 The Watkins 36C is a center-cockpit development of the aft-cockpit Watkins 36.The silent partner in Auroraglas purchased the rights to the center-cockpit Tripp-designed Coronado 35 and Columbia 36 designs from Columbia Yachts and the tooling was modified to become the aft-cockpit Portman 36.That design was produced by Auroraglas and then by Watkins Yachts, in Clearwater, Florida, United States after the companies were merged.