Folbot Timeline
This page is an ongoing attempt to build a chronological history of the current technology Folbots - those designed by Phil Cotton after he bought the company in 1983.
If you have any information or see any mistakes, please contact me through the Folbot forum PM system - username flatwater. Some of these are intellegent (more or less) guesses on my part so please send me any facts you have to help make things more accurate. Lines with a ? in front are items I know I'm guessing at.
Many of the dates are the earliest that I know a feature existed. It's possible that a feature was available earlier. If anyone has an earlier benchmark for any given feature, please let me know.
1988
I know the Pisces existed this year - anybody know the years of its model run?
- Pisces had AL longerons, wooden crossframes, poly washboards, wooden seats (Super style), vinyl hull
First attempt at putting it in table form.
| Year |
Month |
Model |
Note |
Hull |
Deck |
Longerons |
Crossframes |
Washboards |
Fittings |
Seats |
Rudder |
Rudder Control |
| 1933 |
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J Kissner founds |
Folbot in |
London, |
England |
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| 1935 |
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Kissner moves |
Folbot to |
NYC |
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| 1953 |
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Folbot moves to |
Charleston |
SC |
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| 1983 |
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Phil Cotton buys |
Folbot |
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| 1988 |
Mar |
Pisces |
replaced by GII |
PVC |
Propex |
AL |
wood |
poly |
poly |
wood |
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| 1989 |
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hurricane Hugo |
wrecks |
the plant |
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| 1990 |
Jan |
G II |
introduced |
Hypalon |
polyester |
AL |
polycarbonate |
polycarbonate |
AL |
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| 1992 |
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Aleut |
introduced |
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| 1994 |
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benchmark |
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blue AL |
poly |
poly |
AL |
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| 1998 |
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Kodiak |
introduced |
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| 2000 |
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fittings upgrade |
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poly |
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| 2001 |
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washboard upgrade |
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AL |
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| 2002 |
Feb |
Yukon |
introduced |
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| 2003 |
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AL crossframes |
begin to |
enter the |
model line as |
an option on |
some models |
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Apr |
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probably earlier |
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center post foot bar |
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Oct |
Edisto |
introduced |
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| 2004 |
Feb |
G II |
crossframe upgrade |
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clear anodize |
all AL |
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large |
3 hole foot bar |
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May |
Kodiak |
crossframe upgrade |
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2,3,4 AL |
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Jun |
Cooper |
introduced |
TPU |
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Gobe buys |
serial #1 |
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| 2005 |
lighter |
Hypalon |
hulls - deck bungies |
changed |
from |
continuous |
to 4 piece |
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G II |
change |
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small |
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Oct |
Edisto |
discontinued |
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Oct |
Kiawah |
introduced |
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| 2007 |
Sept |
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Dave & Tony buy |
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| 2008 |
Feb |
Kodiak |
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all AL |
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Feb |
Edisto |
revived with Fish & |
Photo |
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