SECTION C WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990 Island Living Real Estate New Ganges pub fulfills life-long ambition Moby's was designed by Bob Hassell A new landmark beckons at the head By BILL WEBSTER and construction was undertaken by of Ganges Harbour with the completion The Driftwood Geoff Swift construction. The Durantes of Moby's Marine Pub. insisted the facility be built by islanders. When the doors opened last week, the "We consider ourselves islanders," event filled a long-held ambition of they told the Driftwood. owner Dick Durante to own his own pub. about a year and a half ago, he looked been renamed Salt Spring Marina. Although the facility is aimed at Durante is a retired school principal around for something to occupy his time. Jane Durante, in her landscape en• boaters, the Durantes want the it to be a from Vancouver with ties to Salt Spring "I was too young to retire." he said. deavour, has designed the Sun Yatsen place where islanders can meet and enjoy Island which go back at least 17 years. On Salt Spring, the Durantes decided Gardens in Vancouver as well as Manson the view. His wife, Jane Durante, a landscape ar• to try to combine his ambition of being a Road, between the banks in Ganges. Her Swift noted the construction took five chitect, has ties to the island which began pub owner with the couple's enjoyment work can also be seen at the University and a half months, "from piles to key." when her parents moved here many years of boating. An offer was put on of Victoria, Creekhouse and the soon to He utilized a pile driving company ago. Harbour's End Marina and the Durantes be constructed Creekside Plaza in Gan• from off island because no island firm When Durante retired from school life were in business. The facility has since ges. does it. Equipment for the kitchen and liie heating-air conditioning came from off-island he added. But the remainder — the lumber, the timbers, the doors, windows, the duct work — were fashioned on Salt Spring. The construction crew, from labourers through carpenters to electricians to roofers are islanders. While Ken Fetherston, a partner in Swift Construction, acted as job site su• pervisor, Swift points with pride at his foreman, JoeToutant. His contribution to the project was "considerable," said Swift. "Without him, it would have been a lot harder task." Swift gestured to encompass the new building while saying, "This was all done by islanders." With a smile, he added the one ag• gravating note of the effort was Durante who proved to be "cantankerous." Durante, on the other hand, said, "In order to keep on schedule and within the budget, you have to be a s.o.b." Yet despite such differences, both men have remained friends. Durante, for his part, offers nothing but praise for the workmen "who knock• ed themselves out for us." Moby's Marine pub will be undergo• ing minor changes as time goes by to cor• rect problems with the lighting and the acoustics. The Durantes seek artifacts and paraphernalia to show the history of the island for display on the walls of the pub. In addition to the pub, the building contains a convenience store, a laundromat and showers for boaters. They have more plans for the site, Jane Durante explained. Eventually, in addition to a renewed marine service and sales shop, a small shopping centre, focusing on marine activities will be built. They also plan a bed and breakfast facility. iour weekty guide to GULF ISLANDS PROPERTIES PageC2 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, May 23, 1990 Islands The art of Captain Malcolm Armstrong MOVER Pender artist featured "THE LOCAL MOVING COMPANY" Regular return trips to Ontario. Special low rates to Salt Spring aThte MaritimMaritime Museum in Victoria ise ship Museus I paint are technicallym correc t so presenting its second exhibition and sale there is little with which nautical experts of a Pender Island man's art. will find fault." Call MCCULLY'S LONG DISTANCE The art of Captain Malcolm Sometimes, he adds, the research Armstrong will be featured June 28 to takes longer than the actual painting. July 18. The 20 painting in this exhibit Armstrong was bom in England in Tel (604) 537-5491 or FAX (604) 537-9474 will focus on ships from the Beaver to 1932. He went to sea as a deck appren• the Oriana — all well-known on the tice with the Port Line when he was 16. West Coast. He resettled in New Zealand in 1955 STORAGE Armstrong believes that to create a and moved to Australia seven years later. successful marine painting, one must He sailed in ships of the Union Steam• paint a believable sky and sea. ship Company of New Zealand as Mate "It can only be made to look real if the and Master. In 1966, he joined the South artist has a knowledge and feel for the Wales pilotage service. sea that has been developed by a close Armstrong moved to Canada in 1986. association with it," he says. His home and studio are on Pender Is• The many years he spent as a profes• land. sional seaman — all over the world and One of Armstrong's paintings hangs in a variety of ships and conditions — in the International Maritime Organiza• has well-equipped him for this task. tion of the United Nations in London. 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