| Bruce Warner (Email to Nauticapedia 13/04/2020) stated "this vessel was built by George McQueen and Al Bryant at Western Craft in North Vancouver. McQueen subsequently opened his own shipyard. The original engine was a Chrysler Imperial Marine V8, the original Chrysler "Hemi", displacing about 330 c.i. and generating 200 hp with two one-barrell carbs. I finally gave up on the engine when a water-cooled exhaust manifold cracked. After a year of searching I found a replacement in Michigan, but by the time it was installed the engine had ceased. As I mentioned before, I bought the Mitsubishi engine used in 1994 with 500 hours on it after a complete rebuild in 1992. Counterpoint was fairly deteriorated when I bought her in 1989. In the first months of ownership I had the transom and rudder post area rebuilt, and completely refastened under the water line - 3,000 bronze screws, all dowelled by Peter London Shipwright in Sidney. I think he passed away not long after. The foredeck and the side decks were quite rotten in places, so they were replaced by Haas in 1990, including sealing the tops of the ribs with epoxy, as the rot had started to spread into them. I finally finished them off with the African mahogany Gunwale trim in 2001. A minor collision with a log triggered a rebuild of the forefoot and a new backing plate to secure the knee. More transom repairs, new bolts in the keelson and horn timber and the garboard seam recaulking were completed at the same time. Other repairs included replacing the original painted canvas on the upper decks with epoxy and fibreglass, rebuilding the bulkhead between the dinette and the upper steering station, the aft cockpit sole, rebuilding the area around the upper windshield and the aft bulkhead, all of which were rotten." |
