In 1994, a devastating fire at the Niagara-on-the-Lake plant destroyed 40 molds and three C&C 51s under construction. Insurance covered only part of the loss, and Koo and Chow found it too expensive to restart.
>From the Toronto Star, April 21,1994, page A10 $2 MILLION FIRE HITS BOAT BUILDER Niagara-on-the-Lake The fire is a blow to C&C's 50 workers, since the market had seemed to be on the upswing with orders for new yachts, Al VanDijk said. No one was hurt in the 1:30 a.m. blaze, which tore through a block-long warehouse for production equipment and fibreglass materials used to make sailboats. Smoke and heat also damaged as many as 25 sailboats - some coasting up to $500,000 - in sheds attacked to the main warehouse, said Greg Warner, District 1 fire chief in the town. "Of course it's a disappointment to us," C&C president Antony Koo said. He said his company is still trying to assess the damage and is waiting for the reports from the Ontario Fire Marshall's Office to determine the cause of the blaze. Eigh*** sailboats were in production before the fire. The blaze could mean the company loses some contracts from customers, Koo added. On 1 February 2016 at 15:45, Ryan Doyle via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Just figured I'd share these. I was doing a bit of research into my > boat's history and did a Google Street view search for the site of the old > Niagara-On-The-Lake C&C factory where many of our boats were built. This > appears to be it. A little sad looking these days. The official address > was 526 Regent Street, Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON. > > > https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2477103,-79.0798583,3a,75y,46.89h,80.32t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWXyUsyI08paWB6abrM7vTQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DWXyUsyI08paWB6abrM7vTQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D69.186577%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 > > > And this appears to be the Rhode Island plant where some of the later > C&C's were built. > > > https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5370326,-71.2796595,3a,37.5y,238.05h,82.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQtO33RcgRe2XAgGkFTZWzA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 > > > > Ryan > S/V Nobody's Bargain > 1976 C&C 30 MK I > Hull #377 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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