Ship Details

Jolly Mac

Vessel image

Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 130698 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1911 Jolly Mac Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1911 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 53.2' x 11.0' x 5.0'
Builder Dafoe, Victor M. Measurement (metric) 16.2m x 3.4m x 1.5m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 26 Type 1 Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage 18 Type 2
Engine 2hp engine (1911); Engine Manufacture John Thorneycroft & Co. Ltd.
Repower Repowered with a 280bhp Chrysler 8 cylinder gasoline engine (1945). Repowered with a 65hp engine (1965). Repowered with a two 6 cylinder Perkins diesel engines. (1978); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1911-1912 she was owned by Edward J. McFeely (MO), Vancouver BC and Andrew Houston, Vancouver BC and Henry C. Akroyd, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1912-1934 she was owned by William J. Butt, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1937 she was owned by John M. Willard, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937-1940 she was owned by Mrs. Ernest Knowland, Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1940-1944 she was owned by John Lothian, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1944-1956 she was owned by Edmund Dermott (MO), Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1956-1969 she was owned by Hubert L. Cadieux, Lantzville, BC Canada. In 1970-1971 she was owned by William (Bill) H. Sayers (MO), Richmond, BC Canada. In 1972-1973 she was owned by Aubrey H. Righton, Richmond BC Canada. In 1974-1994 she was owned by Michael F. Cross (MO), Campbell River BC Canada. In 1995-1999 she was owned by John Waldin, Black Creek BC Canada. In 2001-2010 she was owned by Dennis R.S. Stoker, Ladysmith BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2010-05-07
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Hull- Cedar (double-ended displacement hull). Frames- Oak. Decks- Fir. Cabin- Cedar. Special Notes: the bow was rebuilt and raised and wheelhouse moved forward `three feet (date unknown). (In 1990 this vessel was designated as a British Columbia Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.) In c1973 much of the original galley destroyed by fire.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/649?r=0&s=4;
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