Gulfstar Yachts

[3] In 1970, Vince Lazzara emerged from a two-year non-compete clause, which had prevented his building fiberglass monohull power and sailboats.

He had signed this clause when he sold his share in Columbia Yachts and had been biding his time by building houseboats.

Immediately after the non-compete clause expired, Lazzara founded Gulfstar Yachts in the Tampa Bay area.

Lazzara, not wanting to leave a legacy as a producer of poor quality yachts reorganized the company, contracted Ted Hood for a number of models and began to produce high-quality, performance yachts also updating and expanding its Sailmaster series.

During the mid-1980s, Gulfstar also produced a number of performance sailing yachts for the CSY charter boat fleet in the Caribbean.