[Sue Johnson]

February 23, 2023 marks SKABC’s 40th anniversary! It is 11 months from today, are you counting? Get involved!

We would love to publish your stories – please post them on the forum.

A film presentation! We would also love to see your photos and films that capture the spirit of our celebration – contact webmanager2@skabc.org, who will tell you how to get these into our Google folder. If possible, include the year, location, and brief description of each.

Stay tuned for other contributions commemorating our 40 years as a club!

[Clark Perry-Bater]

(Replying to Roland) So far, I have 5 people interested in the flares, and I think we’ll have 30 to spread around, so 6 shouldn’t be a problem. I should have them in the next couple of weeks.

[Mike Gilbert]

Course is full.  Thank you everyone.  Mike

[Mike Gilbert]

I had one person just pull out of this course.

Takes place March 25, 26, 27, 28

Location is Vancouver – Vanier Park for Day 1

No overnight camping – just skills, rescues & re-entries and knowledge topics for the Level 2 standards.

Best things about the course?  1. It is local;  2.  It is being offered at an incredibly good price ($450.00) and 3.  It is being taught by one of the top instructors in Canada.

Call Mike Gilbert (778-835-0774) or e-mail him at: mgilbert1600@gmail.com for further information or to sign up.  Just 1 spot available.

[Sandra Waddle]

Paddle Canada 2, April 12-17. My girlfriend cannot make this trip and I’m looking for someone who can go with me! I have  room for one more kayak.  She will give a  substantial discount. The course is $1100 and she will give it to you for 850 obo. This includes accommodation in the beautiful discovery Island Lodge.  The course is put on by skils – the instruction is excellent.

https://skils.ca/course/paddle-canada-level-2-skills/

Feel free to text me at 778–8 95–9125 if interested.

 

[Sandra Waddle]

My sincere thank you to everyone who replied to this query. This information has been super helpful for me and my friend planning our trip. In the end, we have decided to go with a guided tour as the south island is slightly out of our skill level. Very excited!!!!

[Kapila Jayaweera]

Still few spots available for Cates park to Twin Island trip that Deb and I am organizing.

If you like to sign up, please follow through SKABC trip page.

https://www.skabc.org/events-2/cates-parks-to-twin-islands-2b/

Please let me know if anyone have questions.

Thanks

Kapila

[Philip Kubik]

Issues with the course have been resolved and it is posted again. You must be logged in to see the full description and instructions for enrolling in the course.

[Roland Stefani]

I asked for 1 or 2 flares because I thought there would be high demand.   But seeing little so far, I’d like to revised my request, now asking for up to 6 flares depending on demand.

[Clark Perry-Bater]

For those who have responded that they want a few flares – I don’t have them yet. When I know how many people and how many flares, I will notify the person responsible from the sailing club, and I will pick them up from him. Then we’ll decide how I will get them to you. It would be helpful if everyone could specify how many you want; they come in bags of 6, but we can break up the bags if necessary.

[Nick Heath]

The weather forecast looks good for Thu. I want to go via very small power boat to the member’s private cabin, that is available for SKABC member use, to complete the hearth on which the wood stove sits and connect the chimney. This is mostly a one-person task, but for safety reasons it is better for 2 to be on site.  The old chimney and stove were removed for fire safety reasons. The new stove should make the cabin usable year-round.

Another job that can be done close near the cabin is to try to clean and prepare an existing unused water storage tank and connect plastic pipes so that it fills from the adjacent stream (permit already granted). This will provide a 1000 L water reserve for dry periods, which could be treated or boiled for drinking or used for fire control in an emergency.  Other tasks (there are many) could be to locate and buck downed timber for firewood, then stack it and .

So I’m looking for a hardy person who could figure out and complete these tasks without much supervision.

I got no response when I proposed an overnight stay,  so I’m re-casting this as a day trip  instead. Typically, I launch my boat at McDonald Ramp in Richmond but could pick up a helper in W Van e.g. Sunset Marina or Caulfeild Cove or similar.  This will be a full day.

Pl send me email if you re interested.

Nick:    treasurer2 at skabc.org

[Nick Heath]

I guess that threshold depends on how long you will be immersed, which will vary from a few minutes to many hours if you are unfortunate enough to fall into the water miles from shore and lose contact with your boat to high winds, and no-one notices, as has happened all too often.

There are tables compiled that relate time immersed at a specific water temperature to loss of consciousness & death but I haven’t accessed them recently. (As I understand, some of the early work was highly unethical Nazi experimentation on unwilling concentration camp captives, so is uncited in the literature).

Mike’s advice seems spot on!  Don’t bother to work out if you don’t actually need thermal protection around here – normally you need it!

[Mike McHolm]

Yes I took mine to Mustang Survival in Burnaby but call ahead to confirm they will accept them. The Richmond Fire Department pointed me to Mustang. The Jericho Sailing Centre is also organizing a collection on May 14th with Steveston Marine. From the March JSC Newsletter In The Wind:

“Many of you who carry flares on your vessel know that disposing of stale dated flares can be a frustrating chore. Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS) has partnered with CIL to help address this issue. CPS will be collecting old flares free of charge at Steveston Marine and Hardware (at both Richmond and Kits locations) Saturday May 14th. CPS will then organize and box them up properly for disposal by CIL.”

[Roland Stefani]

I could be interested in one or two.  Where would the pickup location be?

[Clark Perry-Bater]

Replying to Mike – For those paddlers who paddle mostly in remote locations, they might want non-expired flares, but for those of us who paddle mostly in more populated areas, like myself, I don’t feel I need brand-new flares. My understanding and experience is that recently-expired ones normally work well. I’m only offering them to people who want them.

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