I'll have a good punt round for this particular aircraft later. Meanwhile, these might interest you.
http://coot-a.freeyellow.com/
http://www.seawindeurope.ision.co.uk/

Not German or open cockpit but this looks interesting. The Spencer Aircar. http://dougnlina.home.mindspring.com/Home.html
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PS. I did wonder if this could be your own site.
Doug's (New) Unofficial Spencer Air-Car Home Page

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I've seen similar flying boats before but goodness only knows where. Without a name to go on it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. You say the owners were German & they had it shipped to Canada. Did it definitely come from Germany or elsewhere in Europe? Volkswagen engines were always popular with home-builders all over the world.

OK, I'll keep looking but this might take a while. Shame about that fire but sounds like you lost everything. I also lost all my old photos & my flying/gliding logbooks but that was after a divorce & several moves.

Thanks Ivan that is one nice looking bird .

But the one I saw only had one VW engine and was open cockpit all wood (tongue and groove) I think.
Also the front deck lacked a top hatch and was not quite as convex.  The seating was also side by side.

Very nice aircraft Ivan what is the name of it?

Cheers....Happy Landings....Doug

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Too true. All this happened so long ago & I can no longer rely on my memory. I had a gliding licence (still have that as the only reminder of those days) but unfortunately never qualified for my PPL as I changed jobs which interrupted my training. By the time I was in a postion to do something about it things had changed. I lost interest & no longer had any desire to fly. There wasn't a lot in those logbooks but to me they were priceless. Dates, type of aircraft & achievements. I was taught by arguably the most experienced flying instructor in the world at that time, the legendary Cecil Pashley who was also my boss & a big influence on my life. I admired him tremendously & he treated me like a son. I loved the man & all he stood for. His signatures in my logbook meant a great deal to me & that alone made it special.

Ivan will give more details on the photo he posted. Knowing him it's a Russian design. This is confirmed by the lettering on the nose (I'm not familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet or Russian designations) & the URL of the actual photo.

In fact your description of the hull reminded me of a Sikorsky flying boat but that was much bigger.

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Hi Doug. Cecil Pashley instructed service pilots in both world wars. In WWI he was chief flying instructor at the Graham-White School at Hendon. He was involved in the WWII Commonwealth Training Scheme but this was in the then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) on Harvards. He told me a few interesting tales of those times.

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It's not my age. I still enjoy the occasional flight & last year I had an advanced aerobatic lesson in the Extra 300 I use as my avatar. This was a very special 60th birthday gift from my daughter & brother. I enjoyed it so much that I seriously considered signing up for the complete course. That would mean starting from scratch & getting a PPL first. Things have changed so much since my day that I decided against it. I was used to taildraggers with open cockpits, no radio, cockpit heating or anything else. I prefer my memories of those carefree times. Apart from the expense, I couldn't handle all the rules & regulations or ATC & radio procedures in force these days. That's not for me & I'm now quite happy with my R/C modelling & the sims.