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Elsie Ruth

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Registry #1 190582 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1948 Elsie Ruth Name 6
Name 2 1957c Sea Minor Name 7
Name 3 1979c Sgian Dubh Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1948 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Turner Measurement (imp) 22.0' x 6.8' x 3.2'
Builder Turner Boat Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 3 Type 1 Yacht
Registered Tonnage 3 Type 2
Engine 100bhp engine (1948) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1958 she was owned by Reginald A. Wilson, Vancouver BC. In 1961 she was owned by The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver, Vancouver BC. In 1979-1989 she was owned by John P. Weir (MO), Gibsons BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2004-05-04
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Captain Robert Bennie reports that "was a Turner design - clinker built out of wood with the forward rudder in addition to the aft rudder to supposedly make her turn better in a bit of a sea from what I have been told. The engine was an inboard on a straight drive. This vessel looked very similar to the Wee Chapy, another Turner boat which belonged to our next door neighbour, Hugh Chapman. John Weir removed the forward rudder set up and it made no difference to performance. He also replaced her motor with a small diesel (I think it was a Yanmar but can probably find out for you) which gave her a speed of about 8 knots. He completely restored her in his usual meticulous fashion and used her to commute between their home in Long Bay on Gambier to Gibsons to shop etc. John Weir named her Sgian Dubh which is a Scottish dagger because this vesselcut through the water like a knife. John's wife Anne is Scottish."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping;
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