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Opening an office in New Rochelle, New York in 1954, LeComte began by selling
semi-custom yachts to American customers under the name of Holland-American Yachts.
Products included steel-hulled motor yachts and ketches, woodhulled sailing boats
and one custom multihull.
<p>Taking advantage of growing name recognition, Dolf formed a sales company,
Adolf LeComte Company, Inc. in the United States and LeComte-Holland, N.V. opened
a building yard in the town of Jutphaas, south of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Contracts with the yacht design firm of John Alden Co. resulted in the wood
construction of 33' Malabar Senior sloops and 42' Nordfarer yawls, followed
by the finishing of Halmatic-moulded 38' Challenger yawls.</p>
<p>In 1961, LeComte-Holland moved into fiberglass construction exclusively, starting
with the Medalist 33 sloop, followed in 1962 with the North East 38 sloop/yawl.
Quality construction was the norm, with solid-glass hulls, Airex-cored decks,
yacht quality varnished interiors and attractive designs joined in a competitive
hull and rig design. 1965 brought the flush-deck, teak-decked 52' Ocean Racer,
the last of the Tripp designs with LeComte. In addition to constantly upgrading
the yachts, in 1966 a complete redesign of hulls, rigs and interiors kept these
designs current and popular.</p>
<p>In 1968, soon after opening a modern building facility in Vianen on the Lek
River, (just south of Jutphaas) the Luders-designed Fastnet 45 sloop/yawl joined
the LeComte family. 1970 brought the phasing out of the Medalist 33 in favor
of the LeComte-designed ALC-35 sloop, and 1971 replaced the North East 38 with
the ALC-40 sloop. 1973 brought the redesign of the Fastnet 45 as the ALC-46
sloop/ketch.</p>
<p>While all this was going on, LeComte-Holland was conducting an active program
of military/commercial building of fiberglass powerboats, such as 20-meter pilot
boats for the Hook of Holland, landing craft for the Dutch Marines and fishing
trawlers. These contracts gave the company experience in foam-cored hulls, which
served as a basis for the later move into rigid hull inflatable (RHIB) boats
and tunnel-hulled landing craft and utility boats.</p>
<p>Retiring in 1994, Dolf LeComte closed LeComte-Holland and sold the Vianen property
to a non-marine industrial user. Meanwhile, the New Rochelle marina is home
to Glen Island Yacht Club with slips filled exclusively by sailboats summer
and winter, West Harbor Yacht Service providing a full-time crew with skills
in hauling, rigging, yacht quality carpentry, metalworking, engine service,
marine electrical and plumbing, and A. LeComte Company, specializing in the
resale of LeComte yachts and other sailing yachts.<br>
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