When did Fleming start installing factory air conditioning in the Flemings and did any of the 50s or 53s have factory air conditioning?
The original Flemings were built for the Southern California and the European markets where there was little interest in air conditioning. Burr Yacht Sales, working with the Cruisair factory, designed the first fully integrated air conditioning system for our first boat which was hull 29. Factory installed air conditioning based on this design was offered as an option on all Flemings starting with hull 37. All subsequent Burr Yacht Sales Flemings had factory installed air conditioning, however since there was still little call for it in Southern California it was not until many years later that it was made standard. At this point, aftermarket air conditioning has been installed in most of the California boats; however the modular units normally installed were much noisier and less desirable than the factory installations.
