The Favourite Crew

Wooden boat fanatic since a small boy. Started restoring the sealing schooner "favourite" 4 years ago and in the process a business was born as a byproduct. Favourite boatworks is one of his proudest accomplishments as an artist and craftsman and he's looking forward to bringing an enjoyable experience to wooden boat enthusiasts when it comes to the service and repair of their vessels.

Jonathan grew up in the US midwest, with only ponds and rivers nearby. So he grew up canoeing and dreaming of saltwater. When he moved to Vancouver in his late 20s, he took up kayaking. He almost went to boat building school, but instead spent twenty years in inner city charity work, financially subsidized with side gigs in residential renovations and custom cabinetry.

Born and raised on BCs West Coast, fell in love with the sea at a young age. Keen sailor, tc certified SVOP, STCWs, ROCM-C, MEDs, bridge watch, marine service tech apprentice, marine guide.
Excited to join the rigging team.

After 3 years of apprenticeship in DARAK shipyard in Brittany and completing 2 diplomas in shipwrighting, I have spent time working on famous classic boats as Moonbeam IV and a lot of J class boats. I learned all the sailing culture and how to use the crafts I was building there.

Emerson started his love for sailing on his first day at Hollyburn Sailing Club learning the lines of dinghy sailing.
Years later after canoeing the salt and fresh waters around the lower mainland, it was time for a new adventure.

Karen is the head honcho, the big cheese of the shipyard. She's seen more boatbuilding than most humans and while she can't hold a corking mallet, she can judge you for doing it wrong.

East coaster,  life long builder , grew  up sailing and getting into trouble . Alumi of Siva Bay Ship Yard School , traditional wooden boat building program 2002 . Apprenticeship in Chester Nova Scotia . Boatbuilding adventures east and west , north west territories to Denmark . 

Keen fashion sense , smells... ok ... 

I came from a background in timber framing and cabinetry. My former boss Brent ash had a boat in the same marina as favourite boatworks and heard about the project and recommended I apply. I have always been interested in boat building and I recently found a list of my child hood dream jobs and number 3 was cabinet maker for sailing boats so I jumped at the opportunity to cross another dream job off the list.

James McConnell, born Frederick Lorne, grew up in Square Rig.
Captain of the Brigantine Playfair at 21, he went on to offshore
racing then boatbuilding. He sailed the Lady Jean, a reproduction
of a New York Bay sloop or Sandbagger most of his life.

Prior to the Northstar I did some flying around BC but soon found out how limited your time was in the air. Seeking a more 'it's the journey not the destination' life, lead me to boats and the desire to continue one of the oldest traditions of travel, sailing; and of course the second oldest tradition, repairing sailboats.

Laird Gary Allen Ferguson II is a native son from a Nova Scotia fishing community and boat building family.
Been building as long as he can remember growing up in the woods and shoreline off the south shore.

Atya is the designated good boy of the yard, with the physique of a teddybear he brings a steady supply of serotonin to the crew.

Quill Goldman was born on Marina Island, a remote, boat access only island near Desolation Sound, British Columbia. 
Boats were the main method of transportation in the island communities. 

A graduate of the Silva Bay Shipyard School class of 99/00, Quill went on to co-found Barefoot Wooden Boats in ‘02.

I have been around boats and water all my life: canoes, kayaks, sailboats, and now a 47' wooden power cruiser. I own and am restoring the Western Yew, a former luxury yacht and BC Forest Service boat, built in 1946 by Gordon H. Oliver, designed by Milton Veale. In Grade 10, I built an 8’ sailing pram (Sabot), my first foray into boat building, and sailed the pram extensively around Granite Bay on Quadra Island.

Daniel has been a keen treasure to have on board. After working in Sweden as a marine technician for several years he has proven to bring a mindset thirsty for nautical knowledge and lore.

Born in Sweden and spent the last decade in media and marketing across Sweden, Italy, the US, and Canada, working within varying roles from sound design and sound engineering to videography, photography and traditional hand-drawn animation.

Ceara is new to the art of wooden boat restoration and is learning the lingo. She is in charge of all of the financials for Favourite Boatworks. This includes invoicing, payroll and A/

Spawned from the slough of Fin.

Sojourner of the seaways and Sirius of the sea biscuits. Scoundrel of the shorelines and a scallywag in the sawdust, found skulking in the shipyard.