Nimbus is traditional Nordic Folkboat. The folkboat design was a result of a 1930’s design competition to develop the ideal small cruising vessel for the common folk. They are world renowned for their seaworthiness and design.
Nimbus has spent her whole life in the Pacific Northwest primarily at the Victoria Yacht Club from the 60’s through the early 2000’s. She was then purchased by a wooden boat building student from Silva Bay. She underwent an extensive refit and restoration in 2004, and moved to the Secret Cove in 2009. Since then she has plied the the waters of BC as far north as the Broughton Islands.
She was built in Horens, Denmark, 1959 by G. Andersen. Her hull is lapstraked from mahogany planks with copper rivets over steam bent oak frames. Her deck and support structure were replaced in 2004 during her refit, and now has a glass and plywood deck. In 2015 her mast and boom were replaced with spars crafted on the sunshine coast from PNW Sitka Spruce which is well know for springyness and resiliency.
Nimbus is a vessel with a long history exploring the west coast. She continues this today cruising extensively around Vancouver Island and the western BC coast.