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We are fortunate to have MANY annual
antique boat & car shows on the waterfront.
See page 56 for dates.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! munity which supports Sunsation Sunsation is opening a second cam-
LOCAL BOAT BUILDER 40TH ANNIVERSARY!
Lake St. Clair boat today. pus. This short term plan will include
builder Sunsation is Although we see many Sunsa- moving part of their operations and
tion boats out
offices to a location at 26 mile
growing, and plans to on Lake St. Marking the location of and County Line Road in Ira
continue to do it locally! Clair, most of the Algonac Harbour Township, MI.
their sales go Club on the North Long term, Sunsation plans
Founded in a small garage just to Lake of the Channel, the original to find enough land to build a
down the road from the original Ozarks in Mis- Chris Craft factory blue new state of the art facility.
Chris Craft factory, Wayne Schald- souri, Louisi- Water Tower has been Sunsation is organizing a
enbrand started Sunsation Boats in ana, Kentucky, a visual landmark for few events for 2022 to cele-
1982 after experiencing the difficulty and Florida. boaters since the early brate the 40th Anniversary,
of working with sub-par boat manu- Today’s Algo- 1900’s. one of which will be on Lake
facturers. nac, MI plant is St. Clair in late July.
In a 20’x20’ space, Wayne built the 35,000 square feet, More information regarding the
first 16’ Sunburn. With his passion, producing about 40 special event dates will be posted
he quickly acquired his talent for boats per year with on their website at
boat building, which would change 46 employees. www.sunsationboats.com.
the industry. Shortly thereafter, his Because of the
brothers Joe and John joined the continued expan- See Page 44 for an interesting photo
company and have contributed to sion of the brand, pictorial from the 1980’s to now as their
its growth, along with the local com- models evolved to what we see below.

Depending on the A Sunsation 34 and 40CCX returning from a test run.
model, it takes 3-6
months to produce
one boat once it’s
ordered.

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