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The greatest race boat show in
c a n a d i a n h i s t o ry
Muskoka Wharf, Gravenhurst
2013
spring
117
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Editor
Kathy Rhodes
E-mail: [email protected]
Publisher
Greg Martin
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Contributors
Rita Adams, Paul Baker, Malcolm Black,
Joan Eyolfson Cadham, Kathy Dillon,
Matt Fairbrass, Carla Gernhofer, Ken Kirk,
David A. Langman, Gerry Lodge,
Nick Markos, Rick McGraw, Bev McMullen,
Dermot O’Byrne, Lawton Osler,
Richard Shorney, Jamie Smith
Classifieds
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SPRING 2013 ISSUE 117
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THE GREATEST RACE BOAT SHOW IN
C A N A D I A N H I S T O RY
Muskoka Wharf, Gravenhurst
Our cover
A lady-like ride in Falcon, a 1960
19’6” original Hacker-design
Gentlemen’s racer.
Photo credit: Bill Lockington
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Features
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President’s Message - ACBS-Toronto Chapter
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Editor’s Corner
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President’s Message - ACBS-International
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ACBS-Toronto Winter Workshop — February 23, 2013
Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre
10 The Sponson Report: 2013 Toronto International Boat Show (TIBS)
11 Canadian Safe Boating Council Presents Canadian Safe Boating
Awards For Outstanding Efforts
12 Summer Boat Show July 4 — 7, 2013
The Greatest Race Boat Show in Canadian History
14 Small Craft Builders’ Rendezvous
15 Under the Hatches — Building a Simple Water Loop to
Keep Your Cool and Your Pump Primed
18 Inside the S.S. Keewatin — Last Edwardian Steamer
20 What’s in the Shops
24 Finally! A Bright Light Shines on a Big Black Hole: A Long Lost
Photograph and the Miss Canada IV Dashboard Dilemma
28 Annual Patriotic Boat Parade 2012
30 June 1930: Another Great Moment In Canadian Boat Racing
History — Johnson Outboard Boat & Motor Sets World Records
32Rescuing Jingo
34 Racing Hydroplanes Remembered
35 Restoring a Rice Lake Rowing Skiff
38 Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons Marks 75 Years of Service
39 Hagerty’s Losses and Lessons
39 Marine Marketplace
40Classifieds
President’s Message:
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013 started with a flurry of
activity. Our display at the
Toronto International Boat Show
was a great success again thanks to
our new TIBS Event Chair Richard
Shorney. Richard secured a large
space for us again which was filled
with a nice variety of 13 boats. Many
thanks to the owners who provided
those boats, the approximately 50
volunteers who staffed the booth
over the nine days, our sponsor
Epifanes, and Chris Vandergrift, who once again provided
flowers and plants for the venue. Pictures and a write up of
this event are on page 10.
As I’m writing this, our second event of the year is just
behind us. On February 23, we had another sell out crowd
at our Winter Workshop – this time hosted by the Muskoka
Boat & Heritage Centre. Thanks to all of the people who put
on the seminars during the day, and to all of the attendees
for their participation. Congratulations to Lawton Osler for
a terrific job organizing all aspects of the morning and the
luncheon. Read more about this event on page 7.
As the snow melts and the lakes thaw, it’s time to start
thinking about another season of great boating. To kick off
the boating season, be sure to sign up for the Spring Tour
on April 27. This year we have another full slate of 13 boat
shops signed up, and we expect a great turnout, as in the
past. Check out “What’s in the Shops” starting on page 20 for
a sneak preview of some of the shops on the tour. We hope
to see many of you at the various shops and at the luncheon
at the Port Carling Community Centre.
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Planning for this year’s boat show on July 6 started several
months ago. Not only is this a race boat show year, which
has always been somewhat special, the design point for
the show this year is for us to host the largest race boat
show ever held in Canada. The Boat Show Committee has
been working incredibly hard to make this year’s show
an amazing tribute to 100 years of Racing. The feature
boat is the freshly restored Miss Canada IV, and she will be
accompanied by many other historic race boats of all types.
For a thorough preview of the exciting events planned for
this year’s Boat Show weekend, see the article on page 12.
Our membership renewals and new member signups have
been very strong this past year. Hopefully that means we
are focusing on delivering valuable and fun events to our
members as is our intent. Even though we have completed
our most recent five-year strategic plan thanks to your input
and recommendations, we will continue to seek out new
ways to improve on the opportunities our club provides.
ACBS-Toronto Chapter
WelcomE
New Members
Since our last edition of Classicboat, the
following have joined ACBS-Toronto
Tom J. & Jeanne McCullough / Shanty Bay
Doug Heard / Kitchener
Murray & Betty Rowe / Richmond Hill
David & Cindy Richenback / Harriston
Ricky & Linda Schwartz / Toronto
Mark Krzyzanowski / Nepean
Randall & Susan Milligan / Peterborough
Bill Nankivell & Kelly Kerr / Oakville
Dave Winlo & Ferne Bretsen / Toronto
Wayne Pitman / Collingwood
Doug MacGillivray / Peterborough
Paul Ross / Port Hope
Duncan & Terri Watt / Burlington
Jeff & Carol Glanfield / Welland
Larry Moore / Tottenham
Don Hallam / St Catharines
Skip Mills / Colborne
Dennis & Mary-Ann Christie / Trenton
Gary Baker / Thamesford
Euan Lowson & Karen Kurdyak / Toronto
John A. Duke / Toronto
Bud Fisher & Susan Sheehan / Toronto
Peter Canning & Jacalyn Cowan / Mildmay
Andres Alonso / Toronto
Wayne & Fran Koning / Georgetown
Jim & Barbara Johnson / Dayton, OH
We hope that your association with ACBS will be
pleasant and worthwhile and we will welcome your
input and involvement with our various events.
So two requests to close off: 1) keep your suggestions for
improvement coming; we will review and consider them,
and 2) if you have not already volunteered your time to help
out with any of our events, please consider doing so as we
are always looking for more help, and it’s a great way to
meet other members and get more involved.
Editor’s Corner
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Your Opinion Counts
So that we can serve you better,
your Board wants to hear from you
about your concerns and your ideas to
make ACBS-Toronto better for you.
Expect to receive e-mail requests for
your input several times this year.
We promise to keep them brief.
Your participation is
essential and appreciated!
Chris Cragg
Director, Long Range Planning
welcomes
your articles,
photos,
comments
and letters.
E-mail the editor,
Kathy Rhodes at
[email protected]
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et those calendars out – we’ve already got lots of events
planned for the upcoming boating season. It may be
short, but it’s going to be busy!
In addition to the activities surrounding the Best Race Boat
Show in Canadian History from July 4-7, we now have three
rendezvous on the roster, and a brand new hands-on workshop
scheduled for the fall. See the Calendar of Events on page 6 for
more details. You’ll find articles on the Spring Tour (April 27)
starting on page 20 and the Summer Boat Show on page 12. In
addition to our specific club events, you might want to check out
the Wooden Boat Symposium and Expo sponsored by Antique
Boat America in Kingston, April 5-6 and the Small Craft Builders’
Rendezvous at the Canadian Canoe Museum on June 22.
In his International President’s remarks, Dunc Hawkins talks
about the importance of being proactive in welcoming new
members to our group and making them part of the club. To that
end, we welcome you to participate in our latest ‘Have Your Say’
survey. Let us know why you joined the club and what we can do
to keep you as a member. It’s your club – so let us know what’s
important to you.
Speaking of Dunc, we were remiss in the last issue in not
congratulating him on his appointment as President of ACBSInternational. Dunc is a long-time member and past-president
of ACBS-Toronto and the first Canadian to serve as International
President. Belated congratulations, Dunc!
In the last issue, we announced that John Gullick has joined the
Board of Directors. Since the AGM, Allan Weisberg has also joined
the Board as a Director, and Fritz Hager, Executive Director of
the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York has joined as
Director at Large. Look for more information on Allan and Fritz in
the summer issue.
Also in the last issue, I mentioned in my Editor’s Comments that
Bev McMullen’s earlier ‘lost boat’ find was Heldena II – thanks to
Matt Fairbrass for reminding me that it was actually Tolka that
Bev found in the woods. Matt should know – he was Heldena
II’s previous owner and has promised to share his story in an
upcoming issue.
On to this issue! We have two safety-related articles this issue:
one celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Canadian Power and
Sail Squadron, and one announcing the winners of the 2012
CASBA Awards presented by the Canadian Safe Boating Council.
Congratulations to Manfred and Teresa Klotz – recipients of
the Best Marine Industry Award for their innovative product
Toss ‘n’ Save.
Bev McMullen is back with some fabulous photos that she
took while on a private tour of the Keewatin, Dermot O’Byrne
unearthed some photos from the mid-1950s of racing
hydroplanes, and Ken Kirk shares the story of how Graham
“Jimmy” Oates became the first person in Canada to drive an
outboard boat and motor for 12 hours, nonstop in June 1930.
Nick Markos writes about the Annual Patriotic Wooden Boat
Parade in the Honey Harbour/Cognashene area. If your cottage
community incorporates wooden boats into their Canada Day
celebrations, let us know. You’ll find lots more reading inside!
Deadline for next issue is May 1, 2013.
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President’s Message:
ACBS-International
A
recent article on Woody Boater’s website includes a
story concerning growth in our hobby. In the article,
it is argued that growth or expansion in our hobby cannot
come primarily from cultivating interest in antique boating,
or boating in general, with youth programs, but that it must
come from attracting interest at a later stage in life. The
conclusion is that we are missing programs targeting an entire
generation between the older set and the kids.
I’ll argue that we need to maintain the healthy focus we have
on youth programs just about across the board with programs
developed to excite involvement in toy boats, cardboard boat
racing, and small craft building. These, and others, Chapter by
Chapter all generate the kind of interest that will bode well in
the future.
But what about us, what about now? ACBS data, perhaps
unlike that prompting the Woody Boater article, points to a
continuing interest in the hobby at reasonably healthy levels
with good new member attraction, but a retention issue that
requires a look. I’m not suggesting that we should remove
focus on new member attraction events and programs. What
I am suggesting is some priority thinking on determining
just what it is that a new member is ‘signing up for’ when
they invest in membership and what we need to do at the
International and Chapter level to deliver on that expectation.
People join because of an interest in the boats, in the people
they have come in contact with in the hobby, as a result
of a truly positive contact with something at an event, to
learn something about the boats, and/or because they have
acquired a boat and want to connect with like-minded folks.
Many have come to own a boat that needs some love and
have no idea where to start. We, at all levels, need to make it a
point to understand what motivated individual members to
join and to attempt to make them feel a part of our Chapters
and Society by involving them in our activities and sharing our
knowledge and enjoyment.
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Communication here is fundamental. We need to be proactive
in contacting new members, understanding their needs and
interests, and making every effort to bring them into the fold.
Their interest may lie in shows, dinners, workshops, sourcing
parts, selling a boat or trading up or down, or simply making
contact with someone who can help with their project. So, we
need to make ‘buddying up’ with new members a practice.
Once initial needs are satisfied, enthusiasm will heighten, and
they will have a better chance of becoming a long-time part of
the antique and classic boat family.
We have so much to offer. Even more than the wonderful slate
of events offered by the Chapter - the Toronto International
Boat Show, Winter Workshop, Spring Tour, Summer Boat Show,
a couple of Rendezvous and all of the gatherings and dinners
etc. related to each. We have people who share a love of the
hobby, who enjoy one another, who have knowledge of the
boats and could really make a difference to someone new to
our Chapter. Pass it on.
Hope to see you soon, Dunc Hawkins
ACBS-Toronto 2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2528 Bayview Ave., P.O. Box 35529, North York, Ont. M2L 2Y4
Tel: 416-299-3311 Fax: 416-299-3387
Email: [email protected] Visit our website at www.acbs.ca
KEY INTEREST GROUP ROSTER
Particularly for the new members, the following is a list of references for the various
boat builders. If you need information, check with the appropriate individual below.
