The company was originally started by Andrew Middleton. He studied wood boat building and design in England in the mid 80's and return to Western Canada to create Middleton Boatworks. Co-founder of the Classic Boat festival in Kelowna and the Okanagan chapter of the ACBS. Brothers, Bruce and Peter joined Andrew in 2006 and created 3 companies, Boathouse Bay Classics, Absolute Classics Marine and Aluminum FX. Chris-Craft boats were brought on board in 2014