Vintage Working Boat Turned Luxury Yacht - Schooner Favourite

In todays video we take a tour of the 58ft Sealing Schooner Favourite, the boat that gave Favourite Boatworks its name.
Favourite is a Frank Fredette design sealing schooner, built in 1981.
Favourite has an internal 74hp Lehman Diesel engine, and is currently undergoing a full restoration and renovation headed by Lyle Franklin.
The boat has been rebuilt from the keel up with extensive repairs to framing, planking and house.
BOAT SPECIFICATIONS:
LOA: 17.7m (58'0")
LWL: 14.0m (46'0")
Beam: 3.9m (12'8")
Draft Min: 1.8m (6'0")
Draft Max: 1.8m (6'0")
Displacement: 16,327kg (35,999.9lbs)
Headroom: 1.9m (6'4")
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Favourite Boatworks is a Vancouver based wooden boat repair and restoration business that offers professional shipwright, corking, and rigging services in the lower mainland. The business is based in Vancouver on the Fraser River and is servicing British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest wooden boat fleet.
We wish to acknowledge that Favourite Boatworks is located on the traditional and unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia. We pay our respects to the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples of this area, acknowledging their enduring connection to this land, and we would like to express our gratitude and respect for their historical and ongoing stewardship of these lands.

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Let Lyle know what you think about Favourite! Leave a comment below!

[@ianjones4071]

Hi ,your deck looks perfect, it ticked all the boxes, why not ,cheers mate 👍

[@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302]

13:30 Aussie Red Cedar? If it is, that'd be Australis tunis, if I remember my arborist days.
I've started growing up a mini plantation mid-north NSW. Maybe my grand-kids, or great great great grand-kids'll be able to use it.
It just gets better and worth much much more with great age. Gusto. Especially if managed properly during its younger decades.
That's a dead-gorgeous boat. A real maiden. You've made my mind up! I want an old beauty like that, not the ugly crappy fibreglass old terrier I have now.

[@AtyaAndJ]

Western red :)

[@RenegadeADV]

You have done some mighty fine work to her, I quite like what you have done with the pilot house, that is going to be a wonderful space.

[@tomwhelan9872]

Beautiful job man. The head is genius. Best design I've seen. Well done.

[@aaapaintingca]

Great work, I used to see Favorite when she was moored in Cowichan Bay.

[@argentum530]

This is why I watch videos on YT. I'm subbed and been watching North Star begin her journey back to the sea. The Favourite is going to be a classic and I hope to see more of her as she progresses. And Lyle - that deck is the shizzle!

[@FavouriteBoatworks]

We'll definitely come back to Favourite once she's done, which ones your favourite though..?😜

[@SavingMaverick55]

Very nice progress! She's gonna be one hell of a boat when you're done! I really like the red cedar decks. If I end up installing proper wooden decks I'll certainly consider using it. The eastern variety grows like weeds around here.

[@sailingdeaner6708]

Incredible Lyle ! The amount of work, quality and authenticity of this build inspiring !

[@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302]

Spectacular. Love the head, bath and shower.

[@FavouriteBoatworks]

Glad you like it!

[@chrissturgeon1571]

What a livable space she had below decks! Thumbs up for the red cedar decking; smells, feels, and looks of the West Coast.

[@FavouriteBoatworks]

One of the best smells ever!

[@timreynolds1195]

Thanks for sharing. Beautifull boat.

[@user-ud3iw2il3g]

Hope to see schooner Favorite in Port Townsend.

[@FavouriteBoatworks]

One day for sure!

[@blah666]

Wow - just wow!!! Thank you for sharing.

[@FavouriteBoatworks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@christopherlee4152]

nice grain match on the bread box

[@jackuaro]

The grooviest.

[@NSResponder]

Good to have the sink right next to the stovetop so that you don't have to walk with a pot full of boiling water to pour out your pasta.

[@49otterhound]

You're doing an excellent job with the boat! One of the things that I hate about modern boats is there's too much room to get thrown about down below. This layout seems about right to me was something to grab onto everywhere. Nice job!

[@FavouriteBoatworks]

Thank you! Do you have a boat yourself?

[@49otterhound]

Unfortunately for my wife I have many boats lol! Used to be in the business so we have a habit of collecting these things 😂

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

❤

[@Pocketfarmer1]

Shoulder high wheel house windows does not seam optimal. They are a nice shape . Do any of them open?

[@romandybala]

Lou Sauzedde's son, maybe?

[@AtyaAndJ]

[@deb6623]

That boat has a bad history all that animal trapping and killing. Sad to think about it

[@jamesshannon2219]

more of the boat, less of you please

[@robertcarkeek8391]

❤