Johann Tanzer

[1][2] Johann Tanzer was born on 3 January 1927 in the village of Velden am Wörther See, in the province of Carinthia, Austria.

Johann Tanzer completed his apprenticeship before being drafted into the Navy on Jan. 3, 1945, his birthday.

[3] Tanzer immigrated to Canada in 1956, with a portfolio of sailboat designs that he hoped to put into production.

[1][7] His company, located in Dorion, Quebec and with satellite manufacturing operations on both American coasts, became one of the largest boat builders in Canada during its 20 years in business, before it was forced into bankruptcy in 1986.

[6] Tanzer died on 23 October 2016 at age 89 at the Lakeshore General Hospital, in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Claire.