September - Fraser Squadron

.
IHT
FA IR LEAD
FRASER POWER
SQUADRON NEWS
q o n + o F h o?
Iion
It
r - ih. F
' . . - ij: 7
seexosdifficult
l r+ a -.r' rl ri rd
t + tL a h ri .'
ihmber a
v o rn me o
r l^ n
the Brid,qe
to ..cce,rt, lrobabltr
n a rra ' r].al 6ee
t--i -r-d
seC aon.
rl .c
f.l l
i<
because s!..$ner';,es
h^,
rr.^n
rr<
.f d
I iiould. flrst
of e11, Iike to talce thj.s o'rroitlrrj-ty to
.rcctors a.nd membels of the trai-ning
tla"nk the rda,nvinstructors.
Ce'rartnent for volu-yrteering their services this Teaf so that ue may
once again cond.uct the numerous C?S col-lrses. :Iithout your help
rl-is rrould. not be -ossible al1d 7:ur r;ilLinEness to ,artaci.pate i"s
ra t+1 rt
r F, o^i
t + DA
-
rielcome is et{tend.ed.to the naIry nerv
ALso a particular
vrho
stud.ents
have
elected to further their boating skills
"Doating"
.nd. !rir.o!r1ed.ge
through Power Squad.ron training.
I hope y.u find the
ff :-ou
Boa!j.::g course nost enjoyable end. e:(ceed.i"ngex!ectations.
hrvF
erv
dDesiidnsi F c rr.
la
-,i
- t
2 --a -ri
.1" cyiFrience
^+^F<
i -.^nF:
d.1f f j- c!',lti
e s be sure
to
talre
rrrl 6rr
'
rra
,1T
haro
+^
t' .n-rrr:
nl rr" hprl sl ei ter
then
l r.1n
ard. I would lj.ke to
"FairLead." of Fraser Power Squadrort activities
extenal a4 i.nvj,tation to y.u to attend. our monthly neetings through(The first
one is Seltenber 25 at the !o!"m ":
olrt tl:e 'si4ter.
Co!1itry).
'ile have excelLent grrest sleakers a.nd you riI1 aeet me-ny
nelv boating friends.
I am ootimi-sti-c that lvith the usual dedicati,rn a.nd iard
li,ork for Nhich Fraser nenbers ha"ve becolae noted., the 198o-81 season
!,ri11 be ilost successful.
CDR orn Dyck
be rlul.
Mari]1e !,Iaint enelc e {i1l
R e g i ste r o cto b e r 15, 7:30 P' M ' at i' lcRober ts school'
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
|
ter:l r,i1l
- . ' 2s s c ' r
fhe 1st trraser lolver Squadlon Lrleeting for the 1980-31
be held at The Tora,land Cou.try Inn (just south of the
{ \rq h F l
\
d r.' rrs d F y
^r
S a-te' rhF'
' 6.
t' :l e.sp
l otO
r:ote
TiursdaT not Friaa]-TilE-Eonth
) . Ihe ber onens at 19:6-ircurs end
the ileeting begins at 2C00 hours.
lhis neeting is onen to al.l o1rr
nevr boating stud.e!1ts, rienbers e"llalguests.
At this ti.Ee Fraser will be honolrred. to rresent Pacific
liaj.nland Distrj.ct CoflnaJ1d.er
Gord.on lea. as ou! guest sDeaker.
Atong r'rith his Bany d,istrict
duties Comna4d.erlea is nresently
a Uni.t leader for the l.'ie,ritleRescue Association.
Hi.s tolic
for
the evening vrill- be Rad.io Cotrnuflication6.
A toric of vital
concem
for all safettr ninded. boaters.
HoDe y.!r ca:l cone.
Ie€i-resr-Er9-slEe
[his
i,tonth:
I
L/C Executive Harry Fane
Xlate - llessie
.v't^+1.F
TrTn
I
I
tFFerrt.la
:)i s-ant
Raven
or
Free )lid.e orren Sea)
H a rry h a s b e e n accuged. of being an ' o1dr boater -
I not so - he's just been boating for a log
I b o a ts, b arges , etc .
t_
Porrer Souatlron-wise hers been SupDly officer
i
!
