The company's predecessor was the Mahone Bay Plycraft Company Ltd, which sold plywood boats as kits for amateur construction, as well as completed boats. These were marketed under various brand names.[2]
The Industrial Shipping Company Limited of Nova Scotia (ISC) produced plywood boats for Mahone Bay Plycraft in its Mahone Bay factory, until the building burned down in 1956. The factory was rebuilt and plywood boat construction restarted, but it quickly shifted to building boats from a then-new material, fibreglass, becoming one of the earliest builders of fibreglass small powerboats and sailboats.[1][2]
By 1962 the sailboats were produced under the Paceship name and it became a division of ISC. The Paceship division was bought out in 1965 by the Atlantic Bridge Company Limited of Nova Scotia (ABCO), a company that also built powerboats.[1][2]
In 1975 Paceship Yachts and its tooling were sold to American Machine and Foundry (AMF Corp), a large American conglomerate. They relocated Paceship production to Connecticut in the United States, including the Paceship PY23 and PY26 sailboats. Paceship Yachts operated as a division of AMF from 1975 until 1981. The early 1980s recession impacted sailboat sales and, as a result, AMF sold the PY26 design and tooling to Tanzer Industries in 1981. Tanzer changed the design to a deck-stepped mast and sold it as the Tanzer 27. Tanzer Industries itself went out of business in May 1986.[1][2]
Atlantic Bridge's fibreglass operations were moved into the former Paceship building and the company was renamed ABCO Plastics Limited, while yacht building ceased. ABCO Plastics was sold in 1988 and renamed ABCO Industries Limited. The former factory location is now owned by Reinforced Plastics Systems Inc.[1][2]
^ abcdefMcArthur, Bruce (2020). "Paceship Yachts Ltd. 1962 - 1981". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ abcdefMoran, Jay (2011). . paceship.org. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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paceship, yachts, limited, canadian, later, american, boat, builder, originally, based, mahone, nova, scotia, company, founded, 1962, specialized, design, manufacture, fiberglass, sailboats, limitedcompany, typeprivately, held, companyindustryboat, buildingfou. Paceship Yachts Limited was a Canadian and later American boat builder originally based in Mahone Bay Nova Scotia The company was founded in 1962 and specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats 1 2 Paceship Yachts LimitedCompany typePrivately held companyIndustryBoat buildingFounded1962Defunct1981HeadquartersMahone Bay Nova Scotia CanadaProductsSailboats Contents 1 History 2 Boats 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe company s predecessor was the Mahone Bay Plycraft Company Ltd which sold plywood boats as kits for amateur construction as well as completed boats These were marketed under various brand names 2 nbsp Paceship Chance 32 28 The Industrial Shipping Company Limited of Nova Scotia ISC produced plywood boats for Mahone Bay Plycraft in its Mahone Bay factory until the building burned down in 1956 The factory was rebuilt and plywood boat construction restarted but it quickly shifted to building boats from a then new material fibreglass becoming one of the earliest builders of fibreglass small powerboats and sailboats 1 2 By 1962 the sailboats were produced under the Paceship name and it became a division of ISC The Paceship division was bought out in 1965 by the Atlantic Bridge Company Limited of Nova Scotia ABCO a company that also built powerboats 1 2 In 1975 Paceship Yachts and its tooling were sold to American Machine and Foundry AMF Corp a large American conglomerate They relocated Paceship production to Connecticut in the United States including the Paceship PY23 and PY26 sailboats Paceship Yachts operated as a division of AMF from 1975 until 1981 The early 1980s recession impacted sailboat sales and as a result AMF sold the PY26 design and tooling to Tanzer Industries in 1981 Tanzer changed the design to a deck stepped mast and sold it as the Tanzer 27 Tanzer Industries itself went out of business in May 1986 1 2 Atlantic Bridge s fibreglass operations were moved into the former Paceship building and the company was renamed ABCO Plastics Limited while yacht building ceased ABCO Plastics was sold in 1988 and renamed ABCO Industries Limited The former factory location is now owned by Reinforced Plastics Systems Inc 1 2 Boats edit nbsp Paceship 20 nbsp Paceship 23 nbsp Paceship PY23 nbsp Paceship PY26 Summary of sailboats built by Paceship year first built by any manufacturer 1 Tech Dinghy 1934 Falcon 16 1954 International FJ 1956 East Wind 24 1962 East Wind 25 1962 Paceship P2 20 1962 Cruisette 20 1963 Paceship P 12 1963 Peregrine 16 1963 Acadian 30 1964 Mouette 19 1964 Paceship 2 16 1964 Paceship 29 1964 Paceship 17 1966 Westwind 24 1966 Bluejacket 23 1967 Acadian 30 Yawl 1968 Paceship 32 1968 Northwind 29 1969 Paceship 23 1969 Paceship P 14 1969 Paceship 20 1970 Chance 32 1972 Chance 32 28 1972 Paceship PY26 1972 Chance 29 25 1973 Paceship PY23 1973 Seidelmann 24 1 1981See also editList of sailboat designers and manufacturersReferences edit a b c d e f McArthur Bruce 2020 Paceship Yachts Ltd 1962 1981 sailboatdata com Archived from the original on 11 February 2021 Retrieved 11 February 2021 a b c d e f Moran Jay 2011 Paceship Yachts AMF Paceship Plycraft and ABCO paceship org Archived from the original on 7 September 2019 Retrieved 11 February 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to Paceship Yachts at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paceship Yachts amp oldid 1048954477, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
