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VOLUME 45 ISSUE 1

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FEATURES 18 Environment Feature: Plastic Pickup in Paradise The beaches on Haida Gwaii have always been a magnet for the flotsam and jetsam that circles the Pacific. This recount of what has washed ashore and in what quantities may shock you. By Linda Leitch 38 Destination: Exploring the Lower Ottawa River by PWC Follow the author and his Sea-Doo as he follows this historic trading route, part of a navigable waterway triangle formed in far Eastern Ontario with the St. Lawrence River on its southern side and the famous Rideau Canal on its west.

By Craig Nicholson 46 Feature: Dark ‘n Stormy – Gosling’s Rum and Bermuda Family owned Gosling’s is the oldest business in Bermuda. Learn its history and how it is integral to the tapestry of the rich Bermudian culture.

By Margaret Swaine 38

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80 Destination: Lake Superior Cruise A vivid description of this almost mystic five day cruise on the mightiest of our Great Lakes. By Mark Stevens and Sharon Matthews-Stevens 114 Electronics: Yacht Controller Can this tech upgrade give your existing boat the functional equivalent of joystick docking? We talk to the creator of Yacht Controller and a Torontobased tech who has installed one.By Andy Adams 118 Fitness Feature: Fitness On Board Part 2 Part 2 of our fitness features focusses on arm and leg strengthening exercises using your own body weight, on board your boat, any boat.

By Terri Hodgson and Lisa Mavrou DEPARTMENTS 4 6 26 34 51 88 96 146

Vantage Point: “They” are Looking after our Boating Environment Waterfront: Boat Shows, Waterkeepers, and more…

Club Profile: Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Galley Guys: On the Loose in Holland CPS Port Hole Sail Review: Jeanneau 54 Power Reviews: Azimut 55S and Cruisers Cantius 60 Crossing the Line: Upkeep Wars

On the Cover: The overhead view of the new Cruisers Yachts Cantius 60 – their new flagship and one of our Boat Show Dream Boats in this issue.

Photo courtesy of Cruisers Yachts

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“They” are Looking after our Boating Environment I really feel like this year is going to be different! There is a momentum to environmental action now that I have not felt before. People have been concerned for a long time, but it has been difficult to find a way to make our own contributions.

In this issue of Canadian Yachting, you will learn about the Waterkeepers program and a man named Mark Mattson. You can join into this environmental action program and make your own Watermark. We hope you will.

The story, Plastic Pickup in Paradise is about another personal environmental action effort, this one in B.C.’s amazing Haida Gwaii area. It’s great to see people taking action, but there is a cost to really doing it. So, author Linda Leitch is seeking crowd funding to help them keep going. Perhaps you can help there.

But, isn’t it human nature to think that somebody else is looking after this? We often say, “They should do something about this” and yet we are not really sure who “they” are and we may worry that “they” aren’t doing anything at all!

So, you will be relieved (and proud) to know what Canada’s marine industry is doing about safe-guarding our precious environmental resources.

This year, the Boating Ontario association celebrates the 20th Anniversary of their Clean Marine program. This is clearly a major accomplishment but it’s even more than that – Clean Marine was a pioneering effort that started in Ontario and has now spread to Quebec, B.C. and other parts of Canada.

Lead by the late Robert (Bob) Eaton, Boating Ontario along with over twenty marine industry professionals and Ontario’s boaters’ and anglers’ associations formed the Clean Marine Partnership to develop a voluntary program of “Environmental Best Practices” for the marine industry.

Since then, marinas have been enrolling in the Clean Marine Program to ensure that their marinas are protecting our waterways for all to enjoy. All of the Clean Marine Program Eco-Rated Marinas proudly fly the Clean Marine environmental flag. This flag is your assurance that the marina has adopted the highest environmental standards for marinas in the world.

There are now over 200 marinas in the program in Ontario and many marinas and yacht clubs have achieved the highest rating.

At the recent Boating Ontario Conference and Trade Show, industry professionals from across Canada and the U.S. joined the Clean Marine 20th Anniversary celebrations. While literally hundred of marinas in Canada are now following the program, several people were recognized or won awards for their leadership and participation.

The leading Ontario Marina was awarded to Lefroy Harbour Resorts Inc. The leading Quebec marina was Le Club Nautique de Roberval The leading B.C. marina was False Creek Harbour Authority Fishermen’s Wharf Then, there were awards to individuals. The award winners were: Jeff Papiez from Harbour-West in Hamilton, Gillian Organ of Long Island Marina, Kevin Gallagher of Green Leaf Environmental who leads the program auditing procress, and Michelle Steenbakkers previously of Collins Bay Marina who devoted so much time to work with Bob Eaton and to write the original documents up.

You may be just one boater, but collectively we can make a difference. Choose an Eco-Rated Clean Marina for your homeport and when searching for services ashore, look for the Clean Marine flag.

Those member marinas have long been the “they” you were hoping would be doing this to benefit all Canadians, not just for boaters. For more on Clean Marine, visit canadianyachting.ca

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The 2015 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Boasted Great Weather, a Huge Turnout and some Familiar Canadian Faces

Dave Mayhew of The Boat Warehouse at FLIBS with the Jeanneau Prestige 680.

Dave Mayhew, president of The Boat Warehouse, was in the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show spending time in both the Four Winns display and in the Prestige Yachts exhibit where we grabbed a picture of him in front of their fabulous new Prestige 680. Mayhew may be showing more of the exciting Prestige models at the Toronto International Boat Show this coming January, 2016.

Look for a full review of the Prestige 680 in a future issue of Canadian Yachting magazine.

Vancouver International Boat Show 2016 – Jan 20 to 24 Taking place at both BC Place and Granville Island, the 2016 version of the Vancouver Boat Show is ramping up to be the best one yet.

The Vancouver Boat Show’s two great locations – an indoor venue at BC Place and Floating Show at Granville Island – offer show-goers of all ages and expertise an unparalleled experience. Get your season started with family-friendly activities and incredible deals on all the latest marine products.

Andy Adams Caught Up With the Executive Yacht Team Working Hard at FLIBS The Executive Yacht team was working hard at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show with team members busy at the Carver Marquis booth, in the Sunseeker display, the Everglades display and in the Azimut exhibit. That was where we caught up with Executive Yacht president Derek Mader (right) and VP Ron Perruzza for this quick photo. Business was keeping the Executive Yacht team hopping in Fort Lauderdale, a positive sign for the upcoming Toronto International Boat Show this January.

Their Azimut 55S power boat review is featured on page 96.

Visit www.CanadianYachting.ca to see the video of Andy Adams and Executive Yacht on the Azimut 55S in Toronto’s Outer Harbour.

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WATERFRONT

Halifax International Boat Show 2016 - Feb 18 to 21

Invasive Species Awareness for Youth Engaging Youth Through the Asian Carp Canada Program Asian Carp Canada launched a Spot the Difference campaign this past August to show the dramatic impacts that could result if Asian Carp became established in the Great Lakes. Three Canadian magazines with national distribution will print a puzzle that asks the reader to “spot the differences” in a typical Canadian waterscape before and after an Asian carp invasion.

You can play too! The puzzles can be found in Owl Magazine’s September Learning Edition, Explore Magazine after September 8th, and Outdoor Canada Magazine after October 26th.

Answer keys are available on www.asiancarp.ca

The Halifax International Boat Show returns to Exhibition Park February 18-21, 2016.

Come and discover some great ideas on how you can spend your prized warm weather spare time!

The Nova Scotia coastline stretches over 7,000 kilometres, and whether you prefer power, sail or paddles, large or small, you’ll find the latest products and newest technology at the show – everything you’ll need to explore every inlet, cove and harbour.

There will be hundreds of exhibitors all under one roof and the exhibitors are passionate about boating – ask them any questions you may have!

Asian Carp Innovative Solutions Competition Registration is open for the Asian Carp Innovative Solutions Competition, to be held on March 5, 2016 at the University of Toronto Scarborough. This competition is open to post-secondary students (individually or in teams) who have an idea on how to prevent or manage an Asian carp invasion. The goals are to: increase knowledge about Asian carps prevention efforts, provide students with an opportunity to showcase their critical thinking skills, and give them an opportunity to develop an idea that might be instrumental in the prevention, management or elimination of Asian carps in the Great Lakes. The event will be used to develop ideas that will inform technology and policy in the future and gain the important and fresh perspective from a younger generation. www.asiancarp.ca

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Mark Mattson Spearheading the Ripple Effect across Canada

By Elizabeth Ann Kerr

Mark Mattson is a man of gentle demeanor but don’t be fooled by his calm, cool collectedness. This man moves mountains, lakes and rivers to make sure Canadians will be able to swim, drink and fish anywhere in Canada from coast to coast to coast.

Like many of us, Mattson’s love of the water and boating started at an early age. And during his career as a criminal lawyer, Mattson had an opportunity to work on a case with the Ministry of the Environment that whet his appetite for wanting to protect Canadian waters. This and a chance meeting with Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during a case involving Hydro Quebec fueled his appetite, and in 1995 Mattson left Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP to form the Environment Bureau of Investigation (EBI).

EBI was created to offer pro-bono legal services to help protect public resources through: enforcing environmental laws; investigating pollution concerns; launching campaigns to publicize problems; alerting government regulators; and, launching private prosecutions, all of which was largely driven by requests from local citizens.

For example, in 1996, EBI investigated a closed, city-owned landfill in Kingston, Ontario that was leaching contaminants into the Cataraqui River. The city was convicted on seven counts of violating the Federal Fisheries Act, three of which were upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal. No further appeals were permitted.

The ripple effect begins.

In May 2000, propelled partially by the devastating Walkerton fiasco, Mattson invited Krystyn Tully to join him in creating Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) – a Canadian charity whose mission it is to provide swimmable, drinkable, fishable

Waterkeepers are the valiant public defenders of our rights to swimmable, drinkable, fishable water. Mark's work is vital to enforce not only the shrinking laws we have, but to campaign for the laws we need. Our endurance depends on clean water. It will require extraordinary effort to ensure its careful conscious stewardship.

DENISE ANNE DONLON, CM

Mark on Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s boat, the Angus Bruce.

PHOTO CREDIT: Dylan Neild

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Inspired by the work of Waterkeepers and other grassroots water stewards, the National Water Centre promotes swimmable, drinkable, fishable water through community-building, information sharing, research, and leadership development.

waters everywhere. No more signs that say NO SWIMMING or NO DRINKING or NO FISHING. Tully, Co-founder and Vice President, continues to work with Mattson. She has written several articles on water and environmental policy. In fact, she is a current contributor to Canadian Yachting and is writing a six-part series on distilling the myths of water pollution and protection and hopefully inspiring our readers to do more to respect and defend their home on the water.

Tully has also been instrumental in the design and development of the SWIM GUIDE and the DRINK GUIDE and the justlaunched Watermark Project.

LOW is a member of Waterkeepers Canada along with eight other riverkeepers and baykeepers. Waterkeepers Canada is a member of Waterkeeper Alliance – the world’s fastest growing environmental movement, with over 260 Waterkeeper organizations protecting rivers, lakes and coastal waterways across six continents.

So, what started out, at least in theory, as an organization of investigation into and enforcement of pollution rules and laws has organically and very successfully morphed into an organization that empowers and educates. And clearly it’s working.

And so it continues.

Long-time friend to Mattson and Canadian rock musician, writer, lead vocalist and creative force behind The Tragically Hip, Gord Downie has been a loyal supporter of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper for the past ten years and has volunteered his time preparing submissions, conducting and participating in public workshops and fundraising for the cause.

Several other notable stewards of the SWIM FISH DRINK family include novelist and short story writer Joseph Boyden; musician, author and filmmaker David Bidini; renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky; physician-scientist, author and deep-sea explorer Dr. Joe MacInnis; and Canadian business executive, television producer, host, and member of the Order of Canada, Denise Anne Donlon, CM. More ripples. More effects.

Now in the planning stages for the 5th Waterkeeper Annual Art Auction and Gala Dinner – presented by the RBC Blue

Water Project – this event has raised more than $1.7 million through the sales of original works by as many as 25 North America artists each year such as Vivian Maier, Michael Adamson, Barbara Cole, James Lahey and Robert Polidori. This evening features a fantastic venue, great food, and acclaimed speakers and performers…not to mention the art. It is an event well worth attending. (Details for 2016 will be announced soon.)

It was through another chance meeting with an environmentally keen RBC employee that Mattson was connected with the RBC Blue Water Project team. In addition to its support of the Waterkeeper Gala, RBC Blue Water Project has

I'm a Lake Ontario Waterkeeper steward because water is the life blood of our planet. And Waterkeepers are in the front line of protecting it.Mark is open-minded, fearless and committed. He and his dedicated team have changed the way we think about water.

DR. JOE MACINNIS — PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST, AUTHOR AND DEEP-SEA ExPLORER

Register your Watermark, Protect your Waterbody The Watermark Project is an ever-growing tapestry of Canadian water stories that provides a unique window on our way of life. It is also a powerful tool that will help protect waterbodies in the future.

Here’s how: • When you contribute a story to the archive, you register the waterbody in a national database of important waters.

• You document the value of that waterbody to you and your community.

• You help researchers identify waters where people swim, drink, or fish, so that those uses can be protected in the future.

• You provide evidence that ensures environmental laws can be used to safeguard your waters. watermarkproject.ca

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ENVIRONMENT We believe that water is a shared and valuable resource. And as a company that has made it's living on the water for the past 60 years, we are proud to support the vital work that Mark Mattson and his dedicated team at Lake Ontario Waterkeeper are doing to advocate for and protect our waterways.

Bluffers Beach used to have some of the poorest water quality in Toronto. After a study by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and investment from the City of Toronto, the water quality improved dramatically.

also provided support for the SWIM GUIDE and DRINK GUIDE and the Watermark Project – a digital platform for storing, exhibiting, and sharing all of our Watermarks across the country. I’d say that RBC’s ongoing support is a true testament to the work being done.

It’s time for us to add more ripples.

Mattson believes that boaters (and those who work within the boating industry) do have a clear understanding of the impact they make and do want to help protect the waters we call home.

However, there seems to be little impetus to speak up. And that’s just not right.

Boaters are not just boaters and they have a vested interest – or definitely should have – in the future of Canada’s watershed. It cannot be left to the politicians and the environmentalists alone.

More people. More impetus. More action. More results. More ripples.

Sadly, there continues to be a very significant disconnect between the enjoyment of water and the protection of water.

When asked a few simple questions such as: where does your drinking water come from; name three fish that live in water; or list three rules that protect our waters – many just don’t know how to respond.

Granted, we stock, promote and buy green products. We pay attention to the winds, waves and weather. But it’s time to create more leaders (Waterkeepers) within the boating community to help protect and defend our waters.

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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper wants to help make that happen by embracing more individuals – one voice and one Watermark at a time. Everyone remembers the very first time he or she interacted with a body of water whether swimming, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, boating or sailing. And we all have a story (a Watermark) to tell about ourselves that triggered our lifelong connection to it.

Avid Lake Ontario Waterkeeper supporters Blair and Kathy McKeil of McKeil Marine – a Hamilton-based, family-owned innovative marine solutions provider – invited Mattson to speak to their employees and, as a result, many started sharing their Watermarks.

McKeil Marine is also a founding member of Green Marine, an industry-leading program to improve environmental performance in the maritime sector and the recipient of the 2013 HPA Environmental Excellence Award, recognizing

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the company’s dedication to environmental stewardship.

To better understand the importance of the work Lake Ontario Waterkeeper does across the country working both at the provincial and federal level, I have cited a few short anecdotes that demonstrate how significantly water does impact our lives. Although Mattson is not a lobbyist, he is often invited to speak, submit and opine on matters of water such as these. (Just recenty he was interviewed by Global News Toronto’s Mark McAllister about Montreal’s dumping of billions of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River.)

A really bad story. In 2002, Oshawa closed its marina and forced nearly 400 boat owners to move out of its facility with a promise to clean up the harbour and rebuild. In 2014, the City of Oshawa took ownership of the former marina and plans for a park or open space are appar-

Join Waterkeeper’s Swim Drink Fish Community If you believe that pollution and/or irresponsible management is threatening your community’s water resources, or if you are fortunate to live near a water body that is not impacted by major pollution sources and want to ensure its future protection, joining Waterkeeper’s “Swim Drink Fish Community” may be the answer. Waterkeeper can provide you with important technical and legal water protection tools, national and international visibility, and connections with other water protection advocates, necessary to ensure vigilant protection of your water body. Contact Mark Mattson at mattson@waterkeeper.ca or (416) 861-1237.

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ENVIRONMENT Mark with Canadian photographer, Edward Burtynsky at a recent Waterkeeper Gala, presented by RBC Blue Water Project.

The Waterkeeper Swim Guide app for iPhone®, Android and online (theswimguide.org).

Created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, this free app helps you find your closest beaches, know at a glance which ones are safe for swimming, and share your love of beaches with friends and family. Today it features 7,000 listings across North America, Mexico and New Zealand and boasts in excess of 500,000 downloads.

ently underway. How is it possible that one of the largest waterfront communities doesn’t even boast a marina?

A really good news story. With submissions from Mattson in support for Ontario’s Action to Protect the Great Lakes along with other key stakeholders, new legislation passed to keep the Great Lakes clean, swimmable and fishable in October. This is a stellar example of aligning with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s mission. Even the nomenclature has synergy.

Another really bad story. The Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA)—one of Canada’s oldest pieces of legislation – protected 98% of Canada’s waterways.

On April 1, 2014, the renamed Navigation Protection Act (NPA) came into force and now protects only 2% of Canada’s waterways. As a result of this new Act, no public notices are required for the 1,000s of projects underway that may impact the health of our watershed.

Maybe a good news story in the making.

In the Liberal government’s document entitled Real Change – A New Plan for Canada’s Environment and Economy, there is a commitment to protect Canada’s environment while growing its economy. Three initiatives have been identified: restoring credibility to environmental assessments; preserving and promoting Canada’s national parks; and protecting our freshwater and oceans.

More ripples. More good news.

As part of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s Canada-wide mission to have swimmable, drinkable and fishable water every-

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Mark Mattson is working hard to ensure our great lake will always be clean and safe. As a professional sailor, I appreciate the water very much and, like most sailors, always take care to do no harm. We take for granted that this is enough but it is not.

MIKE WOLFS, CANADIAN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST, MEN’S STAR

where, the National Water Centre, more fondly known as the SWIM DRINK FISH house – donated by Kenneth Irving, formerly of Irving Oil in 2013 – was established to provide a water-oriented private arts and education facility in Canada’s oldest city.

In 2014, the National Water Centre hosted a group of writers to a leadership summit assembled with the assistance of Dave Bidini and Joseph Boyden to craft personal Watermarks while brainstorming around key issues. This year, Mattson invited a group of athletes including lefthanded Boston Red Sox Bill Lee, and Montreal Canadien left-winger Steve Shutt to meet to discuss ways in which to cultivate Canadians to step up.

Recently, Canadian sports celebrity, Marilyn Bell took the time to pour through all of the Watermarks captured to date and was so taken with each story that she is now reaching out to long-dis-

tance swimmers everywhere to take part.

Once ripples, now waves.

It is clear that Mattson is well respected and trusted. His ability to attract and connect with great Canadians spanning several industries including music, art, journalism, baseball, hockey and even yachting is a testament to his cause.

Passion breeds passion and the proof is in our watershed.

His many success stories to date have enabled him to embrace and engage Canadians across the country. But he is not stopping there.

He, along with his many sponsors, supporters, stakeholders, stewards and Waterkeepers will continue to find ways for you and me to connect and reconnect with our watershed and help Mattson make Canada’s water swimmable, drinkable, fishable and boatable in the very near future. • Useful Websites Drink Guide waterkeeper.ca/drink-guide Lake Ontario Waterkeeper waterkeeper.ca National Water Centre swimdrinkfish.ca RBC Blue Water Project rbc.com/bluewater Swim Guide theswimguide.org Waterkeeper Alliance waterkeeper.org Waterkeeper Gala waterkeepergala.ca Waterkeepers Canada waterkeepers.ca Watermark Project watermarkproject.ca

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Paradise Story and photos by Linda Leitch

We hear about the plastic problem in our oceans all the time. Scientists on the media talk to us about an island of trash the size of Texas that’s formed in the mid Pacific. They show us pictures of turtles caught in six ring beer holders, dolphins caught in nets and dead seabirds washed up with their stomachs full of broken down micro plastics.

For me, it wasn’t until the problem arrived, wind ravaged and sun worn, strewn across my doorstep that the magnitude of what those scientists were trying to tell us was realized.

The beaches on Haida Gwaii have always been a magnet for the flotsam and jetsam that circles the Pacific. The archipelago sits off shore from the mainland and reaches out into the currents and wild winds of open ocean. Some beaches collect the debris and display it for a while and then it’s simply swept back into the sea to continue its journey, but some beaches here hold on to the debris and do not let it go.

Haida Gwaii is a Pacific Northwest island paradise but ocean currents are bringing marine debris in amazing quantities.

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In the years since the Tohoku Tsunami in 2011 we’ve watched with alarm as our favourite areas started to collect devastating amounts of new debris. A beach known simply to the locals as “East Beach” was being hit particularly hard; the belly of this beach is exposed to Hecate Strait and all her wild personality.

East Beach is our backyard playground. This paradise is where we draw sustenance into our lives. It’s where we hunt deer, collect firewood, pick berries and gather shellfish. This playground extends from the tip of RoseSpit Ecological Reserve all the way through Naikoon Provincial Park and is accessible only by a three-day hike or with the seri-

Plastic never degrades, it just breaks into smaller and smaller bits.

ous use of four wheel drive vehicles.

Working as weekend warriors, my partner and I began taking heaping truckloads of marine debris off the beach in November of 2013. To date we’ve removed over 70 loads and estimate that we’ve brought in over 36,000 cubic feet of rubbish from our shores. We’ve been able to do this simply with our trusty rusty pick-up truck and a small trickle of funding that was provided to Canada directly from Japan specifically for this purpose.

