CS Yachts

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 fibreglass sailboats.[1] The location of the firm was in Brampton, Ontario, near the Great Lakes yachting epicentre of the day, Toronto.[2]

CS Yachts
TypePrivately held company
IndustryBoat building
FateBusiness wound up
Founded1963
FounderPaul Tennyson
Defunct1992
Headquarters
Canada
Area served
Canada
Key people
Paul Tennyson
ProductsSailboats

The company business was wound up in 1992.[1]

History
CS 22
CS 33

Tennyson owned a reinforced plastics business and decided to produce the Cornice dinghy as a sideline in 1963 under the name Canadian Sailcraft. The Caprice 15 followed in 1968. In 1970 the company ceased dinghy production to concentrate on keelboats instead, changing its name to CS Yachts.[1]

The initial designer was John Butler, who designed the CS 22. Raymond Wall, formerly the chief designer for Camper Nicholson was head designer at CS from 1977 to 1983, when he designed the CS 27, CS 36 and the CS 33. In 1983 Tony Castro became head designer and produced the CS 36 Merlin, the CS 30, CS 44, CS 40 and the CS 34. The 1979 CS 395 and 1987 CS 50 were designed by Germán Frers.[1][3][4][5] Other designs were produced at C&C Yachts.

Production peaked in 1986, with 175 boats completed. In 1987 the company relocated to a 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) production facility, but by 1990 the demand for new sailboats had decreased and the company business was wound up, ceasing operations in 1992.[1]

Sailboats

Summary of boats built by Canadian Sailcraft and CS Yachts:

References
  1. Browning, Randy (2017). "CS Yachts (Canadian Sailcraft)". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. MacFarlane, John M. (2017). "Vessels Built by C.S. Yachts Co. Ltd".
  3. Browning, Randy (2017). "CS 395 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. InterVisionSoft LLC (2017). "Sailboat Specifications for CS 395". Sailing Joy. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  5. Browning, Randy (2017). "German Frers". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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