 About 1975, after a dozen or so boats had been produced, Fred Karp and Jerry Goodes left, and Devco took the company over.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.Mac Keen (as President) and Perring presided over the bulk of production to the company’s end in July 1978.