Doral Boats - In 1972, Doral built its first boat in the historic town of Grand Mère, Quebec. The building wasn’t much - but the vision and dream was there. With a team of specialized technical and naval designers - Doral set out to develop a line of high quality pleasure boats with an unyielding dedication to the principles that only the best is satisfactory. The small but dedicated Doral team first began building the 153, quickly followed by the 147 - 156 - 166 and their flagship 178! It was to be the beginning of a long, hard but satisfying journey for a company wanting to make their mark in the boating business in Canada. n 1996, Erwin Zecha purchased Doral from the French boat builder Jeanneau and continues to oversee the direction of the company today. With Erwin, a new vision was born - redesign the line of cruisers with a very distinctive Doral style and to continue the quest to build the best boats possible.