Seaworthy boats, jacrim manufacturing

     Dedicated to collecting, preservation, identification, restoration, and displaying the boats designed by Chester Rimmer and manufactured by SEAWORTHY BOATS, JACRIM MANUFACTURING and KEYSTONE.

     So many of their toy boats have survived to date and many may disappear if not recognized for what they are – A true American hand crafted Toy boat with beginnings in the 1920’s and ending in the machine age of the ‘50’s.

     For years collectors have been buying and selling toy boats and sailboats with the label Seaworthy Boats- Guaranteed to sail- Chester Rimmer navel Architect and later boats marked Jacrim Mfg. Hollow Boat and then Keystone. The company's products were both sailboats and toy motorboats with wind up motors, rubber band powered boats, Tom Thumb floor toys, Ride Em toys and forts and furniture. There is a misconception about Seaworthy Boats. There never was any registered company with the name Seaworthy. Jacrim manufacturing had as its president David W. Rimmer, John W. Rimmer was secretary and Chester was treasurer.

 

     The Seaworthy Boats are the most sought after toy boats by collectors of all other toy boats on the market, from Chein’s “Peggy” series tin boats, Rich toys, Tillicum toys, to Starr and Bowman sailing Yachts from England, and Lionel, Lindstrom, Mengle motor boats and many other lesser name products. These production boats differed from the home built pond boats created by fathers and sons in the thousands with each entirely different. First, Seaworthy Boats were designed by an MIT trained navel architect, second they really would sail, and last the boats looked good, floated on their water line and were inexpensive by today’s standards. Later Seaworthy Boats Jacrim Manufacturing was acquired by Keystone Manufacturing and were then factory crafted and, I might add, also very well made.