Ship Details

Onaway I

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Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 158921 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1936 Onaway I Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1936 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer John Egan Measurement (imp) 28.4' x 8.2' x 3.2'
Builder John Egan, General Boat Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 8.7m x 2.5m x 1m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 4.97 Type 1 Passenger Vessel
Registered Tonnage 3.38 Type 2
Engine 18bhp 2-cylinder diesel engine Engine Manufacture Motoren-Werke Mannheim A.G.
Repower Repowered in 1940 with a Ford Model B gas engine. In 1981 she was repowered with Kelvin P4 diesel engine. 30hp engine (1961c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1936-1939 she was owned by John Egan, Vancouver BC. In 1940 she was owned by Col. Aubrey Kent, Victoria BC. In 1940 she was registered at Victoria BC. In 1946-1961 she was owned by Marshall A. Kent, Victoria BC. In 1974 owned by Russel S.C. Dawkins, Victoria, BC. In 1977-1979 she was owned by Paul V. Horsdal,Sooke, BC. In 1981 she was rebuilt by Michael Kent. In 1982 she was owned by Mike W. Kent, Fulford Harbour, BC. In 1988 she was owned by Calvin Annis, Duncan BC. In 1990 she was owned by Cal Annis, Cobble Hill BC. In 1997-2011 she was owned by Richard M. Cotton, Victoria BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2011-05-18
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Hull- Red Cedar (Displacement hull, carvel planked). Frames- Oak . Decks- Cedar and fir, Canvas over plank . Cabin- Cedar . Cabin Configuration: Wheelhouse, midships galley, main salon, open cockpit. The name comes from the poem Hiawatha by Longfellow - "Onaway awake my beloved." (In 1990 this vessel was designated as a British Columbia Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.)
 
References
Canada List of Shipping;
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