Ship Details
Northern Light I (I) Photo Credit: Annals of the RVanYC

 

Registry #1	154690 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Northern Light I (I)	Name 6
Name 2	(nk)	Nodlew I	Name 7
Name 3	1948	Trasnagh II	Name 8
Name 4	1951	Yonder (I)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	43.0' x 10.1' x 6.2'
Builder	Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	21.2	Type 1	Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage	14.4	Type 2
Engine	175bhp 'foreign-made' gasoline engine (1928)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 67bhp Buda diesel engine (1944); Repowered with a 86bhp diesel B.W. Dawe & Co. Ltd. Diesel engine (1959);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1928-1930 she was owned by Tayler Shipping Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1930-1938 she was owned by William S. Day, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936 she was owned by Conrad Schwengers, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1938-1940 she was owned by Norman G. Cull, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940-1942 she was owned by Norman C. Cull, Victoria BC Canada. In 1942-1945 she was owned by Harold L. Sangster, Victoria BC Canada. In 1945 she was owned by Veterans Sightseeing & Transportation, Victoria BC Canada. In 1946-1951 she was owned by Harold L. Sangster, Victoria BC Canada. In 1951-1968 she was owned by Claude L. Harrison, Victoria BC Canada. In 1969-1986 she was owned by Edmond F.W. Cox (MO), Sidney BC Canada. In 1987-1988 she was owned by Romelius J.V. Vanstolk, Sidney BC Canada. In 1989-1990 she was owned by Martin J. Wood, Pender Island BC Canada. In 1991-1993 she was owned by Theresa M. Gouin, Pender Harbour BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1999-09-22

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Nodlew is "Weldon" spelled backwards.

 

Anecdotes
In 1991 this vessel was designated as a Vintage vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Canada List of Shipping; MacFarlane, John M. (1993); http://www.royalvan.com/files/Annals_Section4_Yachts.pdf
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