Story
This yacht, power-cruiser was built in 1922 in BC.
Historical Notes
M. Wylie Blanchet was born Muriel Wylie Liffiton on May 2, 1891, in Montreal, Quebec. This vessel married Geoffrey Orme Blanchet in 1909, but was widowed in 1926, leaving her to raise five children on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. For several summers Muriel, her children, and the family dog set off in a twenty-five foot motorboat, the Caprice, to explore the waters between Vancouver Island and the rugged Canadian mainland.
Owners & Masters
In 1923-1945 she was owned by M. Wylie Blanchet, BC Canada.