Chaparral Boats introduced two new bowriders for the 2026 season: the 19 SSI OB for outboard markets and a sterndrive counterpart, expanding their family boating lineup. These models were previewed ahead of FLIBS 2025.
19 SSI OB — previewed ahead of FLIBS 2025
19 SSI Sterndrive — previewed ahead of FLIBS 2025
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Chaparral Boats?
Marine Products Corporation, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, has owned Chaparral Boats since 2001, when it was spun off from RPC. Founders Buck Pegg and Reggie Rose started the company in 1965.
Where are Chaparral boats made?
In Nashville, Georgia. Chaparral moved there from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1976 after buying a former boat factory, and the plant has grown to about one million square feet.
What kinds of boats does Chaparral make?
Fiberglass pleasure, sport and fishing boats, mostly between 18 and 35 feet, including the SSi sport boats and Signature cruisers. Past products include the original 15 foot tri-hull from 1965 and the Premiere 420 sport yacht.
Every Chaparral comes out of a plant of about one million square feet in Nashville, Georgia, where the powerboat brand has been based since 1976. William Pegg, known as Buck, and Reggie Rose founded the company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1965.
Buck Pegg and the tri-hull years
Chaparral grew out of Fiberglass Fabricators, a shop incorporated in 1961; the first hulls appeared in 1964 and complete boats followed in 1965. The early bestseller was a 15 foot tri-hull with a sticker price of 675 dollars. That model was dropped in the early 1980s, but many are still in use. In 1976 the company bought a former boat factory in Nashville, Georgia, and moved production there from Florida.
What Chaparral builds
The range covers fiberglass pleasure, sport and fishing boats, from 18 foot bowriders such as the 185 LE up to cruisers like the 350 Signature. Long-running lines include the SSi sport boats and the Signature cruisers; the H2O series joined in 2012 and the Premiere 420 sport yacht in 2013. Marine Products Corporation, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has owned Chaparral since a 2001 spin-off from RPC.
Chaparral on the used boat market
Six decades of volume production keep the used market well stocked. Signature cruisers such as the 276, 310, 330 and 350 change hands steadily, along with sport boats like the 255 SSi, and GetBoat's Chaparral listings cover models across that span.
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