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Cruising & Event Calendar
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Valentine's Day Cruise
Nanaimo Harbour
February 11 - 12th
More details to follow.....
Click here for your full list of 2012 Cruising Events
A Happy New Year to you all!
I hope you all had a good Christmas season and its now time to look forward to 2012.
Salute the Compass event went well even though we performed it in the restaurant. The weather forecast was for gales of 25- 30 kts the previous evening and that morning so I cancelled the cruise part of it, although no winds materialized! Such are the joys of boating!
We had a good turnout of over 40 members at the breakfast buffet with excellent food put on by Silva Bay restaurant.
The next event will be the “Sizzling Soup” cruise to either Wakes Cove or Pirates Cove, a day trip on Jan 21. We will be on the host dock, but if anyone wants to anchor that’s fine too.
This is a chance to warm up the engines, charge the batteries and stay warm. Bring a pot of soup and some sandwiches to share.
It depends on the weather as to which Cove we go to, so monitor and call on Ch. 73 on the way there.
The tides and currents going through Gabriola passage are going to be the most favourable earlier in the day, so leaving around 9 – 10 am and returning home around 2 – 3 pm would be the best time for sailboaters. For others who are not so concerned about this, any time is fine and some people might want to stay overnight at the host dock.
To sign up for the cruise, you can return email me or sign up HERE through the website.
On a different note, there has been more discussion around more family events, including some day or evening sails for sailboaters with families. If you are interested, please let me know, and it there is enough interest I will arrange to get something going.
Safe and Happy Boating
Jill Haines
SBYC Fleet Captain
250 247 9407
MONTHLY MEETING
Next monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday February 7th at the Haven at 7:30 pm. Don't forget the Haven have a buffet dinner that would require a reservation in advance, the BC Cetacean Sightings Network will be giving a presentation.
"The multi-media presentations provided by the BCCSN covers the diversity of cetacean and sea turtle species in BC with tips on identification, as well as information on threats and what people can do to help the conservation of these animals. For boating organizations, we specifically highlight the boating guidelines for marine wildlife and provide context as to why the guidelines are important for the animals, and how to best adhere to them. It is a 1 to 1 ½ hour presentation that is interactive and includes video clips, whale vocalizations, slides and take-home materials. "
MEET & GREET LUNCHEON
Every second Wednesday of the month, meet at the Silva Bay Resort pub. All year round.
Vancouver International Boat Show (is back)
February 8th - 12th, 2012
SEE DETAILS HERE.......
Silva Bay Yacht Club