[Quirine Schuyff]

Is this where folks post stories? I’ll try to rustle up some story(ies).

[Quirine Schuyff]

Hi Claire!

Welcome to the club. Paddling with others on the posted trips is also a great way to learn as well as meet new folks to paddle with. The club often has great on water sessions for rescue practice etc.
Also, the club picnic is a lot of fun in a great location and a nice way to introduce yourself to the group!
Hope to see you on the water soon!

[John Leung]

Welcome to the group.  Hope you will get a chance to be on some of the trips posted.

[Former Member]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Claire. I am a beginner kayaker and completed my Basic Sea Skills from Paddle Canada last year. I have a Oru Beach ST kayak that I’ve used for about a year now.

I’m mostly here for the easier trips, but I’m also considering taking a Paddle Canada Level 1 course.

Happy to be here and meet everyone.

[Sue Johnson]

February 23, 2023 is 8 months from today. Current and former members – get involved and help us capture the spirit of our celebration –– we can’t do this without your contributions!!!

FIRST – set the mood for others and publish your own STORIES on the forum.

SECOND – we need your films and soft copies of photos to create A FILM PRESENTATION! Contact webmanager2@skabc.org, who will tell you how to get your digital pieces into our google folder. It would be helpful if you include the year, location, and brief description of each.

THIRD – Contact social2@skabc.org and arrange to deliver HARD COPIES OF PHOTOS – these will be assembled and displayed on memory boards at our 2023 in-person celebration.

Thank you to those who have contributed. Our team needs to collect (far) more items, though! Please help!

[Former Member]

Bravo all!

[Nick Heath]

Job done!with many thanks to our hardy SKABC volunteers Heather K and Darlene H!

 

[Former Member]

Hey Nancy … I am not sure of the age of the boat …  purchased it 2nd hand from the original owner (who purchased it new).   I think Seaward stopped making Navigators 5-10 years ago.   That said, the boat is in very good shape / very new looking.   I am open to reasonable offers.

 

[Nancy More]

Hi Nick,  I am curious about how old the boat is?

[Former Member]

Agreed: it IS deplorable. No, not temporary. This is a neighbourhood defending its exclusivity, in a district that is all about exclusivity. No one there wants attended, visiting vehicles left overnight to tempt thieves and riffraff.

With respect to day-trips, it is possible to park more than 3 hours in nearby Whytecliff Park, but you have to get up pretty early in the morning to get a parking spot most days.

I have also parked on Pilothouse Road, which wends its way around the neighbourhood of Caulfield, just east of Lighthouse Park. I launched from the small dock just down the hill from St. Francis in the Wood, Anglican church. Hardier souls might try the beach access trails in Caulfield Park.

[Nick Heath]

This deplorable parking situation has been this way since last year or earlier and I wrote to DWV to complain about it, but with no result. At first I thought (generously) that it might be COVID-related because some other shoreline parking was getting heavier use due to the pandemic, but they say that’s not the case here and it is not temporary.

It is not just that an overnight trip is now more difficult, but even a shortish day trip is a problem unless you wander off to those more distant streets.

One consolation is that at lest it is still better than Lion’s Bay public parking!

[Former Member]

Not sure if this information has made the rounds yet, but this is an FYI for folk who have launched from Batchelor Cove in West Vancouver.

There is no longer any overnight parking on Dufferin Avenue (unless you know a resident on the street and can obtain a parking pass from them). Overnight is defined as midnight to 7 am. The daytime parking rules (7 am to midnight) limit parking to 3 hours.

The no parking signs extend all the way back to the corner at Marine Drive.

Now for the good news. At the west end of Batchelor Cove, there are stairs that ascend to street level on Marine Drive. For approximately 100 meters at the top of the stairs (extending roughly NE), overnight parking is available. That is, there are no signs prohibiting parking in any way.

All of the above is based on my experience this weekend, unloading/loading my kayak at the turn-around on Dufferin Ave, then parking where I described. It requires some faith in humanity to leave your gear on the beach to park your car, but it is doable.

In related news, Apodaca is a very nice park to visit. Well done Nick and volunteers who cut the trails and made the beach inviting. Do visit the park when you get the chance!

[Nick Heath]

My short-notice request for help in Howe Sd  for Friday 17 June didn’t get a response, but I’m trying now for Monday 20 June. The tides are more favourable, so a later start is feasible – say 08:30 am at Squamish ramp.

This is to move lumber and materials from Tantalus to Islet View and put some of it in storage in Squamish.

Day trip in open boat. Need pfd, lunch, work & rain clothes. If someone has a pickup truck, SKABC will pay your fuel costs – enables carrying lumber across Squamish more easily than on my boat trailer.

Nick:   treasurer2 (at) skabc.org or call 604 four one seven 3447

Thks! I know things are busy now that it almost feels like summer has arrived!

[Sandra Waddle]

I only wear this a handful of times before I got too big for it! This is a lovely neoprene paddle and jacket, works great over a farmer Jane.

[Nick Heath]

in Howe Sd we finished at Tantalus and need to move out the surplus lumber before someone thinks it is free firewood. We also need to move hardware and some tools to Islet View, the next platform work site. In addition some unused lumber sits at Zorro Bay and we should remove to be used elsewhere. I’m planning an early start 7 am Squamish to finish by about 1 pm if all goes well. Travel in small open boat.

Bring PFD, rain jacket, work clothes, lunch. Rubber boots or work/hiking boots. Gloves. Could be cold and wet.

Nick –  treasurer2 at skabc.org

 

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