This lovely little piece of Danish craftsmanship is the Dawn Treader. She was built in 1936 in Copenhagen Sound under the watchful gaze of the Little Mermaid as a cruising version of a typical Danish Litenboot fishing boat or boot. The builder was a retired fisherman and obviously quite a bootbuilder to boot. sorry

She came over the the new world aboard a freighter and stayed in Toronto for a while, then lake Simcoe where the current owner Dr. Harley Smyth of Amherst Island rescued her. After a few years of keeping her together, he hired the late Willy Walker who gave her a thorough restoration which has lasted very well.

Kristen and I went over to Amherst Island last summer after Harley called to see if I could fix the mast. We had a great visit with Harley and Carolyn. Were regaled with the history of  the boat and the island, and had a tour of the Island. Its pretty cool to finally be on the place after looking at it from across the way from our island all these years. a different view of the lake.

The work order on the Dawn Treader consists of a new mast, re canvassing the cabin top, re finishing the brightwork, a few small repairs, fresh paint, deck cleaning and caulking, and sprucing up the cabin.

We just got started and I’ll update a little later. Cheers

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