A Brief History (1958 – 2018)

C&C Yachts quickly established a reputation as a builder of high-quality sailing yachts that were also successful on the race course.

1961: C&C started when the two “C’’s got together to start a design business, George Cuthbertson and George Cassian. When they started, they worked with three primary builders, Bruckman in Oakville, Belleville Marine and Hinterholler Yachts in Niagara.

1968: Red Jacket won the SORC. 

1969: C&C Yachts was formed by Belleville Marine Yard, Hinterhoeller Ltd., and Bruckmann Manufacturing and created the design firm of Cuthbertson & Cassian Ltd. 

1971: Ian Morch of Belleville Marine Yard and the first president, resigned.

1973: George Hinterhoeller resigned.

1976: George Hinterhoeller sold out and went back to boat building on his own, Hinterhoeller & Nonsuch

1979: George Cassian passes away.. 

1981: George Cuthbertson resigns as president and leaves the company in 1982..

1985: Eric Bruckman, head of the C&C custom shop, leaves.  

1986:  Brian Rose of North South Charters bought the company as a limited partnership

1990: Goes into receivership. 

1992: Anthony Koo and Frank Chow purchases C&C, and changes the name to C&C Yachts International. 

1994: C&C 51, the Tripp-designed IMS 45, purchases Gelnn Henderson’s SR range of sport boats.  A fire destroyed most of the tooling and the boats currently under construction. 

1996: The factory closed the land, tooling, and trademark were sold.

1997: Fairport Marine Company purchased Tartan & C&C Yachts.. The new models were designed by Tim Jackett and included the C&C 99, 110, 115 and 121.  The 131 was scheduled to be introduced in 2008 but was never built.

2013: US Watercraft purchasesd the rights to the C&C brand from Tartan.  Mark Mills designs the C&C 30 One Design and the Redline 41.  US Watercraft entered receivership in July 2017 and ceased all operations by the summer of 2018.

LengthModelIntroduction
24SHARK 241959
36INVADER 36 (C&C)1965
31CORVETTE 31 (C&C)1966
41REDLINE 41 MKI (C&C)1967
40C&C 40 CRUSADER1968
36FRIGATE 36 (C&C)1968
22RHODES 22 CONTINENTAL1968
35C&C 35-1(REDWING 35)1969
25REDLINE 25 (C&C)1969
41REDLINE 41 MKII (C&C)1969
27C&C 27 MK I1970
40C&C 40-11970
36C&C 36R1971
39C&C 391971
43C&C 43-11971
61C&C 611971
27C&C 27 MK II1972
50C&C 501972
25C&C 251973
30C&C 30-1 (1-506)1973
35C&C 35-21973
38C&C 38-11973
46C&C 461973
48C&C 48 CUSTOM1973
27C&C 27 MK III1974
30C&C 3/4 TON1974
33C&C 331974
30C&C 1/2 TON1975
24C&C 241975
38C&C 38-21975
26C&C 261976
42C&C 42 CUSTOM1976
42LANDFALL 42 (C&C)1976
29C&C 291977
34C&C 341977
36C&C 36-11977
40C&C 40-2 AC1977
30MEGA 30 (C&C) FK1977
30MEGA 30 OD (C&C)1977
26C&C 26 ENCOUNTER1978
40C&C 40-21978
35LANDFALL 35 (C&C)1979
38LANDFALL 38 (C&C)1979
25C&C 25 MKII1980
32C&C 321980
43C&C 43-21980
48LANDFALL 48 (C&C)1980
27C&C 27 MK IV1981
37C&C 371981
41C&C 411981
35C&C 35-31982
43LANDFALL 43 (C&C)1982
29C&C 29-21983
32EVELYN 321983
37C&C 27 MK V1984
33C&C 33-21984
39NORTHEAST 391984
38C&C 38-31985
44C&C 441985
44C&C 44 CUSTOM1985
39LANDFALL 39 (C&C)1985
51C&C 51 CUSTOM1986
39NORTHEAST 39-21986
26C&C 26 WAVE1988
30C&C 30-21988
37C&C 37-21988
37C&C 37/40 R1988
37C&C 37/40+1988
57C&C 571988
34C&C 34+DK1989
34C&C 34+R1989
21SR 211992
27SR 271992
33SR 331992
25SR 251996
36C&C 1101999
40C&C 1211999
45C&C 452000
32C&C 992002
38C&C 1152005
43C&C 131 2008
33C&C 1012012
30C&C 30 OD2014
41REDLINE 412014

The first three characters of the Hull Identification Number HIN affixed to the transom of the hull designate the manufacturer. This is called the Manufacturers Identification Code, the MIC for C&C is CCY.  All manufacturers who historically used CCY: CROFT CRAFT ENTERPRISES LLC- CALDER BUILDING COMPANY (OOB) – C & C YACHTS INC (OOB) – C & C YACHTS LTD (OOB).  Now C&C Yachts Ltd. regularly used 2 different ones, ZCC and CCY.   ZCC was usually used for boats built in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario, Canada CCY was usually used for boats built in Middleton, Rhode Island. Unofficial MICs from the early days:  RW – Redwing – HR – Hinterhoeller – C&C Custom Shop – C&C Kiel Plant

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