Interesting Do u have the address on speers road if the shop is still there
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 9:47 PM John Irvin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 -- Joel Delamirande *www.jdroofing.ca <http://www.jdroofing.ca>*
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