Built for the Neikirks of Tacoma, the name Olmaha was inspired by first names of the family: OLin, MAude and their daughter HAzel. Launched in June 1926 and christened by Hazel, the August 1926 edition of Pacific Motor Boat reported that Olmaha “was placed in the water ready to cruise and within a few days left on a ten day’s sail to British Columbia waters. Ten Tacoma men made up the party.”

After Olin’s death in 1932, Olmaha changed ownership and was renamed: Shoreleave (1932); Continental II (1944); Kodiak Bear (1949) – spent a year in Alaska transporting big game hunters to Kodiac for bear hunting; Litho (1951). From 1956 to 1992, she was presumed lost until being rediscovered on Lake Union. She was then moved to Vancouver Island, BC and registered as a Canadian vessel under her original name. She underwent extensive planking as well as replacement of the transom, teak aft deck, and aft deck enclosure.