I
n' oaet t ' a?
for
tine - tug€ r boon
f ^r
+ at ^
t i ' r o l /e a rs a n a l n o \,r i s
' just
p r ^ . +. r
f^F
r estingr ' ( ?)
enthused about the
larticularly
I
.teara
fo!
tvro
TFerF
a.s lxec.
rfar northr
Officer .
^ +^ t
coast and.
Attention Fonner l]]st'rfctore :
po€sesEion or loro!"rof the whereabouts
@r
of ally Scluad.ronfeaching Aids? i?e are ndssing Instnctor
Hendbooks,
slides and a plojector.
Fleese returyr at ouce, Contact !t lraining
Aides Joh! Le lsab 2?8-6f50 or l,t Supply liiarti.n Hoffiran 277-4924.
!'
!
I
!
I
I
I
i
D
q
N 6.,l a
r/^rtr
l ]al n
oo you renenber your trai-ning ct'uj.se as a Basic Boater?
Fellovr nenbers generously gave you a couple hou-r:eto aid. you in
this valuable experience.
It i.s hoped that you ,flolrLdnov, repay
th.t tiBe by vol-unteering to take out a coulle or nore stlralents on
e sj-mi-lar cruise,
{his 11j.11be arrarged for a Saturday or Swd.a/
in late October or early Novenber. Please he1D. Phone lt. Asst.
lraining
Ed Neschki 277-4474 or Lt. AsEt. Training Rardy Lutoarr
i ?:f;ttoi
o! r,t/c Tlaining sue Dvck 274-4887. lhed< vou for vour
v::-----
|
I
!
t
|
I
i
i
-,---.--,------)
4q-q!P sTiG!Rr.'rsE
|
I
Jbat is t--A?fr', yoll say,
I
r--l
tLlRgP is short for l,lArine REPorting and in 1o?1 CPS was cslled. i
i
u)o:1
to
assist the Ca:ladian Hlrdrogranhic Service in uldetj.xg the
!
I
I info?nation on existi-s
I
charis due to the rarid i:'rcrease in boating
you
g?orr'!
inierest
and
ali
tha.t
dow
hovr
the
interest
he.s
slnce
time.l
I
: l i ttr th e th 'u sa n d s of niles of Coastline i:l B.C. it is irq!
!
t - o s s i b l e fo r th e i l l d ro g T a l hic Ser vice to keep u! with all the c hanges !
I tnat are occuri!:g !o t[at is how 7re nenbe?s of CPs catt assist by
I
re'rortj-ng
these
charges,
I
I
';mat should be renorted.? Eo ouote fron the na]lual. "Pri.narily, t
|
I ciraages i:1 channels, bui1d.-u? of shoals, ad.d.ition of ?rorinent marki.l
of oLd navj-gatirn haze"rd.sare all
I location of ne,v or elininati.n
I
\'Iithin
the
Durview
the
effort.i'
cf
|
I
nt the last Dj-strict A]]nual -ieners.l :,leetj-ng each S4\:adro4
I
|
to iheir general area, thus 're
I vra"spresented. with a chart relatirg
I
yrere given #3488, Fraser River, sandheads to Dolrg1as Isrand.
I
i
r'Ii.th this in nind., a l'lAREP s f.AO CRUISE is being orge$i.zed
I
I
/e have fo rr boats to cover the
I for Saturd.ay, Septe5ber 21 , I^AO,
I
I South Arn. Colurende! IIortr )yck with :,lonsoonII, Frar:r DoBbrowski
i
Salt, and. Llartin Hoffnan lvi-th Caroloar all fron Laclner
i !vi.th Pacific
I!
