Ship Details

Tonina (I)

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Photo Credit: Gordon Seykora

 
 
Registry #1 347124 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 25051
 
Name 1 1973 Tonina (I) Name 6
Name 2 2004c Sunshine V Name 7
Name 3 2019 Royal Rose Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1973 Place Delta Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Barrie Farrell Measurement (imp) ? x ? x ?
Builder Farrell Boat Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 9.94m x 3.47m x 1.46m
Hull Glass Reinforced Plastic Displacement
Gross Tonnage 13.99 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 9.51 Type 2
Engine 240bhp diesel engine (1973) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1973-1981 she was owned by Gordon Seykora, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982-1987 she was owned by Zan P. Zacharias, Richmond BC Canada. In 1988-1989 she was owned by Quy Van Hyunh, Surrey BC Canada. In 1990 she was owned by Khai Tuan Vu, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1991-1994 she was owned by Phi Hung Nguyen, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1995-2004 she was owned by Thuan Bich Ngo, Surrey BC Canada. In 2012-2018 she was owned by Thanh Tung Nguyen, Surrey BC Canada. In 2019-2022 she was owned by Anh Thi Mai and John Nguyen, Surrey BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2022 Date 0000-00-00
 
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Anecdotes
Gordon Seykora (Email to Nauticapedia 04/07/2022) stated "Kishi Brothers in Steveston, B.C. completed the interior of the Tonina. Queensboro Marine supplied the fishing machinery. I installed a 185hp CAT 3160 with 3:1 Twin Disc gear, 30" x 24" prop, hydraulics, electronics, electrical and fishing machinery. In 1974 we replaced the engine with a 3208 Cat of 200hp. We understand the owner after Zanny, installed a CAT 3208 375hp? Barry Farrel did many custom modification to this vessel as requested. Center exit door, reinforced roof and cabin corners to carry a tripod mast, 100 sq ft of copper screen built into the hull for RF ground plane and urethane foam insulation built into the hold deck and fore deck. This was the first and may be the only Farrell built without a flying bridge? Barry was unhappy about this for many years, but finally said one day, that he grew to like it. He had offered me a free dodger, but I wanted a gillnetter, not a sail boat which stored heavy junk on the roof. I arranged the purchase of the Don Quixote with a call to Barry from Kyuquot in the fall of 1973. Doug Henderson completed the Don Quixote the following year, 1974, with Chun Chuk Too Tam building the cabinets. Doug installed a 250hp Volvo with a 2.5:1 gear with a 25" x 25" (square) prop. It was build in North Burnaby in Continental Temperature's commercial yard. The Don Quixote was @ 4000 lbs heavier than the Tonina and could not plane with anymore than 1 ton of ice and no fish. Barry insisted on using 5/16 Luan on all of the vessels he personally finished. Kishi Bros. used 1/4" and 1/2 mahogany on light framing for the Tonina. Doug use 3/4" teak plywood, built the counters in modules, which meant 2 x 3/4" for each section and 2" x 2" teak trim. Barry also built his personal boats with @ 1/2 the hull material he used in customer vessels. Light weight means more speed and less fuel. The Tonina was completed for @ $30,000 in 1973. The Don Quixote was @ $75,000 one years later. In '73 a 3160 CAT with gear was $2500. In '74 the Volvo was $12,000. Commercial vessel fixed interest rates were 10% in 1973, but rose to 24% a few years later. We sold the Tonina to Zanny in 1981 for $137,500. In 1979 I put a Farrell Cabin on a 40' Pelagic which is the Chiboom, a commercial geoduc dive boat."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Gordon Seykora - Nauticapedia 04/07/2022);
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