Built in Scandinavia in 1936. Shipped by freighter to the west coast of North America on or around 1961. Disappeared after a tragic fire in Sausalito mid-1980s. For sale in Victoria, British Columbia in August, 2007. That’s all the wooden boat experts in the Pacific northwest knew when Kaci Cronkhite, director of the Wooden Boat Festival, got an email about the boat for sale and started asking questions. Soon after she bought the boat, it was hauled next door to Kaci’s Cupola House office for minor repairs of a “six-inch copper band-aid” just below the waterline. What transpired has been called a “love story, a quest, and an international mystery” solved. More about the boat, the book, and Kaci’s adventure with both can be found at kacicronkhite.com. Visit the boat daily during the Festival and hear the rest of the story!