The debris is dominated by Styrofoam varying in size from blocks that dwarf the

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The trusty rusty truck that has carried out some 70 loads so far.

truck to tiny microbeads of mess. Behind the Styrofoam are bottles of every shape size and purpose, fishing gear and tiny ground up bits of plastic that maybe used to fit together into something useful but are now an environmental hazard embedding into the shoreline and being eaten by the wildlife.

Over time I’ve been forced to realize that though our lone efforts have been infinitely rewarding on a personal level, it’s been an inadequate approach to the problem. Comically I’ve learned the lesson that by simply removing the garbage from the beach today we will not stop The dog just made it into the shot, giving this some sense of scale.

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Driftwood is everywhere as you would expect, but it catches the debris.

Inset: It may look like a lovely day on the beach but…

more from arriving on the next stormy tide tomorrow. It’s like we’re sailing against the current in a strong headwind.

The garbage continues to flood in around us and as of March 2015 the trickle of funding has run dry; our project has come to a standstill.

Around the world the problem of plastic pollution is at least starting to get the attention it deserves.

After six years of studying the Gyres across the planet, the nonprofit advocacy group 5 Gyres estimated that there are over five trillion pieces of plastic weighing in at 269,000 tons and it’s just floating

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aimlessly across our oceans. These numbers merely try to help us develop an image of understanding.

My partner and I don’t have an education backed by science, but we are avid sailors, beach combers, anglers and hunters. Through a practical need we’ve become experts on our surrounding ecosystems, and we can promise you that there is a horror show of irresponsibility unfolding in our ocean.

While the debris we’re finding is currently dominated with objects swept into the sea during the Tohoku Tsunami, we’ve also found an enormous amount of garbage washing in from countries all around the Pacific. Inexcusably this debris arrives, marked by its unique culture and language, from countries as close and as far away as Chile, Philippines, Korea, China, Russia, the United States and Canada.

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The flotsam and jetsam we find coming on to our shores has been deliberately designed to have a long standing relationship with liquid; Styrofoam, bottles, fishing gear in all its million shapes, oil containers and gas cans, rubber boots, safety equipment and rope. The common theme running through everything we

The tidelines deliver an ever-changing landscape of debris but we have to keep making the effort to keep it out of the oceans.

find out there is its durability in water and as a result is usually something that I would find in one form or another aboard or over board of my sailboat.

It’s not too hard to see an immediate connection between the mariner’s life and the type of debris we find; it is, after all, just flotsam and jetsam on a larger scale. Accidents happen and things end

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up lost to the whims of the water gods.

Who hasn’t wondered where that half finished bottle of water went? Maybe you’ve been in the unfortunate situation of needing to cut loose your tackle? And believe me, admit it or not, way too many people lose their shoes!

As a cruiser making a difference can

Boaters are also in a great position to clean the areas we love so much.

A lot of garbage adrift in our water lands on remote beaches that are only accessible to a small group of users, and that’s us. Though it won’t stop the problem and more garbage might arrive, cleaning the garbage from these areas will

have varying degrees of complexity, but no matter what extreme we bring it to, we are definitely poised to make a big difference for the health of our waterways.

Simply by minimizing our impact while enjoying the water is the best place to begin. I don’t feel like reiterating the basic rules of the 3 R’s - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle; we’ve all heard it and should be able to chant it in sing song elementary school voices. However if you walk around your vessel with this concept in mind you’ll find many things that can be changed.

at least take a little bit of the problem out of circulation.

In an effort to keep our project on East Beach rolling we’ve made a “gofundme” page and we’ve had excellent support from family, friends and community members. This is just a temporary solution and not nearly enough to tackle the enormity of the issue but any help is always welcome. • www.gofundme.com/noutx0

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CLUB PROFILE

The Royal

Vancouver Yacht Club

By Katherine Stone

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n 1791, a 36 foot sailboat from Spain, captained by Don Jose Maria Narvaez anchored off Point Grey and ventured into Burrard Inlet. The sailors noted several native settlements that were eager to trade and came close by in their dugout canoes.

One year later, Captain George Vancouver arrived and set about surveying the coastline. After this flurry of activity the area remained undisturbed and it would be 70 years before the beautiful timber would be cut, sawmills built, and larger ships arriving in a steady stream.

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was by water, young men with time on their hands, when they weren’t boozing, built their own sloops. The largest trees in the world grew in English Harbour which served well as tall straight spars.

Well, one dare led to another and before you knew it organized racing was born.

Soon the mill owners organized yacht and rowing races off the mill docks.

Competitors came from all over and, “… the open sailboats were tied to a line stretched between the wharves until the signal was given to start”. These gentlemen got it right! There were no OCS (on course side) penalties given in those days. It is easy to see with the temperate climate that going fast in boats became a

popular pastime.

Gastown became Vancouver and was incorporated in April 1886. A spectacular blaze two months later destroyed most of the city and swampy shores of Burrard Inlet. Turning lemons into lemonade, the city was rebuilt with modern electricity, water and streetcar systems. The harbour was alive with sailing craft, one faster than the other. Not surprisingly, this soon led to wagers placed and fortunes passed from one hand to another. If your boat was over 30 feet you could pocket $100 in a Dominion Day race! Many yachting clubs were formed and many folded.

Nothing seemed to “stick”. It took a campaign by the Yanks at the Seattle Times

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Clubhouse 1938.

Commodore spied it – turned turtle.

Those that could manage it, rounded the buoy and headed across the bay to the south shore where the buoy was sighted well up on the shore, near the English Bay Cannery. The survivors of the race headed for the finish line anyhow.” You can sure bet that there were more than a few stories over a few pints relaying the paths various boats took on that race.

The club grew and the members realized that they needed a “proper” and permanent clubhouse with anchorage at Coal

Harbour so a two story, 30x60 foot, floating building was completed. Built to last, the structure was still used until 1977 at the Coal Harbour Station as a spar house.

Hardly had it been built when it was bursting at the seams with a membership that had swelled to 187. So a leased water lot was arranged and it was floated to the shelter of Deadman’s Island off of Stanley Park. At the same time, application was made for a royal charter. The arrival of the Royal Warrant was announced in 1906 and a new club burgee was designed to

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Easter Cruise weekend at Wigwam Inn 2014.

and the offering of a large trophy by an English firm to get the Vancouverites motivated and on track to establish a lasting yacht club in Vancouver in 1903.

With a modest fleet of 18 boats and a rented house from the Vancouver Rowing Club, the Vancouver Yacht Club took root and by the end of the season had 100 active members.

The “Annals of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club” located on the club’s website outlines a colourful recounting of their first race, held that August. “As the leading yachts approached the place where the first buoy ought to have been, they were surprised to find it was not in sight.

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include the royal crown. At the time, some very smart yachtsmen took advantage of the extravagant $50 Life Membership.

Finally, in 1927, after further expansion, a permanent Jericho clubhouse was officially opened.

By 1978 the membership had grown to close to 1,400 and another expansion and renovation was done on the crowded clubhouse. One good thing led to another and the membership grew again to 1,600,

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which precipitated another complete renovation to accommodate the growing numbers in 1996. The extensive club library is a highlight that many a member has visited to update their reading library while cruising from biographies to boat design to shipwrecks to narratives to painting, there are over 40 different genres of books.

In the tight Vancouver waterfront, dockage is at a premium and many members take advantage of the many outstations for extended, unparalleled cruising.

After much opposition from the members (because of the distance to travel there) 28 acre Tugboat Island in Silva Bay on Gabriola Island was acquired in 1960.

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astic when he points out the advantages of RVYC. “We can sail year round. As well, with our seven offshore stations and two main marinas, the Club is a major centre for power boating on the coast; an ideal springboard for members to explore the rugged beauty and the isolation of the islands and fjords that remain unchanged from the vistas that attracted recreational boaters a century ago.”

The club has an active junior training program offering the Sail Canada Wet Feet, Optimist and Can Sail programs for members and non-members starting at age five. The RVYC Match Racing program was conceived in 2012 to promote match racing and enhance the racing skills of juniors moving out of the sailing program and adults wanting to learn more. With the acquisition of two Elliot 6m boats (with four more added recently)

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Clubhouse 1959.

High tide in the Harbour.

to add to the fleet of two Martin 242s, Monday night match-ups have become a going concern. There is also fleet racing Tuesday through Friday nights. Past Commodore James Burns feels that

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RVYC can pretty much hold its head up with all of the worlds’ great yacht clubs.

As one of the premier yacht clubs on the west coast they actively contribute members to the Canadian sailing team

and are very involved in the ICOYC (International Council of Yacht Clubs) and the Vancouver community.

As a founding member of the ICOYC, RVYC can hold its own when hosting and running regattas, most recently the 2014 laser Canadians, 2014 Farr 30 North Americans and 2012 J/24 Canadian Championships. Every other even year, they partner with the Lahaina Yacht Club to host the Vic-Maui International Yacht Race, which covers over 2,308 nautical miles from Victoria, British Columbia to Lahaina, Maui.

Many a talented sailor has come through the sailing programs and represented Canada in numerous provincial, national, and international regattas as well as the Olympics/Paralympics.

Their involvement in the community is stalwart with several special events for children. The Easter Seals Charity Regatta is run every year in partnership

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Evening light - Jericho Port.

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with the BC Lions Society for children with disabilities. Boat for Hope raises funds through skipper, corporate and community partners and allows a one-ofa-kind experience for the children and their families involved in Variety Club. A special children’s cruise aboard the MV Britannia, lets children experience the thrill of getting out on the water and also Iceberg Cruise to Wigwam Inn 2013.

enjoying the volunteer efforts of the Vancouver Fire & Rescue, Armed Forces and RCA Band.

At present there are 2,200 Active and Associate Members, and the fleet numbers over 1,500 sailing and power yachts berthed at Jericho and Coal Harbour Stations or moored elsewhere. RVYC’s simple mission to promote yachting, sea-

manship and fellowship among members certainly holds true. A member since 1990, Lorne Chapman, talked to a lot of people when he moved out to Vancouver about the various yacht clubs with decent racing programs. RVYC was clearly above all, so the choice was easy from the start.

Being single at the time, new in town, having the nice clubhouse looked like a good thing to have at his disposal to start building a social life.

As David Williams says, “With the marvelous views of English Bay three floors, great food, racing and cruising programs, special events, and the jewel in the crown, our seven out stations, what’s not to like?”. See what you think – stop by and try them out. • Royal Vancouver Yacht Club; 3811 Point Grey Road; Vancouver, BC V6R 1B3; 604-224-1344; www.royalvan.com or reception@royalvan.com

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GALLEY GUYS

The Galley Guys:

On the Loose in Holland

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By Greg Nicoll

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As the result of some scheduling issues, career commitments and just bad timing, our sojourn to Holland became a guys only trip. Here is what we would tell our wives that they missed by not joining us on our Le Boat trip in Holland.

Roster for the trip: • Captain John Armstrong on the wheel • First Mate Robin Ball, navigator, tactician and sous chef • Deck Crew Greg Nicoll, lines and bollards, plus some cooking and storytelling

ur boat for this trip was a Vision 1503 / 3 cabin, an upscale luxury canal boat designed exclusively for Le Boat for use on rivers and canals. Capt. John had great fun manoeuvring the boat with the joystick steering and bow thruster. The overall length of the boat is 61 feet and you might think at that size it would be hard to sneak under low bridges or ease into narrow locks but that was not the case. Considering that the boat only does about 5 knots because of the governor you can’t get into much trouble. No boating experience is required to charter one of these boats, but for our Canadian Yachting readers it be no trouble and each of you would feel comfortable inviting your non-boating friends along for a good time.

Would the ladies have been happy with our boat? Absolutely, we had three cabins each with two single Euro beds, large windows, television, adequate locker space, a private en-suite bath with shower and electric-flush toilets. These three amigos did not have the opportunity to use the wall mounted fold-down beds in each of the rooms - probably great for young kids - but they were not needed for these more than experienced warriors. The touch screen control panel easily regulates all of the power requirements including heat and air conditioning. The brochure says that the boat could handle up to 10 persons, but I figure it would be great for three couples with plenty of room and lots of privacy. Le Boat has a whole fleet of different size boats to accommodate groups of 2 to 10 and with different types of budgets.

One of my favourite things to do on a canal trip through Europe is to pull into small towns and villages and go grocery shopping. My French is minimal at best, my Dutch is totally

Galley Guys in the patisserie.

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non- existent, have never attempted German and my competency in English has been challenged too often. But off we went with our backpacks to seek out cheese shops, patisseries, wine shops and if we are very lucky a stroll through the town’s open market and haggle with the locals.

Personally I love asking questions, reading labels in other languages and guessing what might be inside this box or that package. Everybody was helpful and language was never a problem.

Back at the boat we prepared some great feasts from these shopping ventures in the galley which is very well equipped with: a large refrigerator, gas stove, microwave, lots of counter space and all of tools that you would need. It’s probably bigger than a lot of downtown Toronto condominium kitchens. The big daily choice was to eat either in the main salon or to grill and dine up top on the sundeck. It is always fun to raise your wine glass and greet all the villagers walking and cycling down the paths alongside the rivers. They always wave and smile back to you. They love Canadians.

Eten and Drinken on the canals of Weesp.

The only daunting part of our trip was after we left the Le Boat base in Vinkeveen and were entering the AmsterdamRhine Canal. As we were new to the boat we did not know how fast it would accelerate as we had to cross the North/South shipping lanes, wanting to head north toward Amsterdam. There is a lot of commercial boat traffic going both ways and we had to wait for a big opening between boats. We made it with ease and laughed amongst ourselves at our trepidation and then settled in to our journey up the main canal. Our first stop was in the town of Weesp, a town of about 18,000 people with a protective historical centre and buildings dating back to 17th and 18th century. It may be a little touristy for some, or quaint as the ladies would say, as they would have enjoyed the fine restaurants and

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upscale shopping. Meanwhile the guys partook in some “Eten and Drinken” at outdoor pubs along the canal.

One suggestion from the Galley Guys is to make sure you get a good roaming package for your smart phone. There are two advantages, one is you can monitor the weather radar as sometimes Dutch weather can be fickle, the second is that many of the bridges have cell phone numbers printed so that you can call ahead to the bridge keeper and have a nice smooth timely ride down the rivers and canals. One day in particular we saw a storm front crossing the English Channel on the weather radar and decided that this would be a good day to stay tied up. It was easy to persuade my two travelling companions to hop a train and spend the day in Amsterdam, one of my favourite cities in the world. Many of the canals and rivers are paralleled by train routes that run very frequently which makes it easy to travel around Holland. Other travellers we had met on our journey had taken their Le Boats down the canal right into the harbour at Amsterdam and had a floating hotel to call home while visiting all that’s great in this beautiful city visiting famous museums, art galleries such as the Rijksmuseum and the special places like the floating flower market. The team at Canadian Yachting has a favourite pub in Amsterdam that is just off Dame Square called the Amsterdam Café. Also known as the smallest pub in the whole city and a trip into town would not be complete without having a beer with Louis the owner and snacking on some Amsterdam Frites, French fries covered in a rich mayonnaise sauce. Please don’t mention this to our wives.

As boaters we are continually attracted to water in so many different ways. Water is a way of life in Holland; it is a nation born of the sea, a manager of rivers and a builder of canals that crisscross the pastoral flatlands that make up this beautiful country. Several times I have travelled across Holland by car and was not be able to touch or appreciate the incredible engineering, the beauty and the spirit that makes up this country’s water system. As much of the flat land has been reclaimed from the sea through a series of dikes, canals, locks and various other engineering marvels. The majestic windmills of Holland are, and were, actually a system as much of for pumping water and maintaining the proper water levels. We were amazed to see many beautiful homes built adjacent to the rivers and canals and sometimes below the high water mark. I assume that flooding is not an issue and the river keeps a constant level. It might be a guy thing as we often discussed the water systems on our trip, where as I think our wives may have been most impressed at the beautiful lushness of the green pastures and fields and the flora along the banks of the rivers, or maybe it’s the other way. In the large urban cities, it is easy to get the impression that the Netherlands is a country of bicycles, however on the river system you see a country that appears to be obsessed with boats.

All along the shores and around every bend, in front of everybody’s house there are docks and boats of every description.

Beautiful and elegant, homemade wooden skiffs (some old and rickety), powerboats, sailboats, row boats, lee boards were every-

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Galley Guys preparing dinner aboard the LeBoat in the galley.

where; what fun it was to turn every corner and discover someone’s interpretation of what the perfect boat should be.

By North American standards Holland is an old country and as we cruised we saw some incredible estate homes and as the Dutch would have it, beautifully manicured lawns. On the River Vecht heading south toward Utrecht we overnighted in a village called Breukelen and you could see where in the 17th century many wealthy Amsterdam merchant families built their huge

mansions on the river. There was such a feeling of elegance in this village and we took advantage with a great proper dinner in a local establishment.

This Galley Guys trip was in mid September and still there was a fair number of boats moving up and down the canals and rivers. I would think that in the height of the summer season it could be very busy and may be difficult to get prime dock space, and there may be some waiting for your turn at the bridges, but the journey is the attraction. Friendly people, warm smiles make Holland a great destination for a boat trip. Our short trip was great fun and we only wish that we could have taken one of the 14 day “one way” trips to Woudsend and experienced more of the history and Northern regions of this unique country.

Galley Guy Tips: The taxi ride from Schiphol to Vinkeveen is about 70 Euros. Keep some Euros handy on the boat as some of the bridges and locks charge tolls. The maps are metric and sometimes the bridge heights are in decametres. Some canals are too narrow and some bridges are too low so plan ahead. Read your maps carefully. Rent bicycles and go exploring. Don’t eat too many Amsterdam Frites. The wake from the canal freighters are not a problem. Laugh a lot. Wave back! •

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TRAVEL DESTINATION

Exploring the Lower Ottawa River TRAILER BOATING BETWEEN OTTAWA AND MONTREAL

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By Craig Nicholson, The Intrepid Cottager

he sunny sky suddenly turned black as we waited on the blue line for our turn to enter the mammoth Carillon Lock on the Lower Ottawa River just east of Hawkesbury, Ontario. Then, just after the lock’s giant “guillotine” gate rose overhead to let us in, a strong wind broke the calm. It blew from the east, hammering into the open mouth of the lock and catching several entering cruisers unawares.

Frantic lock staff managed to grab one and secure it, but operating under minimum power and with limited manoeuvring room, two other wayward boats started to turn sideways and drift uncontrollably towards the closed gates at the other end – and into each other. So it was Sea-Doo’s to the rescue…a couple of us masqueraded our personal watercraft as tug boats, gently nudging the larger vessels back into position, where grateful lock staff could get them properly fastened.

The guillotine slammed shut behind us, blocking out the wind. As the lock started to fill, we made the steady 30-minute high rise up 20 metres to the top of the lock. The sky had become progressively darker. It capped our tunnelled view up the steep sides of the lock like an ominous black awning. With some trepidation, we togged up in our rain gear, goggles and facemasks. Good thing, because a torrential downpour pounded us as we exited the lock, blurring our vision.

Fortunately, it was a hot summer day, so the precipitation was warm and we were well protected. As we continued back up river toward Lefaivre, the storm petered out. We’d launched from the public launch there for each of our two days cruising the Lower Ottawa River by Sea-Doo watercraft.

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River riding.

The Ottawa River is a centuries old historic trading route.

It stretches 1,200-kilometres (745 mi) from Montreal to Lake Temiskaming in Northern Ontario. Divided by impassable rapids into the lower and upper, the Ottawa’s still a magnet for modern-day marine explorers. The Lower Ottawa River is most easily accessible to Southern Ontario and bordering states. It’s a part of a navigable waterway triangle formed in far Eastern Ontario with the St. Lawrence River on its southern side and the famous Rideau Canal on its west. This route makes a pleasant and popular touring loop for trailer boaters and cruisers, but PWC’s and some runabouts can’t get past the St. Lawrence Seaway locks from Montreal to Cornwall, where

recreational vessel length must be at least 6m (20’) and weigh at least 900kg (1 ton).

Not to worry, the Lower Ottawa River by itself offers a touch of everything that’s great about Ontario waterways. This broad but protected stretch of water forms the Ontario-Quebec border. It’s bookended by Montreal at its east end where it meets the St. Lawrence River, and Ottawa at its west end, where there’s Rideau Canal access. The Lower Ottawa widens out considerably as its closes with the St. Lawrence, where it also includes the Lake of Two Mountains and Lake Saint-Louis. The whole route is very navigable, generally deep and well buoyed where needed. It also provides a family-friendly Sea-Doo adventure. I’ve done it both with couples and with kids aged 11 to 14 riding double with their parents.

About 360 kilometres (224 miles) of boating adventures await you along the well-populated and serviced Ontario shores between these two cities – more than enough to satisfy any boater with a yen for river cruising. That’s why we recently spent two very enjoyable days exploring this predominantly Francophone Ontario shore. Unable to find any Ontario riverside lodgings with docks at a half way location between Ottawa and Montreal, we did discover a gem of a place called the Motel Rouleau at Alfred, in the United Counties of Petrie Island Beach.

Prescott-Russell. It’s affordable and clean, has two outdoor hot tubs, a restaurant nearby and plenty of truck

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Lefaivre launch.

and trailer parking. Plus, it’s only 10 minutes by trailer to the good and free public launch at Lefaivre where we staged for each day’s ride, trailering back to the motel each night. This concrete launch also offers docks, parking and fuel.

LEFAIVRE TO MONTREAL This part of the ride is about 94 klicks (58 mi) to the western end of the Lachine Canal. That’s a 14.5-kilometre (9 mi) slow speed zone run by Parks Canada that takes boaters into the Old Port of Montreal. Even by Sea-Doo, this day ride didn’t allow enough time to canal it into the city. Before arriving there we had to pass through (and wait for) two busy locks, the aforementioned Carillon, and Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue (and also allow time to go back through them before closing time). As it was, with stops for lunch, gas and the double locks, this day ride took us almost 11 hours total, but we knew that going in – and what better way to while away a long, hot summer day? Plus of course, there was that refreshing shower along the way!

