Long before high speed became the fashion, Frank Pembroke Huckins had built his reputation in the yachting world on performance. During the 1920’s, the cruisers he built at his Jacksonville, Florida plant were the envy of the day.

In 1928 Frank Pembroke Huckins sold his first Fairform Flyer to David M. Goodrich for $15,000 and hull #2 was begun immediately following the sale of hull #1. Until 1932 every hull built resembled hull 1 and 2 the length varied, with versions of 45’, 48’, 54’ and 56’ length overall having their beam and draft in proportion.

The stock market crash of 1929 had a minimal effect on the plant. The Huckins Yacht Corporation had a number of orders in hand at the time. Several forty-five-footers were under construction along with a fifty-four-footer powered with Sterling Dolphin Specials for David M. Goodrich. Goodrich, the owner of Hull #1, Minim, had enjoyed her and sold her, and now began to build Maxim.

The 1930’s continued to be quite successful for Huckins, the New York Boat Show and several Motorboating advertisements generated enough orders to assemble a New York cruiseaway in June. The June 1930 Cruiseaway went of without a hitch. The mid to late 1930’s proved to be a tough time for Huckins, dollars were tight and the number of employees had been cut in half. FPH continued to follow his dream so during these tough times he introduced and built a series of big bargain boats that were sold through 1936 to help keep Huckins liquid. These bargain boats consisted of a twenty-five-footer, a forty-eight-footer and a thirty-eight-foot raised deck cruiser which were each priced from $12,000 to $15,000.

After 1936 business began to regain strength and sales were coming from all over the country — enter the United States Navy.