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K. Barrie Letts

The Vancouver Island Chapter hosted the first BCA rendezvous of 2025 at Telegraph Harbour Marina, Thetis Island May 17-19.  In attendance were 66 members, associates and guests, 52 of whom participated in the optional Sunday Dinner. Friday The weather Friday evening forced the early arrivals dock party onto various boats. Knot 2 Krazy had a peak […]

The Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) is a registered Canadian charitable organization that that has been an advocate for the protection of the Strait for over 30 years. One of the many activities GSA engages in is an annual Clean Boater Survey to get a baseline of boaters’ knowledge on a wide range of topics including […]

Campbell Good, VI Fleet Coordinator

The VI Fleet April meeting was on the docks; we visited Brent and Pia Perry’s Karma, a Sparkman & Stephens Sunward 48, with a very interesting hybrid propulsion system described as “a serial hybrid electric drive, with a 30kW electric motor powered by a 60kWh Lithium Battery, charged by a 20kW diesel generator, a 400 […]

Cameron McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinator

There were 14 participants at the April Vancouver Fleet meeting. Show and Tell featured a visual by Kit on the importance of checking and changing anodes in the raw water system, while Jud offered points on the usefulness of a hard dodger and the process and complications of building one. Lisa MacDonald described the PredictWind […]

The WOW! Women on Water 2025 meeting was held on April 12, at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. This venue was wonderful for the event – only 10 minutes from the Swartz Bay Ferry. We started early so we could take advantage of the free parking. Later in the day, there was entertainment provided […]

Cameron McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinator

The Vancouver Fleet group met online on March 25.  The group welcomed new member Liam Quinlan and enjoyed a chat with BCA do-ers Alex Kao and Heather Batchelor aboard Inscrutable, at anchor in Hilo, Hawaii. Alex recommends the app No Foreign Land for cruisers. Members Allan Berry and Cindy Wang head to Alaska in April […]

Barb Peck

It has been a long-standing practice that Currents rewards its authors. Any Bluewater Cruising member who writes articles for Currents can receive credits toward their annual membership fee. I am pleased to announce that the incentives for writing have been increased in several ways. Key Changes Members can now accumulate up to $90 of credit toward […]

Stephen Carlman, former Vice Commodore for the Vancouver Chapter, died suddenly on February 19, 2025, of cardiac arrest caused by a severe gastrointestinal bleed. He joined BCA first in 1979 after attending a rendezvous at Newcastle Island in his Contessa 32’ Akvavit. All the attendees gathered on the Tremblays’ boat just before they left to […]

Campbell Good, VI Fleet Coordinator

An enthusiastic group of 12 attended the March VI Fleet meeting, including a couple of new members.  Following a round of introductions, and an eclectic assortment of “show and tell” that Campbell produced, the wide-ranging discussion ultimately focused on lithium batteries. With spring just around the corner, the Fleet plans to start boat visits next […]

Do You Have Expired Marine Flares? Flares manufactured in 2021 or earlier expire this year (2025), as Transport Canada approves them for four years. They should be replaced every third or fourth boating season.  To dispose of expired flares, do not light them, throw them overboard, or add them to household garbage. Transport Canada no longer […]