[BCMA] The Maritime Museum of BC Wishes a Happy 125th Birthday to 1897 Sailing Yacht Dorothy!

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27 July 2022



** The Maritime Museum of BC Wishes a Happy 125^th Birthday to 1897 Sailing Yacht Dorothy!
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Dorothy, a 30ft sailing yacht in the Collection of The Maritime Museum of BC (MMBC), is having a big summer. Not only did she make a big move from Gabriola Island to Ladysmith last month, but today she turns 125!

Dorothy is currently at the Ladysmith Maritime Society for continued restoration work.
Image courtesy of The Maritime Museum of BC
Built of red cedar on oak frames in 1897 in John J. Robinson’s James Bay boatyard on the site of today’s Laurel Point Inn in Victoria, she quickly established a reputation as a fast racer. Her designer was Linton Hope, a British yacht designer and eventually an Olympic sailor, so she was bound to be speedy!

Dorothy was donated to the MMBC in 1995, and has been undergoing extensive restoration work by artist and shipwright Tony Grove on Gabriola Island for 10 years. At the end of June 2022, with the help of a donated BC Ferries trip, Dorothy was brought to the Ladysmith Maritime Society to continue restoration work. The goal is to get her back into the water to sail this coast once more.
Dorothy was built in 1897.
Image courtesy of The Maritime Museum of BC
The MMBC is fortunate to have a fund allocated for this work. It has been built up over the years thorough targeted donations and a lumpsum received from a volunteer group in Ontario who had hoped to restore a wooden yacht built in New Brunswick a few years before Dorothy; when their project faltered they generously turned their remaining funds over to Dorothy. Long-time museum members will remember how John West assisted by Eric Waal spearheaded the current restoration.

Learn more about Dorothy and get a behind-the-scenes look at Tony Grove’s work on her over the years on our website (https://mmbc.bc.ca/dorothy/) .

Happy 125^th Birthday to Dorothy! With such careful work towards her restoration and a community of support filling her sails, the MMBC looks forward to celebrating her 150^th one day.
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For further information, please contact:

Heather Feeney, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Maritime Museum of BC
250-385-4222 ext. 105
hfeeney at mmbc.bc.ca (mailto:hfeeney at mmbc.bc.ca)

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