The Cabot 36 sailboat is a Canadian classic sailing yacht that was built in the 1970s in Sydney, Nova Scotia from plans and drawings by the famous design team of Ted Brewer and Bob Walstrom.
Only 49 Cabots were produced by Cabotcraft Industries, which folded in the late ‘70s when orders and government funding diminished and the market for sailing vessels hit a slump in both Canada and the U.S.[1][2] Cabotcraft Industries (CCI) was the result of a financial partnership between the Cape Breton Development Corporation (Devco), and two Toronto entrepreneurs and boaters, Fred Karp, V.P.
Intended for cruising in comfort in North Atlantic conditions, the Cabot 36 included an ample galley and storage below, and her construction was rugged, with a core of Airex foam.
The crew, traveling in a Winnebago, worked at every stop to build and finish the interior as the convoy headed to Annapolis, towing the Cabot behind an old ‘50's Mac Truck.
John Perring replaced Jim Marsh at the helm for an interim period before Devco hired Roy Mac Keen, who had been working in their Tourism division, in part on Cruising Cape Breton, a successful navigational guide to the Bras d’Or Lakes.
Eventually, Brian Smyth, engineer and chief technical wizard with Yachtsmiths International, heard of their survival, but it wasn’t until 2002 that he fell in love with a Cabot 36, moored next to him in the Bahamas.