Vancouver Chapter
Vancouver Fleet Report – March 2021
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The Vancouver Fleet of 2021 held the third meeting of the year via Zoom on March 30. The usual Show and Tell session featured a few items: Hypervent Shark drogue Coligo line terminators Ocean Signal MOB – AIS beacons The Board of Directors has approved the distribution of leaver packages, therefore, the Leavers’ Package Fleet […]
Vancouver Fleet Report – February 2021
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The Vancouver Fleet of 2021 held its second meeting of the year via Zoom on February 26. The usual Show and Tell session featured a Kong Tango carabiner which can safely be managed with one hand, a Jordan series drogue, and a small and efficient fuel transfer pump. The topic of insurance was covered by […]
Vancouver Fleet Report – January 2021
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The Fleet of 2021 held its first meeting of the new year via Zoom on January 26. The usual Show and Tell session featured a home-built barometer, waterproof USB stick containers, Omega sewing machine clutch grip, warnings regarding cheap multimeters and fishing equipment. The program topic was Navigating Atolls and Coral Reefs presented by long […]
Vancouver Fleet Report – December 2020
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The Fleet of 2021 held its fourth meeting via Zoom on December 22. In this virtual potluck meeting members showed off a favourite meal while describing some of their sailing and cruising adventures. On November 24, members of the Vancouver Island Fleet joined us for a presentation by Rob Murray from Avant on importing Satellite […]
Vancouver Fleet Report: February 2020
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The regular January meeting was postponed to February 4 to accommodate a program on Passage Planning with Ken Gillstrom, but was then cancelled because of heavy snow. We did not want the Gillstroms to make the effort to fit us into their busy schedule then face a meeting with poor attendance. The regular February meeting […]
Women’s Day: 2020 Vancouver Boat Show
Rosario Passos
Join Pacific Yachting Systems at Women’s Day at the 2020 Vancouver Boat Show! Pacific Yachting Systems is once again presenting Women’s Day at the Vancouver International Boat Show. This is a conference designed specifically for women who boat (or want to!) and organized by a group of women volunteers who feel passionate about building community. […]
Notice of BCA Annual General Meeting – December 11, 2019
Jennifer Handley
Notice is hereby given to all BCA members: Annual General Meeting and Election of Directors Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Time: 1930h (doors open at 1900h) Location: Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson Street, Vancouver BC The business of the AGM will include a review of 2019 YE Financial Statements (BCA’s fiscal year ends on June 30), approval […]
Vancouver Fleet Report: October 2019
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The second meeting of the Vancouver Fleet of 2020 was held at 1900h on Tuesday, September 24 in the Caberfeigh room at the Scottish Cultural Centre. Twenty two people were there representing the twenty boats now registered. The meeting started with the usual show and tell program where we heard about a new crimping tool […]
Vancouver Fleet Report: September 2019
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The first meeting of the Vancouver Fleet of 2020 was held at 1900h on Tuesday, September 24 in the Caberfeigh room at the Scottish Cultural Centre. Seventeen boats were registered and there were approximately thirty people in attendance. These included doers temporarily back from offshore, Gary Peacock of Sea Rover II and Rob Murray of […]
Tom Hoskin Celebration of Life
Rosario Passos
The family of Tom Hoskin would like to thank all those members of the BCA Vancouver Chapter who took the time to celebrate Tom’s life with his family on Tuesday, August 20. Zeke, Dorothy, Gordon and Robert Hoskin were delighted to hear all the stories and anecdotes about Tom, and to listen to his favourite […]
Vancouver Chapter’s Yanmar Needs a New Home
Janet and Martin McKeown
The Vancouver Chapter’s Yanmar 30 engine, used for the education courses, is in need of a new home/garage. As many of you know, diesel mechanic David West offers incredibly informative and practical diesel engine courses for BCA members. The advanced course is hands on using the Chapter’s Yanmar 30, which is currently housed in our […]
Fleets of Bluewater Cruising Association
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
In September of every year, a number of members of BCA get together to form the Fleets – one on Vancouver Island, one in Calgary and one on the Lower Mainland. These are people who are planning to leave for offshore in the following year or soon thereafter. They meet monthly or more often, depending […]
