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Al Kitchen – VI Fleet Coordinator

Wednesday night, September 25, a group of 21 sailors from 13 boats convened the first V.I. Fleet meeting of this season. Our education coordinator, Trina Holt, made certain the gang was aware of the opportunities she and Lionel had organized for the upcoming year and she also discussed the spreadsheets she and David had developed […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rosario Passos

Tom Hoskin had impeccable attendance at the Vancouver Fleet meetings, and some of you, past and current Vancouver fleet members, may remember him helping with the set up and sharing his knowledge about racing, his memories from being a park warden in the Broken Island group and his stories volunteering for the RCM SAR in […]

Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators

The May meeting of the Vancouver Fleet of 2019 was held at the Scottish Cultural Centre on May 28. The program featured Anders Lonnqvist and Elizabeth Angst drawing from their vast experience delivering yachts across oceans and along rivers in all weathers to tell about common problems that cruisers may encounter. They shared lots of […]

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 […]

Jennifer Handley

BCA congratulates Jordan and Judy Mills, Sea Turtle IV, and crew member, Chanty, on successfully crossing their outbound tracks in late April, thus becoming BCA’s newest circumnavigators. Nearly 10 years and 50,000nm after their departure from BC in Sept 2009, they deserve our congratulations! Watch for details re their arrival in Victoria (est. June/July); a […]

During the past few weeks, the 2019 edition of the Bluewater Cruising Association (BCA) Member Directory arrived in the mailboxes of members in good standing from Vancouver Island to Calgary and beyond – have you received yours?  If not, please email BCA’s Administrator, Vimmy Dhillon, to ensure your membership is up-to-date. The Member Directory is […]