Stamas Yacht is the oldest, continuously owned and operated boat company
in the United States today. Located in the bayou-country of Florida's
Gulf Coast for over fifty years, the Stamas family has been handcrafting
boats for the discriminating boater.
Stamas is recognized, among those who know the difference, as a company
whose vision and drive is not only a corporate mission statement but a
hallmark of the craftsmen who have been expressing their passion for
over forty-nine years. Perhaps that's why Stamas has a higher rate of
lifetime owners than any other manufacturer.
When a 22-foot wooden Cruiser built by Peter and Nicholas Stamas, high
school boys from Tarpon Springs, was awarded a First Prize at the
Florida State Fair in the late ’30s, the future of the Stamas brothers
was decided. Beginning in earnest after World War II, they’ve been boat
builders ever since.
In their early years they built tough, rugged vessels and deep-sea
charter fishing boats for the fleet that sails out of Tarpon Springs. In
the late ‘50s, the Stamas brothers recognized the potential of
fiberglass and concentrated on building pleasure boats with this new
material.
While the passage of time has brought new designs, new techniques and
new materials, the currents of tradition run deep in this family owned
business. Peter Stamas and his sons and nephews are still in Tarpon
Springs building boats with the same devotion to detail and respect for
the sea that has been the hallmark of every Stamas.
The company’s approach to boat building reflects both the past and the
future. It is at the same time innovative and conservative; innovative
in hull design and new construction methods, yet conservative in the
painstaking and time-consuming approach to building each individual
boat.
Every Stamas is designed to be, above all else, functional, comfortable
and safe. It must be sea-kindly in virtually any water, ride soft and
level, require minimal maintenance, and keep its value year after year. A
Stamas boat is built without compromise, guided by forty-nine years of
experience and personal conviction. Each boat carries a seven-year hull
warranty, but more important, every boat is backed up by a company with a
long track record of superior products and satisfied owners. To Peter
Stamas, his boats are simply built the way they must be in order to
deliver a lifetime of service. And they do deliver from owner to owner.
The Stamas philosophy is evident in every boat in the line, whether
Tarpon or Express. All are designed from the keel up for the rigors of
offshore use. Yet these versatile boats are equally adept at meeting the
needs of the occasional fisherman who cruises with his family or enjoys
the change of pace of weekend gunk-holing or scuba diving.
