Rainbow Hunter (The)

Jonathan Vandergoes (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 25/02/2021) stated "I owned this boat from 1984, when I bought her from BC Cement, until 2001, when I sold her to Aquabus. This vessel was named the J Hunter for this period. J Hunter was one of the superintendents at BC Cements factory at Bamberton, and it was named after him on his retirement. I spoke one time to his wife. When I bought it, it had a 20-30 Easthope engine in it, which I repowered to a 6 cyl Nissan diesel. This vessel carried workers from Todd inlet to the new factory at the base of the Malahat. When I had it I finished the job of putting it through Ships Safety, and used it as a school ferry to Protection Island from Nanaimo, as a Sidney Spit ferry, and finally as a Newcastle Island ferry. It was licensed to carry 21 persons, and had a Beaufort Life raft on the roof. Interestingly, It was the same inspector from Transport Canada, who did the initial inspection on the hull in 1951, and who completed the process with me in 1984, Geoff was his name, and he identified his initials he had carved in the liferaft 30 years later. I'd love to know where this vessel is now, and what happened to her."