Coordinator
Stan Hunter
705-764-0191
ACBS Rental Availability Registry Scott Dunsmoor 416-299-3311
Antique Outboard Motors
Dave Morrison
905-271-6041
President — John Kutcy (Sponsorships)905-316-6187
Cedar Strip Boats
Ken Lavalette
905-986-9663
Immediate Past President — Chris Bullen (Rendezvous & Website)
905-853-7498
Cedar Strip Canoes
Will Ruch
613-332-6650
Vice President — Kathy Rhodes (Classicboat)705-731-0416
Brian Atkinson
416-580-2911
Century Boats
Secretary/Treasurer — Tim Aikenhead
905-305-0413
Clive Brown Boats
Bill Clark
416-975-4888
Chris Craft
Charlie Butler
705-493-2540
Directors
Kevin Hartley 705-527-4726
Cruisers – Large Boats
Rita Adams (Summer Boat Show)416-449-2319
Propeller
Boats
Disappearing
Ian
Dickson
905-628-8263
Chris Cragg (Long Range Planning)416-485-9546
Ditchburn
Boats
Ed
Skinner
705-765-5064
Tom Crawford (Finance)905-845-7456
Duke Boats
Ed Skinner
705-765-5064
Scott Dunsmoor (Memberships, Directory)905-642-1754
Greavette Boats
John Storey
705-684-9560
Gary Getson (Museum Relations)905-477-2414
Matt Fairbrass
705-765-0961
Inboard Engines Clancy Goodfellow (Advertising)905-473-2817
and
Minett
–
Shields
Walker
Minett
Murray
705-645-3600
John Gullick
705-295-2867
Hydroplanes
Richard
Shorney
416-580-2600
Outboard
Gerry Lodge(Safety/Insurance/Gov’t Regulations & Spring Tour)
Outboard
Runabouts
Ken
Lavalette
905-986-9663
416-299-6553
Marine
Pickard
Sachau
Elsa-Ann
905-833-0550
Greg Martin (Nominations Committee)416-229-2973
George
Cuthbertson
905-315-2644
Sailboats
Lawton Osler (Scholarships, Volunteer Coordinator
Boats
Hunter
Seabird
Stan
705-764-0191
& Winter Work Shop)416-562-5910
Inboard
Engines
Thomson
Small
John
416-741-1564
Allan Weisberg
416-487-4183
The primary purpose of this roster is to make it easy for you to connect with others
Director at Large — Fritz Hager 315-686-4104, x 220
who have similar interests relating to any aspect of antique or classic boating. The
All of your Directors attend regularly scheduled meetings throughout
main role of these coordinators is to help get the information and/or guidance, or to
the year where they provide input into the club’s direction.
locate the parts or historical information that you need. If you have a suggestion for a
In addition, each is responsible for specific areas.
group you would like to see listed or an individual you think would make an effective
If you have questions or comments about particular club functions
coordinator, please contact Stan Hunter at 705-764-0191 or [email protected].
or events, please contact the relevant Director.
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New members are always
welcome to ACBS-Toronto
ACBS-Toronto
Calendar of Events
ACBS-Toronto
Current members can help increase our membership
by doing one or more of the following:
The following are official ACBS-Toronto events and
are organized/sanctioned by the Board of Directors.
These events can only succeed with your involvement.
Please be sure to support your club by attending and/
or volunteering at as many events as possible.
Spring Tour – April 27, 2013
• Encourage friends and family to “join the club”
– forms available at www.acbs.ca
• Purchase ACBS-Toronto memberships as gifts
for family, friends, neighbours, or the crossing
guard - $40/gift membership, available all year
• Broaden our club’s focus by reaching out to
Classic Glass enthusiasts
In addition, if you’re selling a boat, why not include a gift
membership to the happy new owners with the Bill of Sale.
What better way to get them off on the right foot?
Remember, you don’t have to be a boat owner to join ACBSToronto. Any questions contact [email protected]
Registration package included with this issue.
Contact Gerry Lodge – [email protected]
Summer Boat Show – SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday, July 4 – Sunday, July 7, 2013
100 Years of Racing - Muskoka Wharf, Gravenhurst
Summer Rendezvous I – SAVE THE DATE!
Poker Run and Picnic – Friday, July 5, 2013
Lake Muskoka – Gravenhurst to Morris Island
Contact Chris Bullen – [email protected]
Summer Rendezvous II – SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, August 24, 2013 Huntsville, Ontario
Contact Chris Bullen – [email protected]
Fall Rendezvous Colour Tour – SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Contact Chris Bullen – [email protected]
Hands-on Workshop – SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Woodwind Yachts, Nestleton, Ontario
Contact Clancy Goodfellow – [email protected]
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Other Events
The following events are organized by other boat clubs
and/or organizations. These are not official ACBSToronto events, but the information is provided as a
service to our members.
Sunnyland Boat Festival
March 21-24, 2013 - Wooten Park, Tavares, Florida
Visit http://www.acbs-sunnyland.org/ for details.
Wooden Boat Symposium and Expo
April 5-6, 2013 - Kingston, Ontario
Visit http://www.woodenboatsymposium.com for details
Small Craft Builders’ Rendezvous
June 22, 2013
Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough, Ontario
Contact: Joan Barrett – [email protected]
ACBS-Toronto Winter Workshop
February 23, 2013 — Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre
By Lawton Osler
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egistration was 103!
ACBS members were so ready for our annual Workshop,
that they began arriving at 8:15 a.m. The first arrival
volunteered to help with organizing the name tag holders!
Coffee was already prepared courtesy of Ann Curley.
The exhibitors were already set up as everybody brought
their gear in on Friday night.
The Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre (MBHC) was a
perfect venue for ACBS-Toronto’s annual Winter Workshop.
The exhibitors on the main floor were Matt Fairbrass from
Whiteside Mechanical with Ryan Wilson, answering
countless questions about antique marine engines and their
idiosyncrasies. His junior four, famous box of horrors and
impressive distribution machine were well received. Jeff
Titshall from Parry Automotive was equally surrounded
with eager amateur mechanics. Jeff brought in a Buchanan
Midget that encouraged a lot of questions. The Cylinder
Sleeve and the transmission parts commanded interest also.
Some members had not seen the inside of engines or what
the internal parts look like.
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After coffee and donuts were enjoyed, we had a surprise
guest visitor: Herb Ditcburn. Mr Ditchburn, resplendent
with a new fedora, was in fine form but was slightly miffed
that MBHC was on the site of his factory! However, he was
delighted that there were some ACBS members present
who were owners of his special craft. There were also three
representatives of antique boating groups present: Dunc
Hawkins, President, ACBS International; Rick Terry, President,
Muskoka Steamship and Historical Society; and John Kutcy,
President, ACBS-Toronto.
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ACBS-Toronto Winter Workshop - continued
Dylan Harris, Eric Marr and Calvin Barry from Dukes were
also very busy with demonstrating steaming cedar ribs
and discussing varnishing techniques to name only a few
interesting topics. Their cleverly designed Steam Box was
fascinating.
Dylan’s most common question was worthy of a ‘hands on work
shop’ “I am working on my boat and I need tips on preparing
the wood for varnishing - and any advice you might have on
applying the varnish would be helpful too!”
The Taylors and Robert from Muskoka Sea Flea brought in
two Sea Fleas complete with engines! They also ran at least
two video programs, had Sea Flea kits on display, and a table
illustrating various building techniques. Muskoka Sea Flea
will be demonstrating construction of Sea Flea kits at the
Summer Boat Show in July.
Herb Ditchburn welcomes attendees to the 2013 Winter Workshop.
Harry Wilson was answering questions about MCIV with
Al Crisp and Norm Woods. Al was the transport guy and
interestingly, he towed MCIV around Muskoka in the late
‘80s. Norm is a World Champion driver and a Canadian
Motorsports Hall of Fame member who is installing the
engine and all the fittings. Harry was asked repeatedly “When
are you going to get her wet for the first time.” And his answer
was “As soon as we are ready and the water doesn’t have hard
bits floating around in it!” It was great timing having an MCIV
display to whet our appetite for The Summer Race Boat show.
Moving upstairs, Mary Storey and her team had the Archives
well displayed with stations set up in The Rendezvous Room
as well. It was a great reminder how our boating history is
preserved.
Representatives from Dukes demonstrated how to steam ribs.
I was fortunate to speak to one member who was impressed
that he was able to have questions answered about his
Chrysler Crown, then could walk across the floor to Muskoka
Seaflea and have his Seaflea questions answered.
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The final exhibit was The Heritage Boat Works located
beside the Ticket office where the Steamships are quietly
resting in the ice. John Storey and his team were working on
canoes, outboards and skiffs. It was impressive seeing how
the volunteers loved their restoration work.
A comment from one Exhibitor was there was a shared
passion from the presenters and members that was apparent
throughout the day! He also felt that the open forum gave
the members realistic options for repairs and maintenance,
which was appreciated. Again, it spoke to the target
audience. After everybody had a chance to visit the displays
and ask their questions, they moved over to Boston Pizza for
an ACBS customized lunch organized by Gerry Lodge.
I overheard a few comments at lunch that they were already
looking forward to The Spring Tour!
The boathouse at the Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre.
A special thank you to Ann Curley from Muskoka Boat and
Heritage Centre for making us all feel welcome. This work
shop would not have been such a success without the
presence and passion of the presenters, our members, and
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Classic Restoration
& Custom Wooden Boats
29’ Displacement Launch “Mary Agnes”
Built in 2004-5, the Mary Agnes, a 29’ Displacement Launch,
was voted “Best Reproduction” at the Clayton boat show in 2006.
Powered by a Chrysler Crown period motor, she was custom
built for David Beneke from Louisville, Kentucky to be used as his
mainland and island launch. The design and hardware replicate
the features of Canadian launches of the 1920s and, like most
Tel: 519-856-9113
Email: [email protected]
Muskoka boats built in the day, the Mary Agnes was customized
to meet the needs of her new owner. Mr. Beneke required a more
substantial boat with additional seating for everyday use than his
31’ Ditchburn Launch afforded him. The Mary Agnes now resides in
upstate New York and is enjoyed throughout the summer months
by the Beneke family.
visit
breenboats.com
The Sponson Report:
2013 Toronto International Boat Show (TIBS)
“That Story Sounds Familiar…”
W
ell, the 2013 Toronto International Boatshow is
over for another year and it was my privilege to
represent the ACBS as Event Chair, along with assembling
Club Volunteers to oversee the operation of the nineday show. Words cannot express my gratitude to all the
members who gave up their personal time, whether a few
hours of volunteer floor duty or in some instances, several
days of show support. Our display this year featured the
oldest boat in the entire show – a 1900 Peterborough
rowboat, along with a diversity of paddle, sail, pleasure, and
race boats. The display attracted both young and old giving
our Volunteers an opportunity to speak about their passion.
Membership in our Club has so many great benefits for all
boat owners to enjoy.
Boat Show participants included “A, B, C, & D” class hydroplanes
along with both “A & B” class runabouts. Comments from the
attendees were very positive and supportive, but one clear
statement was heard countless times.
“When I was a young boy, my Dad helped me build a
small hydroplane or sea flea out of plywood. We hung an
old fishing motor on the transom and sped up and down
the lake for hours at great speeds”. These fond memories
produced lots of smiles and reminiscing was commonplace.
The younger audience was certainly excited to hear these
passionate stories, and even the more mature adults were in
their glory. Some people chatted to our Volunteer staff for
half an hour or more! One 75-year-old gentleman, who was
planning on joining the Club later this spring, purchased a
“B” class hydroplane and is planning the restoration project
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By Richard Shorney
for this summer. As you can see, it is never too late to get
immersed in the old wooden boat hobby.
I would like to personally thank the following boat entrants
for their participation and assistance at this years show.
Ken Lavalette (Woodwind Yachts), Malcolm Black (Kids
and Classics Boatshops Museum), David Gibson, Wayne
Robinson, Ron Cumberland (Donald Husack), and Bill
Shorney (Vintage Speedboats).
A special thanks also to the almost 50 Volunteers who
assisted me with floor duty throughout the show. I would
like to extend an extra thanks to Ruth and Harry Sutton and
Mary Finley who gave up many hours of their time to answer
questions and hand out ACBS brochures and Classicboat
issues. Kudos to Harry and Ernie Wilson who did guest
appearances each weekend and discussed the history and
restoration of Miss Canada IV. And finally, my sincere gratitude
to Gordon Laco of Epifanes Yacht Coatings North America
who, as our Corporate Sponsor of the show, graciously
donated tins of clear varnish to all the boat show participants.
With dedicated enthusiasts like these people, a successful
event is bound to happen. For those of you who missed this
great event either as a participant or a Volunteer, there is
always next year!Now, if you like all kinds of race boats, the
summer event in Gravenhurst is a “must see”. There will be
a great selection of outboard race boats – Swift, Jacoby, Sid
Craft, Neal, Speedliner and others as well as Cracker Boxes,
Pacific One Designs, Ski/Drag boats, Jersey Skiffs, 225, 280
& 7 litre inboard hydros. And of course, don’t forget Miss
Supertest and our feature boat – Miss Canada IV.]
