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From Hollyburn Sailing Club :

We hope you are all enjoying the start to the new year!  Join us for a Winter Hot Wine Paddle:

January 14th (Sunday) at 10 am in the Club (1326 Argyle Ave, West Vancouver)
Kayak launch at 10.15 am

Target destination: either West Bay or Sandy Cove
Hot wine with spices will be served from the thermos (we may stop on the beach or simply have a sip on the water)
Please take mugs or cups

Estimated return between 1 and 2 pm.
RSVP to kayak@hollyburnsailingclub.ca

[Stephanie Ratzlaff]

Sold! Thanks!

 

[Chantal Ethier]

Hi Everyone,

I purchased a dehydrator at Cabelas this past summer, I like it and use it a lot.  I was at Cabelas this weekend and noticed the same dehydrator is on sale from $249.99 to $119.99, in case anyone might be in the market for a dehydrator.  It’s a great sale and clearly they have these sales regularly, although this one is slightly better than when I purchased mine.  The sale is on until January 10th.

Quick comments – I am happy with mine and at the same time, I have no frame of reference as I haven’t owned one before.  I will say this, if I’m in the same room, I can hear it run, however if I am in a different room, even an adjacent room with the door closed, I can’t hear it.  I find the trays easy to clean; when reading reviews before buying mine, some people mentioned that their trays were getting warped, I haven’t had this issue, then again, I wash my trays by hand.

I hope this is helpful.

Cheers,

Chantal

[Chantal Ethier]

Susan & Richard Jensen and I are planning to paddle tomorrow. We plan to launch at 10:30 from Blackie Spit (White Rock/South Surrey), we’ll paddle to the pier in White Rock, have a little lunch and eventually paddle back. The duration of the paddle is dependent on the weather and the group. Please send me a note if you’d like to join us just so we don’t leave anyone behind.

Chantal

chantalethier@msn.com

604.787.7574

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Tickets go on sale Jan 13 at 9am for the Pacific Paddling Symposium May 25-27 in Victoria. I hear they sell out in 5 minutes. Here’s a link — good luck!

http://pacificpaddlingsymposium.ca/index

[Stephanie Ratzlaff]

My neighbour is selling a Kevlar Current Design Solstice GT. Please see details and contact information below. Thanks.

FOR SALE $2800.00
KAYAK
2010 KEVLAR CURRENT DESIGN SOLSTICE GT
YELLOW AND BLACK
PADDLE, PFD, PADDLE FLOAT AND PUMP
VERY GOOD CONDITION
Stored in Vancouver – used very little – 2 hatch clips need replacing

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Join us for our traditional paddle and Xmas party on Saturday, December 23rd. Feel free to come to either or both the night paddle to Dundarave and Potluck in the clubhouse afterwards (and if you have kids – bring them early to the party for Santa’s gift-giving):

Paddle/Row/Sail (wind permitting) to the Dunarave Festival of Light Bonfire:
3:30pm gather and prepare boats
4:30pm on the water
Bring christmas lights and head lamps
Dress for the cold/wet weather
Return to HSC about 6:30pm

Contact Rueben at rueben.schulz@hollyburnsailingclub.ca about any
questions you have about the paddle or if you are interested in manning the safety zodiac.

Potluck party:

6:00pm Santa visits Hollyburn SC – with GIFTS for every kid who can say “Hollyburn”

7:00pm Pot Luck (by then kayakers have returned)
Soft drinks, juice, hot chocolate and mulled cider provided
Hot Chili and Soup available
Potluck – please bring a label and indicate key ingredients

7:30pm Christmas music – carols & folk

8:00 DJ – rock – dance your Xmas sox off.

Ho Ho Ho
(& BYO for Mo Ho Ho …)

[Chantal Ethier]

Hi Quirine,

The Hollyburn Sailing Club doesn’t rent kayaks.

Chantal

[Quirine Schuyff]

Hi…. Do you know if it would be possible to rent a kayak from Hollyburn?

