Homemade pirate ship sailing on St. Malo Lake

If you see a pirate ship cruising the waters of St. Malo this summer, you’re not imagining things.

When Bruno Hebert arrived back home in St. Malo, Manitoba following a Mexico vacation with his kids, he declared he’d build a pirate ship like the one they saw on holiday. This spring the family saw his vision become a reality. Hebert and his 15-year-old son Erik started building the boat out of plywood and random items they had laying around the garage over the winter between evening hockey games.

“I was pretty confident,” said Hebert about his under taking. While neighbors and friends doubted they’d see it come to life, they were there on launch day this spring. Now it’s become a regular water craft for Hebert and his family. A boat, he expects to last for generations.