Ep. 1 | We SAVED A VINTAGE VESSEL | Spartan III 1926 Wooden Boat | 45ft Double Ender

[@larrybaker5316]

wow such a gorgeous boat! so glad to see you are returning her to her glory days.she is too beautiful to let her go by the way side. You will truly have a treasure when finished.

[@mnswamp]

She's beautiful. Thanks for saving this boat!

[@bradnutter41]

I love her, love that style of wood boat! She would be an awesome cruiser! Congrats

[@brucedeane8]

hats off to you ... that's a big job you've taken on ... beautiful boat

[@gwheyduke]

Great looking boat. Good luck with the restoration.

[@eliser2966]

Hi, I am so grateful that you are the new owners and taking on such a huge restoration project. I am the grand-daughter of Gwyn Rodd, one of the builders. If I can be of any help, let me know. I would love to come see her sometime, if that can be arranged. I met Dave and Dale at the wooden boat show and they were passionate owners. I am so sorry to hear he passed.

[@cruisingforbaddrivers...8612]

Nice, look forward to seeing Spartan III back in the water again.

[@TheVancouverIslander]

So are we! Did you know Spartan? We are trying to gather as much back story about her as possible.

[@cruisingforbaddrivers...8612]

@@TheVancouverIslander Didn't know anything about Spartan, just grew up on the water mostly on the north coast.

[@nancyessig781]

Thank you so much fo saving her. These boats are such a beautiful part of the coastal history. I myself was lucky enough to efinish a 1935 Lake Union boat called Thalia Bee. I worked on her over 2 years refinishing the outside and the interior. She is now a B&B in Victoria. Thanks and good luck, you’ll go broke but she will repay you a hunded times over. Cannot wait to see how things progress

[@TheVancouverIslander]

Thanks for the message! We own a marine repair shop on the Island so we intend to do most of the work ourselves. We haven't done a refit on a wooden vessel like this before and are excited to learn more. Post the link of your B+B, we'd love to check it out!

[@nancyessig781]

Spartan3 Unfortunetly she is no longer my boat. It was my partners and he dumped me after I finished work on Her. He was an ass, she was a blessing Sorry about the bad spelling

[@ashlane5732]

Love you are saving a piece of history

[@TheVancouverIslander]

Thanks!!! We're excited to bring her back to life.

[@jamespaynton8520]

So glad to know you are going to save this lovely lady. Many of us in the Classic Yacht Association will be pulling for you! We look forward to your project updates. Good luck!

[@alesnloggers]

Keep up the good work. She deserves to be saved

[@TheVancouverIslander]

We think so too!

[@robertmacdonaldbespokekilt3063]

It's great to see her again! I knew Dave and Spartan when he kept her at the Vancouver Maritime Museum's harbour. I would boat-sit for him whenever he went away, and I'm the one to did the 'marlinspike' work (canvas and turk's-heads) on her bow rails. Good luck with her!

[@TheVancouverIslander]

Hello Robert! Nice to hear from you. We had no idea what marlinspike' work was (we also thought turks-heads were brushes)! Thanks for point out that neat feature on her, so many little things to take in. Unfortunately the port aft railing took a major hit (you can see it in our next vlog) and will need to be replaced. Might have to get you to do the marlinspike' work her again once she's in ship shape.

[@robertmacdonaldbespokekilt3063]

@@TheVancouverIslander I'll be delighted to!

[@markusroemer2154]

I am so glad you took this boat on! I heard that it sank and I thought that was it - very sad, so this is good news indeed. I used to admire this boat when it was still on Bowen Island. Looking forward to future installments. I'll be watching as i also have an old boat - the PML 10 (police motor launch #10) built in 1930 by Menchions Ship Yard which is patiently waiting for me to finish the house so i can pay enough attention.

[@andymack5093]

........couldn't help but notice the "Hamilton Jet" trailer. New Zealand'er Bill Hamiltons invention - now a fantastic commercial success cropping up everywhere around the world now. They used to have a great slogan - "born in the rivers to play in the sea" - so true and so much fun.....

[@erikdevries9208]

That "fire" area behind the panelling, is possibly just wood decomposition. There was a bit of that in the walls of the troller I refurbished a few years ago.

[@sscbkr48]

Must have belonged to Bill Dolmage sr.. There was a Bill Dolmage at VPS in around 1960, could have been his son. I think they had Kingcome Navigation. A John Dolmage, perhaps Bill's brother, was responsible for rebuilding the Cape Ross.

[@wesm3915]

Why does it keep sinking? Does it just want to be on the bottom?

[@АлексейЛоцман-г3п]

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