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About the Barnett Max
The Barnett Max was designed and built by John Barnett of the Barnett Boat Company, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He did the design work in 1979. The Barnett Max was built for only a few years, until 1983, with about 200 produced. It made its first public appearance at the New York Boat Show in January, 1971 , the logo on the sail was TGIF, it was not until much later in the year that a sailor suggested that the boat needed a more aggressive name – it was fighting for marketing space with the 20 -yr old Sunfish, and the 10-yr old Butterfly, and “TGIF” just wasn’t doing it!
