Johnson Boat Works

Johnson Boat Works was a builder and developer of racing sailboats of the scow design in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

His first major success was the "Minnezika" a 38 ft scow design which won the championship on White Bear Lake in 1900.

Johnson was commissioned to build the 16 ft X-Boat for youth in the 1930s.

[clarification needed] Through the years, the boat builder built Optis and 420s.

The repair and storage part of the company was sold to a family member who renamed[when?]