Vandestadt and McGruer Limited

[1] The company was founded by Fraser McGruer and Hubert Vandestadt in 1965.

[1][2][3] The company imported the trailer sailers built by the MacGregor Yacht Corporation from the United States into Canada and also produced its own line of boats.

[1] The first design produced was the 13.33 ft (4.06 m) Spindrift 13, a small day sailer dinghy in 1965, with 800 boats built.

[1] The Sirius 21 became the first North American production sailboat to use both ballast and positive flotation.

Closed-cell foam was injected into some of the boat's compartments and also in between the inner and outer hull to accomplish this, a feature that added cost, but improved safety.