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The first inklings of the fall season have come to Cowichan Bay village. We’ve been offered a bit of a preview as it were, of what’s in store over the next few months. The beautiful “blue sky” weather we enjoyed through much of June, July and August has been broken now by several days of […]
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 […]
Brian, Peter and I are enthusiasts of all things mechanical. Oily, dirty, smelling of gasoline or diesel fuel, loud and noisy or nearly silent, it doesn’t matter. If there’s a tugboat in the harbour we go take a look. If the steam train is running at the Forestry Visitor Center, you’ll find us hanging on […]
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 […]
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 […]
