Ship Details

Gikumi

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Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 197711 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1954 Gikumi Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1954 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 53.0' x 16.4' x 6.2'
Builder Bissett, James & A. Gilstein Measurement (metric) 16.15m x 5.00m x 1.89m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 43.12 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 29.32 Type 2 Passenger Vessel
Engine 195hp engine (1954) Engine Manufacture Atlas-Copco engine
Repower Repowered with a 238bhp diesel engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CY4055
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1954-1982 she was owned by Frederick C.A. Wastell, Telegraph Cove BC. In 1983-2009 she was owned by Stubbs Island Charters Ltd., Telegraph Cove BC. In 2010-2015 she was owned by Orcella Enterprises Ltd., Telegraph Cove BC. In 2016-2022 she was owned by Searidge Ventures Ltd., Prince Rupert BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2022 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
John Turpin stated "The Gikumi has just celebrated its 68th year of commercial service on the British Columbia coast. It was built in Vancouver B.C. and had worked continuously out of Telegraph Cove from September 1954 until February 2017. It was the town’s cargo boat, towed logs to their sawmill and hauled lumber and other building materials all over the BC coast. It even had a stint at being a pilot boat. In the early 1980s it became the first whale watching boat on the BC Coast. The wild whales scenes in the 1993 movie Free Willy were filmed from Gikumi. This vessel hosted US President George HW Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush along with former British Prime Minister John Major and his wife Norma during a whale watching expedition. The vessel was re-powered with a Caterpillar (3406) and twin disc gear in 1997. In the early 2000s the vessel was brought up to requirements for Transport Canada certification for berthed passenger. Over the last 22 years the vessel has been completely refurbished. Certified architectural drawings were completed and all systems have been approved and the vessel has received full certification for 8-berthed passengers and 40-day passengers. In 2020 this vesselhad a major hull refurbishment, which included 30 new ribs, replacement of both guards, the horn timber, dozens of planks and complete refastening and re-caulking. The Gikumi is ready for her next 68 years of service."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection;
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