USWATERCRAFT ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO BUILD C&C YACHTS

USWatercraft

USWatercraft of Warren RI and Tartan Marine Co are pleased to announce that USWatercraft has acquired the exclusive rights to build, develop, distribute and  market all new models of the famed C&C Yachts brand from Tartan Marine.

"We are extremely excited to carry on the traditions established by the legendary Canadian boat builders who introduced C&C Yachts some 50 years ago. We look forward to building state of the art, beautiful, high quality and competitively priced C&C sailboats, at our 100,000 square ft. facility in Warren, RI." said Randy Borges president of USWatercraft.  USWatercraft plans to begin production of its new C&C models this fall.

Tartan Marine Co builder of Tartan Yachts will no longer produce the C&C 101 and 115 models under the C&C brand but will reintroduce and build these models under the Tartan brand as the Tartan 101 and Tartan 115. "We are pleased to have such an outstanding boat builder as USWatercraft take over the future development of the iconic C&C Yachts brand and focus on servicing the numerous C&C yacht owners around the world, while we, at the same time, can remain laser-focused on marketing, distributing and building the iconic Tartan brand and supporting our loyal Tartan owners throughout the world." said Steve Malbasa owner of Tartan Marine.
 
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