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Dawn's Ark

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Registry #1 152547 (Canada) Registry #2 08K6461 (Canada) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1924 Geolande Name 6
Name 2 1995c Dawn's Ark Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1924 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 29.3' x 7.9' x 4.6'
Builder Hoffar Motor Boat Co. (The) Measurement (metric) 8.9m x 2.4m x 1.4m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7.36 Type 1 Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage 5 Type 2
Engine 40bhp gasoline engine Engine Manufacture Kermath Mfg. Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower Repowered with a 60hp Nissan diesel SD22 4-cylinder engine. Repowered with a 20bhp gas engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1924-1949 she was owned by Hugh MacKay, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949 she was removed from the Canada Registry of Shipping presumed to have been out of existence. She was owned by Roy M. Nowik, Black Creek BC Canada. She was licenced as #8K6461. In 1995-2008 she was owned by Phyllis & William Wilson, Ladysmith BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2008-03-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was a motor cruising yacht. Comment: Carvel planked, soft bilge, red-cedar hull. Plumb stem and square transom with swim grid. Full length keel and rudder. Combination cabin/wheelhouse superstructure and open cockpit aft. Decks have been fibreglassed.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5588425&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20152547&ecopy=e011446349_288 (website viewed 10/06/2025);
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