Canadian Safe Boating Council Presents Canadian
Safe Boating Awards For Outstanding Efforts
A
cross Canada, seven individuals and four
organizations were recognized in January 2013
by the Canadian Safe Boating Council for their efforts
in 2012 in support of recreational boating safety and
environmental stewardship.
The Canadian Safe Boating Awards (CASBAs) are like the
Golden Globe awards of safe boating. On January 13,
the Canadian Safe Boating Council hosted the annual
CASBA ceremony to recognize the efforts of the general
public, volunteers, professionals, companies, agencies
and organizations that have distinguished themselves
in the fields of boating safety and environmental
stewardship during the 2012 boating season. The
winners were selected from a host of nominations
received from the public at large, covering boating
safety stories from Vancouver, British Columbia to Port
Credit, Ontario.
The CASBA awards span a number of categories and the
winners who displayed their dedication and heroism in
2012 are as follows:
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Rescue of the Year – Stefan McClelland of Ottawa, ON for his heroic rescue of the pilot of a downed aircraft on the
Ottawa River.
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Marine Professional of the Year – Lori Mason of Port Credit, ON for career-long contributions to boating safety on
and around Lake Ontario.
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Top Volunteer Dedicated to Safe Boating – Joseph Gatfield of Windsor, ON for his lifetime volunteer role with the
Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons.
Special Recognition Award – Pattison Outdoor Advertising of BC for contributions to a 2012 Canada-wide
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campaign promoting lifejacket wear and continuing support in promoting safety on the water.
Special Recognition Award – Bob Izumi of Burlington, ON for promoting boating safety and lifejacket wear as part
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of the “real fishing” experience.
- Best Boating Safety Initiative (Sponsored by Ontario Power Generation) – Rick Easthom (Fraser Power and Sail
Squadron) and Jack Tang (West Bay Boating Club) of Richmond, BC for helping Chinese-speaking boaters in their
community boat more safely.
- Best Media Contribution to Boating Safety – Sgt. Norm Webster of the Vancouver Police Marine Unit, Vancouver,
BC for non-stop engagement of local media and keeping boating safety in the spotlight.
Safeguarding the Environment – Golden Enviro Products Inc. of ON for its innovative eco-friendly cleaner/
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degreaser BIM200, helping boaters safeguard the environment.
Marine Industry – Windabout Enterprises Inc. of ON for its innovative heaving line, Toss N’ Save, making rescues
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from the boat safer and easier. Windabout is one of our Classicboat advertisers. Their story follows.
Visible Personal Flotation Device (PFD) Wear in Advertising – Muskoka Lakes Association, ON for a collectible
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poster featuring lifejacket wear as part of the boating tradition.
The Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) is a registered
charity, and its members and partners from all areas of
the marine community include boat and marine product
manufacturers, boating education organizations, water
safety and marine law enforcement sectors. The Council’s
goal is to work to ensure that the millions of Canadians who
head out on the waters in canoes and kayaks, sailboards and
sailboats, fishing boats, personal watercraft, power boats
and cruisers are equipped with the knowledge they need
for a safe day on the water.
Visit www.csbc.ca for more information about the CASBAs
and the Canadian Safe Boating Council.
CASBA 2012 Award Winner: Windabout Enterprises Inc.
– It’s No Toss Up with Toss N’ Save –
The owners of Windabout Enterprises have developed
a product that demonstrates, once again, the beauty
of simplicity of design, and the Canadian Safe Boating
Council’s 2012 Best Marine Industry Award. Manfred and
Teresa Klotz are the proud company owners, and
Manfred the designer of the life-saving product in
question: Toss N’ Save.
The product is an innovation in heaving line, which is
required equipment on vessels. It consists of a 52-foot
heaving line coiled around a buoyant disc that makes it
both easy for the tosser to throw the line accurately to
an individual overboard, and for the latter to catch and
hold the line. Highly visible, long-wearing, competitively
priced, and easily reloadable, the Toss N’ Save complies with
Transport Canada regulations for powered pleasure craft up
to 78’ in length.
As with many inventions, Toss N’ Save’s conception was
entirely accidental. Company owner Manfred decided to
make custom foam cushions for his canoe in the spring
of 2002 in preparation for the upcoming season. He then
began running down his checklist of required equipment
when he took a critical look at the heaving line he had
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The safety and enjoyment of some 15 million Canadians on
our waterways every year is due in large part to individuals
like these. Recognizing them is important, and telling their
stories will inspire others.
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Canadian Safe
Boating Council
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on hand for the canoe. He wondered just
how useful it would be in an emergency.
Could an almost weightless length of rope
be tossed either far enough or accurately
enough to reach an individual in the water?
He looked from the rope to the foam left over
from his cushion project, and set to work. By
the time he was through, he had carved out a
piece that resembled a movie reel, and then
wound his heaving line around it. Looping
the end of the rope around his wrist, Manfred
then easily and accurately tossed the disc
across his yard Frisbee-style. The hole he had
cut in the center of the disc would clearly be
easy for someone in need of rescue to grab
and hold onto.
“Just toss n’ save,” he thought.
What better name for the product, and what
better product manufacturer to acknowledge
for improving boating safety in Canada?]
Can you identify
this boat or
where this photo
was taken?
We received this photo
from a fellow ACBS
member, Bob Pollock,
requesting your help
identifying this boat or
the location the photo
was taken. The photo is
inscribed “Billy; Bigwin:
1930”. Please forward
any information to
Bob at pollockbob@
hotmail.com or call
905-476-7407.
Summer Boat Show July 4 — 7, 2013
The Greatest Race Boat Show in Canadian History
By Rita Adams and Rick McGraw
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he 33rd Annual Summer Boat
Show, also known as The Greatest
Race Boat Show in Canadian History,
will be a very special, unique one,
since never before has there been
such a complete exhibit of race boats,
spanning 100 years of racing. Every
class and type of race boat will be
represented. Over 150 boats will be
displayed on land and in water; many
have won Championship races all over
North America, and many others have
been racing informally on the Muskoka
Lakes since the early 1900s. The show
will feature beautiful antique wooden
racers, Sea Fleas, famous unlimited
hydroplanes, including Miss Supertest III
and Miss Canadiana, racing canoes and
other watercraft. Come hear the noise
and feel the excitement of one of the
most dangerous sports! The feature
boat of the show is Miss Canada IV,
newly restored world record holder,
once driven by the legendary Harold
Wilson. The official host of the show is
Jim Thompson, driver of Miss Supertest
III and Canadian Motorsport Hall of
Fame Inductee.
The Boat Show kicks off on Thursday
evening, with a movie night at The
Gravenhurst Opera House. Friday
evening, the “Reception of Champions”,
a not-to-be-missed event, will be an
evening cocktail reception of world
championship racers/builders and a
celebration of Miss Canada IV. Come
meet and mingle with world class
champion race boat drivers!
Boats in Motion, a favourite element
of the show, will continue, as well as
the Field of Dreams and Flea Market
for those interested in a restoration
project or purchasing one-of-a-kind
items. Members of the Antique Boat
Museum from Clayton, Thousand
Islands, New York will be returning to
display several wooden racers.
The new and improved collection of
vendor booths will offer a wide variety
of new products and services. Ship’s
Stores will provide a wide range
of ACBS merchandise, as well as
publications, posters, and many other
items. The ever-popular cardboard
boat building will continue, as well as a
new program of Sea Flea construction
for young boaters. Also offered will be
a series of information seminars at the
Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre,
and a Lego display of Miss Canada IV.
The weekend will wrap up on with
the traditional celebratory brunch on
Sunday morning.
COME AND ENJOY THE GREATEST
RACE BOAT SHOW IN CANADIAN
HISTORY!!!!!]
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Small Craft Builders’ Rendezvous
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n Saturday June 22, 2013, the Canadian Canoe
Museum, Canadian Canoes, and Bear Mountain Boats
will present a Small Craft Builders’ Rendezvous at the
Canadian Canoe Museum, in Peterborough.
There will be live demonstrations, workshops, vendors and
special guest speakers. The Museum will be open and free to
all participants.
A special dinner to celebrate Ted Moores’ 40th year building
and sharing his passion for boats will be hosted by Nick
Offerman. Nick is an accomplished woodworker, Bear
Ted Moores
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ed Moores is more than a builder of small crafts.
In June 2010, Ted and his partner, Joan Barrett,
launched Sparks, a 30’ hybrid solar/electric powered
launch designed in the tradition of the fantail launch.
To meet their objective of consuming the least possible
amount of fossil fuel, Joan and Ted commissioned
Canadian yacht designer Steve Killing to create a hull
shape that is optimized for low speed cruising.
Steve’s son, Jonathan Killing, designed the hybrid electric/
diesel/solar propulsion system. It provides multiple
power options in an efficient, integrated system to drive
the boat with an electric motor directly connected to the
drive shaft.
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Mountain canoe builder, and actor with a wicked sense of
humour who currently stars on NBC’s Parks and Recreation.
He will have you laughing with his thought provoking insights
into the world of wood, hand tools and boat building.
For more information about this event, contact
Carolyn Hyslop – Canadian Canoe Museum (Carolyn.hyslop@
canoemuseum.ca)
Ron Frenette – Canadian Canoes ([email protected])
Joan Barrett – Bear Mountain Boats(joan@
bearmountainboats.com)
woodworking to local people. They made their first trip
to Belize in 1999 to help build a racing canoe for staff at
Chaa Creek to paddle in the newly established canoe race.
Fourteen years later, the Bear Mountain-designed boats
built in Belize win the top categories every year. At the
race’s elite level, the Bear Mountain design is the foremost
boat chosen by all racers.
Two of the Belizean canoe builders were commissioned to
build a racing canoe for His Royal Highness, Prince Harry.
As part of his tour of Central America in March 2012, the
Prince visited the small, British Commonwealth country in
celebration of his grandmother’s Diamond Jubilee.
The story of the launch and the 10-week shakedown
cruise from Peterborough on the Trent Canal, south
through the Thousand Islands to Clayton, NY, and then
north via the Rideau Canal to Ottawa through 124 locks
- a distance of 674 miles (1074 km) consuming only nine
gallons of diesel fuel – can be found in the Winter 2010
issue of Classicboat.
The Jubilee Canoe was officially launched by His Royal
Highness on March 3 - just in time for la Ruta Maya
Belize River Challenge – a popular, multi-day canoe race
in the country. The Prince, in turn, gifted the canoe to a
local high school and the chosen ‘Commonwealth’ team
proudly raced the gorgeously crafted woodstrip canoe
to the finish line – a distance of 170 miles, placing sixth in
their category.
Another of Ted and Joan’s projects was featured in
the Summer 2012 issue. In this case, Joan and Ted had
made many trips to Belize to teach boat building and
When not designing, building, or mentoring, Ted is also
an author of or contributor to several books including
Canoecraft, Kayak Craft, and Kayaks You Can Build.]
Under the Hatches
Building a Simple Water
Loop to Keep Your Cool
and Your Pump Primed
By Matt Fairbrass, Licensed Mechanic, D/Tech
Ed, Whiteside Mechanical, Port Carling, Ontario
Greetings fellow boaters,
I
s she pumping water yet? Rev, rev. What about now?
“No, not yet” says the missus from astern, her bottom up
high as she leans over the transom awaiting the satisfying
blast of steam and quieting of the exhaust. “Honey, I smell
something burning!!!” Once the engine is stopped and the
smoke has cleared, it is now pretty much evident that the
engine has overheated as there is no water pumping.
“Why is this?” you say, as your kids and missus shuffle off
to another venue. Well, your water pump has failed to
prime...AGAIN!
In this article I am going to cover some of the aspects of
the cooling system and how it works. The cooling system,
while fairly straightforward, can have its idiosyncrasies
from builder to builder as well as model to model. I have
found some systems to be brilliant in design and simplicity
and others to be a horrid maze of tubes, blanking plates,
restrictors and bypasses. All designed, I swear, to allow
yours truly to invent new colourful languages that only a
mechanic could truly appreciate.
