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Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of
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
* Tanzer 31
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sailboat
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Types
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History
The company was founded byJohann Tanzer
Johann Tanzer (1927-2016) was a Canadians, Canadian sailboat designer, who founded the sailboat manufacturer that bore his name, Tanzer Industries, in 1966.
Early life
Johann Tanzer was born on 3 January 1927 in the village of Velden am Wörth ...
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, Tanzer Industries LTD, in Dorion, Quebec, the company also had operations on the US east and west coasts at Edenton, North Carolina
The town of Edenton is located on the Albemarle Sound in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. It is the county seat of Chowan County. The population was 4,397 at the 2020 census.
Edenton served as the second official capital of North Carol ...
as Tanzer Yachts, Inc. and in Arlington, Washington
Arlington is a city in northern Snohomish County, Washington, United States, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The city lies on the Stillaguamish River in the western foothills of the Cascade Range, adjacent to the city of Marysville, Wash ...
as Tanzer Yachts. Which plant manufactured a particular boat is indicated by the first three letters (or MIC, manufacturer identification code) of the boat's HIN, or hull identification number. A MIC of TAN or, later, ZTI means the boat was built in Quebec, a MIC of TNE that it was built in North Carolina, and a MIC of TNY that it was built in 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
* Tanzer 31
See also
*List of sailboat designers and manufacturers
This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups.
Notable designers
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References
External links
* {{Tanzer sailboats Tanzer Industries