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Tony Fleming, a British born U.S. citizen, has been called a Renaissance
man, having the skills of an engineer and the eye of an artist.
After 20-years of working for American Marine, builder of the Grand Banks
 brand of motor yachts, he took his idea of a new pilothouse design to
Taiwan, selected the Tung Hwa factory, and started what has become the
Fleming legacy.
In January of 2005, Tony took delivery of hull number one of his newest
design, the Fleming 65, which he named VENTURE. Since that time he
has cruised more than 20,000 miles, using VENTURE as a test bed for
new ideas and equipment. Equally important, he's finally getting the
opportunity to enjoy cruising while finding even more ways to make
Fleming "the ultimate cruising yacht."  (from:flemingyachts.com)
An e-mail interview with Tony in early 2011 gave us a lot of information on Tony’s work when
he worked for American Marine in Hong Kong and he shared with us several original photographs.
Read the interview                                                       See the photographs.
Chanteyman

FLA   SH!  
CHANTEYMAN MAKES THE BIG TIME!
In late October 2009, Bob Lane, the prolific Northwest Contributing Editor for PassageMaker Magazine, the prestigious “Trawler & Ocean Motorboat Magazine”, individually visited PLOWMAN, WANDRIAN and SALTY QUACKER, 3 Puget Sound Chanteyman trawler yachts, to collect the boats’ stories and photograph them all in great detail.  
Bob Lane is the proud owner of a 42’ Grand Banks yacht, QUADRA, and has written extensively about Grand Banks-the company and the boats, Chanteyman’s place in that history plus he was along on the 50th GB Anniversary Cruise to SE Alaska for GB owners.
Bob’s Chanteyman story is published in the
April 2010 issue of PassageMaker.
     
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TRAWLER TALK
 Chanteyman: Grand Banks’ Salty Cousin
 By Robert M. Lane
“Join Bob for a fascinating tour of three classic
wood yachts that shaped the roots of the
Grand Banks family tree.
The longevity of the Chanteyman, a fishboat-styled
cruiser built in the early ’60s, is a testament to
the workmanship of American Marine—and living proof
that there’s lots of good cruising to be had in an older yacht.”
Reproduced with permission from PassageMaker Magazine















                                                                                                                                  Photo by Lin Hines