There are really only two main types of water circulating
pumps that we deal with in our vintage boats. One is the
impeller type that has a rubber moulded vane, and the
other is the gear type. Both are on pretty even ground as
far as I am concerned, but both have their demons as I will
explain. The gear type pump has just that - gears. They do
wear and can cause a pump to lose its prime, and/
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Most of our marine engines are cooled with lake water;
this system is commonly known as an “open system”. It
circulates through the engine and it is then allowed to
return back to the lake. A “closed system” is cooled by using
a heat exchanger that still uses lake water, but it cools the
exchanger that has engine coolant running through it. The
closed system usually runs antifreeze and is commonly
found in salt water applications. I will be dealing with our
more common open system in this article. First, we need
to start at the through hull fitting or scupper/intake. This
is where the water intake for the pump is located, and its
positioning is important. It needs to be near the engine
ideally and must be able to pull in an uninterrupted supply
of water. If it is mounted where there is turbulence or
too far forward, it may suck in air and cause your engine
to overheat. Be careful where you position the intake,
especially if you have re-bottomed the boat or you are
building a replica. I have seen an engine destroyed due to
this oversight.
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or its ability to self prime. Their
efficiency can drop off over the
years, and they must be greased
often to keep the shafts/bushings
lubricated. They can get noisy as
they age but are very reliable and
can take a heck of a lot of abuse
before giving up the ghost. The
impeller style is a very reliable
design and is more forgiving in
that it usually never has a problem
priming and has a unique trait
that will not allow a system to
over-pressurize as the vanes will
bypass excessive water pressure
unlike a gear pump that can create
dangerously high pressures (a big
problem if you have severe rust and
plugged passages).
If there is one bug-a-boo with
vane type impellers, it is that they
are often not serviced in a timely
fashion and suffer from getting hard
and brittle and can disintegrate. It’s
not always a matter of just simply
replacing the impeller but can
involve an all out archeological dig
to try and locate all the bits of vane
that are now stuck throughout the
entire cooling system plugging
up oil coolers and jamming
thermostats, etc.
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Now that we have that out of
the way, you need to know what
happens after the water leaves
the pump. At this point, and on
most engines I see, the water goes
straight into the oil cooler should
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you have one and then into the exhaust
manifold which of course is the hottest
part of the engine and needs to be
cooled first. The manifold also helps to
warm the water up before it is injected
into the engine’s water jacket. It now
circulates around the cylinder walls,
cylinder head, and valves and is then sent
into the exhaust riser where it mixes with
the exhaust gasses. Some engines are
equipped with thermostats to keep the
water at a constant temperature, and the
water will bypass to keep the manifold(s)
cool. There are slight variations, of course,
and some engines will use a tee off the
intake scupper to inject a portion of
the hot waste water from the riser and/
or block to help keep the engine warm;
this is usually controlled by a manually
operated valve of some sort which is
installed before the water pump.
Failure to prime is a fairly common
problem we can face with our vintage
boats. In part it can be due to poor
installation practices or worn pumps
and everything in between. Another
issue that I have seen on two separate
occasions were badly heat-cracked
cylinder walls; they both had gear-driven
water pumps and the engines had
obviously overheated badly. The valves
were also warped, but what about the
heat cracks? In one instance, in talking
to the owner, I found out that he would
start the engine up and then go like
heck down the lake to prime the pump!
He said it always worked – mostly - until
the poor little Buchanan was no more.
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The water loop.
What happened here? Well, the block
had retained little or no water from
previous running as it had drained back
through the water pump into the lake
leaving no residual water in the block to
absorb at least some heat upon start up.
Once the pump did prime, it shocked
the block with cold water thus causing
the cracked walls.
Introducing the Water Loop
In my many manuals of old, I have come
across original installation designs
for water systems that are approved
by the factory that built the engine.
Unfortunately, not all suggested designs
are followed as I have seen first-hand.
The engine’s water pump is victim to
whoever threads in the pipes that form
the intake. Many just simply go straight
up, turn 90 degrees and go straight into
the pump, and that’s it.
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Under the Hatches
The loop is best described by seeing
the photos pictured here. Starting at
the inlet side of the water pump, a
90-degree fitting is installed going up
and then a sufficient length of pipe to
equal the height of the top of the engine
is added. It will then turn down and be
hooked into your water inlet or scupper
in the hull. Of course, you must allow
for a method of draining the pipe for
winter, and I like to add a “tee” at the top
as it allows for priming
the pump and is a great
way to add antifreeze in
the fall. You do need to
account for any vibration
as it must be mounted
securely. This loop will
hold the water at or very
near to the top of the
engine while at rest.
Of course, you can also
add a back-check valve
Water loop parts.
of the brass flap type, but
you must be careful as
they really need to be mounted horizontally so the flap is hanging and not
weighted as it would be if installed vertically. A flap type back-check needs
hydraulic weight behind it to firmly seat, and, in conjunction with a water
loop, you will have a sure winner. Okay now, I can hear some of you guys
howling that I am using galvanized iron fittings in the pictures, and that I am
being cheap - I must tell you that I am a big fan of brass
and bronze, but it is getting so hard to find quality fittings
that are not made offshore, that I have reluctantly
switched back to galvanized iron just for the
strength. After having two new threaded nipples
disintegrate in my hands while tightening, and
several elbows with crooked threads, I gave up. Do
be sure to ream out any loose bits and be sure the
fittings are not restricted.
Safe and Happy Boating!]
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A water loop, as I call it, is simply a water
trap that is installed in the intake side of
the water pump. The trap will hold water
in the water pump so it cannot drain
back into the lake. By fitting this simple
little device, you can assure yourself
that the pump will always be primed
and the engine block will retain much
of its water. Another unusual situation
is when you have just spent, say, 10
minutes visiting a pal down the lake, and
you have shut down your engine, the
water can drain back fairly fast and leave
the block dry on some models. As soon
as you start up again the cold water
will hit the manifold and block causing
a sudden temperature fluctuation that
can damage your engine.
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Inside the S.S. Keewatin
Last Edwardian Steamer
By Bev McMullen
I
here There she was, in all her glory perhaps the last of the great Edwardian
Steamers left in the world decked out in
her ceremonial bunting and home at last in
Port McNicoll, Ontario. I had missed the S.S.
Keewatin homecoming June 23, 2012 and
drove out to take a look at this treasure now
in Ontario.
Standing by the harbour, I simply had
to get inside this grand lady and see the
architecture and décor of this vessel older
than the Titanic and once a CP passenger
vessel for 60 years on the Great Lakes. I
was especially interested in seeing her
grand staircase.
I had missed her return from Saugatuck,
Michigan where she was a Maritime
Museum for years, then her odyssey back
to Port McNicoll outside Midland, Ontario
on Georgian Bay. The staircase was similar
to the one found on the Titanic. I wanted to
photograph the dining rooms with hand
painted Italian glass panels, mahogany
carved paneling and state rooms - each one a
museum - staff rooms, jail, and engine room.
My dilemma: should I just sneak on and
ask forgiveness later or try to connect with
Keewatin’s Project Manager Eric Conroy and
get permission. I decided to go straight.
The day was gorgeous, and I was antsy with
trying to meet Eric and get permission to
go inside.
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Unfortunately, the power was off and no
one was getting inside her palatial innards.
I chatted to Eric and practically sold my soul
to get him to agree to let me take pictures
inside; he finally relented. I would have to
come back early the following Friday, not to
be late and then I could take my pictures.
I agreed with his terms and made an offer of
giving him a disk of the images in return. The
following Friday felt like an eternity to arrive
but finally after an early morning fashion
shoot (as I am Principal Photographer for
our Muskoka Life magazine), I was on the
highway heading for Port McNicholl. I knew
I had permission and I had the afternoon
off to just lust and gush over this vessel and
photograph to my heart’s content.
I met Eric Conroy and once inside Eric
introduced me to “Storming Norman” Swaile
who was a dishwasher, deckhand,
wheelsman, and Bell Hop on the
Keewatin in its heyday. Norman
was great; he was a walking/talking
legend, and he gave me the Grand
Tour. Then I told him I would be
okay by myself, but no, he wouldn’t
leave my side which rattled me as
I always like to shoot alone, taking
my time with the image and using
my tripod for long exposures, who
knows capturing a lurking ghost
or two.
“Norman, I must see the grand staircase The S.S. Keewatin back home in Port McNicoll.
first please”, I said. Norman immediately
took me to the Barber Shop. This was a
surprise as it had the old barber chair and
barber pole, right out of the past in a Barber
Shop setting complete with combs, scissors,
razors, mirrors, and a bed. “Can I see the
grand staircase now?” I said. No, we went
to the Purser’s Office and I could feel the
ghosts of passengers lining up to get to
their rooms and be settled ready to head
out on a grand voyage on the Great Lakes.
Norman led me down these damp dark
passage ways into the lower guts of the
vessel with historical signs and fire exits,
old washrooms and storage rooms, coal
room and lots of engines with giant pistons.
I saw where the staff stayed and bunked
and where Norman served as a dishwasher
in the dungeon-like kitchen complete with
monster appliances.
Inside the Barber Shop.
At the rear of the ship was the mahogany
paneled dance floor where the wooden
panels on the walls around the bar area were
all carved with portraits of the different tribes,
stunning artistry and museum quality pieces.
Continuing Norman’s tour we arrived at the
floor with the state rooms, and each unique
room had memorabilia of that era - cameras,
luggage, clothing, jewelry, books, medicine,
binoculars, and newspapers. I took my time
taking these historical pictures, a treasure
beyond belief sitting in these once popular
state and tourist rooms.
Outside the rooms was a stunning indoor
promenade around the stairs leading to
the piano and cocktail lounge. Above the
railing were hundreds of Calla Lilies lining
Stunning portraits of tribes carved in
mahogany panelling.
the ceiling; it was truly magical. It
was a movable feast for your eyes collectible pieces from porcelain
to crystal to a huge steering
wheel and enough nautical
history for any boat and history
enthusiast to drool over.
Memorabilia of the era.
Every room was a charmer, and I
totally enjoyed going back in time
imagining I was one of the passengers
and sitting in the P.O.S.H. chairs, sitting
at the piano and then walking into the
dining room. “Wow”, is the only way
I could describe the scene in front of
me. A dining room fit for the Gatsbys
with antique mahogany dining
room furniture and side tables with
giant mirrors, silver serving dishes
and decorative wine holders, floral
bouquets, and the tables set with
Keewatin china with the era menus.
Dining room table is set using original china, hand-painted
Italian glass panels above.
Tourist Cabin.
The hours flew by and the afternoon was fading away - the light low and
diaphanous. I left the dining room and headed out into the lounge with the grand
piano, and it was here that I saw the staircase. It was a masterpiece, worthy of an
entrance by actors Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio on board the Titanic. I
envisioned the ghosts of past passengers heading down to the dance for a Fox
Trot and sip a Martini after dinner.
Looking down from state rooms to the
music salon.
My tour was over, the day was ending, and I was simply ecstatic with my photos of
this floating jewel. Eric Conroy told me that the old trains will be delivered to the
Port McNicoll site mid-November and that a Radio Room for ham radio operators
and all weather radar reports will be available in May prior to operating season.
The engine room will be open with the giant pistons turning for visitors to view
this spectacular sight.
Thank you, Storming Norman, for my day on the S.S. Keewatin and photographing
a giant piece of history. ]
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The staircase.
It was here that the famous Italian hand-painted glass panels nestled above the
room in dynamic glory casting a haunting light to the room.
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by Gerry Lodge
Spring Tour, Saturday April 27, 2013
Here’s a sneak preview of what you
can expect to see on this year’s
Spring Tour. Of course, there could
always be a surprise or two as well!
Blackbird Boats manufactures classic looking boats using
the latest technology. Adhesives used in their cold molding
process allow them to minimize mechanical fasteners, while
producing an extremely strong and rigid boat designed for
many years of service.
Blackbird Boats has recently moved to new larger premises in
Port Sydney. With the construction of their new model “The
Storm” underway, the additional space is welcome. The shop
is also putting the finishing touches on a 24’ 1947 Streamliner.
Several of the latest Blackbirds will also be on display.
Paul Hunter and his crew welcome the opportunity to
show you their boats.
Brackley Boats will have Red Witch, a 1929 38’ Chris Craft
Commuter in the shop. Red Witch was owned by Alan Jackson,
the country and western star, and has traveled all the way
from Nashville, Tennessee. She will be getting some hull
maintenance work before she is finally delivered to her future
home on Lake Muskoka.
