Ship Details
Four Winds (II) Photo Credit: Robert Lawson

 

Registry #1	121750 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1906	Four Winds (II)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1906	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Day, Thomas Fleming (et al.)	Measurement (imp)	26.0' x 9.7' x 5.8'
Builder	Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7.91	Type 1	Yacht, sail (yawl)
Registered Tonnage	5.38	Type 2
Engine	0.50hp engine (1906);	Engine Manufacture	Termeast & Morehen, Oshkosh WI
Repower	Repowered with a 20hp gasoline Kermath engine (1958c)	Propulsion	Sail/screw
Rebuilds	She was rebuilt about 1970 by Bruce Bott.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1906-1908 she was owned by James E. Macrae, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1910 she was owned by Frederick Buscombe, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1913-1918 she was owned by Donald G. Forbes, Victoria BC Canada. In 1919 she was owned by Henry F. Hope, Oak Bay BC Canada. In 1921 she was owned by Percy Bodkin, Sidney BC Canada. In 1931-1933 she was owned by Archibald J.R. Buller, Victoria BC Canada. In 1937 she was owned by Mr. & Mrs. William Simpson, Victoria BC Canada. In 1942-1947 she was owned by Albert E. James, Victoria BC Canada. In 1949 she was owned by Herbert Jeune, Victoria BC Canada. In 1954-1974 she was owned by Richard J. Ellis, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1975-1980 she was owned by Patricia Bott, Victoria BC Canada. In 1981 she was owned by Ocean Life Systems Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1982-2002 she was owned by Canada Current Charters Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 2015-2021 she was owned by Bruce Bott, Powell River BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2002-04-05

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was a double-ender hull design. Don Reksten (Curatorial Committee Royal Victoria Yacht Club 15/02/2016) reports that "During the Second World War this vesselparticipated in the RCN Motor Boat Squadron, a project involving owner training and participation in drills. The only compensation was dispensation from gas rationing." Robert Lawson (Email to Nauticapedia 01/09/2021) stated "was built to a design that appeared in Rudder Magazine in 1906. Apparently this vessel was the first boat in the Vancouver Yacht Club. We very nearly ended up owning her in 2005 when we were selling the Anne Marie as this vessel was offered to us as part payment but another offer came in before we could conclude negotiations with the owner. There are very few early sailing yachts left in BC that were built here and are still in commission." In 2021 this vessel is berthed in Powell River BC where this vessel is in remarkably good condition and virtually unchanged from her 1930 configuration.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Don Reksten - Nauticapedia 15/02/2018);
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