RESTORATION PROJECTS:

TEDORA

“Elmira”

Built in 1914 at Esquimalt B.C. by Donald Robertson. It is a Carvel Construction cedar on oak.

Renamed: “Tedora”
The original engine was a Palmer 24 HP which is now at the B.C. Forest Discovery Center, Duncan.

• Tonnage: 14.72 Length:10.7 meters
• Depth: 1.3 meters Breath: 3.2 meters

During 1914-20 it was privately owned. Then in 1920-? B.C. Forestry Services owned the boat. They sold it to another private owner who in 2003 donated it to the Cowichan Bay Maritime Center. In 2004 Mike Schaefer bought Tedora.

Peter Allen’s Lapstrake Dinghy

This sweet lapstrake rowboat was built in Victoria B.C. in 1935.  The hands that built this boat have passed; his inspiration and craftsmanship remain to this day.
The builder’s daughter tells me that she remembers as a child learning to row and a lifelong memory of the pleasure of rowing this boat.

The boat remained in the family until 1995 when my eyes found her in the rafters of an old barn—it was love at first sight!
Since then many more miles lay under her keel with my hands at the oars.  

The restoration of this boat is partly in respect of the builder, and the continuation of the craft.

Disappearing Propeller Boat

Invented and built in Port Carling, Ontario from 1914-1926, the Disappearing Propeller Boat went on to become world famous. Now, expensive collectors' items, the boats are quite rare, yet occasionally can still be seen on Canada's Muskoka Lakes.

The earliest D.P. boats, however, had two very serious shortcomings. The propeller was not unprotected, nor could it be raised into its housing if the engine were running. Subsequent improvements to the original device provided

automatic propeller protection from underwater obstructions in the form of a protecting skeg and modification of the housing to allow the propeller to revolve in the raised position. These were welcome improvements indeed in the uncharted waters of Muskoka, which were particularly hazardous in those days due to the numerous sunken logs and deadheads left behind by the lumbermen.

The tradition continues as our shipwright Eric Sandilands restored a 1922 model for a lady from the interior of British