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Sandra Jean II Photo Credit: MMBC Collection

Ship Details

Sandra Jean II

Photo Credit: MMBC Collection

Registry #1	323267 (Canada)	Registry #2	1121127 (US)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	91200

Name 1	1965	Sandra Jean II	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

Year Built	1965	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	39.00' x 11.20' x 5.80'
Builder	Sather Boat Works Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	11.88m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	14	Type 1	Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage	10	Type 2	Passenger Vessel
Engine	diesel engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	She was rebuilt as a whale watching vessel.	Call Sign
Pendant #		Masters

Owner(s)
In 1965-1995 she was owned by Gary R. Russell, Gibsons BC Canada. In 2000 she was owned by Brian S. Paterson. (Her Canadian Register was closed on 2000-10-10). In 2023-2025 she was owned by Peter and Nancy Hardy out of Friday Harbour, San Juan Islands, Washington USA.

Fate	Afloat in 2025	Date	0000-00-00

Named Features
Significance of Name	Named for Sandra Jean Russell (and her mother).

Anecdotes
The MMBC states "Commissioned in 1965 by Robert and Gary Russell of Gibsons, BC (father and son), Sandra Jean II worked as a Salmon troller on the BC Coast until 1997. That year she was purchased by Brian Patterson, also of Gibsons, who used the boat for recreation and as a licensed Packer until 2000. Since then she has been in the care of Peter & Nancy Hardy who, working with the Port Townsend Shipwrights Coop, Washington U.S.A., have been gradually reconditioning the boat from stem to stern and doing so without changing her appearance as a BC Troller. Today she is as solid and as seaworthy as when she set out on her first fishing season in the mid 1960s."

Anecdotes

The MMBC states "Commissioned in 1965 by Robert and Gary Russell of Gibsons, BC (father and son), Sandra Jean II worked as a Salmon troller on the BC Coast until 1997. That year she was purchased by Brian Patterson, also of Gibsons, who used the boat for recreation and as a licensed Packer until 2000. Since then she has been in the care of Peter & Nancy Hardy who, working with the Port Townsend Shipwrights Coop, Washington U.S.A., have been gradually reconditioning the boat from stem to stern and doing so without changing her appearance as a BC Troller. Today she is as solid and as seaworthy as when she set out on her first fishing season in the mid 1960s."

References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Sandra Jean Russell - Nauticapedia 13/08/2023); https://cgmix.uscg.mil/psix/psixsearch.aspx (website viewed 30/08/2025); https://mmbc.bc.ca/classic-boat-festival/current-participants/ (website viewed 29/08/2025);
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