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POSEIDON MARINE GROUP
Mark Bell’s Poseidon Marine is based out of the old Cassiar Cannery (see page 47 in this issue). Mark was with Trites Marine, S&H Custom Yachts and Stratos Yacht Services prior to being partners in a boat shop at Race Rocks Marine (West Vancouver). In the early 2000s he went to Bo and Teak Spiller’s Commodore’s Crafted Boats at Shelter Island for several years during the massive wood rebuilds on the ex tugs VIKING KING and SWELL before moving to Cassiar in 2006. In the photo (inset) Mark is working at Rushbrooke Harbour on the aft cabin extension of the EROS, a 46 ft ex troller. The photo (left) shows the CHARLIE M, a 50-ft motor yacht, originally built in California with a ferro-cement hull and plywood house works, which received a new interior layout of wheelhouse, galley, saloon with mahogany woodworking plus new heating system etc. Exterior work included a new dodger plus an extension of the upper deck aft over the cockpit (both aluminum), as well as fairing, painting and bright-work. The MICHELE MARIE, another ex-troller with an aft cabin extension, received an interior refurbishing with cherry cabin sole etc while the 38-ft cruiser MADERIAN had its decks strengthened and recambered. A 200-ton 90′ x 36′ fishing lodge barge had taken up residence on the barge grid at Cassiar after a previous go-around had seen 60 new planks bolted in. Mark was able to send the barge away on the end of a towline after the owners agreed to an extensive hull recaulking (1600 lbs of oakum). The barge is now at the end of Port Edward’s new drive-on dock (see photo page 46).
