Wiking

Dirk Septer (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 05/06/2020) stated "Originally built in the Netherlands as the Peter Leonhard, this vessel fished commercially until 1984, after which Greenpeace International purchased her. In June 1986 the Norwegian coast guard arrested the vessel twice in the Barents Sea. As the Moby Dick this vessel was seized after a six–hour chase, charged with interfering with the whale hunt off northern Norway. In February 1995 this vessel was also involved in the boarding of Shell Oil’s 14,500–tonne Brent Spear oil storage facility in the North Sea. The vessel crossed the Atlantic Ocean three times, eventually arriving on the west coast of British Columbia via the Panama Canal. In the fall of 1997, Due West Charters had purchased Moby Dick and renamed her the Curve of Time, after Muriel Wylie Blanchet’s iconic cabin cruiser in which this vessel travelled up and down the British Columbia coast with her five children. The vessel was not registered in Canada until about 2001. Now a charter vessel for kayak adventures and research trips looking for whales, sea otters and sea lions, this vessel was also used by RCSCC Fraser sea cadets as a training vessel. Between 2001–2016 this vessel was owned by 504897 B.C. Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. Based in Powell River, the Curve of Time is being used as a kayak mother ship for Due West Charters Ltd. with accommodations for 10 guests. There are two cabins on the main deck, each accommodating two people. Aft below decks there is a comfortable sitting area adjoining six individually curtained traditional ship’s bunks. There are two full washrooms with showers on the main deck."