The Carillon Lock is about 43 klicks (27 mi) downriver from Lefaivre. It’s the largest one operated by Parks Canada and boy, did we ever feel insignificant with its vertical walls towering over us! About 40 kilometres (25 mi) farther along, the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal, is a much smaller lock (and very short canal) with plenty of riverside restaurant patios for lunch. We gassed up for the return ride at the Ile Perrot Marina just east of this canal.

Our Lefaivre to Montreal ride was a kick-back-and-enjoy the relaxed ambience of the whole experience kinda day.

The sights, scenery and the waterway itself were well worth our time – and after all, we still rode a total of almost 200 klicks (124 mi)!

in a full day, riding over 160 klicks (100 mi) total in just over seven hours, including stops.

This part of the Lower Ottawa doesn’t widen into any major lakes, but offers many broad stretches where the river widens. We made good time here, running past towns like Rockland and Cumberland, which also have public launches and docks. We took a break near Orleans, where the sandy beaches and services of Petrie Island Park offer an appealing respite, a relaxing swim and a great place for kids to play.

Best of all, it was pretty neat seeing our nation’s capital, The City of Ottawa, gradually rise out of the distance, growing larger the closer we got. At the Rockcliife Boathouse Marina, you can turn to starboard and follow the river sign to the Casino du Lac Leamy in Quebec for a little gaming. However, we stayed along the port shore into Governor Bay, so named because Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada overlooks its waters (as does the Prime Minister’s house at 24 Sussex).

Next up along that Ottawa shore is the confluence of the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers, landmarked by an impressive, thundering waterfall. We moseyed up beside Rideau Falls and into its cooling spray – every time I see a big falls like this I wonder if the water’s ever going to end? Where does it all come from anyway?

With Gatineau, Quebec on the starboard and Ottawa to the port, we passed under both the Macdonald Cartier and Alexandra Bridges. Rounding Nepean Point, we had our first inspiring sight of two famous buildings. It was definitely a thrill to spot Canada’s Parliament Buildings and Rideau Falls.

LEFAIVRE TO OTTAWA This return excursion upstream to Ottawa is uninterrupted by locks or canals en route. But what with spending a couple of hours sightseeing Canada’s capital city from the water and stopping for a floating patio lunch and gas at the Rockcliffe Boathouse Marina, we did put

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Between these two historic landmarks, the eight flight locks that mark the northern entrance to the Rideau Canal are situated, for those who have the time for the multi-day cruise south to Kingston. We discovered that only a kilometre or so east, just past the Portage Bridge at Chaudière Island, the navigable portion of the Lower Ottawa comes to an abrupt halt, where rapids block farther progress upstream. However, apparently a trailer service (613-282-6559 or 613-8321414) is available from either Petrie Island Park or Dow’s Lake (on the Rideau) to get around Ottawa by land.

From there, the Ottawa River Waterway provides transfer services for boaters wanting to venture to Arnprior, Renfrew and Pembroke or beyond.

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Remember that we cover more water in a day by PWC than anyone is likely to by boat, so if you’re going to do the Lower Ottawa by cruiser or runabout allow more time to do it justice. But either way, once you’ve done the Lower Ottawa River I guarantee you’ll want to go back every year for more! • #PRtourism #ottawatourism #ottawariverwaterway

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Dark ’n Stormy GOSLING’S RUM and BERMUDA

Malcolm Gosling is the heir to the business and the first in seven generations to export the rum so the Dark ’n Stormy can be made correctly off the island.

By Margaret Swaine

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ermuda is the host country for the 35th America’s Cup, set to take place in 2017, a competition for the oldest trophy in international sport (dates back to 1851) that features the fastest boats and the best sailors in the world. The first leg of the competition, the America’s Cup World Series held in October 2015, saw plenty of celebrants drinking Bermuda’s national cocktail, the Dark ’n Stormy, a mix of Gosling’s Black Seal rum with Gosling’s ginger beer. As Gosling’s is both the official rum and the official ginger beer of the 35th America’s Cup - sailors, Bermudians and spectators will be knocking back this cocktail a lot over the next two years and beyond.

Family owned Gosling’s is the oldest business in Bermuda. It all began in 1806 when James Gosling, the oldest son of wine and spirit merchant William Gosling, set sail from England bound for America but was becalmed at sea for so long that

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the charter ran out. James and his merchandise put in at the nearest port Bermuda. When James learned the British navy used Bermuda as a stop off point to replenish supplies, rather than continue on he set up shop. Sailors at that time and up until the nineteen forties were given a daily ration of rum.

The distinctive black rum destined to be Black Seal was first formulated in about 1860. As always it’s still blended and bottled in Bermuda but comes from several Caribbean islands. Distilleries in Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana and Barbados make the Gosling’s rum from a base of molasses. These distinct rums are then blended and aged in once used American bourbon barrels re-charred to a heavy toast. Caramel is added to keep the colour consistent. The result is a dark, deep, complex full-flavoured rum with a gingerbread finish.

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Seven generations and counting – purveyors of Bermuda’s national beverage and the choice of sailors everywhere – especially in the America’s Cup!

tions ago – seven stubborn generations ago according to the company’s own advertisements (the eight generation is just getting involved). Malcolm Gosling is the first generation to export the rum so the Dark ’n Stormy can be made correctly off the island. “My father and his brothers and his dad had no desire to get into the export business,” said Malcolm. “People

would try the drink and want Gosling’s rum to make it but they had to come to Bermuda to get it.”

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chowder, dark, thick with shredded fish and deliciously savoury is served with cruets of Black Seal rum and Outerbridges Sherry Peppers sauce to add at will.

Roofs of homes in Bermuda are designed by boat builders with wood beams and ribs, covered with limestone slate and painted with a lime wash or nontoxic paint – all to collect rain water for household use. Once completed a “roof wetting ceremony” is held using Gosling’s rum, primarily an excuse for a party.

“We all acquired a taste for rum at a very young age,” said Andrew Holmes, Brand manager at Gosling’s Export. “Black Seal rum was traditionally rubbed on teething babies gums to calm them down.”

Today just about every bar in Bermuda has a version of the national cocktail. At Marcus, the hot new eatery in the Hamilton Princess, they call it the Darker

& Stormier, as they make it with a spicy house-made ginger beer. The Reefs Resort does a Dark and Stormy float with vanilla ice cream. Devil’s Isle does “Farm to Bar” cocktails, using fresh squeezed juices, home infused syrups, homemade bitters and great creativity. Their Rumballiach is a Gaelic twist on the Dark ’n Stormy mixing Black Seal rum with Drambuie, lime juice, Bermuda honey and ginger beer.

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The fall colours in Prince Edward County were magnificent and once again it was time to head off to the annual CPS-ECP Conference. So I packed my bags and set off from my home in Picton, Ontario and headed for this year’s conference site, the city of Niagara Falls. The trip was pleasant and upon arriving at the conference centre Thursday afternoon I was greeted by many familiar faces. After visiting the registration desk I took some time to tour the site and prepared myself for the upcoming few days of meetings and information gathering. I always find these conferences full of interesting things to see and do and this year I was looking forward to hearing about the upcoming WBAS upgrade.

Saturday morning arrived and this year being a scrutineer I had been asked to arrive early to prepare the entrance way and be familiar with the routine concerning the issuing of ballots to those members attending the AGM. So just before the hour of eight I arrived at the designated site and waited for instructions. Looking into the meeting room I could see there were a few key CPS-ECP people already there and two of them began heading for my doorway, P/C/C Richard Bee and Sarah-Jane Raine our National Administration Officer.

Much to my surprise they both came to a halt by my doorway, turned towards me and Richard introduced me to Sarah-Jane then turning to Sarah-Jane said, “This is R. John.”. It is not every day that one gets such an introduction so I was very curious as to what might be in the offing as I had never had any direct dealings with any of Sarah-Jane’s administration departments.

Richard then stepped back and Sarah-Jane turned to me and I said to her, “I gather you would like me to do something?”.

Sarah-Jane smiled and explained that Joan Cadham the editor of The Port Hole was retiring and would I be interested in the position.

Without any hesitation I replied, “Definitely.”.

I then got a big hug from Sarah-Jane and she explained that Joan would mentor me, as the next edition of The Port Hole was already in the work. Over the next few weeks we would be in touch with each other to begin the training and information exchange.

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just to make sure all was on track and that maybe there just might be another person that might like the position. In her very quick reply she assured me that all was well and she was very happy that I had accepted the position.

Then two days later on Thursday October 29 at 10:29 a.m. my phone rang and the caller ID indicated the caller was from Nova Scotia. I was curious, so I answered the phone and found myself speaking to Sarah-Jane Raine. Her news though, was not good. She informed me that she had been informed that Joan Cadham had just passed away and the promised mentoring would not be taking place.

I expressed my condolences and after a few moments began thinking of an action plan. I discussed some of my thoughts with Sarah-Jane and said goodbye. Suddenly the transition was not going to be easy, but quite challenging. So with this new bit of sad news I went about my day and thought back to the many issues of The Port Hole I had read in the past, all of them interesting and well prepared.

The next day I contacted Vanessa Schmidt, CPS-ECP’s very talented Art Director who actually does the layout for The Port Hole and together over the next few days we developed an action plan for this edition.

This is certainly a challenging role but I am looking forward to it and would invite each one of you to think about The Port Hole, what you like about it, what you do not like about it, and let me know. So send me an email with your thoughts and concerns. The email address is: theporthole@cps-ecp.ca I am always listening!

And thank you Joan, for all those wonderful Port Hole editions. It is one of the best member benefits that CPS-ECP has to offer!

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o all members of CPS-ECP. As you are certainly aware, I was elected as Chief Commander of CPSECP on October 24th at the Niagara Falls Conference. My story is to some degree similar to many volunteers as it became an adventure. Let me tell you a bit about my journey as a CPS-ECP volunteer.

I was happy with what I was doing with my Squadron folks. Instructing the Boating course gave me a true sense of accomplishment. What more can you ask, people learn from you, people smile at you and all say “THANK YOU” to you, no exception. There were days when the course was stretched from three to four hours, nobody noticed and nobody complained. We had FUN. I also proctored other courses, but I was at my best with Boating because I was in direct contact with people for an extended period. The Squadron organized many activities, and we had FUN. I did what many of us did and eventually became Squadron Commander. Then, I was called to fill an empty seat at the District level and devoted some five years in training and eventually became District Commander of Cartier District and a member of the Board. Wow! I was a Director.

One day, I had a discussion with then Chief Commander Serge St-Martin, and he learned about my professional career and I found myself being nominated as National Assistant Treasurer. The following year, I became National Treasurer and held that position for four consecutive years.

Becoming Chief Commander was a position I never thought of. It was never in my CPS-ECP career plan. Why should I have a career plan? Many years ago I had retired twice. Like many of us, I could not say NO because I enjoyed facing challenges! I was still having the feeling of accomplishment despite the difficult days we were into. When Joe Gatfield called me and suggested that I become National Executive Officer, I was in shock. No need to tell the rest of the story; here I am your Chief Commander of CPS-ECP. It is the privilege that only a few volunteers have had since 1946.

I would like to think that the Chief is not only a leader but also a gatherer and a facilitator of a large team, the total opposite of a dictator. When I took my pledge on Saturday evening, October 24th, I insisted on having my predecessor beside me as a sign of his support and my thanks to him!

Each Executive Committee Officer was then introduced

as they are members of the key team I have chosen, and they were also pledged. They are: National Executive Officer Cathie Johnstone (Rideau), National Educational Officer Don Griffon (Pacific Mainland), National Administrative Officer Sarah-Jane Raine (Atlantic), National Financial Officer Doug Stewart (Western Canada Inland), National Secretary Nancy Richards (Rideau), National Law Officer Charles Beall (York West) and Past Chief Commander Joe Gatfield (Western Ontario).

Members of this team come from all parts of Canada and they have various life experiences, three of them are women, a first in our organization, and most of us are still active at the Squadron or District level.

The Board of Directors also has members from across the country, and four new Directors were elected, Peter Bolton (Vancouver Island North), Byron Buie (Pacific Mainland), David Burt (York West) and Bob Parke (Western Ontario).

There are major challenges our organization needs to deal with: renew our course offerings to our members and the boating community, maintain a significant level of membership and offer an enhanced curriculum of member benefits, attract younger members and volunteers, and deal with the evolution of technology when and where required.

In my acceptance speech, I alluded to the changing environment and the new generation of boaters that have different needs. CPS-ECP needs to adapt and learn how to react faster. I know this will not come overnight, but progress will come as a result of changes.

On Sunday, October 25th, I indicated to the Board my desire to have our thoughts and actions focus on members and Squadrons. This is what I have asked of everyone. Nothing should be achieved in isolation and, as I have already indicated, all levels of the organization need to work together in the same direction. Squadrons should not only be consulted; I am counting on them to participate in initiatives organized by the national level where needed, as we cannot do this alone.

We will take little steps at a time, and we must remain focussed.

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Robet Pepin, PA, Chief Commander Lanaudiere Power and Sail Squadron

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Mail Call Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons Dear Editor,

theporthole@cps-ecp.ca

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Published by Authority of the Board of Directors

I have attached an end of course presentation by one of our recent Boating Essentials Chair, Communications Committee graduates. She was actually the ValedictoSusan Cooper rian and we thought she did a marvellous Editor-in-Chief job. Please consider some or all of it for your R. John Garside, AP wonderful publication.

Art Director

Vanessa Schmidt

Proofreaders

Carolyn Reid, SN Louise White, SN

Peter Bey Commander, Saanich Peninsula Power and Sail Squadron

Hello, Thank you for inviting me to say a few words on behalf of the Boating Essentials Editorial Review Committee class.

Joan McBride Charles Morris My husband, Geoff, and I are walking Donald Whyte, SN (well, for me, perhaps not always walking), talking Saanich Peninsula clichés. Both Contributing Editors Nick Baets newly retired, last Fall we pulled up stakes Joesph Gatfield, JN in the Lower Mainland and ventured across John Gullick, AP the broad Salish Sea to spend our leisure James R. Hay, JN Katherine Haslam years enjoying the bucolic charms of the James Hay, JN Peninsula. On day 2, Geoff looked out the Bradley Schmidt window and announced: “We need to get a Published 4 times per year: boat!”.

January, April, June and September.

Copy deadline is ten weeks prior to pub- “Hold on”, I said, “you have some experilication. Editorial copy and correspon- ence at this. dence should be sent to theporthole@ “You have owned and operated a small cps-ecp.ca boat before and you have chartered larger Patron power boats and have been on scores of sailH.R.H. The Prince Philip ing trips in local waters and beyond.”

Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T. “I, on the other hand, have never done Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons anything more on a boat besides packing Escadrilles canadiennes de plaisance the picnic, sitting in the sun and reading my 26 Golden Gate Court Toronto, ON M1P 3A5 book. If we are going to do this, I had better 1-888-CPS-BOAT F. 416-293-2445 take some lessons.” theporthole@cps-ecp.ca Thus it was that I found myself sitting in www.cps-ecp.ca a high school science classroom on a cold Executive Director Tuesday evening in January (well, cool, Walter Kowalchuk actually - this is Sidney after all) ready to embark on a four month voyage into the arcane world of “boating”.

Having recently landed safely on shore on the other side of this experience (did you notice how naturally these nautical metaphors now trip off my tongue?), I thought I Photographer

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might take this opportunity to express in a little poem just how baffling this subject can be to the uninitiated - i.e. me.

Poem: The “Compass” - a good place to start, there can’t be much to learn, But I’ve scarcely got my ‘Bearings’ when things take a nasty turn, The reading on the ‘Lubber’s line’ may be plain as day, Yet until it gets ‘Corrected’, it’s not ‘True’ - or so they say, Variation, Deviation - these terms were new to me, The only thing I’m sure of? Children watch too much T.V. On to maps, familiar ground, though at sea we call them ‘Charts’, I struggle with the folding, it seems like origami art, Latitude and Longitude, I remember this from school, Try to pay attention, I don’t want to look a fool, ‘Parallels’, ‘Meridians’ - ‘Mercator’ keeps them straight, Now if I could only find my lost ‘Co-ordinates’.

I mentioned in my intro that I love a gripping book, So I was very happy when at the text I took a look, ‘Plotting’ and ‘Dead Reckoning’ the ‘Headings’ said to me, That coming up for study was a clever mystery, Imagine my chagrin to find that I’d misread the course, ‘Conning’ wasn’t ‘cunning’ and it was ‘Depth’, not ‘death’ contours.

Time to study ‘Buoys’, a subject destined to confuse, For ‘Safe Mooring’ and for ‘Hazards’, the same colours they did choose, Don’t get me started on the lights - white,

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yellow, red and green, From ‘Long Flashing’ up to ‘Very Quick’ and lots more in-between, Each one a different pattern and each one a different speed, And ‘Fixed’ means both attached and steady - it’s Aspirin I need.

Just when I thought I had a ‘Fix’ on ‘Piloting’ and such, Bruce threw in ‘Tides’ and ‘Currents’ and I concluded: ‘Knot’ so much, With so many topics and so little time, I began to give up hope, ‘Danforth’, ‘Kellets’, ‘Flukes’ and ‘Chocks’, who knew anchors had such ‘Scope?.

‘Lines’ on boats and ‘Ropes’ in coils, made of ‘Fibres, Yarns and Strand,

Remember that your power cord connects the last to land, ‘Towing Bridles’: V or Y? What the heck is ‘G.F.C.I.?

Eco-logos, holding tanks - I simply had to sigh.

But thanks to all the help we had from learned volunteers, We managed to absorb the facts they poured into our ears, Dave and Peter, Tony, Bruce, Jiri and Ms. Marlor, Ramsay and both Richards, not to mention Proctors Four, We appreciate the time you gave and thank you most sincerely I needed every one of you, I know that very clearly.

Conclusion: Thanks for indulging me in that piece of doggerel. All kidding aside, on behalf of all the students I really do want to thank everyone involved who gave so generously of their time and energy to this course and particular thanks to our instructors and other members of the Power Squadron who donated their boats, expertise and a precious Sunday to give us an invaluable experience on the water on the student cruise.

Ardella Thompson Saanich Peninsula Power and Sail Squadron Valadictrian May 25, 2015

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It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of Joan Eyolfson Cadham, editor of The Port Hole, shortly after our return from the Niagara Falls Conference. I wrote the following article about her in the winter of 2010.

Joan Eyolfson Cadham, Editor-in-Chief of the Port Hole since 1998 is of Icelandic origin.

Her great-grandmother, Gudrun, who became a widow after her husband was lost at sea, emigrated to Canada with her six children in 1880. Her grandmother, Maria Oddny and her mother, Olof Augusta Johanna settled in the area of Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, with their family. Joan did her studies in Toronto. After a brief marriage she found herself alone with three children who she raised in SainteAnne-de-Bellevue, Québec, from 1971 to 1992.

It was in 1980 that she met Jack Cadham. He was involved with CPS-ECP and she too became a member first of Lake St. Louis and later West Island Squadron.

They sailed aboard Hirondelle, a 24 foot wooden sloop which they sold in 1992 when Jack was diagnosed with cancer. After having bought a house by telephone, Joan Eyolfson Cadham as many people remember her; it was taken at the 2007 Ottawa CPS-ECP Conference. without having seen it (Vikings are not afraid of taking risks) they left Montreal for Foam Lake. By happenstance the man who built this house in 1910 was also the owner of the farm where Joan spent her childhood.

Having returned to her home province Joan devoted herself to writing full time. After the death of her husband in 1995 CPS-ECP asked her to join the editorial committee of The Port Hole. She accepted on the condition that she could forsake the uniform for the Viking spear and helmet. This condition was met.

In August 2008 she undertook another voyage, a return to her roots. She went to Iceland, the home of her greatgrandmother, at the invitation of one of her many cousins. She learned that she was a direct descendant of Gudridur Thorbjarnarsdottir, the most travelled woman of the middle ages and the one who gave birth to the first European born in North America.

Joan revisited Iceland in June 2009 but on her return was hospitalised due to dangerously low oxygen levels in her blood. No one can explain the reason for the sudden appearance of this illness with the unpronounceable name. Is it an elf or a troll, so numerous in Iceland, who slipped into her luggage to play a cruel joke on her? Still, with the DNA of Gudridur in her genes nothing stops our valiant Viking.

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Bradley Schmidt Markham Agincourt Power and Sail Squadron

Shopping trips were a frequent event for my family in my childhood. We lived in Orillia, Ontario, a city no doubt familiar to many readers because of its famous port on the Trent Severn Waterway. There weren’t a lot of big name stores there in the 1980’s, so I was regularly subjected to a couple hours in the backseat of the car before being dragged from one store to the next. Every now and then, though, we’d head to the mall in Oshawa, Ontario. These trips were special because while Mom browsed the mall, Dad would take brother and me to the Canadian Automotive Museum. The museum is filled with historical vehicles of all kinds, but one in particular captured my imagination from the moment I set eyes on it.

As you walk up the stairs to the second storey (yes, the museum is housed in a vintage car dealership with a special elevator specially designed to lift vehicles to the second floor), look UP! When you do you’ll see something totally out of place in a car museum - two polished propellers. The museum has had a 1965 Amphicar on display for as long as I can remember. This is a pristine example with only a few kilometres on the odometer. Designed and built in West Germany, the Amphicar was a truly unique combination of automobile and boat. The cars could be driven directly into the water, a lever pulled to engage the propellers, and the vehicle would plod along in the water at a few knots. I’ve been lucky enough to see one in action and let me tell you, it is well worth the time to attend a meet or at least look up some videos. The value of surviving vehicles has skyrocketed in recent years, well out of reach of most hobbyists.

