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Registry #1	179600 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1948	Elusive (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1948	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Tom Halliday	Measurement (imp)	28.7' x 8.4' x 4.6'
Builder	Taylor, John Tom	Measurement (metric)	8.75m x 2.56m x 1.37m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	6.67	Type 1	Yacht, sail
Registered Tonnage	6.34	Type 2
Engine	20hp gasoline engine (1948)	Engine Manufacture	Arnolt Engine Co.
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1948-1958 she was owned by William R. Morrow (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1958-1964 she was owned by Kenneth Y. Lochead, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1964-1967 she was owned by William R. Morris, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975 she was owned by Ronald M. Boyd, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1979-1980 she was owned by Siegrfried O. Kemmler, Crofton BC Canada. In 1989 she was owned by Wayne Dart, Victoria BC Canada. In 1990 she was owned by Peter Bassford, Edmonton AB Canada. In 1999-2011 she was owned by Eugene A. Maglio, Cobble Hill BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-11-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was a Roedde-class sloop. In 1949 this vessel raced in the Pacific International Yachting Association Swiftsure Lightship Race under skipper W. R. Murrow (Royal Vancouver Yacht Club) but was not reported at the finish. In 1952 this vessel raced in the Pacific International Yachting Association Swiftsure Lightship Race under skipper W.R. Murrow (Royal Vancouver Yacht Club) placing 16th overall. In 1953 this vessel raced in the Pacific International Yachting Association Swiftsure Lightship Classic under skipper W.R. Murrow (Royal Vancouver Yacht Club) placing 5th overall. In 1953 this vessel was the winner of the Beaver Cup (Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Trophy for cruiser-type vessels in an annual race around White Islets and Balenas Island) under W.R. Morrow. In 1954 this vessel raced in the Pacific International Yachting Association Swiftsure Lightship Classic under skipper W.R. Murrow placing 2nd overall. In 1955 raced in the Pacific International Yachting Association Swiftsure Lightship Classic under skipper W.R. Murrow but did not finish.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; http://www.royalvan.com/files/Annals_Section4_Yachts.pdf; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11866/545?r=0&s=5 ;
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