Taking the Lines of Sea Star 2

Gabriola boatbuilder Tony Grove talks about "Taking the Lines of Sea Star 2: A 1934 Matsumoto Troller" .

There was an era of boat building when boats where built by eye alone and a strong sense of design. Sea Star 2, a 32 foot troller, is a fine example of this period in boatbuilding. She was built in 1934, by Mr. Matsumoto, an experienced boatbuilder who had a reputation of being honorable and a fine craftsman. Tony Grove found Sea Star 2 near Bella Bella B.C., slated to be dismantled. After trying to find out if there were any drawings of these early fish boats, it was found that there is little to no information or drawings of these boats. To help preserve Sea Star 2 Tony took the lines and built a table of offsets (boatbuilder’s measurements) to hopefully see her reproduced one day or at least record her memory for future archivists researching British Columbia’s rich past.

Painter, boatbuilder, furniture-maker, and educator Tony Grove keeps busy at his shop/studio on Gabriola when he isn't teaching or lecturing around the continent. He is a former head instructor at the Shipyard School. http://www.tonygrove.com/articles/sea-star-two.php