CS Yachts was a Canadian boat manufacturer founded in 1963 by Paul Tennyson, under the name Canadian Sailcraft. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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s. The location of the firm was in

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, near the

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yachting epicentre of the day,

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. The company business was wound up in 1992.

History

Tennyson owned a reinforced plastics business and decided to produce the

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as a sideline in 1963 under the name ''Canadian Sailcraft''. The

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followed in 1968. In 1970 the company ceased

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production to concentrate on

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s instead, changing its name to ''CS Yachts''. The initial designer was John Butler, who designed the

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. Raymond Wall, formerly the chief designer for

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was head designer at CS from 1977 to 1983, when he designed the

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and the

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. In 1983

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became head designer and produced the

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, the

CS 30 The CS 30 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Tony Castro and first built in 1984. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by Canadian Sailcraft in Canada. It became their most successful model, with 90 built t ...

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and the CS 34. The 1979

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and 1987

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were designed by

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. Other designs were produced at

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. Production peaked in 1986, with 175 boats completed. In 1987 the company relocated to a production facility, but by 1990 the demand for new sailboats had decreased and the company business was wound up, ceasing operations in 1992.

Sailboats

Summary of boats built by Canadian Sailcraft and CS Yachts: *

- 1963 *

- 1968 *

- 1971 *

- 1975 *

- 1978 *

- 1979 *

- 1984 *

- 1985 *

- 1986 *

- 1987 *

- 1987 * CS 34 - 1989

References

External links

* {{CS Yachts CS Yachts