MV Malibu Princess

MV "Malibu Princess" is a passenger vessel privately owned by Young Life and which also owns and operates the Malibu Club in Canada located at Malibu, British Columbia, adjacent to the narrow entrance of Princess Louisa Inlet. The ship is used specifically to transport people and freithght to Malibu.

History

During those early years, Young Life was reliant on charter freight boats to transport their young passengers from Vancouver to Malibu. By 1965, Young Life was faced with a challenge when their stable chartered freight hauler would no longer be in business. [Hitz, Charles W.(2003). "Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet", p.160-161. [http://www.sitka2.com Sitka 2 Publishing] ., Kirkland, WA. ISBN 0972025502.]

A suitable vessel would need to be designed and built per Young Life's needs and a letter of intent was issued. Once approved, Philip F. Sapaulding and Associates of Seattle was selected to design the vessel and the False Creek shipyard selected was Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. who would build the ship. The name of the ship would be called the "Malibu Princess" after a large yacht Young Life sold to help finance it which would be renamed the "Weatherly".

*The design of the "Malibu Princess" is a shorter version of the MV "Coho" of the Black Ball Line.

The overall cost of the ship was $335,000 with $135,000 coming from the Canadian Maritime Commission Ship Subsidy and from the proceeds of the sale of the soon-to-be "Weatherly". The remained was through a loan that Mr. C.D. Weyerhaeuser was able to secure. Eventually, the boat was paid off through fundraising and major donations. [Hitz, Charles W.(2003). "Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet", p.160-161. [http://www.sitka2.com Sitka 2 Publishing] ., Kirkland, WA. ISBN 0972025502.]

*The ship was launched on March 26, 1966 on Saturday morning at nine in the morning.

Since it was launched, the "Malibu Princess" was based out of Vancouver from the old B-C Pier, where Canada Place is now located. The "Princess" would make the weekly 8 hour trips from Vancouver to Malibu and then back. But in 1992, the "Princess" was moved to her new berth at Egmont where help cut down the time, wear and tear of the ship, and fuel costs in half [Hitz, Charles W.(2003). "Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet", p.160-161. [http://www.sitka2.com Sitka 2 Publishing] ., Kirkland, WA. ISBN 0972025502.]

*The "M.V. Malibu Princess" is available for private charters or tours to Princess Louisa Inlet through Malibu Yacht Charters in Egmont.

External Links

* [http://www.malibuyachts.com/charter.htm Malibu Yacht Charters ]
* [http://forms.cta-otc.gc.ca/cvis/Ship_e.cfm?ShipID=326618 Canadian Vessel Registration] for the Malibu Princess.
* [http://www.tc.gc.ca/ShipRegistry/detail.asp?lang=e&VesselID=15587&category=ship Transport Canada vessel registration query] for the Malibu Princess.
* [http://www.starclass.org/history/spaulding-obit.htm Obit-Philip Spaulding] designer of the Malibu Princess.
* [http://princesslouisainlet.blogspot.com/ Princess Louisa Inlet Blog and Webcam] Up todate infomation, events, history, and realtime images of Princess Louisa Inlet and the Jervis Inlet.

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