The idea of combining hobbies has continued to fascinate me. We all know the Canadian Dream is to own ALL the toys, but good engineering and clever marketing in the marine world have provided us with compromises we are all familiar with – fish and ski style boats or pontoon boats that can plane, for example, are very popular choices these days.

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As a cottager who enjoys boats and ATV’s, I was particularly interested in a video that circulated a year or two ago. It seemed too good to be true – a company had designed a combination ATV and personal watercraft. I shrugged it off as internet propaganda but was proven wrong when I saw it in the flesh, on display at the 2015 Toronto Boat Show.

The Quadski, by Gibbs Sports Amphibians Inc., is truly a high performance personal watercraft and ATV, all in one. It is powered by a 140HP 1300CC BMW motorcycle engine, with rear wheel drive and a jet-drive for use in the water. The wheels flip up to allow the boat to plane. According to their website, it is capable of 45 MPH on land or water! My childhood dreams were re-ignited. One toy could replace two. Sadly the machine is priced out of my range – it seemed I could buy a purpose built ATV and personal watercraft instead, with money to spare. Who knows? Perhaps the idea will catch on and with volume production the price could come down.

I recently read about a very unique vehicle built by a gentleman named Rick Dobbertin, called the Surface Orbiter. It started life as a milk-hauling stainless steel trailer and when Rick was done it was a fully amphibious ocean-capable RV. Rick covered a great deal of North and South America, on land and water, including a passage of the Panama Canal.

Amphibious multi-use vehicles are obviously not a new idea. They have been used for military exercises, industrial work, even tourism for many years. Most likely these vehicles, old or new, will never penetrate the mainstream market. However, if by chance you find yourself on the water and an Amphicar pulls up with the window down, asking for directions, just offer the time honoured mantra, “Red, Right, Returning.”

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JUST ASK JOHN

John Gullick, AP Manager, Government and Special Programs

Q: I have read that you must have an operator’s certificate to use a VHF radio in Canadian waters. What is the penalty if you do not have a certificate but use the VHF anyway?

A: I believe that the potential fine for not having a Restricted Operator’s Certificate (Maritime) if you are using or have the ability to use a VHF marine radio is $250. If someone using’ using it makes a false distress call, it can be $5000 regardless of having the ROC(M).

Q: Is a Pleasure Craft Operator Card required to operate a houseboat on the St. Lawrence River? The houseboat company in Gananoque that we’re thinking of renting from states on their website that this is not a requirement. I’m not so sure.

I have my operator card, but other people in our group do not.

A: Canadian regulation requires that all operators provide proof of operator competency. The PCOC is the primary form of that proof but a signed Rental Boat Safety Check List also serves as proof and that needs to come from the rental agency. It is only good for the length of the single rental and needs to cover all potential operators.

Q: Do pontoon boats require a bailer?

A: They are not required. See Note 1 in the Safe Boating Guide.

- Exception for Bailers and Manual Bilge Pumps - A bailer or manual bilge pump is not require for a boat that cannot hold enough water to make it capsize or a boat that has watertight compartments that are sealed and not readily accessible.

Zodiac with a 20 hp motor.

Do we need to write the PCOC exam or are we grandfathered in with our Power Squadron course certificate and exempt from a fine if stopped by the marine police.

In other words – is our Canadian Power and Sail Squadron course certificate “Proof of Competency”?

A: Under the regulations proof of having taken a safe boating course in Canada prior to April 1 1999 is all that is required to prove operator competency. So, your CPS-ECP certificate is that proof but you will have to carry a copy with you. If you want to get a PCOC we can do that based on your having taken our boating course. Please contact our office at 1 888 277 2628.

Q: Can you please tell me if, as a pleasure craft operator, I am required to have any documentation on board other than my Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC)?

A: Yes, if your vessel is licensed, and it needs to be if you have a motor of 7.5 kw (10 hp) or greater, then you need to have the paper copy of the vessel license on board as well. The vessel license should not be confused with the PCOC. This is the license for the boat, not the operator and is represented by the letters and numbers on each side of the bow.

Q: Quick question here from a US boater getting ready to enter Canada. Does a lifesling qualify as an approved piece of Canadian safety equipment?

A: Lifeslings are not approved for use in Canada. However, while visiting Canada on your US vessel you have 45 days continuous before you need to meet Canadian regulations.

During those 45 days you only need to meet both US Federal and your State regulations.

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John fields many of the calls for information that come to the National Office in Toronto. He has agreed to share some of the questions and his responses with you. For questions not answered here, just ask at: theporthole@cps-ecp.ca

SCHOONER SAILING IN MAINE Robert Dandurand, P Britannia-Rideau Power and Sail Squadron

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n May last year, I went to Maine and went on the shakedown cruise of the SV J&E Riggin. This was another marvellous trip and different from the half dozen preceding ones. For starters, my nephew Daniel accompanied me this time and secondly, it rained throughout, except for very brief moments you could count in minutes. It was also cold (40 degrees F) and very, very windy in the 40-knot range for most of it, all of which created a very particular situation, limited but exhilarating sailing!

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and about. Everyone was then summoned on deck for the Captain’s Call. The captain then greeted us officially and introduced the crew and went over the security advice and instructions on using the head.

The first evening, you dine on shore. We paired up with my sailing buddy Burt’s friend and my sailing squadron colleague John and his son Eric. John had heard my gushing about the fine sailing in Maine and had roped his boy into coming down for this trip. We then all got acquainted while enjoying local fish fare. We shut the place down at 9 p.m. and make our way back to our cabins to settle in for the night.

Monday morning was bleak and wet. From my cabin, I could hear the stirrings of the galley crew as they started to stoke the wood-burning stove at four in the morning and the deckhands wiping down the cabin house tops. By seven, there were pots of steaming coffee, tea, and cocoa on deck under the awning along with freshly baked coffee

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cake and cantaloupe to help ward off the damp. The wind had now died down but it wouldn’t be long before it returned. Meanwhile we mingled and introduced ourselves to our travelling companions.

The regular crew was busy bringing provisions aboard while we are summoned below by the eight clangs of the bell announcing breakfast made up of blueberry pancakes, sausages, cereals, juice and various fruits.

We then waited around for preparations to be ended and for a late arrival. We would usually be away by 10 a.m. but it would be nearer noon before we exited the channel pushed by the yawl, and then set the mainsail, the foresail and finally, simultaneously, the jib and staysail. The instructions were straightforward. The volunteers lined up on each side of the boat and grabbed hold of the mainsail halyard. The captain then asks from the wheel. “Ready on the peak?”

“Ready on the peak”, answers the mate.

“Ready on the throat?”

“Ready on the throat”, comes the reply from many.

“Haul away!”, orders the captain, and we pull hand over hand for a couple of minutes.

“Hold peak!”, says the captain, as the throat crew are starting to strain and raise the boom also.

“Haul away, peak!”. The strain is greater, the movement slower and then we hear.

“Two-six, heave! Two-six, heave!” repeatedly, and we put our backs and shoulders into pulling in rhythm, until the captain cries, “Make fast!”

“Walk the line into me”, calls the mate at the peak halyard and the deckhand at the throat halyard. Then, “Drop it!”, and we are under sail!

The wind then picked up to 30 kn, with gusts to 35-40 kn, and the swell is 4 to 6 feet with foam at the wave crests and we are being pelted by the rain but, no matter. We are Sailing!

Lunch is now ready and being served below, cafeteria style, clam chowder, biscuits, spinach salad, chocolate chip cookies and lemonade. My experience keeps me to two biscuits heavily buttered and two chocolate chip cookies. A few will soon be “indisposed” by the boat’s motion. I and a few others remain on deck, appropriately geared, despite the wind and rain until the captain decides to bring down the sails at 3 p.m., the boat having taken a beating on its first outing of the season. He explained that the wind was too strong to get to where he was hoping to and “50 knots is the very limit she can take, besides we aren’t insured past that”.

Mostly everyone now gathers in the galley to feel the warmth of the stove as the individual cabins have no heat source. The galley mate is preparing breaded chicken, rice, carrots, salad, and chocolate dipped strawberries for dinner and chef Annie is very involved.

We anchored at North Haven in the nick of time and we can feel the wind picking up despite being in the lee of the island. The boat swings at anchor so the captain will want a watch on throughout the night. Books, journals and card games come out but many retire by 9 p.m., the fresh air having taken its toll.

The next morning, the captain orders a double-reef in the main before setting out for the town of Castine after breakfast. The hearty ones raise the anchor and we are off, in 4- to 5-foot swells and plenty of wind and we ship water through the scuppers. Now there is a misty rain and I exchange my sailing gloves for woollen mitts.

Soon it is lunch time with chili and cornbread, cheese and veggie nachos, then salad and carrot cake. The food on these trips is always plentiful and tasty. The captain advises us that we are returning to North Haven as there is some very lousy weather ahead. So we turn back and douse all but the foresail until we anchor where we had departed less than four hours ago, but what a ride. A ride ashore is offered w w w. c a n a d i a n y a c h t i n g . c a

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Previous page: Captain Jon Finger put a reef in the main. Left: Stonington, Deer Isle, Maine Right: The author takes a spin at the wheel.

to those wanting to stretch their legs and half a dozen passengers partake.

It’s a chance for me to talk to the crew and passengers and find out a little about them. Everybody has a story of some sort and I like finding these out. For instance, Bill, 74, and Dot, 78, I assumed were long time partners but it turns out they hooked up less than three months ago through a mutual friend and are doing this as a hoot! Norah, 56, a retired public servant from Chicago is here as part of a life-long wish and a Mother’s Day gift from her daughter.

Wednesday brings more rain and a little less wind so the captain decides to make a run for port, a day early granted but otherwise we might be stranded here a few days. Not that many of us would mind!

The motion is kinder than yesterday and the wind seems to top off at 30 kn rather than 45 kn. After a little over four hours in the fog Rockland appears like a ghost town. We drop sails and return to the dock. It is then decided that we will have our lobster bake aboard rather than on a beach. The camaraderie of the last few days has bound us in revelry. All are merry.

On our last morning, it is still raining and blowing so hard that the rain travels horizontally under the awning.

Sunset, Brooklyn Bay, Maine

We have our last meal together and gather our things up, slap backs, share hugs and addresses and are on our way home. I had a grand time and returned to the J&E Riggin in August for more. You should try it!

Robert sails his Tanzer 22, Full Circle, on the St. Lawrence.

He is Rideau District’s Training Officer and Commander of the Britannia-Rideau Squadron.

For more information visit: http://mainewindjammer.com

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Call for Nominations - apply now The Nominating Committee of Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPSECP) is accepting applications for Director’s positions, to be nominated to fill vacancies on The Board of Directors at the 2016 Annual General Meeting.

The Nominating Committee is responsible to, and reports to, the CPS-ECP Board of Directors. It is the responsibility of the Nominating Committee to select the best possible candidates to fill positions on the CPS-ECP Board of Directors.

The role of a Director of CPS-ECP (the Corporation) is a serious responsibility.

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Officer candidate. This is not an all-inclusive list! You should consider these before submitting an application for a Director’s position.

• Ability to get along with others, leadership qualities, experience, and initiative • Ability to think independently, and not “follow the crowd” • Breadth of CPS-ECP experience • Interest in Boating Education – Grade achieved, taught one or more classes • Evidence of administrative ability (within CPS-ECP or outside) • Enthusiasm, time available, merit mark record, attendance at National or District meetings, National Committee experience • Commitment to CPS-ECP, and passion for the CPS-ECP Mission • Leadership record at Squadron and District levels • Health • Family considerations and obligations • Formal education • Geographic location • A thorough understanding of Squadron and District operations February 2016

• Completion of CPS-ECP ‘Officer Training’ seminar All candidates applying for nomination as a Director of CPS-ECP are requested to complete and submit the following documentation: • Director’s Application Form • A current resumé or curriculum vitae (c.v.)

• Skills Self-Assessment questionnaire • A ‘Statement of Vision’ of your personal short- and long-term future of CPS-ECP. The above documents can be found on the CPS-ECP website and are available in hardcopy from our National Office.

All applications must be submitted to the chair of the Nominating Committee by February 28, 2016. Applications can be submitted electronically to nomcom@cps-ecp.org or in Hardcopy marked ‘Confidential’ to Chair of the Nominating Committee, Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons, 26 Golden Gate Court, Toronto ON, M1P 3A5.

Boat green with pets

You and your pets can enjoy and protect our waterways Nick Baets, N, Environment Committee Chair Ottawa Power and Sail Squadron

Pets Aboard • Make sure your pet has an ID tag that includes your boat’s permanent marina location as well as a phone contact for when you’re afloat.

• Consider having an ID microchip implanted in your pet.

• Have your pet fitted for a Personal Flotation Device. No matter how good a swimmer, a sudden dunking can cause panic. Bright colours and a handle on top make the animal easy to retrieve.

• Teach your dog some basic commands, such as “on boat”, “off boat”.

• Obtain sea sickness medication for your pet if necessary.

• Introduce your pet to the boat in incremental steps, ideally begin when the animal is young.

• Dispose of dog and cat waste in your marine head, not overboard.

should take steps to prevent that from happening, and also practise for that eventuality.

• Be alert even at the dock because that is where many accidents happen.

• Practise swimming and rescue drills with your pet.

• Have a large fishnet with a long handle at the ready to scoop up a pet in the water.

Pets Ashore • In remote places you visit by boat both you and your pet are non native species, keep that in mind when you take your dog ashore.

• Always carry a plastic bag and pick up what your dog leaves behind.

• Keep your dog away from other (wild) animals.

• Your dog’s bark is a form of noise pollution for native species. It can signal danger and disrupt them from their normal activities like sitting on eggs.

Internet Search Terms: “boating with pets”, “water safety” training dogs Excerpt from “Boat Green” 50 Steps Boaters can take to save our waters by Clyde W. Ford.

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Many boat owners are also pet owners. It is not surprising to encounter a dog or dogs even in the remotest anchorages. Some ferry their dogs ashore so that Fido can “do his business” but we’ve also encountered dogs that were trained to do their business on the boat. Just like us, pets affect our marine environment. It is easier to think about boating green with pets in three ways: on the boat, in the water and on the land.

Don’t rely on a piper

Learn weather safety with the new CPS-ECP Weather Course

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Dorit Girash, AP, Windsor Power and Sail Squadron Chair, CPS-ECP Weather Committee

If you have ever had the good fortune to boat to the town of Kincardine, ON on the east shore of majestic Lake Huron, you may have experienced a lovely tradition: every evening at dusk, a fullydressed piper ascends the steep stairs to the top of the Kincardine lighthouse, exits onto the platform surrounding the light, and plays beautiful tunes and laments until the sun has descended below the horizon. Tourists and townspeople gather at the bridge next to the lighthouse; boaters stop what they are doing and sit on their decks… and all listen. No matter how many times I’ve heard it, I still get goose bumps each time. Why? The tradition is to help sailors lost in the fog or other foul weather find their way into port. It stems from the legend of “The Phantom Piper” – one version (the official one) of which can be found here: (http:// www.sunsets.com/kincardine/activity.php?Activity=42) Briefly, it relates the story of a family sailing from Goderich to what is now Kincardine on a cold October day in 1856.

Late in the afternoon, weather deteriorated to the point where the captain feared the worst. The despondent father, Donald Sinclair began playing a prayerful lament on his bagpipe and – miraculously – it was heard and likewise answered by a settler onshore. They then followed the sound of the onshore bagpipe and safely entered the Penetangore River. Isn’t that a touching story? Even now, as I write this, I get choked up.

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on nothing but superstition). But, that extensive heritage of weather lore did not help predict the foul weather of that day.

In fact, we are all only too aware of the thousands of vessels lying at the bottoms of lakes, rivers and seas that met their fate due to unpredicted storms. We need only remind ourselves of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” due to the “Witches of November”.

Today, building on the wisdom of our ancestors, meteorologists from all parts of the world have collaborated to utilize the best of modern science and technology to develop predictive models to allow us to enjoy a level of safety on the waters heretofore unknown. Today, there are very few meteorological phenomena that are not predictable.

But, we have to know how to interpret and use this important information. According to the United States Coast Guard: Recreational Boating Statistics 2014, not knowing or not attending to available weather information is still one of the major causes of boating fatalities. In 2014, “weather” accounted for the third highest number of deaths after “alcohol use” and “hazardous waters”.

We, at CPS-ECP are dedicated to helping you be the best boater you can be. Your safety is our mission.

To that end, we have developed a brand new weather course which is very specific to the Canadian boating environment.

It provides the knowledge and seamanship advice to help you have safe, enjoyable boating experiences in and around Canadian waters. We’ve collaborated with our colleagues at Environment Canada and United States Power Squadrons to give you the most poignant information available.

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-Why should we worry about El Niño?

-How does global warming affect boating weather?

• And finally, the services available to us to provide us with information.

-Canadian, U.S, and other weather services for mariners.

This course was designed with the adult learner in mind. We adults learn differently than the youngsters. We are not linear or rote learners; we bring to the classroom a rich repertoire of knowledge and experience and we learn best when we can integrate new information into that network of experiential knowledge. And so, in this course, we apply weather concepts to actual or virtual boating experiences. There are no closed-book, memory-work exams; instead, for those who wish to receive CPS-ECP course credit, there are two take-home assignments only. And, if you just wish to sit in class and listen, that’s OK. No one will pressure you to take the course for credit (but you will still need to pay the same tuition).

And, as we learn to accommodate more of the changing realities of education in the age of the internet, some Squadrons may wish to offer the course in “chunks” – as separate seminars for those folks interested in specific – but not all – topics.

Please email me at dgirash@cogeco.ca if you would like to discuss this.

The text is available as either an e-book or a printed book.

You will also receive a Supplemental Workbook containing review and discussion questions for each section, as well as the two take-home assignments which may be completed for course credit. An Instructor’s Guide is also available online.

Now that the bulk of the work for the main course has been completed, your Weather Committee is busily working on the Regional and Specialty Seminars: • Great Lakes Weather • East Coast Weather • West Coast Weather • Southern Hemisphere Weather • Ocean Weather • On-board Forecasting So, my dear boating colleagues, do take advantage of the great learning opportunities that we have developed for you to have the safest and most enjoyable boating experiences possible.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. Learn how to anticipate and avoid heavy advection fogs, never get caught in a thunderstorm, and boat safely in perfect (well, maybe “almost perfect”) weather!

Remember – not many harbours have pipers to guide you into port.

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It is an “Introductory” course because it gives you the foundation for boating in and around Canadian waters. It also prepares you to develop greater expertise if you subsequently decide to take one or more of our regional or specialty seminars (see below). Although the study of weather (Meteorology) is a science, and sciences can have complicated concepts, this new course is presented with hundreds of excellent illustrations that help you have “aha” moments to make weather phenomena not only understandable, but interesting and exciting. And some of us (OK – call us “nerds”) can go beyond the text and explore some brand new fascinating concepts such as the role of high energy cosmic rays originating from exploding stars far across the galaxy to the lightning that occurs in our atmosphere about four million times each day. And what does it mean that thunderstorms produce antimatter?

• The “Intro” course begins with the basics of the fluid that is the atmosphere and how the sun’s differential heating of the earth’s surface affects all weather.

• We look extensively at winds and waves. For example: -Why do land-based wind forecasts seldom match what we experience on the open water?

-Why do winds become stronger as they pass through a narrow channel?

-What causes the turbulence at the base of cliffs?

-What are sea breezes and why are those coming into city marinas so much stronger than those in the outskirts?

-What are “swells”? Rip currents? Longshore currents?

• Section 3 explores the ways that moisture can affect our boating: fog and precipitation.

-What is fog? What factors cause it to develop? What/ when/how does it dissipate?

-We then move on to the clouds – what forms them?

-What do they tell us about current and future weather?

• Of course, we have to thoroughly investigate storms – thunderstorms, tornadoes, and yes, hurricanes.

-What are microbursts and why are they so dangerous?

-Is there any way to survive thunderstorms, tornadoes, or hurricanes in open water?

-What about waterspouts?

• And then the “Big Picture”: the systems within which our boating weather develops.

-Why do we hear so much about jet streams?

-What do those big letters – “L” and “H” mean to us boaters? And why do we so often see those triangle-like configurations of warm and cold fronts?

-What are the “Witches of November” and why did so many vessels sink on or around November 10th ?

Longtime boating safety champion honoured with flagship award from NASBLA WICHITA, Kansas (Sept. 16, 2015) – During its 56th annual conference, held in Wichita, Kansas, Sept. 13-16, 2015, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) presented Joseph Gatfield with the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons its prestigious NASBLA Award.

The NASBLA Award is the non-profit organization’s oldest award. It is given in appreciation to an individual who has either given a lot of time and effort to the association to help achieve its objectives or who is acknowledged nationally, statewide or in their community for notable contributions to the betterment of boating.

A graduate of the University of Windsor with an Honors Bachelor of Commerce degree, most of Joe Gatfield’s professional career is financial related. He has used that expertise in various volunteer roles.

His volunteer career has spanned 45 years with involvement in several

major national and international organizations, including the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons where he currently serves as the Immediate Past Chief Commander.

Joe is a Life Member of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron, having been involved for over 25 years. He served as the National Educational Officer for four years during which the organization updated all of its educational materials and successfully transitioned to the new Operator Competency Program in Canada. Over the years, Joe has instructed almost every course the organization offers and is a recognized instructor and qualified to instruct government regulated courses in Canada.

Joe has been active with NASBLA’s National Boating Education Standards Panel since its creation in 2011 and currently serves as the group’s chairman. During the Panel’s formative years, he chaired the Policy and

Planning Workgroup, successfully shepherding the Panel toward ANSI accreditation in 2014. His leadership continues to guide the expansive work of the Panel toward its first recognized American National Standard, which is expected before the end of this year.