In the glorious Pre-War phase of wooden boating, this vessel
was the choice of only the most wealthy individuals in the
country. It was commonly seen squiring people into New
York Harbor for their day on Wall Street, and Chris Craft made
a total of 65 of these boats. This is one of a small handful of
these boats that still remain in existence today. They are still
seen as a fabulous note to a bygone era.
Peter Breen currently has three major projects on the go
in his shop. Nearing completion is a 33’ Baby-Gar, with her
original V-12 Liberty Aircraft motor, including book-matched
original hull, framework, engine beds, and nearly all of her
original decks, all carefully re-built with virtually 100% of her
hardware intact. This boat had never been re-built, and came
into the shop with her original, working Liberty and
drive train.
Red Witch
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The Double-ender beside it is an early 1900 Dan Kidney
Glass Cabin Launch that has just received a new bottom.
The smaller Double-ender is an early “Gas Engine & Power
Co.” Canopy Launch, which will go back to her Michigan
home this summer, with the original drive train, including
the first “Reverse Gear”, with all the components exposed.
Also in the shop is a 22’ Greavette Streamliner, a 29’
Greavette Triple-Cockpit, a 25’ Clive Brown, a 28’ Breen
Gentleman’s Racer, all in different stages of repair, and
several different boats throughout the storage buildings to
see, as well as several gray hulls and project boats.
the very first Spring Tour when members arrived by bus. It
was such a delight to see these men and women getting
off the bus, laughing and excited at what they were about
to see and talk about! Every year they have been a part
of this event, pleased to impart information on the work
on the floor and how they do things, and give advice for
the projects in the members’ garages and workshops. This
annual event was the birth of the Butson butter tarts. From
the first Spring Tour to today, butter tarts have been baked
and served, creating wonderful memories, tradition, and
warm greetings from old and new members.
Over their thirty years of involvement with wooden boats
they have seen and done them all. Minett, Minett-Shields,
Ditchburn, Greavette, Seabird, Duke, Barnes, Brown, McNeil
& Norris, Riva – just to name a few. The line of new wooden
boats they have designed and built are a privilege to do for
serious wooden boat enthusiasts. This year you will find a
few Duke boats in the shop, a Chris Craft, a Grew, hopefully
two Butson boats still in the varnish room, their new boat
progressed a little further, plus some other gems they might
pull out of storage for your viewing pleasure.
Gary Clark plans to have the following boats on view in
Tim Butson
his shop:
• 19’ 1921 Ditchburn launch, new ribs, frames, and bottom
• a replica (Bob Pridday) gentleman’s racer
being refinished
• 28’ 1938 twin engine Ditchburn
built for Sam McLaughlin. This boat
is rumoured to be the last Ditchburn
made and possible was finished by
Greavette.
It is certainly rare in that it has twin
Buchanan engines
son
Tim But
Tim Butson
has been involved in the wooden
boat industry in Muskoka for over thirty years under
different business names but currently operating as Tim
Butson Wooden Boat Builder in Bracebridge. In just one
year his new business has grown and they have expanded
into the third unit of their building. They now occupy the
entire space, enabling them to house seven current
projects with ease.
The Butson family’s association with the Antique and Classic
Boat Society – Toronto Chapter goes back to the very
beginning of the formation of this club. They were part of
• new build, 37’ family race boat,
powered with twin 625 hp Ilmor
V10 engines
Matt Fairbrass’s interest in
machinery goes back to the late ‘70s
when he began taking technical
courses at Centennial College that
included theory, design and engine
rebuilding. He has been a Class A
licensed technician since 1986. When
he moved to Muskoka in 1995, he saw
a need for custom engine work
Matt Fairbrass
What’s in the Shops?
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and vintage boat mechanical repairs in general. His shop is
involved in many projects from general maintenance to full
powerplant rebuilds and overhauls.
Offering custom engine repairs, maintenance, electrical
and fuel systems as well as being able to make boathouse
calls by water or vehicle makes the shop a very busy place
year round. The shop uses portable diagnostics equipment
to make educated diagnoses on the spot. Matt is currently
maintaining several collections and some of the engines
that are in for overhaul can be seen at the spring tour in
various stages of repair.
The Drifter, the WeeRob Canoe, and his latest build The
Acorn will all be on display. Also, Mike’s wife, Karen will have
her nautical home décor, KarensRopeWork on display and
for sale along with free tea, coffee and cake. So come by and
say hello.
Stan Hunter. Often the line up of work for a boatbuilder’s
season can fluctuate. Most often in the spring additional
commitments pile up and summer comes too fast.
This winter Curt Hillman is putting a new bottom on a
24’ Ditchburn. He will also have a 24’ Streamliner that has
a new bottom and he is currently refinishing the exterior.
Curt may also have a Dippy getting a touch up along
with a 27’ Ditchburn Viking that has had some new side
planking done to her.
Mark Harwood builds wooden row and sail boats
at his workshop in Port Sydney. He will have his electric
Waterford Dispro on display at his workshop. This year
Mark’s own design The Drifter was featured in the
2013 Wooden Boats Small Boats
Magazine.
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The Drifter
Occasionally a winter job
can fall through. Such is
the case this year when
a substantial project
fell through, and Stan
and his crew were
ossley
Stan Hunter and son Cr
left with time in their
schedule. With his son,
Crossley, now registered as his third apprentice
work had to be found. What better fill-in project
than the construction of a new rowboat? It will be
a traditional lap strake rowing skiff and will be an
excellent learning experience for Cros as he builds
this boat from boards to beauty.
Spring t
Work began by cutting out the stem in 2” white oak and
shaping them to fit with the use of spokeshaves, hand
planes, chisels and scrapers. These have been fastened to
the mould with a keel or building board, and material for
planking is being gathered so milling can begin.
An Ackroyd Sailboat is getting new canvas decks and the
mast repaired ready for the highly competitive annual race
it competes in on Ahmic Lake in July.
LOONETTE is a 24’ streamliner with a new hull and extensive
refinishing that should be sparkling by April.
Windsor Boat Works
Traditional Boat Finishes is owned and operated
by Patricia Ross, and she has been in business since
2005. Patricia learned to love the wooden boats in 1999
when she worked for an established boat builder. The
projects in her shop this year are again, Shepherds. They
range in size from 22’ down to a 16’ Skibee.
Patricia looks forward to welcoming you to her shop, and
discussing the projects.
Mike Windsor founded Windsor Boat Works in 1993,
tour
Past visitors to Mike’s shop may remember Bimbi, a 1917
Minett that sat languishing on a trailer under a tarp for
the past five years. Bimbi is finally in the shop undergoing
an extensive restoration, which has involved a bit of
forensic work to restore her shape after much of it was
lost due to a fire sometime in the late forties. Another
boat featured this year will be Adelia, a 1913 George
Lawley built yacht tender built to go with the Sweetheart,
an 85 commuter yacht . The Sweetheart is long gone, but
the Adelia lives on, complete with her freshly restored
1913 Scripps 4 cylinder motor.]
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starting in a two-car garage that has now grown to 2500
square feet. Past projects over the last twenty years have
ranged from design and builds of everything from a 16’
gentleman’s racer, to a pair of four ton 33’ twin engine
power boats that were built for clients in Wisconsin and
Chicago. Restorations have included everything from
dispros to the 36’ Ditchburn built for the Toronto Harbour
Commission, and the 38’ Ditchburn Shirl-Evon.
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Finally! A Bright Light Shines on a Big Black Hole:
A Long Lost Photograph and the
Miss Canada IV Dashboard Dilemma
By Jamie Smith
S
ince the start of the project, the Miss Canada
Restoration Team has been dealing with a mystery.
Out of hundreds of photographs and archival footage,
the team didn’t have a single image of the dashboard and
gauges in the boat. We had bits and pieces – a glimpse over
Harold’s shoulder, a far away photo of the boat on a trailer, a
model done in 1950 – but we had nothing conclusive. What
was the layout? What were the gauges? Was the dash and
were the gauges the same as Miss Canada III?
Even with the picture enlarged it was still difficult to
determine what the three gauges in the centre part of the
dash were and what was above the gauges and what was to
the right of the gauges.
The photo was sent to Dave Williams, the Executive Director
of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, asking if the
museum could help identify the gauges. The Museum staff
are consultants to the MC IV project. Dave provided the
following information:
”I think this photo gives us enough information to get
REALLY close on the historically correct dash board layout.
To start with, this seems to be a very simple layout with
only the bare minimum in gauges and controls. To run a
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From the Alan R. Capon files.
Photo by Victor Lord taken in 1950 at the Prince Edward Yacht Club sea wall.
Enter John Lyons and Alan Capon, friends of the Miss
Canada Restoration project, who live in Prince Edward
County. In his quest to unearth more history of the Picton
Gold Cup races, John borrowed a box of old photos from
Alan in September. Tucked away in an envelope in the
box along with a number of old photos taken by Picton
photographer, Victor Lord, was a negative. John had a
print made. When the print was enlarged, there was the
dashboard layout! Thank goodness for friends.
If you alter the supplied photo by increasing the brightness
and contrast as high as you can go, you can see six distinct
shapes on the dash. There are three 3” round gauges in a
row from the bottom left to the bottom centre. There is a 4”
square that is boxing in a 4” circle on the bottom right. There
is a small nondescript shape in between the last of the three
round gauges and the square shape. In the upper center,
there is a curious shape that looks like a 4” horizontal bar
with a circle in the centre.
So let’s start with the odd shape in the centre, top of the
dash board. To me it looks sort of like this:
Interestingly enough there is a very similar shape on the
dash board of Guy Lombardo’s 1946 Gold Cup winning
Tempo VI. It is the master shut off bar for the toggle
switch package.
So for argument’s sake, let’s call this odd shape in the upper
centre of the dash the toggle switch grouping; Master
power on/off, Electric fuel pump on/off, Starter (spring
loaded momentary switch) and Primer (spring loaded
momentary switch).
Next shape to look at is the 4” circle inside the 4” square
on the right hand side. It just so happens that this size and
shape corresponds exactly with the size and shape of the
magneto switch from Guy Lombardo’s 1946 Tempo VI.
Here is a photo of the mix knob on the 1946 Tempo VI.
I think that it is likely
that the “non-descript
shape” next to the
magneto switch is in
fact a round, shiny knob
for a mix control and
that the light shining off
the knob causes the odd
shape. (By the way, one
of the reasons that I’m
using so many examples
from the Tempo is that
the Tempo was also a
Canadian boat.)
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To the left of the
magneto switch is a
“nondescript” shape.
We know that the
Griffon engine needs
a mix control. In the
airplanes, this was often
a mix handle that was
beside the pilot’s seat.
Hydroplanes from the
early 1950s through the
mid-1980s used aircraft style mix handles, but the four 1940s
vintage Unlimiteds that I am familiar with (Tempo VI - 1946,
Ollie’s Foley - 1948, Hurricane IV - 1948, Slo – Mo - Shun IV 1949) all have push/pull knobs on the dashboard.
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A Long Lost Photograph - continued
We now have three 3” round gauges to identify. Can we actually tell which
gauge is which from this photo? I think we can. Let’s number the gauges
from left to right, with the gauge that is closest to the steering wheel called
Number 1 and the gauge farthest to the right called number 3.
Let’s look at gauge 3 first. Here is a drastically enlarged photo of gauge 3.
There is a
break in the
numbering in
this area
There
appears to
be an arrow
in this area
pointing up
A 3” aircraft manifold pressure gauge
will have a break in the numbers
at about the 10 o’clock position on
the dial face, and if it is a correctly
working gauge, the needle will be
reading about 30 pounds at sea
level, and the gauge is oriented so
that at 30 pounds, the needle will be
straight up. I think that gauge 3 is a
manifold pressure gauge.
Here is an enlarged photo of gauge 2.
There appears to be
one long indicator
pointing from the center,
down towards the
eight o’clock position
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There appears
to be two small
indicators pointing
down in the bottom
half of this gauge
The photo of a typical three-way
Aircraft gauge. Note the two small
indicators pointing down in the
bottom third of the dial face.
I think that gauge number 2 is a
three way gauge that indicates
oil pressure, fuel pressure and
water temp.
Gauge number 1 is difficult to see,
but considering that there are only
three gauges necessary to operate
the boat, and we have already
identified two (Manifold Pressure
and Three-way (Fuel pressure,
oil pressure and water temp) the only
unaccounted for gauge is the tachometer,
so it stands to reason that gauge 1 is
the tachometer.
Here is a
photo of
a typical
3” aircraft
tachometer.
