The Jolly Boys Club at work
Last year Brian managed to get hold of an old dilapidated fiberglass boat hull. It really wasn’t much of a “boat” at all. There were cracks here and there, the transom was weak and almost everyone who looked at it suggested it would probably be best to send the thing to the garbage dump.
Dominion I rests between tug and barge – Cowichan Bay
Update: June 15 2013:
New reports indicate that the tow is scheduled to leave Cowichan Bay around midnight Friday June 21.
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Read the Saga of the Dominion I here.
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There’s a big tugboat in the bay today and it’s possibly here to take one of our nautical landmarks away for good.
The Dominion I, the vessel everyone has either tried to love, hate or ignore entirely has been moved from it’s old spot on the loading pier and now sits alongside the large ex-military tug.
BC Aviation Museum
It’s a hard life in Cowichan Bay Village in the summertime. The weather tends to be sunny at least twice a week, friends who have wintered in other parts of the world begin straggling back, friendships are renewed and the social season begins. Such a struggle!
From time to time, we find ourselves in need of a break. A day trip is called for. We pile ourselves into the car and off we go in search of new adventure.
This week, my friends Brian, Pete and I decided to visit the BC Aviation Museum, which is located to one side of the Victoria Airport in Sidney BC.
Last Year – Bicycle Basket at the Bakery
Thieves armed with wire cutters have stolen as many as twelve hanging flower baskets which decorated the exterior of the True Grain Bakery in downtown Cowichan Bay Village. They then wandered down the village street, stealing baskets and blooms from other businesses as well.
It appears to have been a well planned effort. The culprits knew exactly what they were after and came equipped with the tools necessary to do the job quickly and quietly.
Maritime Centre Pier – Cowichan bay Village
In a word, Yes. Yes we should.
When the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre proudly unveiled it’s 450k building expansion back in September 2011, few of those outside the organization’s board of directors had an inkling of the financial problems that were then only just on the horizon.
According to information published in the Cowichan News Leader, a $210,000 grant was provided through the West Coast Community Adjustment Program, while $140,000 has come from existing reserves, contractor donations and a CVRD grant. An additional $100,000 was being sought to complete phase one of the endeavor.
Vintage troller Bruno on the ways at maritime centre
Gloria Craig, President of the Cowichan Wooden Boat Society highlights plans for early 2013 in an email sent to Society members;
During the Month of March we plan to open the new building museum on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10-4pm. Office hours will be 10-4 Monday to Friday and Shop hours Wednesday to Sunday. These hours will grow and change as we move into our summer season. If you would like to help keep our museum open and have two hours a week to spare as a Maritime Centre greeter, we would like to hear from you.
Morning Mist Ice-Cream at Cowichan Bay Village
Morning Mist Ice-Cream.
If you look at it one way, Yves Muselle has made it possible for you to spend the whopping sum of $7.90 on an ice-cream cone at Cowichan Bay Village.
If you look at it another way, Yves Muselle has made it possible for you to obtain some of the finest quality, traditionally made ice-cream available on Vancouver Island, right here in Cowichan Bay Village… and to get the largest, two scoop, waffle cone size for just $7.90 taxes included.
It’s all a matter of perspective.
