Currents October 2014
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eCurrents Update Edie Dittman page 8 Further Baja Adventures Curiositas page 15 Cruising with the Commodore Hippodackl IV page 17 4 Guys in a Boat David Greer page 21 October 2014 Receptionist – Heather Sloat Watchkeepers Rendezvous – Myrna Webster & Dionne Tremblay [email protected] Bartenders – Mike & Kathleen Nolan 2014 Board of Directors Bosun – Vacant [email protected] Commodore – Jennifer Handley [email protected] Speakers – Rosario Passos [email protected] Communications – Peter Burnham [email protected] [email protected] Vice Commodore – Vacant Vancouver Island Watch [email protected] Education – Mike Gregory [email protected] Vice Commodore – Glen Wilson Secretary – Myrna Webster [email protected] [email protected] Fleet Coordinator – Vacant [email protected] Secretary – Vacant Treasurer – Vacant [email protected] [email protected] Speakers – Terry Allen [email protected] Treasurer – Don Craigmyle Past Commodore – Boudewijn Neijens [email protected] [email protected] Membership – Peter Burnham [email protected] Bosun – Chris Stask Reporting to Board of Directors [email protected] Administrator – Elizabeth Gregory Vancouver Watch Communications – Edie Dittman [email protected] Vice Commodore – Blair Tweten [email protected] Advertising – Richard Lees [email protected] Education – Adam Wanczura [email protected] Secretary – Beth Cooper & Janet Jackson [email protected] BCA Historian – Glenora Doherty [email protected] Fleet Coordinator – Connie Morahan [email protected] Treasurer – Barb Angel & Peter McMartin [email protected] Currents – Donna Sassaman [email protected] [email protected] Bosun – Ken Robertson Membership – Elaine Humphrey [email protected] Council of BC Yacht Club Rep [email protected] Judy Barefoot Communications – Rosario Passos Mid-Island – Brian Short [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Receptionist – Elaine Humphrey Webmaster – Jean Baillargeon Education – Norm Cooper & Bill Sassaman [email protected] [email protected] Rendezvous – Rita & Vaughan Balaam Calgary Watch Fleet Coordinators [email protected] Vice Commodore – Alastair Handley Cam & Marianne MacLean [email protected] [email protected] Speakers – Peter Simpson [email protected] Treasurer – Rick Reynolds Membership – Denis Heinrichs [email protected] [email protected] Weather – Connie Morahan [email protected] Mailing Address Currents is the monthly by the first day of the month prior for newsletter of the CURRENTS inclusion in the next months issue. 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Handwritten submissions mailed to the club address are also accepted. IFCb OCTOBER 2014 CURRENTS NOTICE 2014 BCA Awards OCTOBER 2014 VOLUME 37 NUMBER 8 f you think you are eligible, I or wish to nominate someone for a sailing award such as the Regular Features Feature 999 Coastal Award, Offshore 2 Editor’s Desk 21 Four Guys Cross the Atlantic Crew Award, Skipper’s Offshore 3 Top Currents by David Greer Award, (Owner’s) Offshore 4 Notice - BCA Board Award, or any of our perpetual Position awards or trophies, please 5 Current Events Letters contact Boudewijn Neijens at 5 BCA Calendar of Events pastcommodore@bluewa- 17 Explosive Sicily by Bill tercruising.org or call him at 6 Fleets of Bluewater Eisenhauer and Gabriela Hirt, 604.921.1356. In order to allow 7 Notice - VI Watch Position Hippodackl IV time for review by the Awards 8 Notice - Thanksgiving Committee, engraving, and pre- Rendezvous Postcards sentation at the three Chapters’ 8 eCurrents Progress Report Awards Nights in December, all 9 Welcome Aboard 14 Maritime Stopover by Ann and applications must be received Barry Lange, Cat’s-Paw IV prior to November 15, 2014. 9, 25 Photo Album 10 Education For a full description of all 15 Cruising the Sea of Cortez by the awards and the member- 12 Vancouver Report Judy Thompson and Wayne ship qualifications required, 13 On the Water Lidstone, Curiositas please see the 2014 Member 14 Postcards from Offshore Directory, pp. 20 - 22 or online 17 Letters from Offshore at About Us/Awards of BCA: 26 Lessons Learned... http://www.bluewatercruising. The Hard Way org/?page=Award_Definitions. 27 Ditty Bag 28 Galley Watch Fleet Liaison: Cam and Marianne McLean 29 Tradewinds [email protected] Currents October Crew Welcome Aboard: Liz Gregory Editor: Tradewinds: Donna Sassaman [email protected] [email protected] with “Tradewinds” and your name in the subject line Assistant Editors: Norm Cooper, Advertising: Barry Devonald, David Greer, Richard Lees Paul Hunt, Judith McPhie [email protected] Copy Editor: Layout and Design: Sally Holland Linda Mitsui [email protected] Cover: Bill Eisenhauer and Gabriela Hirt’s Amel Sharki Publication Mail Agreement No. 40036791 Postmaster, Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses to: 12 Ketch, Hippodackl IV, Bluewater Cruising Association, 8886 Hudson St., Vancouver, BC V6P 4N2 off Tavolara in northeast Sardinia, email: [email protected] September 2013. 1 Donna Sassaman, Editor ecently, a ‘gratitude list’ In this issue of Currents, we are introduced to Blair Rhas made the rounds of Tweten, the new Vancouver Vice Commodore; David Facebook. While not formally Greer shares an entertaining and insightful article, based participating in the Facebook on his being one of four ‘guys’ who crossed the Atlantic initiative, I have been focussing aboard Marion and Dick Leighton’s catamaran, Van Kedisi; on the many people and things eCurrents Transition Team member Edie Dittman updates in my life for which I am us on the initiative (I’m becoming more and more excited grateful. As October is Canada’s official month for the about the possibilities of an e-publication); Bill Eisenhauer giving of thanks, I thought I would share some of my long and Gabriela Hirt, Hippodackl IV, report on their family’s ‘gratitude list’ with you. travels with Commodore Jennifer Handley and her husband, 1. Having the life partner I have. I am grateful for Bill, who Campbell Good, through the Aeolian Islands; the August is my best friend, love of my life, court jester, sometimes Rendezvous Coordinators fill us in on the fun and fabulous the grain of sand in my shell (how else would