Ship Details

Papa Bear

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Photo Credit: Neil McDaniel

 
 
Registry #1 369094 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1973 Lytescary Name 6
Name 2 1997c Papa Bear Name 7
Name 3 2011c Appa One Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1973 Place Sidney Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 40' x ? x ?
Builder Canoe Cove Marina Ltd. Measurement (metric) 12.28m x 3.96m x 1.95m
Hull Glass Reinforced Plastic Displacement
Gross Tonnage 22.74 Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage 15.47 Type 2
Engine 2-216bhp diesel engines (1973) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1973-1994 she was owned by Richard A. Lewall, Burnaby BC Canada. In 1995-2003 she was owned by Richard H. Ranniger, Gibsons BC Canada. In 2011-2012 she was owned by Berndt & Ulrike Rindt, Sechelt BC Canada. In 2013-2019 she was owned by Brian T. Fawkes, Sechelt BC Canada. In 2023-2025 she was owned by Gordon Tait, Gabriola Island BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2025 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Lytescary was the name of an ancestral family home in Somerset England and mean "the Littles of the River Carey"
 
Anecdotes
Jim Lewall (Email to Nauticapedia 15/03/2025) stated "Said vessel was custom built for my Dad in 1973. It was originally built with a pair of GM 6V53 running through v-drives. He chose the GMs rather than the originally designed English Ford Sabres because he felt that GM, used in many boats and generators along the coast, would be easier to get repairs done. I do remember that my Dad was forced to sell it when his health deteriorated."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Jim Lewall (Email to Nauticapedia 15/03/2025);
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