From the Boating Industry Canada website
On Thursday November 20, 2008, Al Patterson, President of Angus Yachts of Toronto in Port Credit Harbour, Ontario announced the decision internally, to close the business effective immediately. A corporate announcement of details is expected to be released soon.
It is believed that economic conditions were to blame in spite of the dealer’s excellent record of sales achievement with the power and sail boat brands they represented.
Angus Yachts of Toronto has won awards for the past several years from Hunter Sailboats and more recently from Cruisers Yachts; two of the dealer’s leading brands. The closure of Angus Yachts of Toronto reflects internal situations and not the viability of the boat lines the dealer had represented. New dealer arrangements are already in progress and announcements are expected shortly from all of Angus’ key lines.
Also, the Clift’s yacht brokerage organization which had become a part of the Angus organization following the recent death of David de Eyre, involved several independent Certified Professional Yacht Brokers, who are still actively working in the business and will continue to market their client’s boats.
Angus clients are being contacted as well. Industry sources suggest that an orderly wind up is expected.
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