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Tanzer Industries Limited
Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. History 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. 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. 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. Sailboats Summary of sailboats built by Tanzer Industries: *Constellation 16 * Flying Scot *M-16 Scow * Nutmeg 24 *Overnighter 16 *Tanzer 7.5 *Tanzer 8.5 *Tanzer 10 *Tanzer 10.5 *Tanzer 14 * Tanzer 16 *Tanzer 22 *Tanzer 25 *Tanzer 26 * Tanzer 27 *Tanzer 28 *Tanzer 29 *Tanz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-16 Scow
The M Scow, also called the M-Scow and the M-16 Scow, is a Canadian/American sailing dinghy that was designed by Johnson Boat Works and Melges Boat Works as a one-design racer and first built in 1950.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 70-71. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by Tanzer Industries in Dorion, Quebec, Canada as well as by Windward Boatworks in Middleton, Wisconsin United States and Melges Performance Sailboats in Zenda, Wisconsin, also in the United States, but it is now out of production. Design The M Scow is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with tapered or untapered aluminum or wooden spars. The hull is a reverse sheer scow design, with dual internally-mounted rudders controlled by a tiller and a dual retractable bilgeboards. It displaces . The boat has a draft of with a bilgeboard extended. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 31
The Tanzer 31 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by George Cuthbertson of Cuthbertson & Cassian and first built in 1984. The design is out of production. Production Production of the boat was commenced in 1984 by Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in May 1986 and production ended. Design The Tanzer 31 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spade-style rudder and a fixed fin keel. The boat was built with a standard keel that gives a draft of . A shoal-draft keel with a draft of , was a factory option. It is powered by an inboard-mounted Japanese-built Yanmar Diesel engine of , with a fuel tank. A fresh water tank was also fitted. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 168 with a high of 182 and a low of 159. It has a hull speed of . Variants ;Tanzer 31 :Standard model with a standard keel that gives a draft of , which displaces and carries of ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 29
The Tanzer 29 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by the French company of Joubert-Nivelt and first built in 1986. Production Production of the boat was commenced in 1986 by Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in May of that same year and production ended. Design The Tanzer 29 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel or optionally, a shoal-draft keel. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 174 with a high of 177 and low of 171. It has a hull speed of . Variants ;Tanzer 29 :With the standard keel it has a draft of , displaces and carries of ballast. ;Tanzer 29 SD :With the shoal-keel it has a draft of , displaces and carries of ballast. See also * List of sailing boat types ;Similar sailboats * Alberg 29 * Bayfield 29 * C&C 29 *Cal 29 * Hunter 290 *Island Packet 29 The Island Packet 29 is an American sailbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 28
The Tanzer 28 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Johann Tanzer and first built in 1972. The design is out of production. Production Production of the boat was commenced in 1972 by Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in May 1986 and production had ended by then. Design The Tanzer 28 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat was built with a standard keel that gives a draft of . The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 204, with a low of 216 and a high of 192. It has a hull speed of . Operational history In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "The Tanzer 28 is a well built boat with what could be the largest interior of any production 28 foot sailboat anywhere. The floor plan of this boat doesn't do justice to the amount of space found in its main cabin. Unfortunately, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 27
The Tanzer 27 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by C. Raymond Hunt and first built in 1982. The design is out of production. The Tanzer 27 is a development of the Paceship PY 26, which was produced by Paceship Yachts in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, up until 1977. After 1977 production was assumed by the AMF Corporation in Connecticut, United States. Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec obtained the Paceship molds in the early 1980s and developed the design into the Tanzer 27, which is slightly longer overall than the PY 26. Production Production of the boat was commenced in 1982 by Tanzer Industries. The company entered bankruptcy in May 1986 and production had ended by that time. Design The Tanzer 27 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel or optionally, a shoal-draft keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The design differs from the PY 26 in that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 26
The Tanzer 26 is a Canadian sailboat, intended for Sailing (sport), racing, Day sailer, day sailing and cruising. It was designed by Johann Tanzer and first built in 1974. The design is out of production.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 182-183. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production Production of the boat was commenced in 1974 by Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec and 960 boats were completed by the time production ended in 1985. The company entered bankruptcy in May 1986. Design The Tanzer 26 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The hinged mast is mounted on the cabin top. The boat was built with a standard keel that gives a draft of . Most examples built were powered by an outboard motor, but an inboard-mounted Japanese-built Yanmar Diesel engine was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 25
The Tanzer 25 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by the French company of Joubert-Nivelt and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 370. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Production Production of the boat was commenced in 1986 by Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in May of that same year and production ended. The design then passed to a series of builders, including Canadian Yacht Builders, Challenger Yachts and Mirage Yachts. Design The Tanzer 25 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel or optionally, a shoal-draft keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat was built with a standard keel that gives a draft of . A shoal-draft keel with a draft of , was a factory option. The boat is normally fitted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 16
The Tanzer 16 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Johann Tanzer and first built in 1963. The design is out of production.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 76-77. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Derived from the similar 1963 Constellation 16, the Tanzer 16 design was developed into the Overnighter 16 in 1964, by the addition of a cuddy cabin. Production The boat was built by Tanzer Industries in Canada and remained in production until the company went out of business in 1986. The boat's class association acquired the tooling for the design after Tanzer Industries closed down, but it is unknown if more examples have been produced since then. Design The Tanzer 16 is a small recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fibreglass, aluminum spars and oiled teak wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a roller-reefing boom, a transom-hung kick-up rudder, a spooned stem and a kick-up centreboard keel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 14
The Tanzer 14 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Johann Tanzer and first built in 1970. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by Tanzer Industries in Canada, but production had ended by the time the company went out of business in 1986. Design The Tanzer 14 is a small recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a centreboard keel. It displaces . The boat has a hull speed of . See also *List of sailing boat types The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans). Olympic classes World Sailing Classes Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ... References {{Sailing dinghies and skiffs Dinghies 1970s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Johann Tanzer Sailboat types built by Tanzer Industries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 10
The Tanzer 10 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Dick Carter and first built in 1980. The design was later developed into the Tanzer 10.5. Production The boat was built by Tanzer Industries Limited in Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in 1986 and production had ended by then. Design The Tanzer 10 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder, wheel steering and a fixed fin keel or optionally a swing keel. The boat displaces and carries of ballast. The boat is powered by a Japanese-made Yanmar diesel engine. It has a pilothouse and inside steering. The fixed keel version has a draft of , while the swing keel version has a draft of with the keel down and with the keel retracted. The design has a hull speed of . See also *List of sailing boat types Similar sailboats *Abbott 33 *Alajuela 33 *Arco 33 *C&C 3/4 Ton *C&C 33 *C&C 101 *C&C SR 33 *Cape Dory 33 *Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzer 8
Tanzer or Tänzer is a surname, Tänzer meaning "dancer" in German. Notable people with the surname include: * Jacob Tanzer (1935 – 2018), American attorney * Johann Tanzer, Canadian sailboat designer * Kurt Tanzer (1920 – 1960), World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace * Stephen Tanzer, American wine critic * Tommy Tanzer, former American baseball agent * William Tans'ur (born ''Tanzer'', 1706 – 1783), English hymn-writer, composer and teacher of music * Aaron Tänzer (1871 - 1937), Austrian rabbi * Mihai Tänzer ( hu, Táncos Mihály; 1905 - 1993), Hungarian-Romanian football player See also *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. History The company was founded by Johann Tanzer in 1966 and went bankrupt in May ..., a Canadian boat builder, 1966-86 {{surname German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Occupational surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
