Ship Details
Carla B. Photo Credit: Bob Seright

 

Registry #1	805644 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1953	Carla B.	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1953	Place	Pompano Beach	Area	FL	Country	USA

 

Designer	Chris-Craft Corporation	Measurement (imp)	35' x ? X ?
Builder	Chris-Craft Corporation	Measurement (metric)	10.24m x 3.35m x 1.55m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	13.96	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	10.22	Type 2
Engine	2-195bhp gasoline engines (1953)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1986-1995 she was owned by Timothy E. Saunders, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1997-2025 she was owned by 434577 B.C. Ltd., Powell River BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2025	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Tim Saunders states "In the early 1980s l did a restoration on a 1953 Chris Craft Commander, 35' and named her Carla B after my girlfriend's daughter. After several years off the alley at Cyress & 2nd in Kitsilano Vancouver BC l splashed her near the Coast Guard station (thankfully)."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping;
Last update

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