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1941 West Coast – Nitinat Chief 72
CAD350,000
1941 West Coast – Nitinat Chief 72 boat for sale
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Nitinat Chief
Located in beautiful Campbell River with assumable moorage at Discovery Harbour Marina. The Nitinat Chief – a boat like no other. This vessel is a wonderful example of a purpose built boat that has evolved from a sturdy working boat to a boat with comfort, quality and character. Rare to the market, this is an opportunity to own a genuine piece of West Coast marine history. The Nitinat Chief has been lovingly well maintained by professionals who have appreciated her unique significance and who value the importance of historical boats. She is in beautiful condition and needs to be seen to be appreciated.
Past, present, and future. This is an opportunity to own a piece of floating heritage and to further the story. The Nitinat Chief was built in 1941 by West Coast Ship Builders Ltd. at Vancouver BC. All the fir used in her 12 by 12-inch keel, heavy keelsons, 2.5-inch planking and sawn frames came from logs selected by Charles Sorenson, her first owner. Sorenson built her to exacting specifications to be used to tow logs booms from the Nitinat Lake area in southeast Vancouver Island, over a 6-foot bar—at high tide—and into the Pacific to Victoria. Over the years she’s had more owners, more engines, and various paint jobs.
Today, the Nitinat Chief has morphed into a pleasure yacht. She has 3 cabins, sleeps 6 easily, sports a galley to please any chef, and is a bright, airy, lady of luxury. Her entire superstructure was redesigned. The decks are now aluminum. The engine is a 1972 Deutz 500hp beast. She’s maintained her strength while adopting technology. She’s a blend of tradition, elegance, power, and grace.
Where her future lies has yet to be determined. She might become a charter boat, attracting all kinds from afar. She could become a research vessel, or a mobile office with the addition of Starlink. She could become a home to someone with the imagination to live outside the box. Or, she might become your very next adventure. Nitinat Chief’s future is up to you. Give me a call and I’ll introduce the two of you.
Moorage is assumable.
Specifications
propulsion
Engine #1
Hull, Propeller, and Rudder
- Hull shape: Heavy displacement, round chine cruiser.
- Hull materials: Fur plank
- Deck materials: Aluminium
- Cabin materials: Aluminium
- Rudder: Steel 40’’x 66’’ x ½’’
- Propeller: 3 blade bronze 55 x 30p RH
Engine
- Engine make: V12 DEUTZ Turbo/aftercooled
- Horsepower: 500HP
- Cooling: Glyco system w/keel cooler
- 9.5 gallons per hour at 9 knots
Navigation
- Steering: Helm in wheelhouse with 2 / upper helm stations 1 forward 1 aft
- Emergency tiller: Yes
- Sounder/GPS/Plotter: Faruno GPS / WAAS GP32, Raytheon NAV298 GPS, Northstar
941X, Radar: Raytheon R20X, Faruno FR7062 - Compass: Wagner / Saura 5’’, KVH Gyrotrac digital compass
- VHF: Uniden Solara DSC VHF, ICOM IC-M127, ICOM IC-M710 transceiver, ICOM IC-
2000 FM transceiver.
Aft and Outer Decks
- Aft: Aluminum
- Side decks: All decks painted with Kiwi Grip
- Cabin top: Aluminum
- Deck hatches: Aluminum framed above forward cabin
- Portholes & windows: Aluminum framed glass, 12×8’’ bronze port lights
- Outer storage
- Railings: Welded aluminum
- Crane: 1000 lbs davit with 12 volt winch
Electrical
- House batteries: 2 x 8D plus 8 volt (32 volt bank), 6 x 8 volt (32 volt bank) 2 x 8D 12
volt system - Battery charger: Leece Neville 12 alternator. Davidson 32 volt alternator. Pro
mariner , Promatic 302-2 charger. - Battery monitor: Blue seas amp meter
- Inverter: Trace U2232SB inverter / charger
- Other electronics: Wagner rudder position indicator, Tankwatch 4, Kenwood sterio
with speakers, TV, Odyssey / Ocean Pacific Nav computer model: FPS640/1500.
Tanks
- Fuel: 2 x 800 gallons each, 1 x 600 gallons. Steel tanks located port, starboard and
aft of engine room. - Fresh water: 3 x 300 gallons
- Hot water: 40 hot water
- Holding tank config: 35 gallon poly
Ground Tackle
- Windlass: Queensboro hydraulic drum
- Anchor primary: 275 lbs Navy Stockless
- Rode: 80’ ¾ chain and 300’ of 1/2 ‘’ cable road
- Stainless steel anchor roller
Safety
- Bilge pump: 3 x 12 volt Rule auto / manual pumps
- Engine overheat alarm: Yes
- Fire extinguishers: 4 x 5lb dry chemical, 1 x 40 lb CO2, 2 x 10 lb CO2
- Carbon monoxide alarm
- Horn: Trumpet horn
- Flares: Assorted
- Life ring: 24” located on aft deck
- Boarding ladder: Yes
- Life Raft: DCB 8 person inflatable
- EPIRB: SAT Find 406
- Search light: 2 – 7.5’’ x 9’’ at upper helm station, one remote and one manual
- High water alarm
- Radar flector
Interior
- Heat: Dickinson Atlantic in galley, 12v space heaters, Dickinson Newport diesel
stove - Sole surface: vinyl and carpet
- Bulkhead/hull finish: Wood panel
Galley
- Fridge: Kenmore fridge / freezer
- Stove: Dickinson Atlantic
- Sink: Double stainless steel
- Taps: Pressurized hot and cold
Head
- Toilet: 2 heads, 1 manual Jabsco toilet forward, 1 Vacuflush toilet forward
- Pressurized hot and cold taps
- Custom sink
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.1941 West Coast – Nitinat Chief 72
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