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Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators

The first meeting of the Vancouver Fleet of 2019 was held at 1900h on Tuesday, September 25 in the Caberfeigh room at the Scottish Cultural Centre. Twenty two boats were registered, represented by the fifty people in attendance. These included doers temporarily back from offshore: Malcolm MacPhail and Dina Aloi, Dale Gebhard, Gary Peacock and […]

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 […]

Rosario Passos

The Currents Cover Photo Contest is back! Our monthly “PDF” publication needs the best photos of your boats to grace its covers for the next 12 months!  Since the Currents Cover photo contests have been so popular, we thought this should become an annual event! So, here’s the scoop: If you are a BCA member […]

Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators

In September of every year a number of BCA members get together to form Fleet. One group forms on Vancouver Island, one in Calgary and one on the Lower Mainland. These are people who are planning to sail offshore in the following year or soon thereafter. Fleet meets monthly or more often depending on the […]

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 […]

The Vancouver Maritime Museum, a world leading maritime museum and a centre for dialogue, education and maritime heritage research, is pleased to announce that it is accepting open nominations for this year’s Northwest Passage Hall of Fame. Launched in 2017, the Northwest Passage Hall of Fame (NWPHOF) Awards celebrate important achievements in navigation and exploration […]

Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators

The May meeting of the Vancouver Fleet was held on May 29 at the Scottish Cultural Centre. Show and Tell included a GPS dongle that would work with OpenCPN. After a considerable amount of difficulty Cameron managed to get the BU 353 S4 to work with Windows 10. Janet McKeown showed us the surgical glue […]

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) now requires operators of certain aircraft and watercraft, as well as commercial transporters of specified vessel types, to purchase permits to help the department’s efforts in preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS).  Those required to buy the new AIS prevention permit include: Out-of-state recreational registered […]

Melissa “Missy” Gervais

Looking for visitor moorage?  There’s an App for that. April is always a good time to start planning your summer boating and there is a new app that makes booking visitor moorage easier than ever.  Swift Harbour, from Yachting’s Best Media, allows you to save your boat information in the app so as soon as […]

Katrina Barnes

The 2018 edition of the Bluewater Cruising Association (BCA) Member Directory is arriving in the mailboxes of members from Vancouver Island to Calgary and beyond – have you received yours? The Member Directory is a great way to learn more about BCA, meet the 2018 Watchkeepers and Board of Directors, and most importantly to connect […]