...1998 - Founded by Larry Wieber, starting at the Fairhaven Marine Industrial Park, where it is today. The original boats, named Stabi-craft, are made using technology from New Zealand and improved upon by Bill Hickock. The company occupies 30,000 square feet of space. The name of the boats is changed by company officials in response to the U.S. Coast Guard, which created a special category in its boating books for "aluminum chambered boats"...