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No one in the yachtbuilding industry knows the value of loyal
customers better than the Nordlund family. Successful, long-standing
relationships have allowed the Tacoma, Washington–based boatbuilders to
maintain a full order book based primarily on repeat customers and their
referrals. One of the company’s most recent orders came from Vic and Nancy
Edelbrock, whose last boat, an 89-foot yachtfisherman named Victor E, was delivered
in 1998.
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For automobile enthusiasts, the Edelbrock name and
signature red Edelbrock logo are synonymous with high-performance products. Vic
Edelbrock stepped into the driver’s seat after the death of his father, Vic
Edelbrock Sr., in 1962. Since then, the Edelbrock Corporation has grown even
larger, and the company’s 650 employees now manufacture its products at five
facilities in California.
 Designs for active cruising include a large
cockpit with a shaded California deck. (Click image to enlarge)
Over the years, the family has used a succession of boats
to decompress from the hectic manufacturing and racing schedule that occupies
their lives. Early last spring, Nordlund Boat Company launched the family’s
latest boat, Victorious. Vic explained that the new 110-foot
(33.5-meter) yachtfisherman was a natural progression, and he laughed when
telling the story of her origins.
"I was in Monterey over the weekend for what they call the
‘Pre-Historics,’ but Nancy chose to be on the boat in Catalina. So, on Monday, I
flew over to see her and spend a couple of days before I came back here [for the
Monterey Historic Automobile Races]. While I was there, I was having my one
martini—I drink one martini a week—and she said, ‘Being [that] your birthday’s
next week, I want to give you your present a little bit in advance.’
 A crow's nest control station. (Click image to enlarge)
"So here comes this package, and it’s yea long and yea wide,
and it’s very thin, wrapped in red, white and blue paper with a big red bow. I
opened it up, and the first thing that came out was a computer drawing of a boat
in Alaska.
"‘Oh, nice,’ I said, ‘a picture of the boat. I’ll get this
framed and put it in my office. And she said, ‘No, honey. Look at it
closely.’
"So, as I was looking at it, I started to see the new stuff,
and behind it was a set of plans. They were plans that she and Richard Stocker,
our captain, and Ed Monk Jr. had been working on for six months without my
knowing.
"I asked Nancy, ‘So how are we going to pay for it?’ and she
said, ‘I don’t know, honey. That’s your problem.’
"‘OK,’ I said. ‘Give me another martini.’"
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