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How United Came to be Part of the 65th Toronto Family

Origins

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United was little more than a fibreglass hull, still wearing battleship grey paint, when the 65th Toronto Sea Scouts first found her in Penatanguishene.
She was a mothballed Montagu Whaler that had seen service with the Royal Canadian Navy for many years.




The Labour of Love Begins...

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Her first stop was at a sand blaster, to get rid of that old lead paint.

 

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Her rotten gunwales and decks were removed and holes were patched.


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The Venturers and Master Hunter after finishing the painting.
After sanding and scraping, United got several coats of fresh new epoxy paint.


 

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And here she is with the first coat of her new blue paint.

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The United on her maiden voyage at the Snake Island picnic.

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The crew of the United during the reenactment of a landing in the War of 1812 at Niagara on the Lake.

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