Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Boat building |
Founded | 1965 |
Founder | Fraser McGruer and Hubert Vandestadt |
Defunct | 1988 |
Fate | Out of business |
Headquarters | , Canada |
Products | Sailboats |
Number of employees | 48 |
Vandestadt and McGruer Limited (sometimes styled as Vandestadt & McGruer) was a Canadian boat builder based in Owen Sound, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats.[1]
The company was founded by Fraser McGruer and Hubert Vandestadt in 1965. Vandestadt was the main designer for the company and also the nephew of naval architect E. G. van de Stadt, a pioneer of 20th century sailboat design.[1][2][3]