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Calgary and Area Bill Herdman Passing
Long time CPS Calgary member and examiner Bill Herdman passed away this past week. July 14 at 12:40 PM, Bill left this world at the Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary from a heart attack that was preceded by pneumonia and kidney failure. Cards of condolence may be sent to Bill's sister: Alice King 153 MacEwan Ridge Villas NW Calgary. T3K 4G3
Bill’s service will be Monday, July 19 at 10 AM. Chapel Of The Bells Funeral Home & Crematorium Centre Street Northeast Calgary, AB T2E 2V6 (403) 276-2296
Burgees
The Calgary Squadron burgee (pennant) is available for member's boats for $20. Contact Squadron Commander Peter LaGrandeur to get yours - 403-969-7411 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ----- The Calgary Squadron is building a burgee collection and would like burgees from other squadrons and yacht clubs from around the world. We have a policy where members can donate burgees from other squadrons or yacht clubs to the Calgary Squadron's collection. If you exchange a Calgary burgee for that from another club, and donate it to the Calgary Squadron's collection, you are eligible to have your original burgee purchase price refunded or receive another Calgary burgee. -----
The CPS national burgee is available to members for $20. Contact Squadron Commander Peter LaGrandeur to get yours - 403-969-7411 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ----- See the CPS 'Boating' manual for instructions on how to fly your burgees on your boat. Caribbean & Central America
Bounty Placed on Lion Fish Gobbling Up all Fish Life
Been snorkeling under your boat lately in the Caribbean and didn't see many fish? Well, it's very likley due to the invasion of Lion Fish, those feathery predators originally from SE Asia. There was an aquarium in Florida that lost a handful of these ichy critters in a hurricane not too long ago. They've since multiplied more than prolifically and a become a very serious threat to all fish life. If touched by a human, it's dorsal fins can deliver a venomous poison. The wound can cause a troublesome painful sting, with nausea and breathing difficulties, but is seldom fatal. A bounty has been placed on the Lion Fish's head, but they're hard to catch. The average payout seems to be about $50 per fish. See local authorities for details. Check out more on them at the Discovery Channel's web site at http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/13/red-lionfish-caribbean.html.
Panama Canal Soon to Have Third Canal.
Yachters, yes it's true. The Panama Canal is being expanded! Less waiting time to get through the trench! The two existing parallel canals will soon have an agjacent third, wider waterway, construction for which is already under way. It will sport doors which will be drawn at a right angle into the wall beside the canal, rather than two swing-away gates. Said to be more efficient with the use of water from Gatun Lake, it will still max out the capacity of that man made reservoir to supply water for lock operation. See more on this on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_expansion_project. |
Participate and Help Save Canadian Lives this Summer
West Coast Swiftsure International Yacht Race Looking for something to participate in to put your sailing skills to the test? Consider the Swift Sure Sailing race held in the spring of each year in the Strait of Juan de Fuca south of Victoria, BC. Check their web site at http://swiftsure.org/. Visit the Royal Victoria's Yacht Club web site at http://www.rvyc.bc.ca . Vic Maui Race Searching for an even more challenging sailing event? Check out the 2300 mile bi-annual Victoria, BC to Lahaina, Maui race. 2010 is when the next race takes place. See the VM Race web site at http://www.vicmaui.org/. Organized by the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the Lahaina Yacht Club. Check out their web sites, respectively, at http://www.royalvan.com/ and http://www.lahainayachtclub.org/. |
CPS Western Canada Interior District (WCID)
AGM 2010 May 28-30 Kelowna, BC Download the 2010 registration package by clicking HERE. The WCID's web site may be viewed at http://www.wcid.ca.
CPS National Stock Your Vessel With CPS Life Jackets
In June 2009, CPS-ECP signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Salus Marine, a Canadian manufacturer of lifejackets. Salus has received several awards including one from the Canadian Safe Boating Council for the introduction of lifejackets suitable for infants. CPS-ECP acquired lifejackets from Salus for the CPS-ECP Recreational Vessel Courtesy Check (RVCC) program, carried out through the summer of 2009. The standard gold lifejacket, without pockets, and with the CPS-ECP logo on both front and back can be purchased directly through Ships Store for $76.00 each plus tax and shipping charges, a 15% savings off the regular retail price. These are the ones that have been displayed by Ships Store at both National Training and Governing Board meetings held in March at the Delta Airport Hotel in Toronto and also featured under Ships Store on the CPS-ECP website, complete with a dropdown sizing chart. Information on other Salus lifejackets, including custom orders, is available by contacting Ships Store directly and the catalogue can be viewed on the Salus website, www.salusmarine.com. Salus President Steve Wagner is offering all lifejackets at 15% off the retail price to CPS-ECP members, plus applicable taxes and shipping. Shipping costs for anywhere in Canada will be $7.00 for one lifejacket and $10.00 for two or more. If you have any questions or concerns and/or are interested in placing an order, please contact Lynda Green directly from Ships Store at 1-800-CPS-BOAT.
Tracie Berekoff, P National Ships Store Chair |
Announcements
Calgary Squadron members are active in areas beyond southern Alberta. Here are some notices of what's happening with the CPS, and of events/info where Calgary members commonly go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_expansion_project
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