Ship Details
Seyelyn II Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	156630 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1929	Seyelyn II	Name 6
Name 2	1929	Cora Marie (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1953c	Nechako (III)	Name 8
Name 4	1976	Canadian II (I)	Name 9
Name 5	1984c	Cora Marie (II)	Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	L.E. Geary	Measurement (imp)	99.4' x 19.5' x 9.7'
Builder	Hoffar, James F.	Measurement (metric)	30.3m x 5.94m x 2.96m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	147.93	Type 1	Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage	77.76	Type 2
Engine	175bhp diesel engine (1929)	Engine Manufacture	Standard Gas Engine Co., Oakland CA USA
Repower	2-240hp 6-110 Detroit diesels	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1929-1930 she was owned by William C. Shelly, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1931 she was owned by Paul Franklin Johnson Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 she was seized by US Customs. In 1942 she was used by the Navy to patrol the entrance to San Francisco Bay for Second World War service. In 1951-1975 she was owned by the Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Montreal QC (Served as a passenger and mail carrier on the Kitmat-Kemano run.) In 1976-1984 she was owned by Cosulich Marine Charters Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1985-1987 she was owned by Norman Cosulich, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1987-2001 she was owned by Joseph M. Silva, Duncan BC Canada. In 2003-2011 she was owned by 630947 B.C. Ltd., Duncan BC Canada. In 2011 she was sold to owners (Frederick Marq?) in Miami FL USA.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-04-05

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

Accommodations include three double staterooms, two with ensuite heads and cast iron bathtubs, and five single cabins with bunks. The main deck features a full dining room. galley, main saloon with fireplace, and aft deck with wet basin and washroom. The upper deck consists of a large wheelhouse. washroom, large boat deck, and command bridge. Ron Drinkwater (BC Nautical History Facebook page 27/09/2014) reports that this vessel was in Cowichan Bay for a few years then moved to Genoa Bay. This vessel was sold and towed to Port Townsend. Not sure after that but possibly barged south Mexico or Central America? (Info from Grant and Melody Blundell, Cowichan Shipyards). In 2011 this vessel was sold to owners in Florida and transited the Panama Canal. In 2015 this vessel was sitting in Miami FL USA.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930); Grant & Melody Blundell; Ron Drinkwater (BC Nautical History Facebook page 27/09/2014) ; http://blog.peregrinesea.com/2011/08/cora-marie-at-port-townsend.html; Email communication (Andrew Clarke-Nauticapedia 13/04/2017);
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