Perry Connolly (June 24, 1927, Vancouver - September 29, 2017, Victoria, British Columbia) was a Canadian hotel constructor and yachtsman. Connolly was one of the instigators for George Cuthbertson to form

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, whose ''Red Jacket'' won the 1968 SORC cup. In 1969 his boat ''Manitou'' won the

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. Connolly was the director of operations for ''

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'', an unsuccessful 1987

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20 Oct 2017 Connolly studied construction techniques at the Ryerson Institute of Technology (now

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). His P.R. Connolly Construction built hotels for Commonwealth Holiday Inn, building mostly in Ontario but also in Winnipeg. Connolly died of lung cancer.

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