OK, here's what we do know.
On 6 June 1988, Aquasport Inc. commenced bankruptcy (Chapter 7) proceedings having filed (voluntary) earlier that year. The court at this time appointed a trustee for Aquasport Inc, Jeanette Tavormina.
13 June 1988, she files for a "shortening time for notice of sale" and asks that the sale be held at 23 June at 1:00PM. Everything is to be sold, including the "Aquasport" name, all copyrights and patents along with all real property. This would include of course the buildings and land they were erected on and everything inside and out. The whole enchilada.
28 June 1988, the trustee received deposit and entered into a contract for sale of the above with a company doing business as R.B.D.O.T.
11 July 1988 the court approved the sale to a company shown as R.B.D.O.T. for 3.4 million and relieved Aquasport Inc. of all debt from its creditors.
28 August 1988, the court approved an "Assignment" between Aquasport Marine Industries, Inc. (f/k/a R.B.D.O.T.) and Aquasport Marine Properties LTD. A Mr. William B. Nesbitt signed for both parties and was listed as "Vice President" for both.
31 August 1988, a Trustee's Special Warranty Deed and a Quit Claim Deed was granted from the trustee to Aquasport Marine Properties LTD. The deal was done.
This seems to support the thoughts and the information supplied by member Mike139 that indeed Aqua was building hulls in Hialeah in 89 and possibly 90 or longer????
As SB stated above, his knowledge is the 1993 Genmar deal. That would have been what I found reading about Minstar acquiring Aquasport debt in that year. Minstar was a Irwin Jacobs tool and Genmar was its parent company. Interesting stuff. There is a thread here (I'll have to search) that shows a portion of Genmar's holdings and timelines for same that has the 1993 date of acquisition of Aqua by Minstar. The missing pieces are the movement from Hialeah to Bradenton. It's out there somewhere, waiting to be found.
Lastly, I discovered a Security and Exchange Commission (I believe that was the document name) that listed Genmar's holdings for the year 1997. Interesting thing was that it listed all its boat building facilities and showed that Aquasport had two in Florida. The one known in Bradenton and one in Avon Park. Anybody know about this (Avon) facility. I myself never heard of it.
More to follow.
PS... I'm going to relocated this thread to the Discussion forum later today (probably tonight) so we can keep it going. Thanks for posting the photo J.J. because it will disappear when the e-bay auction ends and a tip-o-the-hat to Rick for jump starting the thread.
Mod Edit: Here's a link to a history (not current by a few years) for Genmar 's holdings. It has popped up on boating forums many times. Still, it defines the Minstar role as the foundation for Genmar's boating empire. It's good background if any of this peaks your interest.
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company- ... c-history/Link to Forum Thread
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