Dream Team: Smitty & Ray Richards

Quality Boats, Delighted Customers—the Early Days at Ranger Boats

It’s likely we’ve spent too much time writing about smaller, camp-cruising powerboats in recent months, but nevertheless and without apology, we’re doing it again today.

This time, though, it’s not about our personal search for a boat to buy or build—but rather about early days at a small Northwest company then known as Ranger Fiberglass Boats, operating out of an aging quonset hut along Old Highway 99, between Tacoma and Seattle.