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Business
Expanding boat company seeks new emissions permitPublished 01/08/09
In these tough economic times, one Annapolis boatbuilder is staying afloat - and then some.
Paul W. Gillespie - The CapitalTOP: Performance Cruising owner Tony Smith talks about his company's boats, the Gemini catamaran and the Telstar 28 trimaran. The Annapolis company plans to expand its boat-building operations, but is facing some resistance from neighbors in getting a new air-emissions permit from the state. Performance Cruising, on Edgewood Road along Back Creek, recently built a new building on its campus, part of an expansion to accommodate a state-of-the-art process for building a trimaran called the Telstar 28. Tony Smith, company owner and president, said the $80,000 boat is the next wave in boat building. He said he hopes it will appeal to younger buyers interested in a small, fast, fun boat. "Nobody in the world has a boat like this," he said, walking through the final assembly line. But ramping up production...
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