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My dear wife Michelle owns the smallest sailboat in Cowichan Bay. I don’t know if this is absolutely true, but at nine and a half feet, her little Davidson fiberglass dingy must be amongst the contenders. She’s named it “Po!”. A short name for a little boat. Every few days or so, you may […]
Concerned for safety of artifacts, donation goes to roofing project. An organization you may never have heard of has come forward with a large donation for the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre. Captain Terry Stuart, who presented the cheque to incoming Centre President Chris Banner on behalf of The British Columbia Supercargoes’ Association said the move […]
If ever there was an unlikely candidate for powering a boat in a race, it must be the British Seagull outboard motor. In spite of having achieved world renown for being “The Best Outboard Motor for the World” and while those who own them and regularly use them are known for the viciousness of their […]
An invitation arrived in my email box the other day, I’ll let it speak for itself: Join us for this year’s Boat Festival! We have three businesses looking to sponsor teams to participate in the Fast and Furious Boat Building Competition. Contact the office if you are interested! Prize is 50/50 of entrance fees gathered […]
Professional shipwright Eric Sandilands is returning to the Cowichan Bay Wooden Boat Society’s wood-room to guide another of his highly successful lapstrake boat building courses. This is great news for those who wanted to take courses last year, but were unable to do so. These workshops provide a very full, challenging and rewarding week of […]
From the Maritime Center Mailing List: Northern European Boats and Boatbuilding in the pre-Viking Iron Age Presented by Dan Dalby Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 7pm 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
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 […]