COOKER UNSTUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

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Sea Salt Galley Kat’s PRESSURE INGREDIENTS: 1/2-3/4 lb ground chicken 1 egg 1/2 cup panko seasoning of choice (I used dried thyme, oregano, salt, and pepper) 1 small cabbage, cored and roughly chopped (about 4 cups) 2 green onions, chopped 1-18 oz can of plum tomatoes in sauce, break up with a fork into small pieces dash of Worchestershire sauce 2 tbsp tomato paste 1/2 cup rice splash or two of red wine plain Greek yogurt or sour cream 64

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PREPARATION: Combine chicken, egg, panko and seasoning and form into little meatballs. Set pressure cooker to brown and start cooking meatballs in batches. Add the rest of the ingredients (except yogurt) and gently stir to combine. Place cooker lid and set timer to 20 minutes. When done, let pressure dissipate. Scoop the steaming yumminess into bowls and top with a scoop of Greek yogurt.

Tastes just like Mom’s but with so much less effort and all in one pot. And our little 2 quart cooker makes enough for 4 servings or two meals for two hungry sailors.

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Katherine Haslam, Montreal Power and Sail Squadron http://seasaltgalleykat.blogspot.ca/2014/08/ pressure-cooker-unstuffed-cabbage-rolls.html

Renew your boat batteries this winter or early spring Properly maintained, CPS-ECP boaters can up to double the life, of their existing or new lead acid batteries and help them stay in peak condition. No more fans slowing down, when on the hook halfway through the night!

In laymanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s language, we will give you tips on how this can easily be accomplished.

Battery manufacturers recommend you equalize lead acid, flooded batteries (the ones you can add water to) every 3-6 months to help remove the built up sulphation on and throughout the lead plates found in the battery.

Equalization helps remove the build up of sulphation, which increases the resistance to charge and this is what slows down and gradually kills your batteries.

Sulphation occurs normally as the battery charges and discharges, but some of this process crystalizes on the plates and is not removed during this normal battery cycling. This continued sulphation build up will eventually lead to a premature death of your battery.

Battery manufacturers recommend equalizing the battery, by zapping it for a number of hours with 15 amps and essentially boiling the battery.

This can help remove some of the built up sulphation but boiling a battery for a few hours could also be detrimental to it.

Some of this sulphation can be driven off the plates, but some along with bits of lead can fall to the bottom of the batteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s casing. This material then could build up in the bottom of the battery and may eventually short out the individual cell.

Some new chargers have a built in equalizing process that can help accom-

plish this, but you have to remember to perform the process on a regular basis.

Another method that requires only a small top up (a few ounces) of water based, Battery Equaliser, which is added to each cell, every one or two years, to help automatically accomplish this equalization process. Because Battery Equaliser is in solution in the sulphuric acid/water electrolyte, it is flowing across and throughout the plates and equalizing the battery, every time your battery is used or charged (any time electrons flow). This patented process, which will not affect warranty, automatically dissolves the built up sulphation and puts it back into the electrolyte, every time the battery is used, thus helping your starting and deep cycle batteries to be maintained in a like new condition.

Around 70% of lead acid batteries sold in the market are not sealed.

Some appear sealed, but removable ports can sometimes be found under the top decal. This product does not normally apply to AGM (Absorbed

Glass Mat) or Gel type batteries.

Some results after about five normal cycles of your battery you should see an increase in battery voltage and with less sulphation resistance, batteries will run longer and charge faster.

There will also be an increase in the CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) and up to 50% less watering will be required.

Those using solar panels or wind generators on their boat, homes or cottages using this top up treatment, allows up to 80% less trickle charge to keep the storage battery maintained.

This is almost like doubling the size of existing panel or turbine.

Developed over 25 years ago, by a University of Edinburgh Electrical Chemical Engineer, this product is used by military, made and available in Canada and has treated millions of batteries, globally.

For more information visit: www.batteryequaliser.com

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Geocaching A study in electronic navigation

Contents of “Musket Island Marine Cache” geocache.

Julie Ryder, Port Moody Power and Sail Squadron

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ven though I took a basic boating course which included learning basic navigation, I didn’t really put much more thought into applying those skills after that. To me, it was the captain’s job to figure out exactly where we were, and how to get where we were going, and I was the admiral. That was until we started geocaching.

If you’re unfamiliar with what geocaching is, it’s a worldwide GPS enabled treasure hunt, where anyone (even you) can hide a weatherproof container of “treasure” and list its GPS coordinates online for others (even you) to get and then go find it. To find the treasure in the real world 66

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you’ll need to plug those coordinates into a handheld GPS device and it will show you where it is on a map. Most smartphones nowadays have a GPS built in and you can download an app for it. I use one on my iPhone which has offline features so you don’t need cell phone service for it to work. When you find a treasure, you can physically sign its log book, trade items found inside, help a trackable on its mission, and if you have an account with geocaching. com you can log online that you “found it”. Your geocaching.com account keeps track of all the treasures that you “hide & seek”. There are over 2 million hidden geocaches worldwide, and over 5 million geocachers looking for them.

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coast that are accessible by boat and my mission is to find as many of them as I can.

Since you’re given the exact coordinates of the geocache’s location, it may seem deceptively easy to find, but unlike a road map, you are not given the exact route to it, just a couple of icons showing your location and its, with possibly a straight line connecting the two. The essence of navigation is to get from your current position to a preplanned destination, and then to return safely. However, there could be forests, hills, mountains, lakes, streams, buildings, or in nautical terms, ‘hazards’ that you have to navigate around first in order to get there. Because of all that navigational uncertainty, the key to a successful find whether it be a geocache or some other point of interest, is education and preparation.

I started organizing geocaching treasure hunts for our members to play on our boat cruises in 2014. You never know what treasure you will find in a geocache. Toys mostly: Match-box cars, Lego bits, plastic animals, coupons, Kinder Surprise toys, feathers, bottle openers, key chains.

I once found a band-aid which really came in handy because clumsy me got an “owie” and needed one. Some are too small to hold anything, but they always have a log book or sheet you can sign. If you find a trackable with a mission, you can take it out and move it to another geocache.

If you’re lucky and are the first to find a new geocache, the owner may have put a “first to find” geocoin of some type in it. There are hundreds of different geocoins which are highly collectible, and trackable too. Some geocaches are part of a series and when you find them all, you can send in a form to receive a custom geocoin reward.

One rule of etiquette is that if you take some treasure from a geocache, you must trade it with something of equal value. To help spread the word of safe boating, I had some “Thanks For The Find” (TFTF) pin-back buttons made up with the Port Moody Power and Sail Squadron burgee on

them as starter SWAG for our members to trade. I had heard the term SWAG before but didn’t realize it was an acronym for “Stuff We All Get”. At our next Change of Watch awards night, I awarded the member(s) who found the most geocaches with a beautiful “Ocean Suncatcher” geocoin.

Of course where there is treasure, there is also trash. To help keep the trash out of the oceans and our beautiful parks, conscientious geocachers take it upon themselves to remove any trash they find while treasure hunting. It’s an ongoing environmental initiative aptly named “Cache In, Trash Out” (CITO) that is supported by the worldwide geocaching community. I have a geocoin to award for that too.

Do you understand what GPS is and how it works? Do you know the different types of maps? Do you know how to load maps and GPS coordinates into a GPS device? Do you know what a waymark is? Do you know how to create a route of waymarks? Can you export a list of GPS coordinates to share with others? Conveniently the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons offer in-depth courses that specifically teach electronic charting, electronic navigation, and navigation by GPS, and you don’t need a boat or be a member to take them. But unlike riding a bike, if you don’t use those skills often enough, you lose them, e.g., geocaching. The rewards of geocaching go far beyond the material treasures you might find. Lessons in geography, map reading, navigation, nature, ecology, history, physical exercise, fellowship, and the Golden Rule come to life and are far more retentive because of this any-day real world game.

Of that I am certain.

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Left: Ocean Suncatcher Geocoin Right: Fish Travel Tag and TFTF SWAG Buttons

Announcing new CPS-ECP Member benefits Home and Auto Insurance Savings and a Chance to Win a Brand New Vehicle – From Cowan Insurance Cowan Insurance a long-time member benefit partner for Boat Insurance, has extended a new member benefit to now include Home and Auto Insurance with discount savings for CPS-ECP members. Members can now save: • 10% on Home Insurance, • 10% on Auto Insurance, • An added bonus of 5% when the member purchases both types of policies.

• All of this on top of the up to 25% savings on boat insurance.

To get a quote on Home and Auto Insurance and to save on your premiums call 1-866-912-6926.

As an added bonus, if you request a quote for home and auto insurance prior to April 1, 2016 you will be entered to win a $100 gas card or one of three brand new vehicles. December 2015 Draw – Jeep Cherokee, February 2016 – Chevrolet Equinox and April 2016 – BMW 4 Series.

Navigation Software and more – From Northport Systems Inc., a Toronto Based Company better known as FUGAWI.

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Fugawi is a new member benefit partner in 2015. Fugawi has been an innovator in GPS applications and digital charts for mobile devices, embedded electronics, desktop computers, and web services since 1995. This is a significant and far reaching benefit program for CPS-ECP members. This benefit package includes: • FREE Fugawi Marine 5 (FM5) demo software to all CPS-ECP students. Downloadable from: https://www.fugawi.com/ fugawimarine5_demo • 50% Off the retail price of the complete and downloadable FM5 for the duration of the course or time of membership.

An immediate savings of $150.

• In addition, if you own a previous version of the Fugawi Software, email sales@fugawi.com to receive a 50% discount on FM5 software upgrades from previous versions.

A savings of $75.

• Exclusive Instructors only discount. 67% discount off FM5 software for verified CPS-ECP Electronic Navigation Course Instructors. A savings of $200.

• 10% Off all marine products that Fugawi distributes in the fugawi.com store.

CPS-ECP On Board eNewsletter – From Canadian Yachting Through the support of our partner Canadian Yachting magazine, all CPS-ECP English speaking members who have a current email address will receive a new bi-weekly eNewsletter called CPS-ECP On Board starting in December of 2015. Each edition of the eNewsletter will include newsworthy items from CPS-ECP and from around the world and will be sent

by CPS-ECP to its members at no additional cost as a benefit of membership.

To guarantee that you receive your copy every two weeks please ensure that you have a current email address on file at the National Office. To do that you can update your member profile on line at: https://www.cps-ecp.ca/online/online. asp?WCE=C=Wizard|K=130~0 or send your email information to the National Office at hqg@cps-ecp.ca.

Please note that a similar eNewsletter for all of our French speaking members will be produced in the New Year with the support of the publishers of L’escale Nautique Magazine.

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James R. Hay, JN Lake St. Louis Power and Sail Squadron

“The time has come, the walrus said, to think of many things”. Rather than “shoes and ships and sealing wax” or even “cabbages and kings” I have been thinking about the people I know and about whom I write.

In the life of any cottage there comes a time when another family takes over to start their own enjoyment and to create their own memories of the place. George has reached that point and like my family five years ago has accepted an offer to sell the cottage. I have enjoyed writing about George over the past ten or fifteen years and for those wondering who George is, he is everyone and he is no one. George is simply the character I created to be able to recount stories without having to embarrass the subjects by saying who they were.

With the recent, and unexpected death of my father there has been time to reflect on his life. He is the one who encouraged me in my interest in boating. He was an avid boater and sailor and wanted to join CPS-ECP long before it became possible owing to conflicts with other activities.

Finally in 1979 he was able to take the Boating Course with me and my mother and then followed over thirty years of active membership in CPS-ECP which saw him become Squadron Training Officer, Squadron Commander and later he became District Commander and most recently District Training Officer. His support and encouragement also helped me through some difficult times, which I have experienced in my CPS-ECP career.

Joan Cadham’s recent, and equally unexpected death also gives me reason to look back on the memories of times spent at “Hay Island”. There, countless gallons of tea were consumed and dozens of blueberry muffins. The occasional trip in Hirondelle, (her husband Jack’s 24 foot sailboat), was always a welcome bonus since I seem to have inherited my father’s love and appreciation for sailing.

When Joan became the editor of The Port Hole I was asked to write a series of four articles about boating from the point of view of a cottager. Somehow after writing those articles I ended up writing an ongoing column. Joan was always helpful with suggestions for topics but she also wanted columns which had a safety message, encouraged the taking of CPSECP courses and which were fun to read. It was always an interesting challenge and the editing process with Joan was always enjoyable, even fun.

There are many happy memories of life at the cottage.

Some involve trips in boats to get a better look at, and take pictures of the ships in the seaway. While I missed Calypso, I do have pictures of HMS Britannia. I spent hundreds of happy hours exploring Lake St. Francis and experiencing the joys of cottage life and boating. Many of the memories also involve the many people who visited over the years.

The time comes, however, when things must come to an end and for any number of reasons, now is an appropriate time to write my last column. I hope you have enjoyed reading The Cottager as much as I have enjoyed writing it and I hope that, for those of you owning a cottage, you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed “Hay Island”. w w w. c a n a d i a n y a c h t i n g . c a

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CPS-ECP AGM and Conference

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Once again in the fall of every year CPS-ECP members gather to participate in a vast series of meetings, to exchange ideas, search out solutions and to have fun. This year the conference was held in Ontario in the scenic city of Niagara Falls. The nice thing about the hotel was that the falls were only a few minutes away and the weather mostly cooperated.

The organizers had selected well and laid on a very good conference and everyone that I spoke to really enjoyed themselves. For myself one of the best features was the scheduling of the Friday afternoon seminars. In the past I have always looked over the various topics and made my selection and, of course, there were always a few interesting topics that just did not fit in. Not so this year. I was unaware that I would be able to attend all of the seminars until I arrived at the centre to find out that each one was happening in sequence! Now I could hear everything and not miss a thing. Thank you to the organizers for doing this as it certainly made the afternoon most informative and enjoyable.

Of course each conference has a special Friday night theme dinner. This year it was “The Love Boat” and the costumes were good and just how many captains were in the crowd? Of course there was some drama as a murder investigation continued throughout the evening interrupted by the various courses. For myself by the time the coffee arrived the only thing I knew for sure was that, I don’t think I did it. Congratulations to the principal participants, and, of course, all of you that took the night in stride and had fun in deciding who really did it.

The AGM itself was well attended with 219 members present all with their yellow ballot sheets ready to vote on any issue coming before them.

This was also a major change of watch on the National Executive Committee and those in attendance saw C/C Joe Gatfield hand the baton over to our new C/C Robert Pepin who promised to make our CPS-ECP an organization that we can all be proud of.

While strolling the grounds of Niagara Falls you are never far from the falls and its very colourful history and our CPS-ECP photographer Don Butt captured this (bottom right) fascinating bit of history in his lens. I actually remember the event very well. It caused quite a sensation.! And I always wear my PFD. In 2015, CPS-ECP awarded 2000 Merit Marks, including 53 life members.

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Susan Mellow on board the Love Boat

The The Love Love Boat Boat Chief Chief Engineer Engineer Jim Jim MacLeod MacLeod

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Love Boat Theme Murder Mystery Dinner Party

Conference Committee members hard at work

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Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 2015-2016 Back row, left to right: Bryron Buie, Simo Korpisto, JN, Robert Parke, AP, Charles Beall, National Law Officer, Nancy Richards, S, National Secretary, Douglas Stewart, AP, National Financial Officer, P/C/C Joseph Gatfield, JN, Chair of the Nominating Committee, David Burt, P, David Agnew. Middle row, left to right: Yves Dauphinais, Jacques Hebert, SN, Sarah-Jane Raine, S, National Administrative Officer, Linda Hamilton, AP, Elizabeth Appleton, AP, David Peebles, P. Front row, left to right: Peter Bolton, SN, Carolyn Reid, SN, Don Griffin, AP, National Educational Officer, Robert Pepin, AP, Chief Commander, Cathie Johnstone, National Executive Officer, Charlie Ellins, JN, Michael Smith, P. Attila Soti, AP. Absent: Claude Martin, JN. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONTACT INFO: Robert Pepin, AP, Chief Commander: cc@cps-ecp.org Cathie Johnstone, National Executive Officer: nxo@cps-ecp.org

Don Griffin, AP, National Educational Officer: neo@cps-ecp.org

Nancy Richards, S, National Secretary: ns@cps-ecp.org

Sarah-Jane Raine S, National Administrative Officer: nao@cps-ecp.org

Charles Beall, National Law Officer: nlo@cps-ecp.org

Douglas Stewart, AP, National Financial Officer: nfo@cps-ecp.org

Joseph Gatfield, JN, Past Chief Commander: pcc@cps-ecp.org

National Awards and Presentations

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Chief Commander’s Citations A Chief Commander’s Citation is given for extreme, distinguished and noteworthy contributions to CPS-ECP by a Member or Associate. Chief Commander’s Citations were presented to: Peter Girling, Vancouver Squadron, Pacific Mainland District Annie and Tony Cook, Toronto Squadron, York West District Joan Eyolfson Cadham, S, Saskatchewan Squadron, Western Canadian Inland District and P/C/C Malcolm Blann, AP, Sur-Del Power and Sail Squadron, Pacific Mainland District.

Chief Commander’s Letters of Commendation A Chief Commander’s Letter of Commendation is given for extra or marked efforts for the corporation by a CPS-ECP Member or Associate. Chief Commander’s Letters of Commendation were presented to: Emer (Red) Bowes, AP, Kingston Squadron, Rideau District William (Bill) Corcoran, Kingston Squadron, Rideau District Frank Haley, SN, Edmonton Squadron, Western Canada Inland District Ernie Hultay, Frenchman’s Bay Squadron, York East 72

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Chief Commander’s Letter of Appreciation A Chief Commander’s Letter of Appreciation is given to any person, corporation or organization in recognition of important contributions made to CPS-ECP. Chief Commander’s

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Howard G. Peck Volunteer of the Year Award Sponsored by Cowan Insurance Group – Jean-Robert Lavergne, PA. In his Squadron, Saguenay - Lac St-Jean, Jean-Robert has been the Commander, Financial Officer and Public Relations Officer. He currently holds the positions of Executive Officer and Educational Officer. As the Educational Officer he is responsible for the management of all local instructors and courses. Moreover, he is present at almost all of the training sessions that the Squadron offers. As well, he himself instructs many of the advanced courses and delivers a multitude of boating safety training sessions each year for other organizations such as the local fire department, Sûreté du Québec and Parks Canada to name a few.

Jean-Robert is also very involved in other local boating safety initiatives in his community. He plays a key role in working with the Association Maritime du Quebec in the implementation of Nautical Stations in Roberval and Saguenay. Every year he performs Recreational Vessel Courtesy Checks and is continuously promoting the safe boating work of his Squadron at sailing events and exhibits.

At the district level in CPS-ECP, Jean-Robert was recently the District Commander for the Estuaire St. Laurent District.

He worked tirelessly to support the officers and the Squadrons in the district. One of his greatest achievements is the fact that he was able to effectively get all Squadrons in the district to work together, a task that took many hours and much determination. Without his dynamic and energetic leadership, the district would probably be at risk today.

At the national level, as the Course Director for the Marine

Electronics Course, Jean-Robert was responsible for developing the course in French. He has also been involved in CPSECP’s National Educational Department on the Editorial Review Committee, and he has contributed countless hours to the translation of various boating safety text books and other course materials.

Not having enough to do, he took on the role of Conference Committee Chair for the organization’s Annual Conference which was held in Quebec City in October 2014.

Jean-Robert organized and worked with his local committee for hundreds of hours to ensure that the over 250 delegates at the conference would benefit from the full schedule of sessions that they attended.

He has also served CPS-ECP as a member of the National Board of Directors completing a two year term in 2015. Pictured above left with Cathy Bisbee from Cowan Insurance Group and C/C Joseph Gatfield, JN. Electronic Course Instructor Awards Sponsored by ICOM Canada This award is presented to the top volunteer electronic instructor in three areas across Canada: 1. Atlantic Provinces and Quebec – Jean-Robert Lavergne, AP. 2. Ontario – John Kabel, SN (pictured above right) Eric Meth from ICOM Canada Inc. 3. Western Provinces – Mike Paterson, P Officer of the Year Awards Sponsored by Fortress Anchor/Natural Marine Three awards, one each from the Atlantic Provinces and Quebec, Ontario, and the Western Provinces 1. Atlantic – Yves Dauphinais, P w w w. c a n a d i a n y a c h t i n g . c a

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Letters of Appreciation were presented to William (Bill) Spicer and Detroit Power Squadron.

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2. Quebec – Yves Lavallière, PA (pictured above left) 2. Ontario – Robert Dandurand, P (pictured above right) 3. Western Provinces – Clark Berry, SN G. William Bowman Instructor of the Year Awards Sponsored by Weems & Plath, named after G. William Bowman who initiated the first Power Squadron Safe Boating classes in Canada in 1938.

1. Atlantic and Quebec – Norman Raine, AP 2. Ontario – Michael Hill, AP 3. Western Provinces – Antony Merry, JN Ref Reid Award – This competition is at the Squadron level and goes to the Boat and Engine Maintenance instructor having the most successful class in 2014-2015. This award was donated by family members in honour of the late Ref Reid, a long-time, distinguished member of CPS-ECP and was presented to Donny Maracle, CN of Bay of Quinte Squadron.

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Beldon W. Fox Award – This competition is at the Squadron level for the most improved results and performance in Elective Courses during 2014-2015 in relationship to the total membership. The trophy is maintained at the National Office, and a small keeper trophy was presented to Avalon Power and Sail Squadron.

S. Gordon McCandlish Award – This competition is at the District level for the most improved results and performance in Advanced Courses during 2014-2015 in relationship to the total membership. The trophy is maintained at the National Office, and a small keeper trophy was presented to Pacific Mainland District.

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by Alex Milne Associates Ltd., a supplier of environmentallyfriendly marine products and a firm supporter of the objectives of CPS-ECP. The competition is at the Squadron level.

