44' Fredette Troller-Cruiser (1952) - SECRETARY ISLE

Secretary Isle, designed by Frank Fredette and built in 1952 by John Nicholson of Victoria as a combination fish boat and pleasure boat. Called a troller-cruiser by the designer, measurements are about 44’ x 12’6”.

Her original name was MarJayEn and her second owner in 1988 (John Homer of Sooke BC) gave her the name Secretary Isle after a small island outside of Sooke Harbour. He sold the boat in 2009 when he was 97 years old. The third owners, Steve Gordon and Julie Hart, Friday Harbor, owned the boat until 2022.
The hull is white oak frames with red cedar planking, iron bark ice sheathing at the water line, planking is fastened with square galvanized boat nails which are clench nailed one per plank. The decks are yellow cedar with teak planking laid fore and aft. The Keel is old growth Fir. The Wormshoe is Gumwood and Purple Heart, both incredibly dense hardwoods.

Recently undergone a refit to convert part of the fish hold into a larger head and covering the aft deck to be more suitable for northwest weather.