Vancouver Island Chapter
VI Fleet Rendezvous 2019
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
In preparation for many of the joys and challenges they may face offshore, a group from the Vancouver Island 2018/19 Fleet met at Port Browning over the April 12 -14 weekend. How better to get such an event rolling than with a potluck get together on the dock? Saturday’s events included a typical cruising tradition […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: April 2019
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
The RVYC pasta night was a wonderful way to start our final VI fleet meeting for 2019 and several of the 16 sailors attending partook of the opportunity for a good feed on April 3rd. After the usual upcoming education announcements, Chris Stask again demonstrated his “Show & Tell” prowess with his home made kellets […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: March 2019
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
One essential part of cruising is managing the finances of travel, boat maintenance, and any upgrades that demand a cruisers attention. Nineteen sailors from eight boats of the Vancouver Island Fleet group participated in a discussion around this topic on March 6 before they looked at the various requirements involved in clearing in and out […]
Massive Marine Garage Sale April 13 2019
Dani Tate-Stratton
Do you have whosits, whatsits, and “things that might be helpful later” taking over your boat? Does your basement look a bit too much like a chandlery? The Maritime Museum of British Columbia is hosting the 16th annual Massive Marine Garage Sale on Saturday, April 13, and it’s the perfect place to find new homes […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: February 2019
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
The Vancouver Island Fleet held a round-table discussion on Travel; Medical, Home and Boat Insurance and various aspects of living in small spaces. It drew a large crowd of 20 sailors from 8 boats and a visitor, Eric, who was introduced by Ken Newman. Dave Wilson presented his new Dutchman boom brake and Gord Wolfe […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: January 2019
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
The topic of Heavy Weather Sailing is always high on the list of concerns to Vancouver Island fleet members and we were privileged to have Tony Gooch available to cover it as well as he always does. On January 9, the attendance was significantly up, with 16 people from seven boats attending in-person and four […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: December 2018
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
On December 12 nine sailors from seven boats flashed up their laptops and other devices so that Rudy Witt could guide them through some of the possibilities of Open CPN. The group went from downloading charts and plotting routes to a look at various plug-ins including how to use Google earth to correct the positions […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: November 2018
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
Concerns regarding potential medical problems when traveling offshore is a worry best understood well ahead of time and that is what Dr. Catherine Ascah addressed for eleven members of the Vancouver Island Fleet group on the evening of November 14. Catherine’s engaging presentation included topics such as recommended immunizations prior to departure, first aid gear […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: October 2018
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
Following the organizational meeting in September, the tradition in the Vancouver Island Fleet group is to host a panel of returned cruisers in the October meeting. The panel typically addresses questions regarding their preparations to head offshore and how well they feel they approached the task. In keeping with tradition, this October meeting saw 15 […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: September 2018
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
On September 26 we convened the initial gathering of the 2018-19 Vancouver Island Fleet group. It was a relatively small group when compared to previous years with 11 people registering from 7 boats. We are anticipating other arrivals in October as we have had commitments from some of last year’s attendees from Nanaimo. Lionel Dobson […]
Planning to go Offshore? Join the 2018-19 VI Fleet and Weather Groups
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
Getting Ready to Head Offshore? Learn with Fellow BCA VI Members at Fleet and Weather If you are planning to sail offshore in the next year or two on your own boat or someone else’s, consider joining the VI Fleet and Weather Group of 2018/19 which will have an introductory meeting at 6:30 pm on […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: April 2018
Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator
The final Vancouver Island fleet meeting for this season was held on April 4 and David Robb shared his Safety and Comfort at Sea presentation with our group of 17 members including one on the Zoom platform. David’s topic was broad ranging and he had much useful information to share with the attentive group. Daragh […]