It is presented to the Squadron Training Officer and his/her instructors and proctors who help to achieve the highest percentage of successful students in the Boating Essentials examination in 2014-2015. The trophy is maintained at the National Office, and a keeper trophy was presented to Vancouver Power and Sail Squadron.

Mary Pritchard Outreach Education Award – The Mary Pritchard Award recognizes a CPS-ECP member who has created course content suitable for web-based delivery, or promoted marketing of distance education courses or developed innovative new techniques or development of outstanding graphics appropriate for web-based courses.

The award was prseented to Carolyn Reid, SN. Educational Department’s Letter of Appreciation – As a voluntary, charitable organization dedicated to safety and training in recreational boating, we rely greatly on our Members, our Squadrons, our Districts and our Partners.

Letters of Appreciation were awarded to: Bill Corcoran, Mike Hill, Robert Dandurand and Tom Beaver.

Membership Award Presented by National Secretary Cathie Johnstone and Linda Hamilton, Chair of Awards and Flag Committee to Royal City Power and Sail Squadron.

Honourable mention: Ottawa Power and Sail Squadron.

Recreational Vessel Courtesy Check Awards These awards go to the top District, top Squadron and three top individuals who have made significant contributions to both CPS-ECP and to Transport Canada. These members

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Marketing Awards – The Marketing Award is to recognize regional and local excellence in promoting an energized organization that reflects the current demographics of the Canadian recreational boating market. The award recipients are considered “Best Practices” that can be implemented by other Squadrons and Districts. Customized pull-up banners were presented to: Port Moody Power and Sail Squadron and Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron.

Environment Award sponsored by Natural Marine, was presented to Brentwood Bay Power and Sail Squadron.

Life Members – Two people were present and recognized as new Life Members. They were: Christopher Thatcher, S Goderich Power and Sail Squadron, Hans Mets, Richmond Hill Squadron and Gary Vanzandt, AP, Fort Erie Power and Sail Squadron (picture top left). Fifty other Life Memberships were presented at Squadron and District AGMs. Retiring Committee Chairs: Sandy Carter, Chair of Communications; Joan Eyolfson Cadham, Port Hole Editor and Chief; Wanita Meed, P, Committee Chair of Extended Cruising

Course; Steve Reading, P, Committee Chair for Boat and Engine Maintenance Course; Tracy Reading, P. Committee Chair for the Graphics Committee.

Retiring Members of the Board: Bill Allan, SN, Richard Bee, AP, Nancy Gibson, P, Jean-Robert Lavergne, AP. (Pitcured above right).

NEW Joseph Gatfield Leadership Award What does “leadership” mean to you? To CPS-ECP? The CPS-ECP Executive Committee members discussed this very question over the last several months and how much “leadership” meant to each of them. Leadership: the something specific which holds all members together and values solidarity.

In the last several years, CPS-ECP has undergone some significant changes as it moves into a new era in its history. Change is not easy. We know that there are leaders at all levels within our organization, and it is particularly the person at the head who plays a unique role for the entire organization during such times.

CPS-ECP members have been fortunate to have an exemplary leader during this evolution of our organization.

A leader who guided us so that now the foundation of our organization has been settled, the structure is in place. A leader who accomplished this in a friendly and collegial manner. P/C/C Joe Gatfield, JN is that leader.

In recognition of the leadership shown by P/C/C Gatfield in all he has accomplished and continues to undertake, the Executive Committee has created the “Joseph Gatfield Leadership Award”. This new permanent award is to be given every year to a leader chosen by the Executive Committee.

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have voluntarily checked more than 1500 vessels whose owners agreed to a safety check, at boat ramps, yacht clubs, marinas and at other on-the-water venues across Canada.

Top District award: The Pacific Mainland District.

Top Squadron award: Vancouver Power and Sail Squadron Top individuals: 1st place Peter C. Barbour, Tillsonburg Squadron, Western Ontario District, 2nd place James (Jim) A. White, Vancouver Squadron, Pacific Mainland District 3rd place Joseph Bognar, Port Dalhousie Squadron, Niagara District and 4th place David Gay, Victoria Squadron, VISD District.

Chief Commander, Robert Pepin’s acceptance speech October 24, 2015 – Minutes ago, my shoulders suddenly felt the weight of what I was just pledged for.

I would ask members of the Nominating Committee to stand.

Folks, I am not sure I want to thank you and I want this audience to witness that you are responsible for what is happening to me and to the Executive Committee that I will be presenting in few minutes. Thank you in having put faith on us.

To the members of CPS-ECP, I can assure you I will do my best to make CPS-ECP an organization who deserves respect as it has been for the last 76 years, an organization you have to be proud being a member of.

I view my role as a gatherer, a facilitator. My belief is that my focus should be directed towards our members and Squadrons. This is what I will do.

Yesterday, we discussed and agreed on the major and essential role of Districts. Together, let’s make that happen soon.

We have a tremendous journey ahead of us. Let’s be positive. My belief is that we have strong resources within CPS-ECP. Let’s use them and let’s be convinced that we can adjust to the current and coming environment.

The demand for boating education has changed drastically.

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Past Chief Commander, Joe Gatfield’s closing remarks October 24, 2015 – As this is my last opportunity to address the CPS-ECP membership, no capital in my role as your Chief Commander, I do want to take a moment to give some thanks.

In the recent edition of the Port Hole, it reflected on one of my journeys. That was only one small part of my 30 year journey in this organization to date.

When I became your Chief Commander in 2013 we had just accepted the new By-laws that were to govern CPSECP into the future. In my opening remarks I stated: In doing so (approving the By-laws), we have accepted a new future for Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons/Escadrilles canadiennes de plaisance. We are charting new waters, we are navigating in areas that we have not gone before. What we have done is set course on a new journey that will enable CPS-ECP to yet grow stronger and healthier as we move through this transition period. You, the members, have mandated change and change is healthy.

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me if the French PCOC online course was available. It wasn’t.

He needed the card and went elsewhere.

The younger generation live through an ongoing succession of “have to do”. They don’t have the time. They want it now. They go on the net at any hour of the day for finding what they feel is best for them. They are influenced by what they find on You Tube, Twitter, Facebook and other social media. They believe what they see, they seek to know what others think. We will not change their way of living. We need to adapt.

Let’s do all we can to integrate younger boaters in CPSECP. Let’s be there and offer what is being looked for: quick results, short, online and easily accessible.

At the AGM this morning, I referred to the changing environment.

Wishful thinking does not work. We have to learn to react quickly, join our efforts and operate in an organized manner. Errors occur, let’s learn from them.

I believe that we internally have the skills and resources to offer the best to boaters. Our actions may differ from what we have always done but success will occur through the strengths of CPS-ECP. Ladies and gentleman, should this also be your belief, I urge you to join and find the best ways to support our Squadrons and service our members.

I am convinced we can succeed, if we all join and focus on the success of CPS-ECP. Yes, we have a tremendous journey ahead of us.

chaired the committee that wrote the rules and I was the Chief that implemented the rules as noted in my report earlier, my task is complete and stepping down as your Chief this afternoon seems to be the appropriate time. You will now carry forward the work that has been completed.

In most of my volunteer career I have compared that we are the lighthouses that have brought many boaters safely to shore and today I want to say thanks to those that have brought me home safely to this point in my journey.

To our partners who stand by our side I thank you To my colleagues at the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and to United States Power Squadrons my home Squadron of Detroit, my District D/9 and to you, Robert and the National Bridge thank you for our working relationship, your support and fellowship.

As a volunteer no one could ask for better support than our National Office provides. Under the leadership of Walter Kowalchuck, all of our staff have always provided any needs to not only myself, but to all of our members, to those here today... Walter, John, Vanessa, Mila and Bill my sincere thanks.

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National Conferences… my thanks to the C/C Aides Jim and Nancee Adams and Dick and Pat Jarmon and the many that assisted. Life is good is good with all of you around Everyone has their roots in this organization and I know that the Windsor Squadron and Western Ontario District are well represented here today… you are where I started and where I remain and those of you that are here today you are my friends, the ultimate membership benefit. I can only say thank you for all that you have made me.

To those sitting at the table to my right you pioneered before me and your leadership and mentorship has been a guiding light to me. I have served in some capacity with almost all of the Past Chiefs and it has been an honour When you surround yourself with good people, the tasks are made a lot easier. Over the past two years I have had an Executive Committee that worked for the best to be the best.

My thanks to Carolyn Reid, Dave Peebles, Jim Brown, Richard Bee, Chuck Beall, Doug Stewart, Cathie Johnstone, Sarah-Jane

Raine, Don Griffin and Robert Pepin. For those those moving forward, I offer you wishes for success and all of my support.

You all know through my email that I work for Woodall Construction. For those that know him, Dave Woodall is an incredible man and as of Tuesday I will have been with the company 29 years. I thank him for his exceptional support in my role as Chief and all the resources he has made available to me.

My family, all of whom were here in 2013, continue that support and actually hope that there may be some additional family time now. Family makes great sacrifices while you serve but they remain steadfast behind you.

And finally, to you the membership of CPS-ECP I am no one without you and as I mentioned in my report earlier you make a Chief Commander. To all of you, and especially Tracie Berekoff who has been a special support and friend for many years, all I can say is THANKS. You have all been my guiding light and you have brought me home safely… thank you.

Fair Winds and Calm Seas Always to Bill Spicer After a remarkable 23 years of service to CPS-ECP, William (Bill) Spicer was congratulated and honoured at the 2015 Annual General Meeting. Everyone in attendance stood and applauded on several occasions to thank him and to wish him all of the best in retirement.

At the National Office Bill was Mr. Reliable. He was always at work and always there well in advance of all others. He could be counted on to not only perform the tasks in his own job to a high standard, but he would always be available to assist others at peak times in theirs.

For many volunteers, Bill could be counted on to always deliver, so that in turn the needs of our students, members and recreational boaters in Canada could be met through our Squadrons and Districts across the country. What we got from Bill each day was someone who always went out of his way to ensure that he could help no matter what. Whether it was a standard order or a rush when something slipped through the cracks or when there was an unexpected

jump in course registrations, Bill always took care to get things shipped out to those who needed them and when they needed them.

But for most, Bill went beyond being just the shipping guy at CPS-ECP. For those who were new to the volunteer job, and no one really showed them or trained them on how to do that job, especially how to enter online orders, Bill was the WBAS order entry trainer. He spent the needed time with each and every one of them and eventually they learned what to do and how to do it.

However, for some, they would never be able to make that WBAS thing work, so Bill became and remained their personal order entry clerk. He never complained or fussed about doing that, he just did what he needed to do to help those who needed the help.

For those phoned in or stopped in at the National Office, Bill was always there for a welcoming hello and some time to just chat. He enjoyed those discussions and that time and attention gave members a very personable feeling to the order placing and delivery process.

When the announcement was

made that Bill was retiring there were many expressions of thanks and special thoughts about him that were sent into the National Office.

For those who attended the AGM, many took the time and opportunity to personally convey their thanks and congratulate to him. This was indeed a highlight of the weekend for all, especially for Bill.

Bill was presented with a special plaque commemorating his retirement and a Letter of Appreciation from the Chief Commander on behalf of all CPS-ECP members.

To our friend and fellow crew member Bill Spicer – Fair Winds and Calm Seas Always.

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DAY TWO Morning. Thompson Island on Lake Superior. Fourteen nautical miles out of Thunder Bay. Perfect weather.

This begins on Day Two because we cast off yesterday and conditions precluded time spent below deck with my nose buried in “Frodo’s” logbook: co-operative winds, scenery that could make a politician cry, waves decorating cobalt waters that glittered like jewels in a crown.

Day two because right here is the perfect beginning: remembering last night, sun dipping in the west, sky-reaching islands hovering like mirages or a Lawren Harris landscape, a fine mist creeping over the water, blurring the edges of a perfect full moon, silvery light on a sauna built by boaters, fired by hardwood, the smell timeless and evocative.

Remembering steaming heat inside the sauna then a leap from a rickety dock into frigid Superior, a dockside campfire, a warm berth.

Above: one day Superior shows her darkest side while Skipper greg heroux sails her through forty-knot winds and four-metre waves.

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unspoiled forest dominates most of the shoreline of the six hundred islands populating the northwest reaches of Superior.

Now the mist has burned off and we hike through a forest laden with moss (“Old man moss,” says Parks Canada staffer, Greg Stroud, who’s on board because this is his turf: new-born Lake Superior Marine Reserve, three times the size of Prince Edward Island, roughly six hundred islands), to heights with views of Pie Island, a great green plateau, surreal landforms of the Nor’wester Mountains, we descend to a pebbled beach guarded by a cliff fifty metres high, waters lapping the shore with sounds like a marimba melody.

And now we will make for an anchorage Greg Heroux, skipper of “Frodo” and proprietor of Sail Superior, calls “one of the most beautiful on the lake.”

Ship manifest: Stroud, Heroux, my wife and me.

There is a gentle ground swell when we clear this steep narrow cove bound by pine on one side and precipitous granite slopes on the other, but winds are fair, sun is shining, and the lake is on her best behavior.

Close reach, boat speed six knots steady, following waves that nudge our stern like tame horses.

Next waypoint: Edward Island, the Hook inside Horseshoe Cove.

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Late yesterday we nosed into a green canyon with not a sign of humanity. Waters are jade and emerald. Heroux bushwhacked through dense undergrowth and Stroud tossed him a line for us

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Not surprisingly, given its location and climate, Thunder bay itself is a popular destination for finnish emigrants who brought their local culture and traditions with them.

to spider across the isolated inlet.

A twilight stroll through the woods to another pebbled beach but this time the surf assaulted the shore with a constant tympani roll, soundtrack for a sunset view of the Sleeping Giant, reaching skyward like the battlements of a medieval castle.

Then a crackling campfire beside glassine waters, two bald eagles soaring overhead as night steals in, as we sip cocktails and share sailing stories in the lime-and-lavender glow of Aurora Borealis.

And now, this morning, Otter Cove awaits our pleasure. Not a huge distance but a foray into ever deeper nature, a brisk sail through pristine waters bounded by unbroken forest and granite ridges.

Now we ride an inside passage off Shaganash Island but it feels like open water. We beat into growing waves, whitecaps everywhere, doing seven or eight knots with double-reefed main and a foresail set small as a lace doily. Every once in a while the boat groans, heeling sharply, but the sailing is still exhilarating.

Now we drop the hook on a clay bottom at Otter Cove, we scramble into the dinghy.

The cove narrows into a rock-strewn stream and we drag the dinghy onto a log-bedecked shore. Here, at the base of a waterfall that feels like it has been seen by no man, is solitude and silence but for the sizzle and hiss of water throwing itself over a twenty-metre precipice.

Our boat is green and lonely in a cove surrounded by volcanic basalt and granite.

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Skipper greg heroux, greg Stroud and the author prepare for “frodo’s” departure from her Thunder bay berth.

Methinks they should change the name of this body of water, so awe-inspiring, so majestic.

Welcome to Lake Solitude.

DAY FOUR And welcome to the deluge.

Last night wind howled through the anchorage. Rigging rattled, waves thumped against the hull.

The place we dropped our hook was gorgeous – tucked in

behind Borden Island near Loon Harbour, a popular overnight spot for local cruisers even though we haven’t seen a single other boat in the last dayand-a-half.

Last night, over steaming beef stew, Superior’s mood deteriorating along with the weather, we shared more sailing stories in the saloon of “Frodo”, a vessel we’ve grown to appreciate.

Today we will also learn to appreciate our skipper and crew. Today strains of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” play themselves over and over in my head.

Heroux has been sailing this lake for nearly four decades. He bought “Frodo” a 40-foot Jonmeri Finnish boat in Mystic, CT and sailed her over here. He’s since crossed the Atlantic twice (in “Frodo”) and offers sailing instruction, harbour tours, a variety of overnight skippered adventures and bareboating on “Frodo” or a Kirie Elite 326’ DI, all under the banner “Sail Superior”.

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one knows this area better than Stroud. Unless it’s Heroux.

“Gale force winds,” says Heroux first thing this morning when we raise anchor in blowing sleet.

Almost right out of the lee of Borden our bow reaches skyward, she plunges with a belly-crunching thud; waves break our starboard beam, shattering like glass.

There is a sudden roar. “Frodo” surfs down the face of one scurrying wave. Another wave breaks off our port beam. Greg Stroud, gripping the wheel white-knuckled, lets out a shout of glee. Heroux shakes his head. “That was easily twenty-feet.”

The day continues. We slog for Tea Harbour, finally limping in and grabbing a mooring ball in the shadow of the Sleeping Giant, bald cliffs overhead two hundred metres high.

Today marks some of the most intense sailing I’ve ever done.

“You have to be ready for anything on Superior,” says Heroux.

I was not ready for this.

But I was also strangely exhilarated. “Great training ground,” says Heroux, “for serious blue-water sailing.”

“This was cool,” says Stroud.

Tonight the seas relent. Tonight we own a harbour hard by a gorgeous campground, a provincial park that Stroud tells us offers some amazing hiking. Tonight the campground is empty and our bay is empty but for some grebes wheeling and soaring overhead, but for two loons whose call, at twilight, is perfect soundtrack.

Empty but for us and “Frodo.”

DAY FIVE Clear skies, gentler seas, sun painting a semi-abstract landscape across the crinkled cliff face of Sleeping Giant.

An almost soporific, almost anticlimactic day, clearing Thunder Cape, rounding that headland, full sails today, “Frodo” making six knots in flat water, past Welcome Island, toward civilization, toward Thunder Bay with its straight-edged skyline in the distance.

By lunch we have achieved the lighthouse guarding the port, we have lashed “Frodo” to her berth.

For me this has been a life-altering experience, an intimate tête-à-tête with the mightiest of lakes.

For Heroux, just one more adventure, just one more entry in the log of “Frodo.” •

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Attention Grabbing The Jeanneau 54 sails as well as it looks

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Some boats just “feel” right, and we had a very good “feeling” about the strikingly new Jeanneau 54 before we even stepped aboard. But we were not surprised. Recent designs this French-based builder have launched—especially the superyacht sexy Jeanneau 64—have raised the bar on what a production boat builder is capable of. So the only real question was: could this 54-footer live up to the high standards of style, space, and performance set by its attentiongrabbing big sister? We had our answer even before we left the dock.

ON DECK Our initial good “feelings” came directly from the 54’s elegantly good looks. And those good looks—the uncluttered lines, low coachroof and large square hull ports that brighten up the interior and strategically minimize the freeboard— come directly from legendary designer Philippe Briand. And while Briand also designed the hull and exterior of the 64, the 54 may be an even a bigger accomplishment because he and his design team have been able to deliver the same superyacht aesthetic (and luxury) in a much smaller package.

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The forward cabin: The owners cabin forward is spectacular.

But as in life, good looks can only get you so far. And after really digging into the details during our test sail, we’ve found that the 54 is way more than just another pretty face. In fact, it’s packed with innovative features and options that will help enhance an owner’s enjoyment of the boat and its surroundings in ways that have never been available before. The design element that grabbed our attention first was what Jeanneau has dubbed the “aft terrace”. And after seeing the fully motorized retractable transom in action, we can report

it’s way, way more than a simple dropdown swim platform. It doesn’t just “retract” but actually opens up to not only provide a spacious “aft terrace” with a sturdy swim ladder, revealing ultra-cushy lounger seats that are fully integrated into the design. Brilliant.

If that’s not enough, the walk through transom opens up to reveal one of the longest and most luxurious cockpits we’ve seen, and all the cockpit details, including the angle of the seatbacks, the size and sturdiness of the teak-topped cockpit table, and even padded armrests with drink holders are fantastic. The sunbed on the foredeck with its retractable bimini makes excellent use of space that is often used for sunbathing, but not so comfortably. And we absolutely flipped when we saw the 54’s innovative dingy davits that retract into the deck (and completely out of sight) when not in use. We’re not exaggerating when we say the cockpit and deck layout on the 54 may be one of the most efficient, functional and comfortable we’ve seen in a long time.

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Good things happen when renowned superyacht designers (and friends) Philippe Briand and Andrew Winch team up. And since their collaboration on the Jeanneau 64—Briand’s team designed the hull and exterior; Winch’s team designed the interior—was such a success, it made perfect sense to keep the band together on the 54.

The interior aesthetic matches the exterior perfectly and so does the space and functionality. The overall lines, woodwork, trim and the leather accents— on cabinet handles, doors and bulkheads are much more high end than you find on many production boats. The cream coloured upholstery and light stained woodwork and copious ports and opening hatches insure the interior is bright and cheery on sunny days, while ample use of low draw LED lighting will make the accommodations bright and cheery on rainy days too, and the interior is all tied together by dark floorboards providing the sophisticated contrast you’ll find in many luxury homes.

So, the accommodations plan looks great, but how does it actually work? Um… pretty great. The main saloon is open and inviting with a large settee to starboard and a well-equipped galley that boasts significant counter and storage space.

And we may be a bit old-fashioned but, we love seeing the large, forward facing chart table. Even if most navigation takes place up on the chart plotter in the cockpit, nothing compares to having a dedicated spot to unroll a real paper chart for overall route planning.

The 54 also stands out from many other similarly-sized production yachts in that you can order one with either two, three, four or even five cabins. Obviously, a cruising couple that entertains occasional guests would probably want to go for the two cabin version that boasts a truly luxurious master cabin forward, a VIP guest cabin aft and a large and innovative galley that’s tucked in behind the nav station. This configuration also provides for a large U-shaped settee in the saloon

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Main saloon: The andrew Winch-designed interior is a cut above a standard production builders interior.

Swim platform: The “aft terrace” is way, way better than a gimmick.

that will rival any sectional couch you may have in your family room on land! The five cabin version would be ideal if you have a captain. There’s truly an option for everybody.

UNDER SAIL With a steady 10-12 knots of wind, sunny skies, flat water and a pleasant crew, conditions could not have been

better for our test sail. Of course, it’s always good to see how a boat performs in heavy weather too, but we’ve suffered through enough test sails conducted in 0-5 knots of wind to be thankful when the weather Gods cooperate as they did for us last Fall.

