Tanzer Industries

Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats.[2]

Tanzer Industries Limited
Privately held company
IndustryBoat building
FateBankruptcy
Founded1966
FounderJohann Tanzer
DefunctMay 1986
Headquarters
Dorion, Quebec
,
Canada
ProductsSailboats
Number of employees
85 (1986)[1]

The company was founded by Johann Tanzer in 1966 and went bankrupt in May 1986. Johann Tanzer designed many of the boats his company sold.[2][3]

During the period the company was in business it became one of the largest sailboat manufacturers in Canada. The most produced boat was the Tanzer 22 with 2,271 built. The company built over 8,000 boats of all types.[2][4]

Aside from the main manufacturing facility in Dorion, Quebec, the company also had operations on the US east and west coasts at Edenton, North Carolina and in Arlington, Washington.[2]

Sailboats
The Tanzer 22 was the company's most produced boat model

Summary of sailboats built by Tanzer Industries:[2]

See also

References
  1. Michael, McGoldrick (1997). "The Demise of Tanzer Industries". Tanzer 26. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. Browning, Randy (2016). "Tanzer Industries Ltd, 1966-1986". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. Browning, Randy (2016). "Johann Tanzer". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. Browning, Randy (2016). "Tanzer 22 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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