Announcements

Rosario Passos

In March we published an “In Memoriam”column about Ruth Clements. Here are the details of her Celebration of Life which was mentioned in the column. WHEN:  Saturday, May 23, starting about 1430-1500h WHERE:  Home (garden) of Claudia Lohmann, 3095 Decourcy Drive, Ladysmith (Cedar), BC (just south of Nanaimo) HOW:  From Hwy 1 N out of […]

Jennifer Handley

What can you do with your expired flares? Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons, in cooperation with CIL Orion, are providing two opportunities for boaters to drop off their expired flares at no charge. May 2, 2015 – Vancouver Area Flares can be dropped off at the following Steveston Marine and Hardware locations: 1667 W 5th […]

Jennifer Handley

Bluewater Cruising Association members who have had the good fortune to sail to Vanuatu and explore this amazing archipelago will have felt heartsick when the country was levelled by Cyclone Pam last month. Some may even have wept upon seeing photos of the devastation and hearing the stories that gradually appeared in the media in […]

Jennifer Handley

During the Commodore’s recent visit to La Paz, Mexico, Jennifer Handley had the honour of presenting members Debra Zhou and Rob Murray (Avant) with their Coastal 999 awards and “Doner” pins.  This award recognizes a coastal (harbour-hopping) voyage outside Canadian territorial waters, where the shortest straight-line charted distance between the starting and ending port is […]

August 31, 1953 – January 28, 2015:    Ruth Clements, born in Chemainus, BC, was a founding member of Bluewater Cruising Association. She passed away on January 28, 2015, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was a Doner, having sailed from England to BC in the 1970s with her partner, Ted Long, aboard Salal, a […]

Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators

All BCA members who are leaving for offshore are entitled to receive an offshore package whether or not they belong to one of the Fleets. If you are leaving this year and are not a Fleet member, please email Cameron McLean to receive the information necessary to apply for your package.

As many of us plan our voyage, the boat and its equipment tend to become the central focus of our thinking. These preparations require a steep learning curve, and sometimes become all-consuming. On the other hand, there are other factors that will impact our cruising adventures, and they include the deeper motivations that drive our […]

Norm Cooper

Nigel Calder, world renowned boat system expert, author and educator will be coming to Western Canada in April 2015.  His BCA hosted educational tour will include stops in Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo and Calgary. Nigel Calder Daytime Educational Seminars in Vancouver & Victoria Nigel’s two daytime educational seminars will be held in Vancouver & Victoria.  The […]

It is that time of year when we ask you, as the Primary Member, to check your member profile on the BCA website. Why is checking your information so important? Because Geraldine Guilfoyle and Donna Sassaman, Directory Coordinators, are preparing to compile the 2015 Member Directory and, if your website profile is up-to-date, your directory entries […]

Don Hutchison

There is no preparation for going offshore quite like being offshore. You can do this by joining VICE 2015 (Vancouver Island Cruising Experience). Each year BCA vessels from all three chapters get together online to plan a multi-day offshore trip, usually in late June/early July. They wait for a weather window on the West Coast […]

Ahoy, BCA members who joined the Association prior to December 31, 2012! Due to an unfortunate glitch with our website provider, you did not receive an email notification that your membership was going to expire on December 31st. A follow-up reminder was emailed on December 30th, but that email may have disappeared or not been seen due […]

Donna Sassaman

As you may have learned by now, I let my name stand at the 2014 AGM for the position of BCA Secretary and was elected by acclamation. Although Currents has been my ‘baby’ on and off since 2002, I have had to resign from the editor job, effective ASAP, because of my current commitment/work load. We are […]