The story continues. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 16, 2022, at 9:16 PM, JohnKelly Cuthbertson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I haven’t posted on of my shirt C&C histories for a while > > 1930 to 2011 - Erich Bruckmann > > If we remember George H. Cuthbertson and his partner at the time Peter > Davidson had come across the 78’ ketch Mir for Harry Greb of Greb Shoes Co. > G.H.C. sailed her across the Atlantic and brought her to Lake Ontario in > 1953. Mr. Greb had bought Northern Shipbuilding and Repair at Bronte Harbour, > Ontario renamed it Metro Marine to work on his 50’ schooner Herron. Mir > being larger he acquired the Oakville Yacht Company as a home for her in > Oakville Harbour. > To staff Metro Marine, he had hired Dell Ives from the Royal Canadian Yacht > Club to manage. Mr. Ives was responsible for hiring Erich Bruckmann in 1956. > Erich had just arrived from Austria where he had apprenticed as a > cabinetmaker. In no short time the shop with the skilled craftsmen were > building multiple G.H.C. designs, La Mouette, Pipedream, 6 Pintail double > enders, and the 42’ Thermopylae. > Dick Telford introduced the building technique of “Inside-Out” where the > interior was finished first and then the hull planking applied. He also > developed the process of cove and bead with the hull planks where a cove and > bead were placed on each plank; the plank was installed with cove up to hold > the glue and conforms to the shape without any gaps. This technique was used > for the construction of the plugs for later fiberglass boats at Bruckmann > Manufacturing. > Erich Bruckmann left in 1965 to start his own cabinet shop, but continued > contact with George C. by doing the interior on a couple of CN 35s. By 1966, > Erich couldn’t stay away from boat building and accepted the job of building > Red Jacket. > Even before Red Jacket is complete more orders start arriving and the cabinet > shop is left behind and Bruckmann’s shop becomes a boat building hotbed. His > original shop overwhelmed by Red Jacket, she is moved to a new shop on > Wallace Road in Oakville, Ontario to be finished. He would move the shop once > more to Speers Road in Oakville that later would become to be known as C&C > Custom Shop. In 1969, the three Canadian contenders for the Canada’s Cup, all > designed by Cuthbertson and Cassian were built by Erich, Manitou, Bagatelle > and True North. > Bob Sale organizes 4 companies, Cuthbertson & Cassian, Hinterhoeller Yachts, > Belleville Marine Yard and Bruckmann Manufacturing in 1969 into C&C Yachts > Ltd. > 1984, C&C Yachts had been bought by Jim Plaxton and Bill Deluce. Erich steps > away from the boat building industry but not far. Mark, Erich’s son soon > starts up Bruckmann Manufacturing in 1986 in the old Metro Marine shop on > Bronte Harbour. > Erich passed away in 2011 from tuberculosis that he had contracted as a child. > > Motion Designs Limited > 647 990 7752 > Please trim your messages before sending to the list. Thankx Please trim your messages before sending to the list. Thankx