 

[Chantal Ethier]

Wondrous Winter Water Goers,

Please join us for a lovely Winter Hot Wine Paddle

December 16th at 10 am in the Club
Kayak launch at 10.15 am
Target destination: either West Bay or Sandy Cove
Hot wine with spices will be served at the beach
Estimated return between 1 and 2 pm.

RSVP to maciej_S@telus.net

Cheers,
Aimee Lumb
Communications Officer
Hollyburn Sailing Club

 

 

[Karin Hartner]

(From Eoin & the My Sea to Sky team regarding the proposed Burnco gravel mine in Howe Sound)

“Yesterday I met with staff from the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO). I left the meeting hopping mad because it is even more apparent that the review of the Burnco gravel mine is a complete sham.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has turned down this project, twice, because of concerns about the impacts to this project on critical salmon spawning habitat.

Yet the BC EAO is recommending that the Ministers rubber stamp the project, even though the salmon data being used to assess the project for McNab Creek comes from consultants hired by Burnco. Science that is bought and paid for by the proponent has an inherent conflict of interest. This is known as a Professional Reliance approach, and is all too often neither professional nor reliable.

We have 2.5 days left to send a message to Minister Mungall and Minister Heyman to tell them to stop Burnco and fix our broken environmental assessment process.

Thankfully the BC NDP and the BC Greens recently implemented a review of the Professional Reliance approach. The Burnco project is a prime example of how the professional reliance approach is failing us, and puts the fox in charge of the hen house.

DFO has already sent Burnco’s consultants back to collect more data after a local citizen scientist, John Buchanan, sent them video of salmon spawning in the upper channel that contradicted the findings of the consultants.

The BC environmental assessment office is making recommendations to approve Burnco based on insufficient and biased data.

It only takes two minutes to add your name to our template letter. If you have more time, a personalized letter has even more impact.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

DEADLINE 10pm, Monday 27th November

Our Citizens Working Group is working hard to review the draft report, and we will submit a scathing review about dust, noise, loss of property values, barge traffic, and all of the issues that the BC EAO has seen fit to ignore.

The truth is that this project is simply in the wrong place. We can put a destructive gravel mine anywhere, but it does not belong in one of only three estuaries we have in Howe Sound.

Please send the Ministers a message now.

Eoin & the My Sea to Sky team”

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For those who want to keep the party going — here are some details on where the festivities will continue after 10pm.

Place: Personas Lounge at the Grand Villa Casino and Hotel. 4331 Dominion Street,
Burnaby.  There will be a live band and dancing.

Time: 10pm and on. The lounge stays open til 3am.

Transportation: There are a couple of options for those who don’t want to drive. There is a free hourly shuttle between the casino and skytrain. Here is the schedule . Also there are buses running late that pick up by the casino. About taking a taxi, the person at the casino said that it is best to have a reservation as they can be scarce on a Saturday pm during the holiday season.

 

[Michelle Vandenbroek]

Hi Lynn

 

I’d love a set! Please let me know how you like to make the arrangement.

 

Cheers

Michelle Vandenbroek

mich_broek@hotmail.com

[Lynn Malbeuf]

Terragrip no-sink feet for your camp chair. You won’t have to worry about sinking in the sand or mud ever again.

A set of 4 feet normally sell for $10.00 USD but I have 4 sets available for $5.00 CAD each. They will fit almost any chair with a leg 14 mm in diameter or smaller…you may just have to put a rubber band on the chair leg if the feet are too loose. These are perfect and are currently unavailable on the Wildhorn Outfitters website.  A great stocking stuffer!!! Reply to this post if interested.

[Maureen Benzon]

Lord Byng pool is under threat of closure. Staff had a petition at the pool which they were asked to remove. Please make your voice heard.

Lord Byng the the only remaining pool in Vancouver that offers a drop in for kayaks (Friday night at 8.00 to 9.00), so if you wish to practice rescues or rolling please come to the remaining sessions. Maximum usage might sway the decision about kayak drop-ins elsewhere. Having a friendly environment to practice  skills is big factor in our overall safety on the water

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