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The company was founded in 1996 by Lynn Rabren.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF3FB300F5CDF7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Boat show has profitable opening day|last=Howard|first=Willie|date=3 November 1996|work=Palm Beach Post|accessdate=5 March 2012|quote="Lynn Rabren showed his Caribiana sea skiffs for the first time at the Fort Lauderdale show."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/access/22775469.html?dids=22775469:22775469&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+22%252C+1996&author=TERRY+TOMALIN&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Sea+Skiff+has+skippers+hopping+Series%253A+OUTDOORS&pqatl=google|title=Sea Skiff has skippers hopping|last=Tomalin|first=Terry|date=22 November 1996|work=St. Petersburg Times|accessdate=5 March 2012|quote="The Sea Skiff makes its Gulf Coast debut at this weekend's St. Petersburg Boat Show."}}</ref> The "boutique Gulf Coast boatbuilder" was purchased in 2007 by Curt Morse after a difficult period in which it had struggled in the wake of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref name="bought">Ann Abel. [http://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/2011/0314/private-eye-curt-morse-james-dean-caribiana-sea-skiffs.html Caribiana Sea Skiffs. The coolest boats on the water.] 02.25.11 March 14, 2011 [[Forbes]]Life Magazine</ref> Before buying Caribiana, Morse had been in the horse business.<ref name="bought"/> Morse said he grew up "in the Delta riding around in a [[duck boat]]”.<ref name="south"/>
The company was founded in 1996 by Lynn Rabren.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF3FB300F5CDF7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Boat show has profitable opening day|last=Howard|first=Willie|date=3 November 1996|work=Palm Beach Post|accessdate=5 March 2012|quote="Lynn Rabren showed his Caribiana sea skiffs for the first time at the Fort Lauderdale show."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/access/22775469.html?dids=22775469:22775469&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+22%252C+1996&author=TERRY+TOMALIN&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Sea+Skiff+has+skippers+hopping+Series%253A+OUTDOORS&pqatl=google|title=Sea Skiff has skippers hopping|last=Tomalin|first=Terry|date=22 November 1996|work=St. Petersburg Times|accessdate=5 March 2012|quote="The Sea Skiff makes its Gulf Coast debut at this weekend's St. Petersburg Boat Show."}}</ref> The "boutique Gulf Coast boatbuilder" was purchased in 2007 by Curt Morse after a difficult period in which it had struggled in the wake of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref name="bought">Ann Abel. [http://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/2011/0314/private-eye-curt-morse-james-dean-caribiana-sea-skiffs.html Caribiana Sea Skiffs. The coolest boats on the water.] 02.25.11 March 14, 2011 [[Forbes]]Life Magazine</ref> Before buying Caribiana, Morse had been in the horse business.<ref name="bought"/> Morse said he grew up "in the Delta riding around in a [[duck boat]]”.<ref name="south"/>


Caribiana's sales were adversely affected by the [[late-2000s financial crisis]] and the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref>[http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110419/gulf-coast-small-businesses-post-spill/slides/4] April 19, 2011 Businessweek</ref>
Caribiana's sales were adversely affected by the [[late-2000s financial crisis]] and the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110419/gulf-coast-small-businesses-post-spill/slides/4 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-03-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918013315/http://images.businessweek.com:80/slideshows/20110419/gulf-coast-small-businesses-post-spill/slides/4 |archivedate=2011-09-18 |df= }} April 19, 2011 Businessweek</ref>


==Production==
==Production==

Revision as of 05:22, 15 November 2016

Cabriana Sea Skiffs is a boutique maker of custom sea skiffs built out of fiberglass and teak. It is located in Pensacola, Florida.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

The company was founded in 1996 by Lynn Rabren.[6][7] The "boutique Gulf Coast boatbuilder" was purchased in 2007 by Curt Morse after a difficult period in which it had struggled in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.[8] Before buying Caribiana, Morse had been in the horse business.[8] Morse said he grew up "in the Delta riding around in a duck boat”.[9]

Caribiana's sales were adversely affected by the late-2000s financial crisis and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.[10]

Production

Caribiana's sea skiffs are produced in small quantities (about 12 boats a year in 2011 when about 110 were in existence)[8] and outfitted for "serious" as well as recreational fishing. The boats, costing between $24,000 and $70,000 in 2010, have been described as having "graceful" hull shaping and "classic" teak detailing, and the business won a Garden & Gun magazine award for best of Made in the South in 2010.[9]

References

  1. ^ Terry Tomalin One man's boat odyssey June 1, 2007 St. Pete Times
  2. ^ Bill Pike Boat test: Simple abundance October 1997 Boaters Magazine
  3. ^ Lucy Schultze A seacraft with style Mississippi Magazine September/ October (fall) pages 69-71 2009
  4. ^ Sloane Stevens Cox Worth a Sea Issue I Volume IV Coastal Lifestyle
  5. ^ Sarah Brueggemann Onboard; Along Alabama's Gulf Coast, a company's vivid cruisers bring colorful people together pages 123-127 Coastal
  6. ^ Howard, Willie (3 November 1996). "Boat show has profitable opening day". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 5 March 2012. Lynn Rabren showed his Caribiana sea skiffs for the first time at the Fort Lauderdale show.
  7. ^ Tomalin, Terry (22 November 1996). "Sea Skiff has skippers hopping". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 5 March 2012. The Sea Skiff makes its Gulf Coast debut at this weekend's St. Petersburg Boat Show.
  8. ^ a b c Ann Abel. Caribiana Sea Skiffs. The coolest boats on the water. 02.25.11 March 14, 2011 ForbesLife Magazine
  9. ^ a b Made in the South Award Winners 2010 Dec. 2010 page 11 Garden & Gun
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2012-03-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) April 19, 2011 Businessweek
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