Sabiston, John Flett (Jr.)

He was the son of Captain John Flett Sabiston.

He was apprenticed in 1869 between Nanaimo and San Francisco and later to Europe. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) He was Master of the Wanderer of which he was part owner until 1884.

He was licenced as a Marine Pilot in 1883 in the Nanaimo Pilotage District.

Wanderer (part owner); D.W. Gordon (Part owner);

He was on board the Romulus on 30/03/1893 when she grounded in Porlier Pass .

She was holed in te bow and filled with water. After five hours she was flated and moved to Esquimalt BC for repairs.On 29/10/1893 he was the Pilot on board the steamer San Mateo when she was damaged by a coal-gas explosion in Semiahmoo Bay.

He was the Pilot on Board the Barracouta when she was damaged by an explosion of coal gas.