Land N Sea Houseboat Information Compilation

 

Here's a snippet from one of the owners of LNS....

Wanted to live on a boat, found the LnS showing their prototype. Became 34th order and as the factory they were preparing was between my home and the college I visited often. They were producing one boat every six weeks and my order 34 looked a long ways off. Great factory assembly line, worker madhouse, I made my opinion of the mess frequent and loudly. Finally the prime owner Sandy Kaye asked if I was all mouth or could I help. Since I had 21 yrs leading men it seemed easy so I accepted the challenge for a promised 6 months. We got the production up to 8 boats a month and then hired a production manager from Southern Cal boat industry who got the production to 11 a month.  I got my boat custom built and moved aboard in Oyster Point, South San Francisco. Started dating a young secretary whose boss was my present wife Becky. Boat company hit a wall in the '73 energy crunch. We had just started the molds for a upgraded model with a small business Gov't guaranteed loan. Our boats were so popular that we were selling with commissions only to our boat owners. We had 16 back orders in Nov 73 and the Jan-Feb boat show orders would usually amount to 60+. All 16 cancelled and the boat shows did not yield, Small Business Administration came under Congressional scrutiny and called our loan and so we folded after building 251 and just beginning to show a profit. 

Here's some pics sent by that same owner - in no particular order.

This is the fellow who sent me the memorabilia - he's over 90 y/o now.

This video was used at boat shows to show how easy the LnS is to tow and launch.

 

This video is just fun on the water. Notice how well the hull takes the wakes.

Here's another example of how stable the LnS hull is. 

Short factory video
 
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