[Sarka Lhotak]

The boat is in Sechelt. Please, contact Christine directly: cchandler@telus.net. 604-313-5789

[Peter Kearney]

Do you have any photos including the hull bottom?  Approx. how old? Is the boat in the lower mainland?

Thanks, Peter

[Admin S. Jensen]

From Bob Putnam:

Hi SKABC Folks,

Not sure if you have heard, but Coast Outdoors is hosting Freya Hoffmeister, July 7 6:30 at   Coast Outdoors.  This will be Freya’s first talk and slide show since pre-covid.

If you don’t know Freya she is one of a kind and probably the all-time greatest kayak explorer.  She paddled around that small south pacific island, …..Australia.  In that trip she crossed the Gulf of Carpenteria. 800km  SOLO!!

She has also circumnavigated South America, and after this talk she’ll be heading off to Tuktoyatuk to start her paddle through the NW Passage.

In the past Freya’s has made two presentations for us with 150 plus people in attendance.  She’s very entertaining.

 

Register on the Coast Outdoors website: https://www.coastoutdoors.ca/blogs/news/speaker-series/

 

[Admin S. Jensen]

From Bob Putnam:

Hi SKABC Folks,

Not sure if you have heard, but Coast Outdoors is hosting Freya Hoffmeister, July 7 6:30 at   Coast Outdoors.  This will be Freya’s first talk and slide show since pre-covid.

If you don’t know Freya she is one of a kind and probably the all-time greatest kayak explorer.  She paddled around that small south pacific island, …..Australia.  In that trip she crossed the Gulf of Carpenteria. 800km  SOLO!!

She has also circumnavigated South America, and after this talk she’ll be heading off to Tuktoyatuk to start her paddle through the NW Passage.

In the past Freya’s has made two presentations for us with 150 plus people in attendance.  She’s very entertaining.

 

Register on the Coast Outdoors website: https://www.coastoutdoors.ca/blogs/news/speaker-series/

 

[Admin S. Jensen]

From Bob Putnam:

Hi SKABC Folks,

Not sure if you have heard, but Coast Outdoors is hosting Freya Hoffmeister, July 7 6:30 at   Coast Outdoors.  This will be Freya’s first talk and slide show since pre-covid.

If you don’t know Freya she is one of a kind and probably the all-time greatest kayak explorer.  She paddled around that small south pacific island, …..Australia.  In that trip she crossed the Gulf of Carpenteria. 800km  SOLO!!

She has also circumnavigated South America, and after this talk she’ll be heading off to Tuktoyatuk to start her paddle through the NW Passage.

In the past Freya’s has made two presentations for us with 150 plus people in attendance.  She’s very entertaining.

 

Register on the Coast Outdoors website: https://www.coastoutdoors.ca/blogs/news/speaker-series/

 

[Theresa Davies]

Thanks for all the support, info and ideas- I’ll research further.

[Maureen Benzon]

Way back before COVID restrictions we used to run a beginners course in the pool. We had to stop because of unreasonable insurance requests. It will be nice if things have been sorted out.  Lord Byng is still open to kayaks on a Friday 8.00pm to 9.00pm. There is a minimal charge and there used to be a cap on the number of kayaks allowed. First come basis.

Find a buddy or 2 and arrange your own practice. It is free time and you can do whatever you like. If they allow rolling practice, they cannot deny rescue practice.

Be safe.

 

[Limor Friedman]

We still have spots for  those of you who wants a nice paddle this coming Sunday – July 2nd

9 am at the boat launch – 4-5 hours paddle.

*Its Canada Day after party paddle- bring something red- I will bring my red boat!

*We will look for the RED giant jelly fish at Indian arm

* Super low tide will allow us exploring the life down under

*Lunch at Maple Beach by admiralty point.

Register on the trip page please.

*KAPILA – SORRY , IF I DIDN’T HAVE THIS AMAZING TRIP I WOULD HAVE JOIN YOURS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.

 

 

[Heather Kirk]

 

The other thing about calling using as cell phone rather than a VHF is that they can pinpoint your location precisely, even if the location you give to the Coast Guard is incorrect. This could save significant time for the rescuers to reach you.

[Nick Heath]

Here’s what the RCC supervisor says:

Hello,

I’m not sure why *16 did not work for you, it should have. I will forward
this along to our technicians, and in the future if you have difficulty
with *16, you can always call us direct at 250-363-6611. Thank you
for the information.

Regards,
Victoria MCTS

[Kevin Amos]

It is important for subscribers to determine if their cellular carrier offers this feature to its customers,” stated the Canadian Coast Guard on the website.

The *16 service is free to the cellphone subscribers and no air-time or long distance are charged. The use of the service is “normally” restricted to obtaining assistance or relaying information relating to distress and urgency situations.

https://www.intelligencer.ca/2013/07/29/when-in-marine-distress-dial-16

[Nick Heath]

Thks Kevin. Are you suggesting this service is not available locally? If so, why would CCG ask me to use it? Anyway, I’m asking RCC for their comments and will share those, assuming they respond.

[Kevin Amos]

From the website

∗16 on a cellphone (where available)

https://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/contact/mcts-contact-stcm-eng.html

[Nick Heath]

During a recent paddle near Parksville, I was speaking with a Coast Guard operator on Ch 16 using my handheld VHF radio. The operator said I was difficult to hear/understand and would I please call back on my mobile phone at *16.  After I dug out my phone and turned it on,  *16 would not work. Instead my phone provider’s (Shaw) robot, suggested I call 611 for assistance.  This was fruitless.

However I recalled that I had stored Rescue Coordination Centre phone numbers in my phone, so I used one of these numbers and got an immediate, helpful response.

So I learned:

1) that it is good to store those  numbers (and they have long been on each of my float plans)

2) *16 might be unreliable (but RCC expressed some surprise at this)

3) keep the cell phone close at hand in a waterproof case

The numbers are:

1 800 567 5111

1 250 363 2333

I guess another point is to routinely check my VHF radio, to see that it is working correctly, but I believe it was performing normally.

Has anyone else experienced difficulty with *16 calls?

 

[Nick Heath]

SKABC carries Commercial General Liability insurance to a max of $5M.  This is often needed to rent facilities such as picnic shelters, public pools etc. We  advise our insurers of most planned events and some events like the recent Big Brothers/Big Sisters paddle could not be covered by our policy, but separate insurance was bought for it.

Depending on how the risk is perceived by our insurers, (which might in turn depend on life-guarding arrangements etc) it might be feasible to make frequent use of a community pool for our practice sessions.  It is definitely worth looking into.

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