Ship Details
Ripple Point Photo Credit: James Morin

 

Registry #1	171797 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1939	Ripple Point	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	35.0' x 8.3' x 4.6'
Builder	Union Boat Works Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	10.67m x 2.53m x 1.40m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	13.37	Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage	11.27	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	111bhp 6-cylinder gasoline engine (1939)	Engine Manufacture	Gray Marine Motor Co. Detroit MI
Repower	In 1947 repowered with a 140bhp Chrysler Royal 8 cylinder gas engine (1950); Repowered with a 140bhp gasoline engine (2011c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1939-1945 she was a sedan cruiser owned by Canadian Fishing Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Harbour Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1950-1953 she was owned by Wilfred Dolmage ((MO) (with John Maitland), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1957-1958 she was owned by K.O.S. Logging, Nelson Island BC Canada. In 1958-1964 she was owned by Eugene P. Demers, Port Alberni BC Canada. In 1965-1967 she was owned by John G.S. Thomson, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1968-1972 she was owned by Kenneth H.R. Hutcheson, Port Alberni BC Canada. In 1973-1975 she was owned by Einer Jensen, Powell River BC Canada. In 1976-1977 she was owned by Robert Topanee, Powell River BC Canada. In 1978-1979 she was owned by Robert F. Smith, Powell River BC. In 1979-1982 she was owned by Leonard T. Girard, Powell River BC. In 1982-1988 she was owned by Charles J. Rogers, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1989-1992 she was owned by John Ian Foubister and Sandra Foubister, Richmond BC as a liveaboard. In 1992-2002 she was owned by James C. Morin, Salt Spring Island BC Canada. In 2002-2004 she was owned by the S.A.L.T.S. (Sail and Life Training Society), Victoria BC Canada. In 2005-2023 she was owned by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia Society, Victoria BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2023-12-07

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1939 this vessel was built as a "despatch boat". Hull- cedar. Frames- oak. Decks- fir. Cabin- fir. Cabin configuration: wheelhouse forward, trunk cabin aft. Special Notes: Quarter berths, wheelhouse above engine room, galley on port side, head starboard. The wheelhouse has been enlarged from the original. Modernization for liveaboard status included pressure water, refrigerator, constavolt, new wiring, diesel heater, new fuel tank. (In 1990 this vessel was designated as a British Columbia Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.) (This vessel apparently has disappeared - its whereabouts unknown to the Maritime Museum of British Columbia since at least 2016. The Museum continues to maintain ownership title.) this register has been officially closed in 07/12/2023.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (James Morin - Nauticapedia 16/10/2023);
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