AVALON RAFTS SALES & SERVICE

Boating and Marine > Marine Services

Avalon Rafts has a long and treasured history. Avalon Rafts is a family owned business with roots in California dating back to the nineteenth century.

The following is a brief history of Avalon Rafts by David J. Costello, grandson of J.M. Costello, founder of the original company on this site, who’s name is still proudly displayed on our building.

My Grandfather was born in 1898 in Cambria, California in a kitchen of a little shack on a farm. At age 11 he left his home and went to sea. By age 20 he had 3 engineers license’s and was traveling up and down the Pacific coast. In 1939 he bought the property we are located at now and in company with a few other men started a ship chandlery named J.M. Costello Supply. After a few years he bought out his investors and was on his own. In 1965 when it became mandatory to have life rafts onboard U.S. Flagged vessels he started servicing Switlik life rafts in the basement down stairs.

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