! Yacht Clnb a.nd CarI Seabrook vrith Seabrool!;I froo '16od '--"''^'
I
I i;;i;".---
r
llorth Arra rvtiich
! is eovered '6y chart +34q?.
rj t
I
!
t
I
I
I
I
I
i
I
I
|
i
:/e l'jish to get u'J to four observers ler boat, thus will
16 for the South ArIl1and eight for tv'o boats on the Norlh
rerrire
The
cruise t/"i11 start at 10:00 I{rs. fror the various :larinaE
-a-rn.
ttt" South Arrtr fronr steveston to liew :Tes|ninster, a-r:d
ana
",iif "o.'""
Shj-lyard to llelv llectninEter where we
the North
Arn fron the celtic
plq-tg_ meet.at the.King lielture Restaurant for lurch arou.nd.
to the hone rnarinas.
l4:oo Hrs,, then retun
Ouservers should bring bi.noculars a:ld. hsnd. bearing conpe.sses
would. be an a€set for taking bee.rings. fhis is a:o exceLlent;F
G
qptortrurj-tv for Eerobers lJho d.o not have boats to teL6 -o'+
your
fello!'r
me,lbers"-Soiadron Cirrise and 4et to kno!'r
or for further rnfor;lou1d. aIl those l.ishing to te-ke !art,
nration please cell Axdy Conley at 277-C95O or Frarl< )onbrolvskl at
l re6-27".e.
tne Hyd.rogralhic
Service alvard. loints for ::Ereps and at the
i
arrard
in
ls nade to the Distri-ct wlth the nost
Confirence
Lg:rnuatdenber having
! ro:nts *t4 41 2vrard. is also had.e to the ind.ividuel
w!I]
for the L931
count
novi
on
Arly
Iqarens
fron
the
nost
!
loints.
get
so
1et's
di.gging!
confe:ence
*"--! .A-'rnua.t
|
!
AndY conle7-!t.
i,larep.
!
I
I
!
I
I
I
I
i
I
I
I
j
i
i
I
i
I
!
I
|
!
('------
I
it
!
Ju ly 11, 1980
I
wnoop.. t
on holiday
aboard the YahEzee III
for
!
I
thr."
I
i
!
!
!
I
I
i
We Lef! aftet work on Friday and ran to Pende!
SaIE and
Harbour to meet Frank and Es Dombro$rski on Pacific
plan
was
to 90
rr.
our
carl and carol seabrook on sea-Brook
a
possible
spend
and
quickly
as
IsLand
as
north to Minstrel
the tide and culfent
After consulcing
week in that viclnily.
on
tables it was decided we should ge! an eally start
GiLlard
saturday in order to navigate through the YulcuLta,
and Dent Rapid.s at slack tide.
|
i
i
I
!
I
t
!
!
I
I
I
i
!
!
I
I
I
i
I
!
I
P ende r a t 5 : 4 5 a . m. a n d h a o a P le a s a n t
ooe left
Met John and
erip !o Refuge Cove whele we stopPed for gas.
conley
cfara
Andy
and
K
IV,
the
Eugenie
cenie Jones ;board
BluebeLls'
the
scobie
aboard
Pat'
ana
Ray
and
on the skylalk
over coffee on..the
we passed a pleasant hour visitj.ng
gtuluetts,
but as 'line and tide wait for no boat" iE lras
After a nighc in shoal Bay
tit.
to leave for shoal Bay.
"'e
proceeded to Minstrel
Island where we spent a few days'
Rillalney
Bent on Ehe
wrrife there we met Barney and Rilla
The Bents were
and Bodo and sibylLe Meye! aboald Ehe Tiare..
easE Ln
were
headang
we
headj.nq souEh, the Meyers north and
we
while
there
sound.
pla;e
Hoeya
ca]Ied
to a
xnigh.-rttlet
\de
whele
Hilton
Ehe
Hoeya
front
of
in
tied up to the float
Upon leaving the next morning we pi'cked uP
ihe niqht.
we
"p.tttcrab tlais
that had been Put down the night before'
o,.,t
I
I
!
I
I
I
i
!
!
I
I
i
i
!
t
I
tl
"rtor.'-*.!x".
our catch.
I
were not unhapPy 'rith
i
I
!
