- Viking Mouldings
was established in 1970 by 3 ex employees of Seamaster Boats Ltd.
- Robert Chapman. Peter Poulter and Mike O'Connell.They
started trading from a farm building in North End called 'The
Hobbs Cottage Works' from where they produced small river and
speed boats.
- In 1979 Seamaster
Ltd was closed.
- In 1980 Viking
Mouldings moved onto the Seamaster Estate in Great Dunmow, where
they still trade from today.
- In 1981 Viking
Mouldings bought the Seamaster Company and have used several hulls to
increase the Viking range of boats.
- In 1997 Peter Poulter
retired, followed in 2003 by Robert Chapman and Mike O'Connell.
The business today is owned and run by David Underwood,who was previously
the manager,and has been with the company for many years. He is assisted
by Wayne Goodwin as manager, who also has been with the company for
a number of years.
The Viking crew boasts over 200 years experience between them and have
over the years have produced in excess of 1300 craft.
At present they have a crew of ten.
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