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Fleet and Watchkeepers BBQ
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
All members of the Fleets of 2017 – whether from the Vancouver area, Vancouver Island, Calgary or Washington and all members of the Watches (Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Calgary) including partners and spouses are invited to the BCA June Fleet potluck supper on Tuesday, June 27, at 1800h at Spruce Harbour Marina, in False Creek, Vancouver. […]
Calgary Fleet Report: April 2017
Christine McGregor
The BCA Calgary fleet continued their season with an April 24 meeting conducting a weather research activity. For novice and experienced offshore sailors alike, the opportunity to spend time finding and learning how to use some of the most valuable and recent weather resources is a valuable skill to learn and keep fresh. Before jumping […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: April 2017
Connie Morahan
Several members checked out the two Fleet boats Shala and Ragtime that were open for touring on April 9 in Nanaimo. At our regular Fleet meeting on April 12 Tom Christensen gave a talk about using Sea Iq with Google Earth in areas without accurate electronic charts, and also discussed AIS receivers and transceivers. At […]
Vancouver Fleet Report: April 2017
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
The Vancouver Fleet, a group of BCA members who are planning to leave for offshore in the near future meets on fourth Tuesdays at the Scottish Cultural Centre. There was a full house for the April Fleet meeting on April 25. As is the custom the program committee set up the program for the evening; […]
Vancouver Fleet Report: March 2017
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
More than forty people attended the March 28 meeting of the Fleet. The session was Heavy Weather Sailing presented by Ken and Carol Gillstrom. Ken and Carol left Toronto in 2012 and sailed the East Coast of Canada, the Caribbean, Scotland, Spain, back to Canada, down to the Galapagos, Hawaii and in 2014 came to […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: March 2017
Connie Morahan
On March 8, several Fleet members brought small useful gadgets that they’d bought at the Vancouver Boat Show for “Show & Tell”, and Dani demonstrated a Thermos brand thermal cooker. Fleet Coordinators Connie & Daragh gave a presentation on “Clearing in and out of foreign countries” based on their own offshore experiences. For “Show & […]
Flare Disposal Days
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 2013 or earlier they may have already expire, or they will expire this year. It is not legal to light them, […]
Calgary Fleet Report: February 2017
Christine McGregor
The February fleet meeting in Calgary continued the tradition of bringing temporarily land locked sailors together to discuss current and pressing topics for BCA members in the midst of planning an offshore adventure. A welcomed continuation from our January meeting, Pam and Ted Simper facilitated the topic of provisioning, weather and communications. Valuable insights for […]
Vancouver Fleet Report: February 2017
Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators
More than thirty five people attended the February 28 meeting of the Fleet. It was a presentation dealing with medical problems offshore. Presenters were: Paramedics Ryan Shellborn and Kris Jones of Makoolis, who are heading South this August and bound for Antartica over the next few seasons Terry Raappana their friend, paramedic of 41 years […]
Vancouver Island Fleet Report: February 2017
Connie Morahan
The Fleet meeting on February 8 was cancelled because of snow and has been rescheduled for late March. At our meeting on February 22, Glen Wilson brought his Jordan Series Drogue for “show & tell” to demonstrate the usefulness of this item for heavy weather sailing. Campbell Thomson then gave a talk to over 30 […]