I
How on co Glendale further east in Knight rnlet'
there Pacific salt tied uP to a 1og and
upon artivins
vintzee rrr ;nd sea-Brook II lafted to then, tied up
what luckl
in front of us was a prawn boat.
directly
i
I
I
!
I
to selL us flozen prawns '
rhe plavrnels wele wlllj-ng
confuseal between kilog
sornehow or ath;! we becahe terribly
ana pounds and ended up Paying a Pletty
Penny fo! one prawn
and twelve snall tins t/'hich
cocktall,
one praltn caisLrole
Sonre
cost us a lot of trork as well as 'coln of lhe lealnr'
I
I
I
luck !
I
I
!
I
I
i
i
i
nfter linqelinq up nolth fo! ten days !^'e left fo!
cortez rsland, stopiing 6veinight at Blind channer ' fhen on
to Souirrel. Cove where we spent two or three days in the sun
and ihen to cortez Bay. Norm and sue Dyck aboard the
Mottsoon II along with Maltln and calolyn Hoffman on the
caromar visited for an hou! ln olaler to find out all lhe ins
€lip bevond
ools ot go:.ng north, this being their first
4a
D e s ol a ti o n .
I
|
;
b-------
,^---./-\-/..-\\../-\_/.^-/^.".=-'-------"-----,--.'-
I
We proceealed on to Gorge Harabou.r but decided to
fish Bake! Passage on the way. The caln Eea was interlup€eal
by a great explosion aboard the Yahtzee III.
dEte
lhe first
founil out the Captain had forgotten
to put he! downrigger
plate on boald.
( DeLiberately ? ? ) Needless !o say our
caech \4ras small this year gince we all know r{rho calches lhe
most fish aboald the Yahtzee.
As alL good things must end, so did. oux holidays.
It was tine to say goodbye to the buddy boats and tuln south
to Pende! and then home.
-ressie Fane
;le were all sorry to hear about Caro lyn Hoffaanrs
lulfortunate accid.ent aboard the Caronar. :lerers vdshing you
a srieed,y reccverJr caraolr4 !
Ne!,tPark for De1!a
Deas Islend. lrhlch 1s located 1n lhe Fraser Rlver a! lhe
of the MeEsey Tunnel, hag been purcha6ed by the Gleater vancouvet
Dlstlict
for a reglonel park. Prellalnary 61te plennlng for the
tha!
of undeveloped land 19 already underney ' It ls anllclpaled
wl11 be open by the sumer of 1981.
south end
ReSlonal
171 actes
the atea
wlrh tvo fishlng bst8.
This lglend has 2i E11e3 of rlverflont
\rhlch lncludes Lerge ftelShters
Ir offers speetacuLar vlena of rlver lrafflc
otl lhe south slde of lhe Island 13 Deaa Slough,
and cordelclal flshboats.
en
lnportant
wl.1dllfe
ares and nursery fo! young 3e1Eoa aad olhel
\rhlch is
specles of flsh.
The flrBt stage of plaotllng lncludes en eccess drlve !.l!h Parklng
Thlg nelt Perk ls exPecled
and flshlng 3lte3.
fac1l1!1es as well ae plcnlcklng
to
to be v€ly popula! due !o ltr unlque fealules es vte1l as lts proxlolty
De1!ar Sualey, Rlchnond, 6nd Vencouver.
ItelpfuJ. glnts
lrlth
Kelp is E good sl8tl of toul
caullon.
Sround.
whenever kelp aPPeals' proceed
anchotege 10 4 cove or bay, check the
$hen cooglderlng en ovetll8ht
adount of dllftnood
oo the beach. The ooie therc i9, the POOre! the place
for shelter,
Drlft p11e6 up as a result of curreo!, t1nd, aDd gee.
Have you cheskecl your fuel tanL lately?
Afte!
rust out, Is yours in need. of replaeeoent?
steel talrs
a tilre
I Fraser gower soua-d.ronLabour tav cn.ise
t-t
I
I
i
i
Gettina better alt the tj.!de! :7ho said it al-rays rains on
lalour l"y ./eeke;d? The following brave "Yachts-peoDle" attended
the cr.rise to ienges 3nd felegra:)h llarbour.
