Duncan MacDonald said he started building the boat last year using fiberglass, plywood, two-by-four and other life-saving materials to develop new skills and create fond memories with his family. The white and green sailboat, affectionately named “Saller Doodad” by his two children, was stolen on Thursday night ahead of a family camping trip to Sechelt. “I’m still a little confused and I still can not believe it,” he told Global News on Friday morning. “It’s definitely difficult to process – a working time to do it and here we are in this situation.” Upon completion, Duncan McDonald’s makeshift sailboat had a blue tarpaulin and a herringbone septum in the bow. It was stolen on Thursday night. June 22, 2022, from his home in Vancouver. Courtesy: Duncan McDonald Read more: “I thought my dad was joking”: BC family will spend 14 months traveling the world The story goes on under the ad The boat, 14 feet long and less than 200 pounds, was lifted onto a trailer and chained to a power pole from the family home near East 25th and Fraser Streets. When McDonald’s got up on Friday morning, he said the chain and lock had been cut. Trending Stories
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The family had been looking forward to camping for a month, he added, and put the finishing touches on Saller Doodad, his father’s gift, on Thursday. “It looked very nice yesterday,” he said. “It was a lot of fun. I have a three-year-old and a six-year-old and they were really active participants in the construction. It was a really tidy, high-risk, high-reward situation.” Students from the school where he teaches also contributed to the construction elements made of fiber glass, he said. 0:36 Four sailors pulled from the Juan de Foucault Strait after a boat capsized Four sailors were pulled from the Juan de Foucault Strait after a boat capsized The family is now asking the public to watch out for the sailboat, which has a blue tarpaulin and a herringbone septum in the bow. The license plate number of the trailer is WHW 89A. The story goes on under the ad The Vancouver Police Department confirms that an investigation has been launched into the theft. © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
