Canal Boats

Canal Boats, Fort Lauderdale FL

Canal Boats was a subsidiary of Fort Lauderdale's Water Taxi Inc., in operation from 1996 until 2008. It built a unique design of electro-hybrid ferry. Its yard, which continues as a maintenance operation, is on the Tarpon River, at 413 Southwest 3rd Avenue. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 30 September 2020.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type of Vessel	GT	Ft.	Built	Disposition
33-02	1052658	Ryan K	Amelia River Excursions	Passenger	8	33	1997	Now Water Taxsea
38-	1059848	Lauderdale	Water Shuttle Llc	Passenger	10	38	1997	Active
38-	1063136	Rio Vista	Water Shuttle Llc	Passenger	10	38	1998	Active
38-	1073395	Bayview	Water Shuttle Llc	Passenger	10	38	1998	Active
38-11	1081233	Alpha	Wendella Sightseeing	Passenger	10	38	1999	Active
42-01	1116686	Clay Shaw	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2001	Active
42-02	1120063	B-Sea-T	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2001	Active
42-03	1121275	Carlisle Wilson	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2001	Active
65-149	1121983	Miss Mallory	Potomac Riverboat Co	Passenger	60	70	2003	Active
42-04	1123169	Michele	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2002	Active
42-05	1125659	The Buz	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2002	Active
42-06	1129881	Bio-Bus	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2002	Active
42-07	1132927	Glades	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2002	Active
42-08	1134102	Tropic	State of Florida	Passenger	47	42	2002	Active
42-09	1159459	Dale R	Water Shuttle Llc	Passenger	13	42	2004	Active
42-27	1161274	Riverwalk	Water Shuttle Llc	Passenger	13	42	2004	Active
42-28	1165452	Captain Haynes	City of Tavares	Passenger	13	42	2004	Now Water Shuttle II
42-29	1166999	Major St Clair Abrams	City of Tavares	Passenger	13	42	2005	Now Water Shuttle I
59-01	1217286	Blue	Beach & Reef Inc	Passenger	18	60	2008	Active

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