Zip (I)

This vessel was said to have operated in the rum running trade. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). This Canadian motor vessel, while under command of Captain Pete Jensen, stranded on Bonilla Point reef, early in the morning of October 7, 1936. This vessel was carrying a cargo of salmon bound from Bamfield to New Westminster. The launch was lowered but was quickly swamped and the Master who was trying to bail it out was thrown into the sea. The Mate, Ole Dahl, was drowned (he could not swim) and the other three crew members managed to reach shore. Captain Jensen walked three miles to Carmanah Light to seek help. THe Banfield Lifeboat started out but broke down and had to be towed back to port. After this vessel went up on the beach her engine was salvaged at low tide by the Baird family. Members of the family also dived underwater from the surface to slowly dismantle the engine. John Quinn loaned a set of wheels to assist in the removal. The base weighed 3 tons and was moved by hand one mile to a barge. The engine was salvaged by the owner and installed in the Nitinat Chief, then being built.