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Princess Pat

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:17 pm
by akfisher78
My 12 year old son and I brought our first troller from Sechelt B.C. in April this year. It was an awesome adventure that took us about 8 days. We are eagerly awaiting the upcoming troll season! I have 3 boys and they look at this forum daily and let me know of new postings and have been itching to put a Pic of our boat on here, so here it is!
My 12 year old son and I brought our first troller from Sechelt B.C. in April this year. It was an awesome adventure that took us about 8 days. We are eagerly awaiting the upcoming troll season! I have 3 boys and they look at this forum daily and let me know of new postings and have been itching to put a Pic of our boat on here, so here it is!

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:58 am
by SilverT
Akfisher78,

That's a nice looking boat with room for extra crew. Congratulations on your purchase. It sure is nice to have a young man you can count on. With three boys, it sounds like you're eventually going to need a good portion of that hold space for groceries :D . Peace to you and your family and we look forward to to seeing more pics as you continue.

Lane

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:38 am
by Abundance
Those Canadian trolling boats are highly thought of up here. They are beautiful boats, and that one appears especially well cared for. I will try to keep a lookout for her this next summer. Congradulations for your kids wanting to come along. The best memories of my life are of trolling with my Dad. You've got some good times coming.

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:53 am
by akfisher78
Thanks to both of you very much! Hopefully this boat will last us a long time! My boys are 9,12,13 and are super excited! It is a Freezer Troller so I will need all the help I can get!

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:20 pm
by Salty
Welcome to the Alaska troll fleet :)

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:02 pm
by Clinkerboy
Princess Pat III was known here as an excellant sea-boat, built by one of the finest boatbuilders here. It is one of the better Fredette designs. Sad for us to see her gone, but great to see her used for what she was built for. Best of luck.

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:28 pm
by akfisher78
Thank you Salty hope to meet you someday! And Clinkerboy thank you as well. Maybe you knew the original owner of her " Blair Pearl" out of Sechelt? She was his baby and took excellent care of her. All new decks, Sister ribs from house back were installed when he put in the freezer and a new John Deere 6068 all done in 2006 and 2008. We will do our best to put her to good use this coming troll season! Thanks again!

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:34 pm
by Salty
I love my Deere 6068

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:58 pm
by Clinkerboy
I know Blair, actually the boat was built for Sam Smith by Buford Haines in a barn South of Campbell River. Blair bought it off of Sam and I think Ed Wahl did the rebuilding.

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:29 pm
by akfisher78
The 6068 is very quiet compared to the Jimmys that I looked at in other boats. Ed Wahl did the rebuild and took a lot of care on everything. Blair put a ton of time and money into the boat. I cant wait to start fishing in this coming spring!

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:55 am
by tketrol
When I was in Canada I had heard that somebody up here had purchased one of the nicest trollers in the fleet. I was surprised that it was one of the first boats I had seen when I had returned to AK. Here is the Princess Pat at Douglas harbor.Image

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:26 am
by tketrol
I will have to figure out how to post a full photo. Only showed 1/2 of the one above.

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:12 am
by JYDPDX
Beautiful boat. Please post more!

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:14 pm
by tketrol
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Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:17 pm
by tketrol
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Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:38 am
by curmudgeon
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Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:15 am
by joeman79
I looked at the Boat at Elfin Cove this Summer it is a BEAUT!!! Those boys jumped off the boat and ran up the ramp like they were heading to the Fair!! How did the summer go for the Princess Pat??

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:34 pm
by akfish
Went great Joeman thanks. We had a grest time and cant wait to get back at it this summer!

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:09 am
by ironpaso
Wow That is a very nice looking boat. Harry

Re: Princess Pat

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:54 am
by latitudes
Nice looking boat. I bought a 46' boat built out of Port Alberni last year. Very similar design. Apparently the angled frame on the side windows is a "Canadian" thing. It's nice to find a classic wood boat that's been well taken care of. They still require a lot of work (as I'm learning) but they sure do ride nice. Good luck up north, for now I'll be hitting the WA coast.
Cheers,

Joe