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The bimini makes the forward sunpad even more enjoyable.

SPECIFICATIONS engine: yanmar 75 hp/55 kW Sail drive Length overall 16.16 m/53’ hull length 15.75 m/51’8” hull beam 4.92 m/16’1” Light displacement 17164 kg/37840 lbs.

Standard keel draught 2.24 m/7’4” fuel capacity* 63 L/17 gaL Water capacity 724 L/191 gaL Cabins 2-3-4-5-6 Ce Category a14/b15/C16 Total standard sail area 111 m²/1195 sq. ft.

day, it’s easy to deduce that it was well suited to the conditions. But the way the boat handled may have been even more impressive than the speeds. The helm felt buttery smooth and had just the right amount of weather helm. The boat tracked straight and true. Our wake was clean and quiet. And tacking was as easy as turning the helm over thanks to the self-tacking jib. The dual helm stations were comfortable and the close proximity of the primary winches made it easy for a single hander to trim the jib without having to leave the helm. Wide, teak-topped side decks made it super easy to go forward from the cockpit, and well placed hand holds on the coachroof made for safe going when the weather is less agreeable than we enjoyed during our test.

CONCLUSION For those of you who haven’t picked up on this already we’re impressed with this boat. It’s elegant. It’s modern. It’s spacious. It’s well laid out. It sails well.

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POWER REVIEW | AZIMUT 55 S EXPRESS

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by andy adams

The Azimut 55 S offers the discriminating buyer a unique combination of Italian style and design innovation.

The express cruiser style in this boat is refined in a number of interesting and unique ways. The distinctive bow styling serves an important purpose as does the attractive transom treatment while the rest of the yacht in between, is an outstanding expression of the contemporary express cruiser style.

Our guide through the boat was Derek Mader President of Executive Yacht in Toronto and our Azimut 55 S was at that time, the only 2016 available in North America. Derek had ordered the boat in because he believed it had some very unique features and indeed, it’s unexpected to find a 55 foot express cruiser that includes both a private crew cabin and an enclosed dinghy garage.

At the stern, the Azimut 55 S has a curving transom with two side platforms to step onboard. At first, that may not seem ideal but with the press of a button, the transom swings out and down to become both a large teak decked swim platform and to reveal the dinghy garage.

When a yacht in this size range does include a crew cabin, it’s almost always in the transom. So, where could Azimut locate the crew cabin given the dinghy garage?

In the bow! Just aft of the anchor locker is a lockable translucent hatch with a ladder down to the crew cabin. Locating it in this area has two benefits; it frees up the stern for your dinghy and at the same time, moves the forward cabin aft a few feet.

Azimut calls the forward cabin the VIP stateroom and by moving the queensize berth back, the designers were able to bring flat flooring right up by the head of the bed.

Often we’ve found the bed in the forward cabin difficult to get in and out of, so this strikes us as a smart design.

azimut makes great use of the front deck on the 55 S.

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here the galley unit is open but normally, everything is hidden in the elegant cabinetry.

The smart thinking continues in the forward deck and cockpit areas. Where the forward deck is often not very userfriendly, wide side decks, big side rails and an abundance of seating makes the bow a much more usable place. Running almost the full width of the cabin trunk, there was a forwardfacing bench seat ahead of the windshield so you can sit there like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on a couch at home. If you prefer to lie down and tan, the bow is also equipped with comfortable sun pads, drink holders and handrails making the forward deck a really important living area.

even the table adjusts electrically.

All the yachts in this category give the cockpit a lot of attention and the Azimut 55 S is no exception. In the cockpit is a refreshment unit, electric grill, storage areas, big horn cleats with fairleads, electric dual capstan winches and also joystick docking controls for backing in. An electric sun shade can cover the whole space.

Our test boat had real teak decking, a cockpit table that electrically adjusts for height and seating that wraps around from the transom all the way up the port side to the sliding glass bulkhead.

The Salon door consists of polished stainless steel frames and big glass panels that glide to starboard opening up a remarkable expanse of seating that (with the help of filler cushions), continues right up the salon past the dining table.

This seat culminates in a very cool convertible seat by the dinette. At the touch of a button, the backrest changes position while the seat cushion simultaneously rises. The aft- facing dining room seat is suddenly a forward facing double companion seat. Very clever!

Another clever feature in the saloon area is that the dining room table top flips out to double in size and a pair of folding yacht chairs adds two seats to make the best use of the interior dining area.

On the starboard side where the sliding glass door sec-

The master stateroom is remarkably bright and spacious.

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The dinette is set up for indoor dining tonight.

tions stow, there is a cabinet that encloses the flatscreen television on an electric lift with electric rotate.

That’s just the start of the clever cabinetry. It’s not just storage, it opens up to reveal a full galley unit in two countertop sections. These lift to become backsplash areas by the sink and stove top. Deep sliding drawers reveal ample storage space for drygoods while a fitted cutlery drawer keeps all of your custom Azimut cutlery.

Under the base of the helm seat, a custom fitted drawer carries your full set of dishes and the locker on the port side stores your set of nesting pots and pans. Having the galley up makes cooking and entertaining a more social activity and

gets the chef up into the heart of the party. A few steps out to the cockpit and you can grill at the same time as you have pots going on the stove top.

It will be a very nice arrangement on a beautiful sunny summer evening and it’s made even better by the large electrically operated sunroof.

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The transom opens electrically to reveal the dinghy garage.

option of standing up with your head through the sunroof enjoying the breezes.

Our test boat had elegant wood flooring and matching horizontal grained cabinetry throughout, much of which would open out to reveal some feature or another. For example, the panel in the companionway leading to the master stateroom opens to reveal a built-in Splendide washer/dryer.

In the master stateroom, what looked to be paneling swings open to reveal a large cedar lined closets and storage areas.

Elegant little bedside lights and convenient touches like power points make the spacious master stateroom.

The master head is particularly attractive with elegant faucets, opening portholes, vessel sink, mirror and private enclosed shower stall with a glass door.

In the bow as I mentioned at the beginning of the story, is the VIP stateroom with a conventionally sized and shaped

The helm features an electrically adjustable helm seat.

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queen. Again, elegant woodwork gives this stateroom a bright spacious feeling. The VIP head also serves as the day head and this includes a vessel sink, mirrored medicine cabinet, opening port hole, wall-mounted soap dispenser and a cool circular shower stall.

With all the other features, you might be surprised to learn that there is still a guest cabin on the starboard side with a substantial hanging locker, two single berths, bedside lamps, storage and a handy little locker for holding cell phones and other mobile devices.

In terms of performance, I have to confess that we didn’t go far on test day. I couldn’t tell you how big the waves were rolling on Lake Ontario, but it had been high winds for several days and as we broke out past the point and into the open lake, the rolling waves literally had us pointing skyward at about 45° ready to go airborne if we didn’t back off the throttles.

‘Nasty conditions for sure and I’m glad we didn’t have to go far, but I’m pleased to report that even in such big rolling seas, the Azimut impressed us with its very solid ride and construction. Even coming down hard from the crest of the big waves, none of the doors or cabinets were banging, everything was tight and secure and the triple Volvo Penta IPS600 drives let us bring the boat about smartly and head back into the more sheltered water where we were able to run wide open as well as trying out various cruising speeds, tight high-speed turns and more normal operating conditions.

Maximum speed is 35 knots while cruising speed is 30 knots.

Part of the excellent performance may have been the Seakeeper gyro stabilizer that was running; a great addition to any big yacht!

Overall, the Azimut 55 S is an elegant and innovative big express yacht that should do well in Canada. •

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The VIP stateroom was really spacious.

by andy adams

We had the pleasure of travelling to Wisconsin to attend the Cruisers Yachts dealer meeting this past summer where the company launched their new flagship, the Cruisers Yachts 60 Cantius.

The dealer reaction was overwhelmingly positive to this new addition to the Cantius line that Cruisers Yachts began several years ago. There are now 41, 45, 48 and 60 foot models in this elite line which is named after K.C. Stock’s father, Cantius. This brings up two important points; the design philosophy of the Cantius line is to redefine the express cruiser style to deliver gracious living on one level, improving the social aspects of the boat and making it feel more spacious.

Mission accomplished there. The other thing is that this company is owned by K.C. Stock who, with his staff' on hand to personally work with their dealers at the meeting.

The Cruisers Yachts brand has a long and illustrious history. When I was a child in the 1960s, the most successful dealer in our area was the Cruisers Yachts dealer and one of the wealthiest families on the lake had “his ‘n hers” Cruisers Yachts runabouts in their boathouse. The company has long and close relationships to their dealers and as a result, has continued to be successful even when economic downturns threatened less stable builders. The Cruisers Yachts dealer network may be one of their best assets!

The dealers certainly were enthusiastic about the 60 Cantius. Groups of 20 people and more were lining up for a ride around Sturgeon Bay the whole time we were there and the new boat handled even parties of this size with ease.

The design philosophy behind the 60 Cantius is to do everything with ease. Rather than packing as many features as they could into this new yacht, owner and dealer input drove the designers, DeBasto Design and Facheris Design (who were at the dealer event) to focus on gracious dimensions. Everything is laid out and opened up for real people to use in comfort.

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Gracious living indeed! The master includes this coffee machine and refrigerator for a private breakfast in bed.

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Privacy is also an important element. The Master stateroom and the VIP stateroom are widely separated with amenities that rival those at home.

As you first approach at dockside, the styling and size of 60 Cantius are impressive. The lines are those of a sleek express cruiser, but there’s no mistaking that this is a big boat. Boarding by the stern, port and starboard steps lead into the cockpit yet still leave abundant space for the Ushaped seating across the transom. The centerline length is 59’10” on a 16 foot beam, so the cockpit is quite wide.

Everyone loves the cockpit for relaxing and entertaining.

A handsome glossy finished table and electrical sunshade over the area makes this a great spot for outdoor dining.

Expanding on the space, the full glass bulkhead into the salon has a port side partition that lowers electrically to create an island kitchen effect complete with two barstools.

Also, the side decks and railings are wide and flat making it safe and comfortable to go up to the forward deck.

Cruisers calls this the Bow Lounge and it features a wide, forward-facing bench seat as well as sun lounges with reclining backrests and there’s a sun shade you can fly over the area to add to the comfort. It’s really nice to have a private area to relax.

At the mooring or underway, the salon is where you’ll

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The master stateroom in the Cantius 60 is sized and equipped for extended cruising in comfort.

spend most of the time because that’s where the helm is and because this is one enormous living space that includes the galley on the port side, keeping food and beverages near at hand and making it easy to serve meals either in the cockpit, or if the weather dictates it, inside on the dinette. Lightcoloured wood flooring and trim offer easy maintenance but at the same time, are warmly welcoming.

The galley area has abundant counter space in a U-shape,

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includes a the Fisher Paykel dishwasher, two Vitrifrigo refrigerator freezers, twin stainless steel sinks, elegant faucets and hardware. This is only steps from the grill and refreshment area in the cockpit. It will be easy and comfortable to get meals together on this boat!

In addition to the seating at the dinette, there is a comfortable couch on the starboard side and the boat is full of exciting features like a big flat screen television on an electric lift, opening side glass and a massive sunroof that you can open or close in a matter of seconds. Daylight simply floods in, especially where Cruisers’ designers have again opened up the area ahead of the helm, keeping the lower level very bright and open.

The helm almost seems to float and it’s a pleasure to use. Our test boat included large Raymarine multifunction displays, (Garmin is also available), a Volvo Penta engine display for the twin IPS950 engines and using an NMEA 2000 gateway, you can put whatever information you want, on whatever screen you’d like to use, including your mobile devices. The Raymarine screens allow you to pinch and zoom, drag-and-drop and configure the information any way you want it.

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Inset Below: The view facing aft from the helm shows the great sightlines and huge sunroof.

The galley is to port and forms a bar at the bulkhead with an electric partition.

More extended cruising accommodations - this laundry area is in the mid-cabin.

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A pair of Stidd seats will provide long-distance driving comfort for the captain and mate and the sightlines on the boat are ideal giving you an almost unrestricted 360° view.

Standing or sitting operation is comfortable, and even with the sunroof and the side glass wide open, the boat was impressively quiet. This one wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tire you out with engine noise.

Heading down the companionway, you come to the lower deck, bathed in light from above and with big areas of side glass as well. Floor plan options allow the buyer to use this space as a lower salon, or to finish it with a guest cabin on the starboard side.

Our test boat had that guest cabin with two single bunks, flatscreen television and lots of hull-side glass. The electrical panel and also a clothes washer / dryer is built in here. The oversize sliding door opens most of this cabin up when the sleeping accommodations are not needed. On the port side is an attractive credenza and our test boat had a wine chiller built into it.

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With plenty of storage space, dual drawer refrigerator / freezers, double sinks and the electric aft glass partition, the Cantius 60 is geared to entertaining.

Heading forward you’ll find the VIP cabin which has a nearly full-size queen berth, easily accessible up either side, and this cabin has extensive glazing overhead and in the hull sides as well as the unusual feature of a walk-in closet! Of course your guests get the usual big flat screen television and other amenities, all scaled up for extended living comfort.

That’s especially true of the guest head on the port side which has a fully enclosed shower stall, big vanity and sink and lots of space around the MSD. The Master stateroom is full-beam with a king-sized bed and this cabin functions more like a private living area with mirrored bulkhead, very large side windows with opening

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SPECIFICATIONS engines: Twin Volvo Penta IPS950 with Joystick docking.

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frosted glass panels in the master head add lots of light and a spacious feeling.

ports, big en suite head with private shower stall and the great feature of translucent door and wall panels to bring in more light. Very elegant! We also loved the built in Bosch coffee machine, refrigerator and café seating on the starboard side.

Back at the helm. Piloting all this turned out to be easy

with the IPS950 engines delivering amazing thrust for getting a big load moving and the hustle to reach 39 mph wide open. You could run this big yacht quite a distance in a short space of time and in impressive comfort. It rides high, turns in decisively and responds quickly to trim changes to counter side winds or sea conditions. Then, the joystick docking with a second set of cockpit controls makes it equally easy to return the 60 Cantius to its slip. Slide the doors closed and walk away…until the next time! •

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ELECTRONICS

Docking and Close-quarters Manoeuvering Made Easy

by andy adams

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omfort and convenience are important factors both to keep boaters enjoying boating as well as to attract new people into boat ownership.

Perhaps the most significant regular challenges for all boaters are docking and close quarters manoeuvering. Getting in and out of your slip or into the fuel dock on a busy day can be tricky, especially if the wind is up or currents are running.

In 2005, Volvo Penta introduced their revolutionary IPS drive systems that included an industry first - joystick docking.

Suddenly, the challenge of docking a big boat became child’s play–literally!

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The technology was very similar to playing a videogame and manoeuvering a big yacht became almost intuitive using these new systems. The joystick option was enthusiastically embraced by many new yacht buyers, but at first this great technology was only available on new high-end big boats.

Predictably, with such a desirable feature, joystick docking systems became more widely available, extending similar functionality through the electronic steering and digital control systems of new twin stern drive equipped boats and then later, twin or multiple outboard engine

equipped boats.

This has just been great for new boat buyers, but what about the large fleet of existing boats?

And, what if you have a single-engine boat, a sailboat or a smaller size boat?

Wouldn’t it be great to have this new level of docking control?

So, along came Gerald Burton and Yacht Controller, a system that can be installed on almost any new boat as original equipment by the manufacturer, but more importantly, a Yacht Controller system can be added to existing boats.

Recently, we caught up with the inven-

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tor of the Yacht Controller, Gerald Burton at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, and we interviewed him on video.

He gave us a brief history of his own background in boating (which was quite impressive) which led him to the idea of the Yacht Controller system.

The Yacht Controller system gives wireless control of the boat for docking in close quarters, manoeuvers using a handheld device that you could carry to the side of the boat, to the cockpit, or even out onto the dock, allowing you to maneuver your boat without even being onboard yourself!

We don’t recommend that, but the Yacht Controller system does make it possible. Here is what Gerry Burton told us.

First, he explained that it allows you to manoeuver your boat safely and with precision at any point in the docking procedure and from anywhere on board.

This means that you don’t have to look over your shoulder to estimate or guess how far you might be from the dock or another boat, you can actually go to where you can see it clearly with the Yacht Controller in your hand.

He emphasized that using the Yacht Controller, you can literally move the boat as little as a matter of a few inches if need be.

Understandably, this device has taken off and as of today, the company has more than 10,000 systems installed in boats in the field without having any incidents with the units. To date, it’s been installed on various boats from 30 feet up to 150 feet.

The hand controller itself is waterproof and it floats (in the event that you lose your grip on it); it’s ruggedly built and also commercially certified.

We asked if you had to buy a Yacht Controller system new as original equipment from the manufacturer, or if it could be retrofitted to a boat. Burton told us that over 90% of the installations so far, have been retrofit. As the system has gained in popularity, it’s now available as an option on 30 models of new boats according to Burton.

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Builders realize that adding Yacht Controller is comparatively affordable and when it helps customers to be able to easily handle their boat, the purchase decision becomes pretty simple.

The hand controller itself and the buttons are sealed using silicon and Burton tells us that he had the unit designed by Porsche. The layout of the controls makes it extremely easy to realize which way you’re directing the boat as you press a button. It’s also worth mentioning that the switches have a very good tactile feeling to help you relate to the boat’s movements.

Next, we asked Burton what the requirements are, for a boat owner to retrofit their existing boat. He told us they do single-engine boats, twin-engine boats and all sorts of sizes.

He also mentioned that he can use both with electronic controls and also older boats that have cable controls, or mechanical controls. They have developed ways of adapting their system to virtually any boat but one of the key elements is

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So, if you have a boat that merits this sort of investment and if that investment can keep you boating comfortably and often, it certainly seems like a good idea.

On top of that, we suspect the Yacht Controller system might increase the resale value of the boat, in a sense, further reducing the cost.â&#x20AC;˘

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having bow and stern thrusters.

Luckily, even some of the very oldest boats out there have had bow and stern thrusters installed, so that does not curtail opportunities for many boats at all.

They integrate with more than 26 different types of manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s control heads and all brands of thrusters. He mentions that they can even make things work for people with jet drive boats, so you know this is very adaptable.

To get first-hand experience with this, we went to Jon Moles of Toronto Yacht Services who recently installed a Yacht Controller system on a 55 Marquis.

Jon told us that the Marquis already had bow and stern thrusters, but the owner still found it difficult to dock the big boat with just himself and his wife onboard, especially because the dock at his slip was on the port side and his helm was on the port side too, making it difficult for him to see.

From there, all that needed to be added was the Yacht Controller receiver and the remote. The receiver has to be mounted behind dash and the on/off switch for receiver is then mounted on the dash near the helm.

The receiver was connected to 12 v DC power and then was connected to the Volvo Penta electronic shift control system through a custom wiring harness, so that was all that had to be added.

Jon told us that he encountered no complications and the installation for the Marquis took approximately 10-12 hours. The total cost of system, including installation was approximately $13,000 before taxes.

More importantly, the owner was very happy with result.

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Fitness Onboard Series Part 2: Stretch and Strength

by Terri hodgson and Lisa Mavrou Photos Terri hodgson

fresh air, a day of full sun, and the wind in your face can somehow give you the illusion that you’ve had some decent exercise. While this certainly feels terrific, it’s a good idea to dedicate some time for a simple yet effective workout if you are otherwise used to more physical activity.

This article is Part 2 of our fitness on board series. In this issue we are focusing on arm and leg strengthening exercises using your own body weight. No equipment is necessary, just a flat, safe, and slip-free surface. This routine should only take 20-25 minutes. If you can make time for this in the morning you will feel more energized to enjoy the rest of your day on the water.

Warm-up Dynamic Stretching Dynamic stretches prepare the muscles and joints for the rest of the workout. Warm up with at least five minutes of exercises such as arm circles, exaggerated kicking motions, jumping jacks, jump rope, and running on the spot. breathing and heart rates should be raised slightly during the warm-up.

Strength each of the following exercises should be performed in 10 - 15 repetitions in 3 sets, with a 15 second rest between each set. This may be challenging at first so it’s ok to work up to it.

Push-Up

• Place your toes and hands on the floor with arms straight, holding your weight • hands should be slightly more than shoulder width apart • head, spine and legs should make a straight line and remain so during the exercise • bending at your shoulders and elbows, lower your body to try to touch your chest to the floor • Then, straighten your arms to push back to start position • Modification: knees can be on the floor for less challenging resistance

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Push-Up with Extra Challenge

If you want to challenge yourself and increase the difficulty of the push-up above, try using a fender/buoy as a prop. This is an advanced exercise that strengthens the muscles of the upper body and builds core strength due to the instability of the buoy.

• Place your toes on the floor and grip the buoy with your hands • hands should be slightly more than shoulder width apart • head, spine and legs should make a straight line and remain so during the exercise • bend at your shoulders and elbows until elbows are bent to 90 degrees • Then, straighten your arms to push back to start position • Modification: knees can be on the floor for less challenging resistance

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Squats

• Stand with feet slightly more than shoulder width apart, arms at your sides • bend your knees and hips as you lower your behind to the floor, as if sitting into a chair, pressing with your heels • Keep your head up and back straight to avoid strain on the low back • raise your arms to the front as you squat • Push from your heels back to start position, lowering your hands to your side

Squats on a Step

• Plant your feet flat on the stairs, about shoulder-width apart • Point your feet slightly outward, not straight ahead • Never let your knees extend beyond your toes • Look straight ahead. bend at your knees as if you were going to sit back in a chair, keeping your heels on the floor • hold onto the railing for support • Pull in your abs, and keep your lower back in a near neutral position • Slowly lower yourself down and back so that your upper legs are nearly parallel with the floor.

