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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 […]

Katrina Barnes

Effective May 10, 2018 a No Discharge Zone (NDZ) is being established for Puget Sound and certain surrounding waters. The No Discharge Zone includes all Washington marine waters east of New Dungeness Lighthouse, at the east end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, plus Lake Washington, Lake Union, and the waters that connect them […]

Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators

The April meeting of the Vancouver Fleet was held on April 24 at the Scottish Cultural Centre. Show and Tell included an article from Pacific Sailor on Safety Tethers and Snaps. Some snaps fail under sideways tension. The fact that one can learn OpenCPN using the included manual was discussed. There are some problems getting […]

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 […]

Rosario Passos

CPS-ECP is partnering with Transport Canada and CIL Dealers again this year to assist boaters to safely and effectively dispose of flares. Have Your Flares Expired? If your flares have a manufacture date of 2014 or earlier they may have already expire, or they will expire this year. It is not legal to light them, […]