishing for profit, or subsistence fishing, which is fishing for survival....

 boats such as the Sea Nymph aluminum fishing boat to the right. Until 1980, Lowe Boats was called Lowe Line. Today, its products are marketed under the Suncruiser, Trinidad, Malibu, Tahiti, Stinger, Roughneck, and Lowe brand names and operates as a subsidy of Brunswick Boat Group

Brunswick Boat Group

The Brunswick Boat Group, headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, is the largest maker of pleasure boats in the world. In 2008, the company's net sales were US$1.7 billion...

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History

Lowe boats was founded in 1971 as Lowe Line by Carl and Dianna Lowe. In their first model year, 1972, they produced 29 models of flat bottom and semi-v jon boat

Jon boat

A jon boat is a flat-bottomed boat constructed of aluminum or wood with one, two, or three bench seats. They are particularly useful for hunting due to the greater level of stability as compared with a V-hull aluminum boat. They are quite suitable for fishing as well...

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Canoe

A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...

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1975: Lowe makes the very first dedicated bass boat

Bass boat

A bass boat is a small boat that is designed and equipped primarily for bass fishing or fishing for other panfish, usually in freshwater such as lakes, rivers and streams...

1980: Lowe Line changed their name to their current name

1988: Lowe Boats was purchased by the Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC)

1992: Lowe makes the first aluminum deck boat

1999: Lowe Boats acquired Roughneck, Sea Nymph, and Suncruiser

2001: Lowe Boats became part of Genmar Holdings following the sale of the OMC boat companies.

2004: Lowe Boats was acquired by the Brunswick Corporation

Brunswick Corporation

The Brunswick Corporation , formerly known as the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, is a United States-based corporation that has been involved in manufacturing a wide variety of products since 1845. Brunswick's global headquarters is in the northern Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois...

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Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...

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