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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 Fleet Report: February 2019
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The February meeting of the Vancouver BCA Fleet of 2019 was held at the Scottish Cultural Centre on February 26 with David Sutcliffe presenting on Safety at Sea. The presentation revolved around a main theme: staying on board. It is well known that the chances of survival are greatly reduced after falling overboard. David provided […]
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 Fleet Report: January 2019
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The January meeting of the Vancouver Fleet of 2019 was held at the Scottish Cultural Centre on January 29. The theme for the presentation was, ‘Getting Ready to Leave’, presented by Fleet members Greg and Laurie Yellenik. The topics covered included: banking, wills and beneficiaries, BC Medical, MMSI numbers, Radio Station Licenses, Boat Registrations, communication […]
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 Fleet Report: December 2018 – Solstice Potluck
Rosario Passos
Every December, rather than gathering at the Scottish Cultural Centre as usual, the Vancouver Fleet gets together at Cam and Marianne’s place in Vancouver to celebrate the Holiday season and share adventurous sailing plans amidst conversations that invariably involve watermakers, bilge pumps, switches, batteries…. I could go on. These gatherings keep “the dream” alive and […]
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 Fleet Report: November 2018
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
There were two Vancouver Fleet meetings in November – both held in the Caberfeidh room at the Scottish Cultural Centre. OpenCPN The first was a workshop on OpenCPN and GE2KAP led by Malcolm MacPhail of Good as Gold. Eight people arrived with their laptops and followed Malcolm as he showed how to use OpenCPN to […]
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 […]
