Pinaud Yachts

Pineaud Yachts, Baddeck NS

Martin Pinaud (1852-1907) started building yachts in Charlottetown PE as early as 1901 after a career as a fisherman. He and two of his sons, Walter (1885-1968) and John (Jack) Pinaud (1881- ), also built for the local yacht club members in Westmount NS and possibly in Boston MA, (where Jack had trained at the George F. Lawley Yards.) The family worked with George H. Duggan, Commodore of the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, 1905-10, on a number of projects. They formed Baddeck Boats in Baddeck NS in 1928, under the leadership of Walter Pinaud, who had been the long-time manager of Alexander Graham Bell's experimental boatyard there. Walter's sons, Ralph and Fred assisted their father until his death in 1968. (As an aside, Jack Pineaud left the family business sometime around 1912 to work with John G. Alden.) The yard was operated as Pinaud's Yacht Yard Ltd from 17 Jan 1961 to 15 Nov 1984, and continued operating as Cape Breton Boatyard. If anyone can add to the table below, which is seriously incomplete, please email your info to info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 18 July 2021.

RCN #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Del'y.	Disposition
		Hiawatha	Thomas Riggs, Aubrey White and W.N. Ducheman	Racing yacht		33	1903	Fin-keel boat with centerboard giving 10' total draught, 33' o/a with a 22' w/l.
	158187	Aloma	George Burchell	Cruiser		45	1910 / 1932	Rebuilt 1932 as Aloma II, to RCAF as Cormack (M 580), Aloma II again, burnt and lost 2006
		Rosie		Launch			1936	Closed
249		HC 13	RCN	Harbour Craft	21	46	1942	Sold 1945, fate unknown
250		HC 14	RCN	Harbour Craft	21	46	1942	Sold 1947 as Allison & Harry (?), scrapped 1977
251		HC 15	RCN	Harbour Craft	21	46	1942	Sold 1945, fate unknown
252	177953	HC 16	RCN	Harbour Craft	21	46	1942	Sold 1947 as Salucan IV
	175491	General Elkins	RCASC	Transport		52	1943	Sold to Halifax SY 1947, renamed Slipway II 1950, closed 1999
773	188046	HC 230	RCN	Harbour Craft	21	46	1944	Later YC 37, YFP 37, sold 1957 as Conmac
774	197855	HC 261	RCN	Harbour Craft	21	46	1944	Sold 1947 as J.C.G.
775	313248	HC 262	RCN	Harbour Craft	21	46	1944	Sold 1947 as Betty May
785	177095	HPC 23	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	Sold 1947 as Allison & Harry (?)
786	188046	HPC 26	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	To RCMP 1946 as MP 69, sold 1955 as Shaunavon
787		HPC 27	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	To RCMP 1946 as MP 65, sold 1955 as Big Bend
788		HPC 28	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	Sold post-war, fate unknown
808		HPC 29	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	To RCMP 1946 as MP 63, sold 1955 as Chilcoot
809		HPC 30	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	To RCMP 1946 as MP 70, sold 1955 as Slideout
810		HPC 31	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	Sold 1947 as Salucan VI, scrapped 1977
832		HPC 32	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	To RCMP 1946 asMP 68, sold 1955 as Moosomin
845		HPC 33	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	To RCMP 1946 asMP 66, sold 1955 as Grenfell
846		HPC 34	RCN	Harbour Craft	18	48	1944	Cancelled
	177475	Teresa G		Recreational	26	15	1946	Active
	USA	Princess		Recreational	7	30	1956	To US (ON 284152)
	311827	Ocean Sun		Recreational	40	52	1959	Later Maverick IV
	USA	Skaimsom		Recreational	11	37	1961	To US (ON 290616)
	822336	Meraboire I		Recreational	39	36	1963	Active
	370971	Fiona		Recreational	11	30	1970	Active
	178701	Col. Rutherford		Recreational				Suspended
	179329	Philyra		Recreational				Closed
	188046	Shaunavon		Recreational				Suspended
	188049	Whylurup		Recreational				Closed
	189370	Madrigal		Recreational				Closed
	192837	Zeemac II		Recreational				Closed
	195533	Joy III		Recreational				Suspended
	197855	Trio V		Recreational				Closed
	310541	Dorothy E		Recreational				Closed
	311843	Cormorant		Recreational				Closed
	312432	Nima		Recreational				Suspended
	313248	Betty May		Recreational				Closed
	328012	Mary Ellen M	Arley Copp	Recreational				Closed
		Wanderer		Recreational				Closed

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