[Former Member]

I realized I should probably give you my contact information.

dave.biehn@gmail.com

604 378-9938

[Former Member]

Hello Stuart,

I might be interested in your tandem.  Are you coming to the Spring Fling paddle tomorrow by chance?

Dave Biehn

[Former Member]

Libra XT Fiberglass Tandem Kayak w/ centre hatch – $2300
condition: very good shape – never used commercially – just for the family

See this link: https://cdkayak.com/Kayaks.aspx?id=4

Overall Length: 21′ 8″ (660.4cm)
Width: 32.00″ (81.28cm)
Depth: 15.75″ (40.005cm)

Cockpit Size:
Length: 31.50″ (80.01cm)
Width: 17.25″ (43.815cm)

Bow Hatch:
Length: 14.50″ (36.83cm)
Width: 8.00″ (20.32cm)
Volume: 22.00Gal. (83.16L)

Stern Hatch:
Length: 17.50″ (44.45cm)
Width: 12.00″ (30.48cm)
Volume: 27.00Gal. (102.06L)

Details include:
– 22′ long w/ rudder
– bow/stern hatches and centre hatch with third seat
– includes two spray skirts

[Former Member]

Sandra…sorry didn’t see earlier.   The port moody power squadron. I know they still have an opening may 30 or 31st.  It’s a one evening course.

[Former Member]

Dear SKABC Members,

ANNOUNCING: NORTH BROOKS 2016 TSUNAMI CLEANUP EVENT!  June 14 to 23, 2016.

Do you have some experience paddling the Vancouver Island west coast waters?

BC Marine Trails Network Association (of which SKABC is part of) has this year, targeted the North Brooks area, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. We are seeking 18 volunteers with West Coast water experience to help clean our beaches of Japanese tsunami debris and other debris that has washed ashore. Volunteers will have food cost covered at $12 per day; vehicle fuel will be covered at $0.25 per kilometre; vehicles must transport two kayaks and paddlers to qualify for fuel expenses.  It is suggested that the use of vehicles with high clearance is needed as you will be making way through approximately 80km of logging roads from Port Alice. Our focus for the Tsunami Shoreline cleanup will be as follows:

Side Bay Launch: Lawn Point and 2 beaches at Newton Entrance,

Klaskino launch: 2 beaches at Heater Point

Klashkish launch: 2 beaches at Crabapple Islets; we will gather debris on each of the beaches.

We will have 3 teams of 4 to 6 volunteers.

These cleanups are a lot of work, but they are also great fun, exciting, and team and friendship-building.

Please follow this link to view a snippet of last year’s effort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh-kPVOwVgo

Funding for this cleanup is provided by the Vancouver Aquarium Tsunami Debris Management Program, which is made possible by the generous contribution from the Government of Japan and its people and supported by the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment and the Government of Canada.

To volunteer please contact:

Jeff Follis at Jeff@bcmarinetrails.org

Submitted by Roxanne Rousseau, Conservation Chair, SKABC

 

[Former Member]

This trip is now posted to the SKABC website, on the Trip List.  The Lodge will start filling up, so for anyone interested, get on it!  Linda Green has also generously offered to host a trip planning dinner this Friday May 6th in West Van.

[Peter Kearney]

The $50 early bird entry fee the ‘Round Bowen Challenge’ ends today April 30.

The race is Sat June 25 and it includes a salmon BBQ and beer afterwards.

There is also a 1/2 course option that starts in Tunstall Bay.

http://www.bownislandkayaking.com/events-item/round-bowen-challenge/

This is a great opportunity to work on your forward stroke and push yourself a bit!

You can warm up for this by coming on the ‘Around Bowen’ day trip Sat June 11.

Peter

 

 

[Clark Perry-Bater]

Howdy friends, I’m car-less for the Spring Fling next Saturday. If anyone lives in Burnaby or New West and could pick me and my kayak up near Metrotown, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. -Clark Perry-Bater

[Nick Heath]

Hi Jill.  I use both electronic CHS (government) charts, Navionics for an iPad and Garmin BlueCharts in my GPS. They all cost $.  I find the CHS charts best. They are identical to the printed charts. The newer ones have quite strong encryption on them which makes it difficult to share with others, as was the intent since they are Copyright material, but I have a set of older charts that work sufficiently well for kayaking when one does not need all the nav aids to be updated etc. Some SKABC members have used these with usccess. If you want a specific chart or group of charts for an area please let me know which ones. I might  be able to help.

[Maureen Benzon]

Navionics is fantastic, but it is an app for a phone, so not much good on the water. For paper charts you have to pay for them – about $20 at any marine store. All US marine charts are free. Ours are not. You can purchase the electronic charts for a GPS and print what you need and there are printable electronic charts but they are expensive and you get a lot that you never use.

The bought paper charts are strong and you can use them over and over. They get more fun to look at the more you use them.

[Former Member]

Navionics (navionics.com) is what my son the sailor uses.  I haven’t looked at it in detail yet, but he says he paid $15 for the app for his phone and that’s what he uses.

Jacquie

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Could anyone recommend a website for free downloads of nautical charts?

Thanks!

Jill

[Former Member]

Many of you are already out there on the water enjoying BC’s fine spring weather. If you are regularly out on the water and/or or would like to paddle with others, here is your chance. SKABC would like to fill our trip calendar with at least one day trip every weekend. We will post these trips on the club calendar – they will be official club trips open to all members who meet each trip’s experience criteria. Here’s where you come in – we are looking for trip organizers. If you are interested please contact Harald Riffel (hrifraf@gmail.com 604-230-7072) with your choice of date and destination.

If you are interested in seeing more trips on the club calendar, but are new to the club, or hesitant about becoming a trip organizer – here’s what to do: Join some trips and let the organizer know that you are interested in organizing trips yourself. The organizer will show you what they do, and after two or three trips you can jump in and organize your own club trip. Another great resource is the Leading A Trip page on our website http://www.skabc.org/trips-2/leading-a-trip/

Please contact Harald Riffel for more info about these weekly day trips.

[Former Member]

Here’s an event that may be of interest and that some paddlers may want to support:

Link:  http://pdchampions.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1158283&supid=435048756

From the website:

Around ten years ago my father died from Parkinson’s. That same year, my younger brother Blair was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 44. Blair continues his life with the illness, showing grace, insight, and humour. His blog of this life journey entitled, Sometimes You’re the Dog, Sometimes You’re the Fire Hydrant: Life in Parkinson’s Wake, can be found at:http://lifeinparkinsonswake.blogspot.ca. The blog is actually quite humourous, in a twisted, Rasmussen kind of way.

To raise money for Parkinson’s research, we will kayak 700km over five weeks from Port Hardy on Vancouver Island to Ketchikan, Alaska. Leaving on June 7th, our route will follow the BC coast and Inside Passage.

[Yekaterina Yushmanova]

 

Thank you, Allen!

[Author]

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