I
i
t
!
I
I
|
i
i
!
!
I
I
I
i
I
!
!
I
I
i
i
!
!
I
I
I
B r u e o e r L s - P a t t 9 a y S cobie' Bor :r e sar te' - I- inda z:' ,.r J l-lxor.t
Koch€4a III - Lois & Georse
Fair Ti.de II - fa-hne & lave
"/iLLj,ams,
1
llorm
):/ck,
Otter Shavl II - Lindsay &
Schuman. Ilonsoon I1 - Sue
gsther
Seabrook II 1
lonbrot/ski,
Salt
Fretk
3ri:-n Smi.th. Pacific
lII Yahtzee
Clara
ConLey'
&
Arldy
Sl./lark
Carol & Ca.ri Seabrook,
Bev
&
Bula.
Ted
Y-l.-not
iiessi.e l: Harry Fane,
-
!
!
I
|
|
I
I
!
!
I
I
I
I
I
!
I
I
i
!
I
I
I
I
I
!
I
I
i
i
I
!
I
I
i
i
i
tine
aboald Pacific S'lt.
f"ida:/ nisht $as socializing
j u st he.ve to get a l3.r ger boat) .
Sotur de' Ir s
( f o n b r o ri ski 's vi tl
of a'11 the bargau
fiqht noEri-ns rain clid.ll't dair.eB the siirits
,-/e'all checked out the canges outdoot narket €i:rd the
nGl".=.
c r e f r se l e ,
- .
evenittg a re!:dezvouE -/es fleruled lrith the Salt
Saturale.v
-I:'aser ',-tasvell relresented et the hotel" !u)
s-ring S.l.adron.
Hhere-lsther 'rroroaeil a toast to S.lt slrirtg S-ued.ron (i-n absentla)
(Hope Tour foot j-s r/e}! on the
to Carot'/n lioffne:l.
a.r-cles-ecially
n e r d . C a ro i l m. )
-.
fi"hj-ng vre"snon-nro&xctive b!1t a grEat tiEle-was had by
all at Telegraph Harbo!1r. Around. d orclocl< a ']ei'q!rin?? apoeered
on the docl( to organize the dinghy raceg'
Trne child.ren's one oer r?.cea irere j-n tl'h age gTol.Ds|
:tirrners for the ]-2-!5 :lr olds ?ere Jolln lloore (guest
tilliams.
Honorable nention goes to Kevln
on Y-Inot ) and Rictarc
Kate Smith end
Enguist
Joeme
Schurnst'
Bula'
Steve
Bula, KidI
'
Robert totlf;
*r.rrr'r"" t,, the 10 i tt yr old g,.ou! wes Ken 3r'1a follot'ea ctosely by Pexl Schurmer end Michael '?illiPtns'
dinghy-Luc}<et race !$e.s 'ror: b7 Darrhe-tle :til-Iiars
me l;.di;s'
jorouroiusli'
gev Bu1a, Elflrer
e.rd I,ind"a.7 snirh also got iust slightlyl
Ih..t genguin sure d.oesnit like losi.tlg' does she r].rclsayiden".
fh6 nen's clingl-y-bucket race v/z-s-v'"Ll a"ttended by uarr
Sea.brook. tsrier Slrith. ieit B,.rla, George Schlrnna4. f,e-ve /ir'lia!:os '
(l{orr4-was
Andv cottiev e.na la.stli lhe t'inner (again: ) No]7i fycL.
the
into
right
out of hls dinghy
"ater:.)
so excitea-he slilled
s"lurday evening Je enterrained the ne-rina^with a^slngsur
sons led bn Ted. Bufa and Brlan Snith around the campfire'
great
ne!bers-el-so-a'Lded,their
squadron
lel-scuaarln
erd. Ke.nloops
go
ott lo
our.he-t€
A 51'!er tine was had. by aLl.
voices to ours.
e. certain ler-guiD, snA her husbald. (Frank DonbrovrskL):
tolss the next c:rui6e!
t"nit
lois
I
t_l
l" T \ l
I
a._'
.aa
schurllar}
|
!
