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The replica of the SS Beaver, lately tied alongside the now departed Dominion will not be going to Mexico for scrapping as was first thought. It will remain at anchor in Cowichan Bay for the foreseeable future, keeping station out in the Bay at roughly the same spot where the Dominion once floated. Legal issues […]
The Dominion I has been fitted with it’s towing bridle. Now it’s just a matter of paperwork and an inspection by a marine surveyor and all systems will be “go” for the trek to Mexico and the scrap yard. Rob Van Riter of San Diego, the man who bought the vessel for $100 from Oregon […]
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. 5 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
The Cowichan Bay Maritime Center will close it’s doors in January and February, dismiss staff, in a move that will hopefully prevent further difficulties for the financially troubled organization. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
