LecomteYachts.com
Title
Le Comte Yacht Company - yacht sales and brokerage in New Rochelle, New York
Contact
- A Le Comte Company Inc.
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- New Rochelle NY
- United States 10805
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- 001-914-6361524
Description
Opening an office in New Rochelle, New York in 1954, LeComte began by selling semi-custom yachts to American customers under the name of Holland-American Yachts. Products included steel-hulled motor yachts and ketches, woodhulled sailing boats and one custom multihull.
Taking advantage of growing name recognition, Dolf formed a sales company, Adolf LeComte Company, Inc. in the United States and LeComte-Holland, N.V. opened a building yard in the town of Jutphaas, south of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Contracts with the yacht design firm of John Alden Co. resulted in the wood construction of 33' Malabar Senior sloops and 42' Nordfarer yawls, followed by the finishing of Halmatic-moulded 38' Challenger yawls.
In 1961, LeComte-Holland moved into fiberglass construction exclusively, starting with the Medalist 33 sloop, followed in 1962 with the North East 38 sloop/yawl. Quality construction was the norm, with solid-glass hulls, Airex-cored decks, yacht quality varnished interiors and attractive designs joined in a competitive hull and rig design. 1965 brought the flush-deck, teak-decked 52' Ocean Racer, the last of the Tripp designs with LeComte. In addition to constantly upgrading the yachts, in 1966 a complete redesign of hulls, rigs and interiors kept these designs current and popular.
