Tanzer Industries
{{Short description|Canadian sailboat manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2021}}
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| type = Privately held company
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| fate = Bankruptcy
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| foundation = 1966
| founder = Johann Tanzer
| defunct = May 1986
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| hq_location_city = Dorion, Quebec
| hq_location_country = Canada
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| industry = Boat building
| products = Sailboats
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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 fibreglass sailboats.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tanzer-industries-ltd|title= Tanzer Industries Ltd. 1966 - 1986 |access-date= 8 September 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200908184852/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tanzer-industries-ltd|archive-date= 8 September 2020 |url-status= live}}
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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/tanzer-johann|title = Johann Tanzer|accessdate = 6 July 2016|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220228230342/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/tanzer-johann|archive-date= 28 February 2022|url-status= live}}
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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/tanzer-22|title = Tanzer 22 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 6 July 2016|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201023225926/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/tanzer-22|archive-date= 23 October 2020|url-status= live}}
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 as Tanzer Yachts, Inc. and in Arlington, Washington 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
File:Tanzer 22 Sailboat 2931.jpg was the company's most produced boat model]]
See also
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