Ship Details
Arctic Light Photo Credit: MMBC Collection

 

Registry #1	(Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1970	Nisku (I)	Name 6
Name 2	(nk)	Arctic Light	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1970	Place	Sidney	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	William Garden	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	Philbrook's Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	(nk)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 2025 she was owned by Canadain interests.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2025	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
The MMBC stated "ArcticLight, originally Nisku, was designed by William Garden for Dave and Kathy Thomas and built by Bent Jesperson and the crew at Philbrooks Boatyard in 1970. The current owners, one an expedition ship captain the other a documentary film maker and wildlife conservationist have operated ArcticLight on the coastal waters of British Columbia and South East Alaska since 2014."

 

References
https://mmbc.bc.ca/classic-boat-festival/current-participants/ (website viewed 29/08/2025);
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