For more than a century, Argonaut II sailed the waters of the Pacific Northwest and most famously served the remote First Nation communities and rural fishing and logging operations of Northern British Columbia. Originally built as a corporate yacht for the Powell River Company in Vancouver, BC in 1922, the United Church of Canada purchased the boat in 1934 to serve as a Mission Boat until 1967. Originally "Greta M," the church rechristened the boat "Thomas Crosby IV" after a NW Missionary, and skippered by the famous Haida Chief Rev. Dr. Peter Kelly who was the first full-blooded Native American ordained in the United Church of Canada. Thomas Crosby IV served more than 50 ports of call including remote lighthouses, canneries, logging camps, and isolated settlements. She took the name "Argonaut II" in 1967 and has been a private yacht ever since.

Argonaut II was originally powered by a 3-cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine, and repowered in 1939 with an air-start 6-cylinder Gardner 6L3. The carvel-planked hull is made of 2 1/2" Port Orford Cedar (and we are currently pulling original wood off the boat still in decent condition for its age). The deck is made of fir, with a teak pilot house and teak railings. Below deck, the boat feels like a step back in time, maintained as it was during its times serving as a mission boat, with stained glass cabinets in the main salon, an aft state room with two bunks, and a forward stateroom ahead of the engine room.