Ship Details
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Registry #1	312782 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1959	Ski-Mer	Name 6
Name 2	2004c	Skeezix (III)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1959	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Thornton Grenfell	Measurement (imp)	31.4' x 10.8' x 4.5'
Builder	B.C. Glass Hulls Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	9.57m x 3.29m x 1.37m
Hull	Reinforced Plastic	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	12.93	Type 1	Yacht
Registered Tonnage	11.75	Type 2
Engine	225bhp gasoline engine (1961c)	Engine Manufacture	Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1959-1984 she was owned by Herbert E. Rea, West Vancouver BC Canada. In 2004-2011 she was owned by Joseph A. Johnson, Burnaby BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-10-25

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Skeezix was cowboy slang for a motherless calf. It was also the name of a popular character in the comic strip Gasoline Alley.

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6388836&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20312782&ecopy=e011475826 (website viewed 19/06/2025);
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