I can’t claim
to be 100%
certain of
all of the
dashboard
identifications I’ve made, but I can tell you that
it is entirely possible to run a Griffon engine
with only the gauges and controls
I’ve identified here. I can also say that the
apparent shapes I can identify from this
photo correspond very closely to the shapes
of the controls that I have seen used in 1940s
vintage hydroplanes”.
And so, Tom and his team are in the process of
acting on the “sleuthing” that John Lyons, Alan
Capon, and David Williams have done … the
dilemma is solved!
A lot of the content information in this
story came from an article in the Country
Weekly News written by Margaret Haylock
Capon dated Thursday, September 27 and, as
mentioned, from information David Williams,
Executive Director of the Hydroplane and
Raceboat Museum. The writer is grateful for
their help!
The writer also thanks Harry Wilson for editing
the story!]
Please Note: “The Harold & Lorna, World Water
Speed Champions” dvd, including a 25 minute
“short” on the restoration of Miss Canada
IV will is on sale through our website www.
haroldandlornamovie.com.
For additional information, contact: Jamie
Smith, Restoration Team Coordinator [email protected]
The following online resources provide indepth historical information, slide shows, the
movie trailer and updates on the restoration of
Miss Canada IV:
Website: www.haroldandlornamovie.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/#!/
pages/Harold-Lorna-and-Miss-CanadaIV/141533622607405
Website: www.tomadamsboatbuilder.com
Annual Patriotic Boat Parade 2012
By Nick Markos, photos by Kathy Dillon
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n the Honey Harbour/Cognashene area on the Saturday
closest to Canada Day, and in the interest of preserving
Canada’s wooden boat heritage, an Annual Patriotic
Wooden Boat Parade is held. This year it took place on June
30 and was the 20th anniversary for the yearly parades. Over
the years, many different wooden craft (and some other
than wood) have participated, all sizes, types, and ages.
Some years, more wooden boats turn out, the average
being about 15-20. The Honey Harbour Fire and Rescue
Boat provides an escort, which gives the Parade some clout.
A brief period of fellowship at the Old Schoolhouse in North Honey Harbour
prior to heading out on the water.
four originally built; and MISS LONDON II, a 1937 Greavette
Streamliner, noted for its speed.
After the throng of spectators subsided, and the judges
reached their decisions, Commodore Don Poole and Jerry
Dillon presented awards for the following categories:
Arriving at Honey Harbour town docks.
The basic plan of the parade is to muster at a designated
area, proceed down the Main Channel, and tie up at the
Honey Harbour town docks, where the Annual Canada
Day Festival takes place, complete with orchestra. Though
a small festival, visiting and local spectators have been
attending for years to see what kind of craft will be there.
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The mustering place has varied over the years, from
different places in the water near the Main Channel to, until
2012, the usual rendezvous at Davidson’s boathouse on
Tomahawk Island (where the 2009 ACBS event was held).
This year (2012), the Annual Patriotic Wooden Boat Parade
rendezvous was at the Old Schoolhouse in North Honey
Harbour, a little more convenient for the gathering, mainly
because of the docking arrangement. This is a time, about
9:30-10:30 in the morning, for fellowship amongst the
woodie owners and crews.
Then, about 11:00, the wooden boats proceed to the Main
Channel, this year through a very narrow cut in the rocks
(sort of a challenge for the boaters), down the Main Channel
passing the Delawana Inn to port, and a little further with
Picnic Island and store to starboard, thence to the town
docks, arriving about noon.
2012 was a less than usual turnout. Several of the regulars
were absent for whatever reason, most notably: VIOLA,
the oldest (1913) Ditchburn afloat; KITTYHAWK, the 1929
Gidley, previously owned by Orville Wright, and the ACBS
2011 Poster Boat at the Gravenhurst Boat Show; THE PADRE,
a 1929 Peterborough Crusader, one of the two left of the
The Honey Harbour Boat Club award to the Best Boat
Under 18 Feet went to WJLC, a 1974, 18’ Hunt, and 1974
Volvo AQ 170, owned by Peter Clark of Go Home Bay.
WJLC is a deep V fibreglass hull with wood deck and trim.
The Barron’s award to the Best Maintained Boat went to
CANON BALL, a 1953, 22’ Greavette Streamliner, with a 350
hp Mercury, owned by Nevil Thomas.
The John Rankin award to the Oldest Boat went to NAN,
a 1950, 18’ Disappearing Propeller (Dispro), with a 3 hp
Coventry Victor engine, owned by Bill and Valerie Otton.
The Nautilus award to the Best Boat In The Parade went
to SANTIMO, a 1958, 22’ Shepherd Hardtop, with a 135 hp
Chrysler flat 6, owned by Scott Dunsmoor. SANTIMO was a
first time Parader.
It is interesting to note that Scott Dunsmoor, Membership
Director, ACBS-Toronto, has won the “Best Boat In The
Parade” award twice, each time with a different boat.
In 2011, he won with FALCON, a 1960 Hacker design
Gentleman’s Racer. I believe that he is the only one who has
won twice. He and Sandy Kennedy (RAGTIME) motor from
Gloucester Pool, through Lock 45 at Port Severn, through
the rocky, 11 mile run to Honey Harbour. Commodore Don
Poole commented that if Scott expected to win again, he
had better have another boat.
This event is open to all wooden and other classic craft
owners in the area. In 2009, a sizeable number of woodies
trailered from Muskoka. Please consider this an invitation
to participate with us as we celebrate Canada Day and
Canada’s wooden boat heritage in 2013. ]
Rude Pete
I
n the Fall 2011 issue
of Classicboat, Dave
Gilbert shared the story of
Rude Pete, his restored 1956
Evinrude 30 HP attached
to a 14’6” cedar strip
Peterborough Aqua Flyer.
Dave sent us some updated
photos of Rude Pete to share
with readers.
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June 1930: Another Great Moment In Canadian Boat Racing History
Johnson Outboard Boat &
Motor Sets World Records
By Ken Kirk
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he U.S. Johnson Outboard Motor
Company was established by the
Johnson Brothers in South Bend, Indiana,
in 1921. By 1928 their business had been
so successful that they built a brand
new and much larger factory complex in
Waukegan, Illinois. Also, in 1928, they set
up a Canadian assembly and distribution
operation in Peterborough, Ontario. Its
corporate identity was the Canadian
Johnson Motor Company Limited.
By 1930 they were not only making
outboard motors in Peterborough
but also building a line of Johnson
cedar strip boats. These boats were of
Johnson’s own design and built in their
own boat building shop which was
located on the present day site of the
Canadian Canoe Museum.
Johnson built and sold what they called
Johnson Matched Units from 1930 to 1936
when a fire destroyed the boat building
shop. Johnson also built and sold
Matched Units in the U.S., but the boats
were significantly different in design and
construction from those built in Canada.
So it was in the spring of 1930 that the
Canadian Johnson Motor Company
was looking for a way to gain publicity
for its top of the line Matched Unit. The
decision was taken to try for the 12-hour
World Speed and Endurance Record for
outboard motors.
The Johnson boat selected for this
ambitious endeavor was the “Imperial”.
She was 17’ long with a beam of 62”.
Cedar strip construction with oak
framing, she had a very unique concave
bottom design. The motor was the
most powerful Johnson built in 1930,
the famed 4 cylinder, opposed firing,
Johnson Sea Horse “32”. These motors
had a massive Vacturi carburetor, and
a gear driven rotary valve that greatly
improved the precision with which
fuel was fed to the four combustion
chambers.
The driver was Graham “Jimmy”
Oates. Although Oates was not an
experienced race boat driver, he had
many qualifications that made him
the right man to have at the helm.
These qualifications included mental
tenacity, physical durability and a total
understanding of the 2 cycle engine
through his vast experience as a
motorcycle racer and endurance rider.
It was said of Oates that, “he was one
of the bulldog breed who, once setting
their mind to a task, however onerous,
will see it through”.
“Jimmy” was Vice President of Overseas
Motors at 133 Danforth Ave. in Toronto.
They were Authorized Dealers for
Rudge-Whitworth, Matchless and
Ariel Motorcycles as well as Dealers for
Johnson Outboard Motors and Boats.
Born on the Isle of Man, he grew up
where car and motorcycle racing were
part of the culture. During World War I he
developed his riding skills and exercised
his adventurous nature as a motorcycle
dispatch rider.
Caught in a gas attack in France,
“Jimmy” subsequently lost the sight of
his left eye. This did not deter him from
competing aggressively during the
post war era in Tourist Trophy and Long
Distance Trials throughout England,
Scotland and Wales
When “Jimmy” immigrated to Canada,
a chance meeting in 1928 reconnected
him with an old wartime buddy, Charles
Dennis Browne. Charles had been
dispatched by his uncle, Lord Wakefield,
to develop the Castrol Oil business in
Canada. It had not been going well for
Browne and for Castrol.
“Jimmy” and Charles developed an
idea to build awareness and to prove
the quality of both Castrol Oil and Ariel
Motorcycles to Canadian consumers.
They developed a plan for a punishing
Cross Canada motorcycle endurance
run. With sponsorship support from
Castrol and Ariel, “Jimmy” was off on a
super human trek. After dipping the rear
wheel in the Atlantic at Halifax, “Jimmy”
rode solo 4027 miles in 21 riding days
to reach the Pacific Ocean at English
Bay, Vancouver. The entire trip was done
on Canadian soil. There was a 900-mile
Graham (Jimmy) Oates.
stretch between Sault Ste. Marie and
Whitemouth, Alberta where no roads
existed and “Jimmy” had to use the bone
jarring Canadian Pacific rail line.
This was the first ever coast-to-coast
crossing of Canada by a rubber tired
vehicle. The event was covered by the
press in every city and town “Jimmy’
rode through and was even covered
by a 20th Century Fox Newsreel. It was a
great success.
It was hoped by the Canadian Johnson
Motor Company and by Castrol Oil that a
“Jimmy” Oates World Record endurance
run in an outboard boat and motor would
have the same publicity value.
In June 1930, a two and one half mile
course was set out on Clear Lake, just
north of Peterborough, not far from the
famed South Beach Hotel which served as
the headquarters for the record attempt.
In attendance was Hugh Campbell, the
first President of the Canadian Johnson
Motor Company, Lorne Ardiel, the
founding President of the Canadian
Power Boat Association and Harry “Red”
Foster, Commodore of the Canadian
Outboard Drivers’ Association. Mr. S.
Williams was also on hand representing
the Wakefield–Castrol Oil Co.
After much preparation and anticipation
“Jimmy” Oates fired up the Johnson Sea
Horse “32” and flashed past the starting
buoy at 8:36 a.m.
In order to keep the Matched Unit as
light as possible, while still keeping
refueling intervals to a minimum, the
onboard fuel tank capacity was kept to
the first person in Canada to drive an outboard boat and motor
for 12 hours, nonstop.
Jimmy Oates and the Johnson Matched Unit had established a
new World 6-hour Record for Outboards at an average speed
of 21.89 mph and established the 12-hour World Record at an
average speed of 21.75 mph. This was an incredibly consistent
result, a testament to both driver and equipment.
Later that summer Oates and the Johnson Outboard team set
their sights on setting a 24 Hour Outboard World Record. On July
18, 1930, they covered 292 miles at an average of 20.48 mph to
set up the first ever 24-hour World Record for outboards.
about 30 gallons. Refueling was engineered by Johnson Service
Manager Don Wood. “Jimmy” would slow only slightly while
the fuel supply boat, driven by Bill King, would pull along side.
Don would jump from the supply boat into the Matched Unit.
Bill would toss Don the fuel cans, one at a time, which Don
would then empty into the Matched Unit’s fuel tank and then
immediately toss the empty fuel can overboard. When the sixth
fuel can was emptied then Don himself would jump overboard.
Bill King would circle back to pull Don and the empty fuel cans
out of the water and “Jimmy” would speed off at full throttle. This
system, although primitive, worked very well and kept “Jimmy”
and the Matched Unit on a fast pace.
At 8:36 p.m. the first ever attempt at an endurance record for
an outboard powered craft in Canada, had come to a successful
conclusion. “Jimmy” Oates had circled the course one hundred
and four times and had covered over 261 miles. He had become
“Jimmy” Oates went on to set many other endurance records
in cars and on motorcycles, sponsored by Castrol. He was
many times a medalist in International Six Day Motorcycle Trial
events during the 1930s. He was also the founding President of
the British Empire Motor Club in Toronto and during World War
II participated in the development of the military motorcycle
dispatch riders training program.
