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COMBAT & PATROL CRAFT

D D F F ELIVERING ELIVERING LEXIBILITYLEXIBILITY & &

C O USTOMIZED UTPUT

Diversif cation is the key at Oregon-based North River Boats. Listening closely to the customer’s needs recently won the day on a multi-hull U.S. Navy con- tract, but that’s not all that’s happening in Oregon.

By Joseph Keefe oseburg, Oregon-based North River Boats has, can also win the day. Such was the case in North River’s over time, thrived by delivering one of the most recent 5-year Blanket Purchase Agreement award from

R diverse vessel portfolios in North America. Those the U.S. Navy. offerings include both domestic and foreign deliveries, as According to Mike Blocher, North River Boats’ Direc- well as recreational, commercial and military hulls. And, tor of Sales and Marketing, the ? rm will deliver two Navy if that formula has taught them just one thing, then that hulls this year, one in September and another 4 weeks later metric would be that different customers need different at October. And, he says, they expect to produce two more features. And, for a ? rm known initially for cranking out in 2018 – pending government funding. All told, North a well-known brand of nearly identical recreational craft, River’s contract, signed only in February of 2017, calls for it has also learned that ? exibility in design and offerings options of up to eight hulls.

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