Mission Statement

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  1. To refurbish and reconfigure the vessel as a motor-sailer by restoring its auxiliary sail-power, thereby increasing its range and economy of operation.
  2. To provide a platform for non-profit, environmental, and educational programs, on a cost-plus charter basis.
  3. To facilitate exploration and understanding of "the way of a ship in the heart of the deeps," by:
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The Chief's Captain Dave, in a photo taken by Mario Bartels of the New Westminster (BC) News Leader, for a front page story, 6 July 2011.
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  • Voyaging to the Queen Charlotte halibut banks and the Bering Sea
  • Making sidetrips to the North Pacific Gyre and beyond....
  • Retracing the Chief's voyages, 1923-33, to the storied "Rum Row" (off Southern California) of the Prohibition era.
  • Delivering a load of Canadian whiskey to Mexico (replicating many voyages made throughout Prohibition era)
_4.   To conduct environmentally-sensitive eco-tours of Haida Gwaii and "up the Inlets" of the Great Bear Rainforest for amateur and professional researchers alike.
5.  Ultimately to act as a Cetacean and Marine-mammal Rescue and Transport vessel by employing the massive fish-holds (photo) as 'aquaria in transit' ie: flooded with seawater to a depth of 12' to accommodate injured/distressed seals, sea-lions, dolphins, porpoises, basking-sharks, sturgeon from the Fraser, sea-otters, turtles, even juvenile orcas, from any pick-up point on the West Coast.
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Interior of one of the Chief's fish-holds. Foamed and glassed, total hold capacity is 60 tons.
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Capacity of each boom is 3 tons.
The Chief's twin loading booms (photo above) have both the reach and capacity (3 tons each) to load/unload creatures from or into the water (with diver-assistance) or from/onto a dock. The vessel will be available on contract and at short-notice to any reputable and professional marine rescue/rehabilitation organization in Canada or the USA.