In 2009 Graham “Jimmy” Oates was inducted into the Canadian
Motorcycle Hall of Fame.]
Author’s Note: The facts and events related in this article were taken
from four sources.
1. A
n article appearing in the July 1930 issue of Canadian Power
Boating Magazine, written by Bob Finlayson.
2. T he book Aurora & Ariel by Bill Snelling who was extremely helpful.
3. T he Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame Website
4. S pecial Thanks to ACBS Member John Cooper for connecting
the dots.
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Rescuing Jingo
By Paul Baker and Malcolm Black
“STOP! There she is! It’s Jingo!”
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lizabeth Hughes hadn’t expected a family reunion
that summer day in 2012 during a leisurely visit to
Callander, Ontario. But sometimes, serendipity takes over,
and in this case, Elizabeth had just spotted her old pal,
Jingo, from the road. There wasn’t time to stop and visit,
but she vowed to reunite with her long-lost buddy later
that year.
Fast forward to a gloomy damp morning the following
November. The mood suddenly turned ominous as we
approached Callander from the north along old Highway 11.
First we smelled the burning wood. Then we saw the gray
wood smoke rising in billowing clouds from the property
where Jingo – Elizabeth’s prized boat from years past - had
rested on her trailer for almost 10 years. We’d been warned
that the new owner of the property was getting impatient
with the process of finding a new home for her. Was this
perhaps his ultimate solution to the problem?
Jingo, a 1928 Ditchburn.
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Fortunately, not. The weather-weary, but still stately 1928
Ditchburn 34’ cruiser was safe – just veiled in smoke from a
rubbish fire on the property that morning.
Elizabeth Hughes, whose family had owned Jingo from 1973
to 1982, was one of several past owners, and had come with
me for one last visit to the boat that had given her so many
fond memories as a young woman.
Like many of the older boats still around from the 1920s,
Jingo has made herself at home with several owners
since being purchased new by the John B. Smith Lumber
Company of Callander in 1928. Elizabeth’s brother, Harry
Hughes, took her over in 1973, and with Elizabeth’s care and
attention to detail, brought her back to her former glory.
Elizabeth bid farewell to Jingo in 1982, when Earl Stuart
gained ownership. Earl sold Jingo to Kelly Moseley-Williams
in 1985, and then the history gets murky. Jeff Campbell
had the boat for a brief while, and then sold her to local
entrepreneur Dutch Schultz, who recommissioned Jingo in
October, 2002. However, Dutch’s plans for Jingo fell apart
in 2002, and she was put out to pasture in this Callander
storage yard, with every expectation that an errant cigarette
butt would probably burn her up some day.
Thanks to some excellent networking by Scott Dunsmoor
of the Antique and Classic Boat Society - Toronto Chapter,
Elizabeth and I were joined on the property by her
rescuer, Malcolm Black from Glen Williams, just north of
Mississauga. Malcolm is the President of Kids and Classics
Boatshops Museum, a non-profit organization committed
to transforming the lives of youth-at-risk through boat
building and restoration projects. Malcolm brought veteran
marine mechanics Peter Godwin and John Way with him to
help haul Jingo back to the GTA for her restoration.
Elizabeth was delighted to have Malcolm there: “I was
thrilled to hear of Malcolm’s interest in the rescue of Jingo
by his Kids and Classics Boatshops organization. My hope
was to find a home for an old friend that had given me my
first experiences with wooden boat restoration some 34
years ago”.
And Malcolm was not about to let Jingo suffer any longer:
“When Scott Dunsmoor’s message arrived in my inbox
with Elizabeth’s cry for the rescue of her old friend Jingo,
it included some of her pictures of the boat in better
times. For those who know Ditchburn in terms of the
Gravenhurst plant - long deck launches - she may not look
like a Ditchburn. As it happens, however, I have been very
involved over the past 20 years with the restoration, use and
operation of Gordon Russell’s incredible 1935 Ditchburn,
Windswept III - a 52’ custom cruiser built in the Orillia plant
for the Billes Brothers. So I instantly recognized Jingo for
Windswept’s little sister. A 1928 Ditchburn! - going to be cut
up in two weeks! No bloody way!”
Unlike the Gravenhurst boats, Jingo’s hull is carvel built of
heavy one-inch planking, possibly Cyprus or Douglas Fir,
caulked, and constructed over steam-bent ribs. She has
significant deadwood and skeg that protected her prop
from the notoriously shallow Lake Nipissing. When
Malcolm and the team went underneath with the knife,
most planks were hard, and most of the modifications
would be easily removable.
Fitting her for a five-hour trip south took most of that
afternoon, and with sunlight failing around 4:30 p.m.,
Malcolm and the team over-nighted in Callander, and got a
fresh start at 8:30 the next morning. A simple refueling stop
in Bracebridge almost ended the trip altogether, as Jingo
lost one of her four wheels at the turn-off. Fortunately, a
short trip to a trailer shop got the wheel replaced, and the
rest of the trip to her temporary quarters in Georgetown
ended happily.
And, what of the future for Jingo?
Malcolm is committed to putting Jingo into service for
his youth programmes in the GTA. “Jingo can become,
once again, an elegantly simple day cruiser - perfect for
handicapped and youth cruises as well as volunteer outings.
This is the attraction for our organization. Jingo was built
as a combination working and family boat which is just the
Jingo with Elizabeth, Malcolm Black and John Way.
way Kids & Classics Boatshops use all of our boats. In this
case, the cockpit is about half the length of the boat and
was, in turn, half-covered with a hard canopy and a navy
top over the rear half. This configuration would allow us
to include disabled youth (and adults) in our community
boating outings. With significant modifications, Jingo’s
trailer could be used to move her to other venues from time
to time fairly economically. These outings could include
Gravenhurst and Callander!”
The challenge for Kids & Classics is the restoration of a
large boat like this - it cannot be undertaken by a group of
amateur volunteers on Saturdays. She needs professional
attention on her undersides and hull structure - heavy
timber work on her deadwood and a row of broken ribs in
her port quarter.
With appropriate sponsorship, this initial work could be
farmed out to one of Ontario’s boatbuilders - the decks and
interior work is within the capabilities of our volunteer team.
Anyone willing to assist with seeing Jingo back on the water
can contact Kids & Classics Boatshops Museum through
Malcolm Black at 905 873-0141, via email at blackbox@
cogeco.ca, or visit his blog at: http://kidsnclassicsboatshops.
blogspot.ca/
Stay tuned for further updates. ]
Paul Baker is an award-winning Canadian fine art photographer,
specializing in abstract landscapes, cityscapes, and vintage
watercraft detail. Recent honours for his work include two Awards
of Merit from the deGroot 2012 International Fine Art Photography
Competition in Paris, FR. Paul’s galleries are found at https://
picasaweb.google.com/nearnorthphotos and he can be reached
at [email protected] or 705-476-4120 for inquiries on
prospective projects or for purchases from the gallery.
When Malcolm Black is not messing about making a difference
through old boats, he is creating Blackbox CraneShare Radio
Controls for overhead cranes - and renting them to Southern
Ontario manufacturers that he enjoys doing business with. He
and his wife Gretchen also run the Beaumont Mill Antiques
Market in Glen Williams, Ontario. Contact Malcolm at 905873-0141, [email protected] or check out his blog at: http://
kidsnclassicsboatshops.blogspot.ca/
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Jingo was transferred to the Hilltop Quarry in Georgetown
in mid-December for preliminary cleanup, and to begin the
next chapter of her new life in southern Ontario.
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Racing Hydroplanes Remembered
R
ecently , Dermot O’Byrne, owner of the 1930s motor yacht
South Wind (see Classicboat Summer 2010), sent in some
photos with the following note:
“Maybe you could use these pix from the mid-‘50s. I was in my late
teens-early twenties, and a group of us who had been friends since
Grade 13, became voluntary pit monkeys following My Ruthie and
My Betsy around the race circuits. I believe these photos were taken
in Valleyfield.”
Dermot doesn’t recall the names of most of the people in the
photos, but you can see a shot of him sitting in the cockpit of
My Ruthie.
If you have race-related memorabilia you’d like to share for
the summer issue of Classicboat, please contact the editor at
[email protected] by May 1.]
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Dermot O’Byrne
Restoring a Rice Lake Rowing Skiff
By David A. Langman
W
Bill loved Lake Ontario, and eventually bought a piece of
land on the north shore of Brighton Bay looking out at
Presquille. On a clear day you can see Scotch Bonnet, and at
night, the lights of Rochester can be seen on the horizon.
Being an accountant, he kept precise, detailed records of
all of his purchases in ledgers. His daughter Lina Marilyn
Hackney still has the ledgers. One entry in his ledgers dated
August 19, 1939 identifies the purchase of a boat for $39.50
when his girls were 15 and 6 years old. This article is about
that boat. He bought the rowing skiff through the Robert
Simpson Company.
Excerpt from a 1945 Simpson’s catalogue.
Compared to today, the north shore of Brighton Bay had
perhaps an extra 100’ of dunes, and perhaps another 100’
of beach and swale in front of the cottage. The skiff would
spend its summers being launched from the beach and
rowed from Barcoven to Boat Harbour, and even across the
bay to the dance hall at Presquille by LM – the teenager - on
Saturday nights. When not in use, the boat would rest on the
beach, flipped over, safe from storms. During the off-season,
the boat would be stored indoors in the cottage garage.
Bill bought a small outboard – a silver Johnson with a
square gas tank on top - and would take Sandy out in “high
seas” across to Presquille for ice cream. Those trips were a
highlight of Sandy’s early years, and just as Link has
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illiam Bailey “Bill” (WB) McClung was an avid
boater as a young single man in the early
1900s. He had a cedar strip sailing canoe and a 20’
day sail boat called the “Little Nell” that he sailed out
of Trenton around the Bay of Quinte and Brighton
Bay. After training as an accountant, he headed west
and got as far as Canmore, Alberta before being
called back to Trenton to help run his dad’s hardware
store - McClung’s Hardware - in Trenton, Ontario.
Bill eventually married and settled down in his
hometown where he had two gorgeous daughters
with his wife Evelyn - Lina Marilyn (LM or Link) and
Sandra (Sandy). I am Bill McClung’s grandson - Sandy’s
son – a neophyte boat restorer.
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Restoring a Rice Lake Rowing Skiff - continued
The boat was deemed beyond repair, and left in a lonely
corner of the yard.
I must have lots of boat genes inherited from Bill McClung.
Since my earliest days, I have loved being in and around
small boats. I built my first boat – a Minimax sea flea – when
I was 14, and have built eight of William D. Jackson’s boat
designs since then. I stripped down WB’s Peterborough
canoe (we still have it and use it), and brought it back to life
just with varnish and tung oil. I was given my first real cedar
strip restoration challenge – a 13’ Peterborough Sportsman
– a few years back and learned to restore that type of
boat by watching Don Hussack’s video. After finishing the
Sportsman, I needed another project – enter my mom’s
longingly remembered row boat. I thought it would be neat
for Link and Sandy to be able to take a ride in the skiff after
60 or so years. So, the call was made to Aunt Link - it went
something like this:
The Author with his grandfather’s Rice Lake Boat Works Rowing Skiff purchased
August 1939 from Simpsons.
Dave: Aunt Link – do you still have that old rowboat?
Link: Y
es, David, but it is completely rotten, and cannot
possibly be used again.
Dave: W
ould you mind if I came down to the lake and had a
look anyway?
Link: That would be fine, but don’t get your hopes up.
Rotten Oak Transom.
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fond memories of her double-oaring to the dance hall,
Sandy fondly recalled stories of those trips whenever we
visited Auntie Link at Lake Ontario – the old cottage. We’d
dutifully look in the garage to see the old Peterborough –
safe and sound, high and dry, and well preserved on each
trip down to Link’s place at the lake. It sat in the boathouse
for many decades without being used.
Perhaps in the 1980s, a family friend asked Link if he could
have the boat on the condition that it be restored to
active use. Link agreed, and the boat was provided with
its first restoration – varnish stripped, a polyester resin and
fibreglass skin on the entire outer hull, and a coat of grey
marine enamel on the inside of the boat. The Peterborough
was back in the water again! The original scalloped blade
oars went with the boat.
At some point in time, the boat was returned to Link, and
was placed upside down, outside the cottage on bricks,
and there it sat seeing occasional use by her own children.
As time progressed, the condition of the boat started to
deteriorate. The cedar and ribs were protected by the glass
and resin, but the oak gunnels and transom started to rot.
