William E. Munson Company
15806 Preston Place, Burlington, WA USA 98233
Phone: 425-672-4634 Fax: 425-774-2408
Munson
History:
For over 35 years, Bill Munson has been a pioneer in the welded aluminum boat building industry. In his early years, instead of doing his schoolwork, Bill drew boats. He designed and built his first boat at the age of 13 and has since designed and built over 2,000 welded aluminum vessels. While serving in the US Navy in Vietnam, he was introduced to the advantages of welded aluminum boats. Bill learned aluminum welding and fabricating skills while working on Swift aluminum patrol boats in Vietnam. Bill also spent a number of seasons gill netting and seine fishing in Alaska which added to his practical approach to vessel design and outfitting. His experience in aluminum hull design, construction and operation has allowed Munson Boats to become a world leader in the creation of welded aluminum workboats.
Bill got his aluminum boat building start designing and building Seasled utility skiffs. The Seasled hulls offered a stable working platform for the customer not overly concerned with a soft ride. The Seasled's wide, slightly dished flat bottom offered excellent side to side stability and load packing capabilities. The shallow draft of these hulls and their square bow configurations made them a popular choice for short run, heavy load applications. Seasleds were built in sizes from 16 to 24 feet and powered with single outboard motors. Heavily built, Seasleds found a home where a small indestructible workboat is an absolute necessity and the loss of a lighter built model could spell disaster.
Bill began building the square bow, modified vee hull design in 1981. The square bow vee hull was desirable for many workboat applications. Bow rollers, bow steps, bow lockers and many other options adapted well to this configuration. The increased space over the pointed bow design combined with the ride of a pleasure cruiser made it a very good heavy sea workboat.
The first landing craft style vee hulls were built in 1984. Bow doors easily adapted to the square bow configurations that were currently being produced. At the time, the vee hull landing craft was the only hull of its kind to offer a deep forefoot and bow door in the same hull. Most of these early landing craft were built as oil spill response vessels where the large cargo deck and bow door were used for deploying oil containment boom.
As the popularity of Bill Munson's hull designs increased, so did his product line. Bill Munson designed and built hundreds of conventional pointed bow workboats, as well as square bow designs and landing craft, throughout the 1980's and 1990's.
Today, every Munson Boat is built with the experience and knowledge gained from building a wide variety of welded aluminum boats for wide variety of applications.
When you choose a Munson Boat, you will receive a vessel that combines the highest level of design, weld quality, craftsmanship and performance available. There is no comparison to the efficiency, quality and performance of a Munson Boat. And there is no substitute for experience. Let us put our experience to work for you.
"William Munson is a well-respected Pacific Northwest builder of aluminum boats. He’s been doing it for a few decades, and you’d be hard pressed to hear a discouraging word about the man or his products – itself a rare achievement in any industry. Munson is an innovator, and has been for years."
- from Professional BoatBuilder, April 1999
"Munson is more than a boat builder, he is adept at designing boats tailored to the individual customer."
- from The Enterprise, Feburary 1984
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Munson History: For over 35 years, Bill Munson has been a pioneer in the welded aluminum boat building industry. In his early years, instead of doing his schoolwork, Bill drew boats. He designed and built his first boat at the age of 13 and has since designed and built over 2,000 welded aluminum vessels. While serving in the US Navy in Vietnam, he was introduced to the advantages of welded aluminum boats. Bill learned aluminum welding and fabricating skills while working on Swift aluminum patrol boats in Vietnam. Bill also spent a number of seasons gill netting and seine fishing in Alaska which added to his practical approach to vessel design and outfitting. His experience in aluminum hull design, construction and operation has allowed Munson Boats to become a world leader in the creation of welded aluminum workboats. Bill got his aluminum boat building start designing and building Seasled utility skiffs. The Seasled hulls offered a stable working platform for the customer not overly concerned with a soft ride. The Seasled's wide, slightly dished flat bottom offered excellent side to side stability and load packing capabilities. The shallow draft of these hulls and their square bow configurations made them a popular choice for short run, heavy load applications. Seasleds were built in sizes from 16 to 24 feet and powered with single outboard motors. Heavily built, Seasleds found a home where a small indestructible workboat is an absolute necessity and the loss of a lighter built model could spell disaster. Bill began building the square bow, modified vee hull design in 1981. The square bow vee hull was desirable for many workboat applications. Bow rollers, bow steps, bow lockers and many other options adapted well to this configuration. The increased space over the pointed bow design combined with the ride of a pleasure cruiser made it a very good heavy sea workboat. The first landing craft style vee hulls were built in 1984. Bow doors easily adapted to the square bow configurations that were currently being produced. At the time, the vee hull landing craft was the only hull of its kind to offer a deep forefoot and bow door in the same hull. Most of these early landing craft were built as oil spill response vessels where the large cargo deck and bow door were used for deploying oil containment boom. As the popularity of Bill Munson's hull designs increased, so did his product line. Bill Munson designed and built hundreds of conventional pointed bow workboats, as well as square bow designs and landing craft, throughout the 1980's and 1990's. Today, every Munson Boat is built with the experience and knowledge gained from building a wide variety of welded aluminum boats for wide variety of applications. When you choose a Munson Boat, you will receive a vessel that combines the highest level of design, weld quality, craftsmanship and performance available. There is no comparison to the efficiency, quality and performance of a Munson Boat. And there is no substitute for experience. Let us put our experience to work for you. "William Munson is a well-respected Pacific Northwest builder of aluminum boats. He’s been doing it for a few decades, and you’d be hard pressed to hear a discouraging word about the man or his products – itself a rare achievement in any industry. Munson is an innovator, and has been for years." "Munson is more than a boat builder, he is adept at designing boats tailored to the individual customer." |
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