I
|
i
i
I
!
!
I
I
i
I
i
|
I
,/'
rI
t
I
'--1
prD Y.u nro''?
i
Canad.ia_nCoast Guard wil"1 acquire a nee,,off_shore
c!_tter.
This a.nnorjrlcenentwes haderby_t"arr"poit-tiirri";;;;;;:;;;'p;;;i;:.
A:lro:(inctely
3 million dollers have been alloted to expe_ndthe
./est Joast SAR
"ii
fteet. rr""I:""_l::T..
i
i
I
I
iiion. dol-rar
I marine base on Dallas Ro;d.Hr. pe.oi.n ni"-"""-_io
I
said, ,,Unar3ding ooalang
I
I
th; n;;";;;;it u;!i-,1"",:;
ui"u,,ii.r
;3':io";ig5:t"rif;urillil"*-*
I
i
I
I
in?fr-ii}u""?"3';}
3i}u,Blinli",
I l:*r-::"iiil]l*3fi:"'i:f,i:"?,H
i
Alberta. closins date ror tne-ii.ansac
ii
i"-0"i"u""-z:,
I iirt8:"r,
i
"i
I
I
I
t
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
A 560 roon resort is olarured for the 2CO aclgs 6euE51
b:' develoler George Hod.gi.ns' Century Hol_d.ingltd.
fni" p"oi"rtz
a s t o c . t e q o r t.a ra se l ri ve in point R) ber ts.
ft.e plans aaJ- l
f o r : r - 18 h o fe !o -r .o tch qotf cour se, ter r nii,
ir q""tOaff
co!rr!s. a s\z1nnang iool, restanra.nts, ^tus a f17
- "0 ir: airstrio
as rrer-L a.s a 'rrivate marl.:]a for g1:ests.
I
I
I
I
i
t
rrr? eoor av-AriABr;i
Cruisinq
Be:fond.Desolation
!
Solu1d- by John Chappell
I
!
I
I
i
i
The ohly cordllete qldping glide to the vrildLy bealrtiful,
larqely ."u:in]labit ed. coast of isLatrlda and d.eep fjords norf,h of
l e s : l a t i o n.
iYrj-tten for yachtsDen by a sailor r.rho srent eicht ldonths
?oking into every cove and gunkhole in a 2, ft. Folkboa-i. Scores
o f d e t a i l e d ch a rts, co l o r photos. $f?.95
4
co:,IING E /rNfS
ll
Fraser Povrersquad.ronr,ronti$-iGTii!-
lts
Date: qhursd.aySelterdber 25, 19BO .
li
Place: Eovrn-EE Courttry In::
'%
Ti .re: 7:30 P . t J . ( 1 9 3 0 t r o u r s)
ffi
ILA.REP
Cruise of lraser
River Seltenber
Race arrd.packingham Race.
October 10, 11., L2_ fhanksgi.vj.ng l.reekend.
cmise (reather permitting)
october t0- Cowalds Cove October l.l- a iZ t,tewliiifr'tdri--.,
or re-l oc ate c l o s-auaay
e b y i. f r 0 a jo r it y wis h e s .
for_ infonnaiion]
aoats etc. cont"ct:
Jar-I rloets - ceorge Shuma_n 271_24j9
Power Boats- fed. Bula
g4.3_5e66
Fraht<DorobrowskiCruisenaster ig6_278g
lioveober 28, 1980 - Fraser poyrer Sorr.aaLron
Christnas party at_the
Circ1e
the
i
)
I
i
2?
october 4, 19go lhe Gulf of ceorgia r."ailt"aElG!1ffi
Rich.nond. In:1,
i
I
d.ate on your
;i5nj3't"i:rl3"rl"l"*; ;:ii{:H.
cale_-_qar eJ1o
*;'"""e,
'l
|
i
I
t
|
I
i
r
st'.,a"nts
toorI
'"eui