In May 2012, I went down with a university pal, Keith M.
Fletcher, my truck, and an old Tee Nee trailer to see what
could be salvaged. At first appearance, and after a few
knuckle raps, raised eye brows, and “what do you thinks?”,
we concluded that it seemed pretty solid other than the
transom and the gunnels, so we “flipped ‘er over” to have a
look. Lo and behold! The cedar and ash ribs seemed perfect,
the seats still gleamed, and the hull still had its original lines.
The 1980’s fibreglass job had saved the cedar hull. Much of
the glass was starting to peel away, and was coated with
green slime, but it made a near waterproof enclosure.
After loading the boat on the trailer, I noticed a rating plate
on the transom. The plate said “Made Expressly for THE
ROBERT SIMPSON COMPANY LIMITED – Toronto by Rice
Lake Boat Works, Rice Lake, Canada”. So much for “the Old
Peterborough! We brought the boat back to Orangeville, and
following a call to Link (Hey, Auntie Link! It’s in great shape!
I’m going to restore it! And by the way, it’s not a Peterborough
– it’s a Rice Lake Rowing Skiff!), restoration began.
Off came the original fibreglass, bits of rotten keel were
removed, and new oak scarfed to good original wood;
a waterline was drawn, and epoxy and glass was placed
below the waterline. Above the waterline, lots of sanding,
and many coats of varnish brought out the original gleam
of the cedar. There was hardly any “black” wood in the
hull. The hull was flipped over, and gunnels and transom
removed. (Are there ever a lot of screws and copper nails
that fix the cedar planking to the transom!) A wonderful
neighbour, Brian Brown, would watch as I progressed
with the restoration, and offered to put together a red oak
transom. He brought me a beautifully spliced, two piece, 1”
Gleaming on a spring day. Got to love the coil springs and shocks
on the old Tee Nee trailers.
The boat was launched at Steenburg Lake in June of 2012. I
had a recently tuned up 1948 Johnson TD-20, similar to Bill
McClung’s second motor, running on it. A bit of water seems
to be coming in through the keel mounting holes. Not a
perfect restoration, but I am happy, and the boat spent all of
the summer of 2012 in the water as a double oar row boat.
We would go out in pairs and see how fast we could get
the boat moving – what a great rower! We even broke two
cheap oars at the oarlocks - the boat didn’t break though.
The Rice Lake Skiff turns heads whenever it is out and about.
My Aunt sent the original oars to me in August. They are
absolutely gorgeous, and in nearly new condition. I plan to
repair the original floor boards this summer – they have a
few broken sections – and looking at the 1945 Simpson’s
catalogue artwork, build the missing rear seat back and
cross brace. I will restore my grandfather’s original TD-20,
and then take Sandy to Lake Ontario to crash into the waves
again on a trip across Brighton Bay to Presquille! I wonder if
they still sell ice cream? ]
A note from the Canadian Canoe Museum website: Based in the
Rice Lake area, the Herald Canoe Co. was started by Daniel Herald
of Gore’s Landing in 1862.” (The company’s technology (moulds)
survived several owners, sites, and moves eventually ending up
in the hands of Fred Pratt.) “Fred Pratt received the former Rice
Lake Herald Co. property in lieu of payment of the mortgage and
in 1926 he moved back to Gore’s Landing and set up his own
business under the name of the Rice Lake Boat Works. By the
1930s, he was producing about 80 skiffs and cedar strip canoes
a year, most of which were bought up by the Robert Simpson
Co. Following the death of Fred Pratt in 1936, the business was
continued by his son, Wally, who eventually sold the business and
moulds in 1972 to Peter Harvey of Gore’s Landing.
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thick red oak assembly that I custom fit to the hull. Lots of
epoxy combined with reusing the screws and original nails
resulted in a great transom. New gunnels were fashioned
from wet green white oak fence boards. The inside of the
hull was painted grey, and with plenty of elbow grease, a
heat gun, sand paper, and Scotchbrite, most of the finish
was removed. Multiple coats of varnish and scratching
between coats with Scotchbrite resulted in a pretty nice
looking, solid craft. No ribs or planking were replaced. The
only piece missing from the original boat is a bent oak trim
piece that fits on the front deck. I lost that battle several
times, and remain stumped as to how to make a near 12”
radius semi-circle out of a ¼” thick oak board.
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Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
Marks 75 Years of Service
By Joan Eyolfson Cadham
I
n the late 1980s, a young man launched his sleek new
speed boat at the western tip of Montreal Island. On
his return trip, he slammed into a rock pile that was clearly
marked on the Lac St-Louis chart – if the young man had
bought or could read a chart. Fortunately, he was not
seriously injured. As his distraught mother waited on shore,
she wailed to the police, “This boating is dangerous. They
should have white lines painted out there.”
Chief Commander in 1997, joined a group of students who
were intended to form the nucleus of a proposed new
Squadron and immediately got involved. But when the
new Squadron was formed in 1968, she discovered that
her name wasn’t on the Charter. Female members, she was
informed, were only Lady Associates, and had no formal
status. The by-laws were changed in 1973, through the hard
work of Doreen and other Lady Associates.
It was to prevent moments such as this that Canadian
Power and Sail Squadrons/Les Escadrilles canadiennes de
plaisance, CPS-ECP, was founded 75 years ago, and why
the dedicated group of volunteers continues to teach and
promote safe boating across Canada.
But CPS-ECP endures because the organization has learned
to be flexible. When the military-style uniform of the 1930s
became burdensome to many members, the dress code was
modified and simplified. When the world changed and few
people had entire winters to devote to taking an interest
course, CPS-ECP found ways to instruct in smaller segments,
and how to run effective online courses. The organization
has become Canada’s most respected PCOC course provider
and has run courses for Boy Scouts, Sea Cadets, and law
enforcement agencies. New courses, in English, in French,
and now, on the west coast, in Mandarin, are offered as
need arises.
The organization had its start in 1938, when three members
of the Windsor Yacht Club crossed the Ambassador Bridge
into Detroit, Michigan and took the USPS Junior Piloting
Course under the direction of the Detroit Power Squadron.
They soon formed Windsor Power Squadron, the first
Canadian Squadron.
Membership is conferred by passing the initial exam. The
training, from writing the courses to setting exams to
teaching, is done by CPS-ECP volunteers whose “pay” is an
annual merit mark for service.
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Membership doubled in 1950. By 2000, more than 500,000
people had successfully completed The Boating Course.
And with the addition of the Yukon Squadron in 1978, and
Avalon Squadron in Newfoundland in 1990, CPS-ECP could
truthfully say that the organization was serving the cause of
safe boating from coast to coast to coast. There are currently
26,000 members in 155 squadrons across Canada with
headquarters in Toronto.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing – or power boating, although
members have never disagreed on matters of safe boating.
In the 1960s, Doreen Hinksman, who became the first Lady
But CPS-ECP also endures because it’s about more than just
classrooms. Members fly their flags proudly and try to set an
example on the water. CPS-ECP serves as a consultant with
Canadian Coast Guard, and an advisor of aids to navigation
for the Canadian Hydrographic Service, through the MAREP/
Marine Reporting Programme. The website and the member
magazines, Port Hole, and Le Hublot, offer sound advice on
how to have fun on the water by being safe.
But, most remarkable, over 75 years, CPS-ECP has managed
to unite sailors and power boat enthusiasts, the ragmen and
stinkpotters, into one cohesive group of people who enjoy
working and playing together. ]
Joan Eyolfson Cadham is editor of Port Hole. She can be
reached at [email protected].
Ed has left the building... but not Muskoka
www.edskinnerboatbrokerage.com
Cell: 705 646 3548
email: [email protected]
Hagerty’s Losses and Lessons
By Carla Gernhofer, Hagerty Marine Insurance
Accidents happen. That’s why we work to
ensure that our clients’ prized vessels are
properly covered should disaster strike.
SPEEDING UP YOUR CLAIM SETTLEMENT
I
t’s a beautiful day for boating. Blue water, bright sun
and clear sailing ahead. Everything seems to be
going perfectly… that is, until you suddenly strike an
unidentified submerged object or an inattentive boater
sideswipes your craft.
Give yourself credit: At least you were smart enough to take
out a marine insurance policy. Not everyone recognizes the
importance of securing proper boat coverage. As of 2009,
there were almost 15 million registered boats in the U.S.
and Canada – and less than 40 percent were covered by
true marine insurance policies.
In the event of an accident, having the right policy is an
important first step. Before you even reach the point of
filing a claim, though, it’s important to do your homework
and make sure you’re prepared for the worst-case scenario.
As a classic boat owner, you may wonder: Is there anything
I can do to increase my chances of a fair and quick
settlement from my insurance company? Here are five tips
guaranteed to help make the claims process a (relatively)
smooth and painless one:
1. When an accident occurs, immediately take steps to
protect your boat from further damage.
2. F ile a report with the police or Coast Guard.
3. If there was any submersion on your craft, even if
was only partial, check for oil or fuel slicks on the
water’s surface.
4. Notify your insurance company as soon as possible.
5. M
ake available any damaged property for the insurance
company’s inspection.
No boat owner ever wants to have to file a claim for their
beloved craft. Following these five simple steps, however,
will help you receive a fair and quick settlement from your
insurance company – and get you back out on the water as
soon as possible. ]
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1953 18 foot Greavette
Disappearing Propeller Boat
powered by a 7 hp. Coventry
Victor (electric start) engine.
C/W custom trailer, newer
seats and cover. This boat
is in excellent condition.
$16,250. Ad number pb519.
www.portcarlingboats.com.
Check out our new website!
1948 Seabird – 17 foot
lapstrake
with
Buchanan
Junior 4 engine. In excellent
condition. Contact John Williams
at 705-765-6162, or 905-8804009 or kathy_johnw@rogers.
com. $10,000.
1946 Chestnut green freighter
canoe with square stern.
Restored by Will Ruch - always
boathouse
stored.
Located
near Port Carling. $2,100.
Contact M Forest – mforest111@
gmail.com.
Early 1950s chrome windshield
centre post (15” H) & two
chrome side wings (9 1/2” H
by 8 1/4” base) for Shepherd
inboard. Mint condition. Pictures
available. Best offer. Contact
Richard Shorney at: rjshorney@
gmail.com
or
richard@
vintagespeedboats.ca.
1934
21
ft
ChrisCraft
“Custom” Chrysler Crown M
2. 97 H.P. $39,999.00. Call Ed
Skinner 705-646-3548.
1961 Mason 15’ mahogany
lapstrake runabout. All
original including original bill
of sale. C/W 1974 Mercury
electric start 40 hp motor.
Runs like a top. Includes
CradleRide trailer - located in
Markham $5,000 obo. Contact
[email protected] or
905-201-6687.
18’ camp canoe in great shape
from a girl’s camp in Northern
Quebec. Canvas painted with
logo, all cracked and original
with original painted inside probably 1950s. Very solid and
sound – would make a great
display piece. $1,500. Contact
Peter @ [email protected] or
519-856-9113.
1957
24
ft.
Greavette
“Streamliner” 426 cu. Chrysler
“hemi” V drive, $90,000.00.
Call Ed Skinner 705-646-3548.
1949 35 ft boat, 12 ft beam
Pudgie is a Matthews hull kit
purchased and completed by
the Essco Boat Co. of Essex,
Ontario. Cedar on oak, single
screw. She’s a sweet boat,
with her own good looks.
Something different. See
Classicboat Issue 102 and
112 for articles on Pudgie.
Open to best offer. For more
pictures and info, email Rob at
[email protected].
16’ Minto canoe with 34” beam.
This rare craft has been stored
indoors since 2004 and wood
is in excellent condition, but
requires re-canvassing. Asking
$2,000 obo. Contact Dan at
705-387-4235, or by email at
[email protected]
1954 Mercury Mark 7 green
and silver 7 1/2 HP outboard
in very good condition. Ideal as
fishing motor or use it on a small
sea flea / hydroplane. Contact
Richard Shorney at: rjshorney@
gmail.com
or richard@
vintagespeedboats.ca.
WANTED
Green port Fresnel Lens for
1938 Chris Craft “Barrelback”
to match my corresponding red
starboard lens. Contact Paul at
[email protected]
or 416-450-7769.
Scale Modeler seeking information on “Delta” F57, a 1936, 225
cu. in. hydro designed by A. Apel
and built by Minett – Shields.
All costs covered. Please contact
Hugh Allen 416-438-4608.
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