• Push from your heels to a standing position keeping the upper body upright

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STRETCH and STRENGTH Server Stretch • Stand with feet shoulder width apart, arms by your side • bend your elbows as you bend forward at the waist, keeping your head and back in a straight line, forearms parallel to the floor • feel the stretch in the back of your legs • Perform this stretch 5 times, holding the position for 15 seconds with a 10 second rest between each stretch • Note: This is an excellent stretch to use anytime you do any strenuous activity with your lower body…running, stairs, jumping, swimming, etc.

Standing Tailor Stretch • This exercise requires balance so find a safe place, ie. not too close to the edge of the boat • Stand on one foot • Place your ankle of the other foot on the knee of your standing leg • With your back straight, bend at the waist and the knee of the standing leg • Lower your behind as if sitting into a chair • feel this stretch in your gluts and hips • Perform this stretch 5 times each side, holding the position for 15 seconds with a 10 second rest between each stretch

Tailor Stretch • Sit on the floor with one leg straight and the other bent at the hip and knee with the bottom of your foot touching your opposite leg • With your back straight and head up, gently reach forward to the foot of your straight leg • feel this long stretch in your arms, shoulder, back, hips, and the back of your legs • Perform this stretch 5 times each side, holding the position for 15 seconds with a 10 second rest between each stretch

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Cool Down after your workout, it’s important to gently stretch your muscles in order to gradually relax, slow your heart to resting rate, and improve flexibility. This should take about 5 minutes.

Start with 5 deep breaths, raising your arms while you inhale, and lowering them to your side as you exhale. This will help to bring breathing back to normal. Then, focusing on one body part at a time, move your neck, arms, and legs through their ranges of motion to prevent stiffness from setting in.

Don’t forget to drink water during and after your cool down, especially on a humid day. fruit infused water can add both taste and vitamins to your post-workout cool down. Make it ahead of time so it is ready as a refreshing reward for your efforts.

Visit www.Canadianyachting.ca’s Lifestyle section for recipe ideas for fruit Infused Water. To read part one of this article access to Canadian yachting’s June 2015 digital issue is online now.

Thanks to evan Cameron of the aliona for sharing his boat with us for this session.

Terri hodgson is online editor with Kerrwil Publications.

Lisa Mavrou, bSc hon. DC oCT, is a Chemistry and healthcare Technology secondary school teacher as well as a Chiropractor.

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BROKERAGE

LOOKING TO SELL YOUR BOAT? RCR has a proven track record of success, with over 125 used boats sold each year, both power and sail.

We have been members of the Yacht Brokers Association of America (YBAA) for 29 years.

POWER BOATS

50 45 45 44 40 40 40 39 38 38 38 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 36 35 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 34

43 42 38 38 36 36 36 35 34 34 34 34 34 33 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 29

BENETEAU Oceanis 500 1989.........................69,900 BENETEAU Oceanis 45 2013.........................349,000 HUNTER 456 CC 2003....................................159,900 HUNTER 44 AC 2004 .....................................159,900 BENETEAU First 40.7 2003............................119,900 PEARSON 40 K/CB 1981 .................................39,900 SCHOCK 40 2001 .............................................83,900 BENETEAU 393 2004 .......................................87,900 HUGHES Northstar 38 1972............................29,900 HUNTER 38 2006 ...........................................129,900 SABRE 386 (2 avail) .......................................239,900 PEARSON 37 1990 ...........................................59,900 TRIPP 37 1987...................................................34,900 BENETEAU First 36.7 (3 avail) .........................84,900 CATALINA 36 1983...........................................42,900 FREEDOM 36 1987...........................................59,900 FRERS F-3 1982 ................................................23,900 PEARSON 365 Sloop 1979 ..............................39,900 SABRE Spirit 36 2008 ....................................199,500 BENETEAU First 35 2011...............................154,900 NIAGARA 35 (2 avail).......................................39,900 RAFIKI 35 Sloop 1978 ......................................42,500 TANZER 10.5 Pilothouse 1983 ........................36,900 BENETEAU First 345 1986...............................33,900 BENETEAU Oceanis 34 2009.........................114,900 CAL 34 1968 .....................................................15,900 HUNTER 34 (2 avail).........................................21,900 J/34 1985..........................................................22,500

SERVING GREAT LAKES BOATERS 43 YEARS - 1972-2015

GULFSTAR 43 MKII 1976.................................39,900 OCEAN ALEXANDER 42 Altus Sport Sdn....299,000 CHRIS CRAFT 38 Commander 1966................25,000 SEA RAY 380 Sundancer 2001......................119,900 ALBIN 36 Trawler 1979....................................49,900 MAINSHIP 36 Nantucket Dbl Cabin '88 .........54,900 TIARA 3600 Open 2007 .................................199,900 CARVER 350 Mariner 2003 .............................93,900 CUSTOM 34 Steel Trawler 1995.....................23,900 MARINE TRADER 34 Double Cabin 1983.......39,900 SEA RAY 340 Sundancer Sportsman 2005 ..111,900 SILVERTON 34 Convertible (2 avail)................29,995 THOMPSON Santa Cruz 3400 1995................23,900 CRUISERS Ultra Vee 336 1984..........................9,000 CARVER 3207 Aft Cabin 1983.........................24,900 NORDIC TUGS 32 1999 .................................149,900 REGAL 3260 Commodore ...............................69,900 TROJAN F-32 Sedan 1981...............................15,900 WELLCRAFT St. Tropez 1988...........................42,900 CARVER 310 Santego 1994.............................29,900 CRUISERS 3170 Espirit 1988...........................18,900 SEA RAY 310 Sun Sport 1994 .........................26,900 BACK COVE 30 2012......................................259,900 CHAPARRAL 307 SSX 2015...........................129,500 CHRIS CRAFT Crowne 30 1995.......................12,900 SEA RAY 300 Sundancer 1986........................11,900 BACK COVE 29 Hardtop 2005 .......................124,900

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SABRE 34-2 1987 New Furling Genoa, Full-batten main, Canvas only 3 yrs old, Dodger, Bimini, Connector, new bottom job, New Smartpilot, New A70D Plotter, New VHF, Erie, PA - $54,900.

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Beneteau 46, 2007 $315,000 CDN This is a great boat! Fully equipped, ready to go to the Bahamas and beyond. Easy handling by a couple, Two cabin layout, Main cabin sleeps additional two adults with fill in cushion. Has a boarding ladder mountable at either gate, Dodger and bimini with sun screens for side and aft, 11 foot RIB inflatable dinghy (will plane with full fuel cans and people on board) with a 15 HP Yamaha motor. Fully loaded with A/C, generator, and solar panels.

Pearson 35, 1976 $31,000 CDN Very well maintained sloop with many upgrades including full dodger and bimini, fitted cockpit cushions, colour chart plotter, and teak framed hatch screens.

Hunter 31, 1984 $15,000 CDN Our Hunter 31 is looking for a good home! Please contact us for more information.

Beneteau 40, 2011 $228,900 CDN This is an excellent boat. One owner who has kept the boat in fantastic condition, Full enclosure, fridge and freeze, flat screen T.V and DVD player.

Come see us at the Toronto International Boat Show, Exhibition Place.January 8th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 17th, 2016.

We will be presenting our OC 35 cruiser design and our Beneteau 31.

BREAKING NEWS: Anchor Yacht Sales has recently affiliated itself with a charter company out of the Caribbean. Be sure to visit our booth for exciting details.

Anchor Yachts has had a very busy fall season, most of our inventory has been sold!

We look forward to selling your boat! Contact us.

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Dealers for 1980 Nonsuch 30 Classic Easy Sailing $39,900

1984 CS 33 Lots of Extras $32,500

2006 Murray 33 Ted Brewer Cutter - Blue Water Cruiser $56,000

1981 Bristol 35.5 Great Condition $69,000

2006 Dehler 36 SQ Loaded Racer/Cruiser $155,000

1989 Merlin 36 Fresh Water Only $78,000

2011 Hanse 445 Stunning $249,000

2009 Beneteau 46 Shows Like New $315,000

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MODEL

YEAR

SAIL Tayana Vancouver 42 Catalina 42 MKII Yankee Clipper 41 Perry/Aloha 41 Hughes Aura 40 Schock 40 Bayfield 40 C&C 40 Aft Cabin C&C 38 Landfall X Yacht 372 Alberg 37 Sloop C&C 115 Mirage 35 Niagara 35 Goderich 35 C&C 35 MKIII Hanse 355 Aloha 34

1981 2002 1977 1982 1984 2001 1983 1982 1982 1987 1975 2006 1986 1980 2002 1988 2011 1986

PRICE $68,000 $159,900 $79,900 $114,900 $89,900 $190,000 $59,900 $59,900 $49,900 $40,000 $44,900 $149,000 $39,900 $39,000 $109,000 $54,900 $159,900 $44,900

MODEL

YEAR

C&C 33 MKII C/B Abbott 33 C&C 32 Farr 30 CS 30 C&C 30 Catalina 30 Tall Rig Freedom 29 C&C 29 MK II Mirage 275

1985 1982 1982 1997 3 FROM 2 FROM 1985 1984 1984 1988

$24,900 $23,900 $38,900 $59,999 $23,000 $15,000 $26,000 $25,000 $23,900 $18,500

POWER Oceania Trawler 41 Searay 390 Silverton Convertible 37 St. Tropez 32 Bayliner 285 Conquest 23 Chaparral SSi 210

1982 1991 1990 1989 2003 2000 2005

$84,900 $59,000 $49,900 $24,900 $48,900 $29,900 $24,900

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BRIDGE YACHTS LTD.

Bridge Yachts Ltd. offers a great selection of new and pre-owned boats from Zodiac, Precision, Seabreeze, Stanley, Walker Bay and MirroCraft.

SHIP’S STORE & YACHT BROKERS 49 Harbour Street, Port Dover, ON

1-877-583-3199 www.bridgeyachts.com

Authorized sales and service for Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Tohatsu, Volvo, and Yanmar.

36’ Hunter Vision 1992 $ 62,000

45’ Catalina Morgan 1988 $ 99,000

Select Power 41' Holiday Mansion Med Barracuda 1988 $27,500CDN 41' CHB Oceania 41 1983 $35,000CDN 40' Sea Ray 400 Sundancer 1999 $190,000CDN 37' Fly-Bridge Trawler Custom 37 1994 $39,500CDN 35' Ocean Fisher OF35 2006 $149,000CDN 35' Carver 355 Aft Cabin 1997 $95,000CDN 34' Chris Craft 34 Aft Cabin 1952 $30,000CDN 33' Bayliner 3255 Avanti 1998 $38,500CDN 32' Trojan 320 1974 $24,500CDN 32' Trojan F-32 1974 $11,500CDN 31' Chris-Craft 31 Commander 1971 $22,000CDN 30' Hans Dehmel Tug Style Trawler 1970 $57,500CDN 28' Carver MerCruiser 1978 $12,000CDN 28' Bertram 28 1976 $29,900CDN 27' Four Winns 278 Vista 1996 $31,500CDN 27' Regal 277 XL 1985 $10,500CDN 27' Sea Ray Sundancer 270 1983 $9,900CDN 26' Peterborough 250 Connie Exp 1987 $7,900CDN 26' Four Winns 268 Vista 2003 $39,900CDN

40’ Sea Ray Sundancer 1999 $ 190,000

25' Carver Montego 2557 1989 25' Wellcraft 230 Coastal 1988 24' Azure AZ240 2007 22' Bayliner 2252 Ciera Classic 1992 22' CRUISERS Mirro Marine 227 1975 20' Stanley 20 Sport 2015 20' Four Winns 200 Horizon 2006 20' Grew Closed Deck Runabout 1962

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$14,900 $5,900CDN $39,500CDN $9,900CDN $3,900CDN $56,500CDN $19,900CDN $8,900CDN

Select Sail 45' Catalina Morgan 45 Center Cockpit 1988 $99,000CDN 36' Hunter Vision 36 1992 $62,000CDN 36' Islander Yachts 36 1974 $45,000CDN 35' J Boats 35 1987 $39,900CDN 35' Hughes Columbia H35 1981 $14,900CDN 35' C&C 35MKII 1974 $29,900CDN 34' C&C 34 1979 $24,900CDN 33' C & C MK II 33 1985 $33,900CDN 33' Hobie 33 1984 $21,000CDN 33' C&C 33' 3/4 Ton 1974 $19,900 CDN

35’ Carver 355 1997 $ 95,000

32' C&C 99 2004 32' C&C 32 1980 32' Aphrodite 101 1978 31' Hughes 31 1981 31' Seafarer Sloop 1972 30' Gilbert 30 Plus 1988 30' Pearson Flyer 1981 30' C&C 30 MKl 1980 30' C&C Redwing 1971 30' Alberg 30 1969 30' Hinterhoeller Redwing 1969 29' Bayfield B29 1987 29' US29 1979 29' Bristol Sloop 1969 27' CS 27 1982 27' C&C 27 MKIII 1979 27' C&C 27 MKlll 1975 26' Macgregor 26M Powersailer 2006 26' Colgate 26 2004 25' Catalina Tall Rig 1982

$105,000CDN $25,500CDN $15,000CDN $12,000CDN $8,900CDN $29,900CDN $9,500CDN $19,900CDN $14,500CDN $13,500CDN $11,500CDN $25,500CDN $15,900CDN $19,900CDN $11,900CDN $12,500CDN $12,500CDN $25,500CDN $35,000USD $7,900CDN

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2008 HUNTER 33

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Boat is in very good condition and ready to go.

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CALL Jamie at 905 271 2222 or email: jamie@navypointmarine. com.

2008 BENETEAU 40

2006 HUNTER 36

A beatutiful, well kept fresh water boat with dodger, bimini, enclosure, air/heat, CALL Shawn at 905 271 2222 or email: shawn@navypointmarine. com.

Looking for a family sized cruiser that shows pride of ownership, this it it. CALL Jamie at 905 271 2222 or email: jamie@navypointmarine. com.

2003 BENE 311 Well kept and nicely equipped Beneteau 311.

Features newer canvas, davits, electronics CALL Shawn at 905 271 2222 or email: shawn@navypointmarine.com.

2008 HUNTER 41 This 2008 was not commissioned into service until 2009 and shows very well. CALL Jamie at 905 271 2222 or email: jamie@navypointmarine.com.

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NEW LISTINGS 48 Sea Ray Sundancer 2006 High end luxury sport yacht, Blue hull, Hydraulic swim/tender platform c/w Sea Doo, Low hours on twin Cummins, Twin Raymarine C-120 Nav. stations, SS BBQ, Bow thruster & more.

Call John 778-886-8695

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Warren Yachts S77 Sport Yacht 3 heads & loaded with features.

Fantastic sea-keeping at 36 knots.

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Very Cool and Fast incl. new fresh water cooling system and matching dual axle trailer. Join the fun of a Donzi for only $29,900 Call John 778-886-8695

107’ Custom Motor Yacht A handcrafted masterpiece with exceptional accommodations for 10 guests plus crew. Contemporary styling, spacious salon, private dining, huge flybridge & hot tub all at a 17 knot cruise.

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140 foot Custom Mega Yacht by MCP Dutch naval design by Vripack created this beautiful tri-deck, 5 stateroom, 10 guests Masterpiece with ocean crossing capabilities in ultimate luxury & safety.

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British Columbia, South Pacific, Costa Rica, Caribbean, or Alaska 176 foot Mega Yacht, 12 guests, lots of toys, full crew, Maximum Fun! Expressions of interest, Call Shannon Rae 604-805-8350

EXPEDITION RESORTS 131’ World Class Cruising Yacht Ocean crossing range, luxurious accommodations, built to a very high standard. Nearing completion. Buy now and pick your final finishes. Excellent price.

Call Rich 604-880-3806

48' Bel-Aire Shipyards ex-fisheries Patrol Very well maintained classic boat, ideal for extended cruising in comfort on our beautiful BC Coast.

Only $75,000 Call Heiko 604-760-6500

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36' Uniflite Double Cabin Very comfortable 2 cabin design, each with their own private head and shower. Large salon with great views for cruising. Large galley with stove, fridge & freezer.

Ready to go cruising for only $31,900!

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150' Cobra Custom Motorsailor Finalist for 2012 World Super Yacht Awards.

Luxurious world cruiser for 12 guests & 7 crew. Available for Sale or Charter.

Great value $10,000,000 US. Seller financing available.

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Join Our Exclusive Club Buy a share in any one of our fully managed, classic yachts and enjoy worry free cruising on our beautiful BC Coast. Income potential to cover your expenses if you can't use all of your time. Crew available for the larger yachts.

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92’ Custom Expedition Yacht 2010 Very high end systems with backups provide for very safe cruising anywhere in the world on this beautiful expedition yacht by the AllSeas Shipyard.

Call Rich Roberts 604-880-3806

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2006 Meridian 490 Pilothouse Light use and in top condition. 3 staterooms /2 heads, twin diesels. Large salon with great views,full service galley.

Call John 778-886-8695

CAPT. HEIKO HANSEN 604-760-6500 DON CUFF 778-245-2394

We are honored to present the Classic Burger Motor Yacht “Oriana” for very exclusive charters to the Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound, and destinations of your choice.

Originally built for Mr. Burger’s personal yacht, her pedigree is a story waiting to be told.

Call Shannon Rae to discuss this wonderful opportunity…

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SHANNON RAE, Charter Manager 604-805-8350 RORY WOODS 604-880-5576

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OUR CUSTOMERS SAY: Dear Lawrence: It is time I take a moment to write to you in thanks for getting us into the boat we wanted. We have now had Le Soleil for three months and Andree and I are absolutely delighted with our choice. The Hunter 44DS looked to meet every need we identified and after a number of trips late this summer we can confirm that we made the best choice.

In our case as you know the process of selling our existing power boat and completing the sale of Le Soleil was quite long and complicated. We believe this simply would not have happened without your encouragement, guidance and patience every step of the way.

As with any purchase of a used vessel there are items identified that need to be addressed and I am happy to report that all these relatively minor details have been attended to and to our complete satisfaction. To date we have identified nothing additional that needs to be done and we are feeling very happy that we will be ready to go for next season with a well prepared boat in our slip.

I must tell you that on one of our first short trips to Centre Bay, cruising under power due to flat water and no wind, autopilot engaged and sitting back in comfort; Andree remarked to me that she had never seen me so relaxed underway!

So a very big thank-you to you and all your staff who have made our dream become a possibility.

Sincerely, Alan and Andree Stovell Hunter 44ds

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2011 HUNTER 27 $59,900

1999 HUNTER 380 $109,900

2006 HUNTER 27X SOLD

1976 C&C 27 $17,500

1984 C&C 37 $58,900

2005 HUNTER 33 $99,000

2009 HUNTER 49 $397,000

2006 HUNTER 33 SOLD

1981 TARTAN T-42 SOLD

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CROSSING THE LINE

by John Morris

Keeping up Appearances Sometime, lurking in the shadows of our lives, we find deeply rooted anxieties we didn’t even know we were experiencing. In the current issue of Boating Psychology Quarterly, this tragic topic of boat maintenance envy is explored with surprising candor. Here’s a typical tale, only the boat names have been changed to protect the innocent.

When Andy and Mandy moored their sloop in the slip beside their new neighbour, Bill’s similar boat, they had no idea of the hill they had inadvertently elected to climb. The big question what happens when you take the spot next to the tidiest, best maintained, shiniest boat on the dock?

We all have one or two of these owners at the club or marina.

While you are reasonably conscientious about cleaning the grunge and spider souvenirs off of your decks, their boat never shows a hint of seagull offerings or anything else. You buff your hull slavishly and even use your Canadian Tire polisher on it in the spring, then one day just before launch you arrive to see his boat, shining so brightly from seven coats of Starbrite or some other new product that works amazingly you need to avert your glance, not just to avoid the glare but also to hide your tears.

I got a hint of their crisis last autumn when I saw Mandy, Allen keys in hand flailing at the aluminum frame of their winter cover. She was in tears. “He had his tarp up for two weeks already. Not only that, but he’s ironed it…”

Over a cup of herbal tea, the couple recounted their sad, cautionary tale. While the weather had been stunning, their summer had been hell. Not only had their next-slip neighbour’s topsides and deck gleamed for four straight months, they had never seen him attending to them. Inevitably his boat, Call me Caitlin, shone like the cover model, all without any apparent effort.

Every weekend, Bill’s cockpit was filled with ebullient family and friends. They’d happily cast off the immaculate dock lines and go for a leisurely sail. No matter what the seas,

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Caitlin returned with sails crisply folded, sail cover pressed and tidy and the bright white fenders aligned parallel on the portside stanchions.

Occasionally Bill would cheerfully bring out his deck brush on a July afternoon. Andy would bring out his, then Mandy subtly brought out a second one. Bill foamed up his brush; they foamed up two and added special stain remover products. He whistled as he worked for ten minutes – they scrubbed furiously for the entire afternoon, faces reddened and biceps screaming from exertion.

Perhaps he had caught on and was secretly plotting to drive them to an institution. But that wouldn’t be Bill – he was as easy going as they come and that infuriated Andy and Mandy even more.

I ran into them again at the Dock Shoppe last week where they had purchased a staggering load of just-introduced new cleaning products as well as a set of colour coded deck scrubbers in a range of 12 abrasive levels. They showed me their Ultro magnetic glass cleaner which they custom ordered from Hangzhou Huiji Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, even though the minimum order was 2,000 bottles. “We will not be outcleaned.”

As spring races toward us on the horizon, we are all readying for the season. No one is working harder than Andy and Mandy who are committed to having the shiniest boat on theirs or any other dock.

To all of you who share their dedication at whatever level of manageability, I wish you a joyous spring and an anxiety free polishing season. And by the way, I saw that Bill’s boat is already prepped for launch but he was aboard, enjoying an early warm Sunday while lightly polishing the stainless on his stern rail with a Q-tip and bopping to Willy Nelson on his spotless Sony blaster. •

february 2016

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