THE PILLARS OF HCB
WHO WE ARE

- The Birth of a Brand (1973): Brand founded with the creation of its first bass boat by Joe Reeves.
- Highly Recognized (1987): Became highly recognized for the largest and best riding boats in the market place.
- Blue Water Boats (1991): Blue water boats were born – known as the first salt water boats.
- Wendy’s Fishing Team (1991): Became the professional fishing tournament boat of choice by the Wendy’s Restaurant Fishing Team, which participated in the nationwide Southern King Fish Association Tournaments – this lasted until 1999.
- Fuel Standard (1994): Developed “fuel standard” where portfolio strategy dictated that fuel capacity would be the largest in the industry – increasing range of the boats significantly.
- Launched CC (1996): Launched the “CC” or center console line with the 180 CC – line-up quickly expanded to four (4) boats up the 23’.

THE CUSTOM BOAT COMPANY
- Bay Boats (2008): Introduced Bay Boats to the line-up with the 19’ Bay with great market acceptance.
- 41′ Center Console (2008): New flagship 41’ center console was launched, and quickly became the largest center console of its own class – positioned to compete with sportfish boats.
- Electronic Screens (2009): First to put 3 electronic screens as standard on an innovative helm layout.
- New Wave Trend (2011): Began a new-wave trend of luxury styling and moderate custom builds.
- HydraSports Custom Boats (2012): Long-term enthusiast acquires the brand and transitions it to HydraSports “CUSTOM” Boats to anchor as a “custom” center console company.
- Quad Yamaha 350’s (2012): First to standardize Quad Yamaha 350’s as a new expectation for power.

BRAND EVOLUTION
- A Change In Direction (2016): New ownership departs from mixed product portfolio to only focus only on the luxurious center console custom boats.
- The 39′ Speciale (2017): Utilizing the award winning and popular design of the 53 Suenos, the new 39 Speciale yacht is born.
- The Crucero Experience (2017): The Crucero™ customer-centric culture is established to deliver the “full yacht” experience.
- Product Portfolio (2017): Product portfolio is re-tooled with all new the custom “yachts”
- Yacht Refinements (2018): Product models are introduced with industry leading new yacht refinements.
- HCB Center Console Yachts (2018): HydraSports Custom Boats is re-incarnated as the HCB Center Console Yachts company.