It’s going to be an exciting year with lots of fun events and training opportunities for our growing number of enthusiastic paddlers!
The much enjoyed WOW will continue and as the weather gets warmer there will also be a Sunday afternoon drop-in for all paddlers. The first kayaking event of the season is the Spring […]
It was a cold day and no one from HSC was brave enough to swim – but our kayakers, rowers, SUP-er and sailors did get out onto the windless water (Richard even had to paddle/push Matt and Michael to keep them going…) – and of course there was Norah`s delicious chili at the end […]
Congratulations to Don Smith on the receipt of a special award from the Beaver Canoe Club: 25 years of membership and active participation in the club, and of course canoeing. Well done Don!
Festival of Lights Flotilla
Just before the Winter Solstice a dozen hardy paddlers and rowers, including some friends from SKABC, decorated their boats […]
SATURDAY 12TH MARCH
Time: 19:00
Dinner: Irish Stew
Variety of live music
Irish Dancers all for $10.00 per person, BYOB
Bring your friends for an-other great evening of entertainment.
The District of West Vancouver has directed planning staff to consult with the public on the Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan in the upcoming months. The Hollyburn Sailing Club has established a committee to review the plan and advise the Hollyburn Executive as the plan progresses. A copy of the concept plan is displayed at […]
Thanks to all the club members who turned up to sweep, saw, clean, lift, rebuild, recondition, fix, organize, defrost, prune, polish, paint, power-wash, and everything else that makes our clubhouse and yard so special.
Thanks also to Ross Morrison Electrical for the use of their cherry-picker truck.
In 1940 my grandfather Edgar Crompton built a canvas-on-frame kayak on Quadra Island. He was 61 years old. Born in 1872 in Gloucestershire, England, he came to Canada as an 18-year-old and ended up in British Columbia. For ten years he sailed the coast in a converted lifeboat with two friends: three of […]
I am a recent member of the club and quite competitive. I notice that one of the trophies with the most cachet seems to be the “Scuppered Skipper“.
Are you able to give me advice on how I might win such a coveted honour.
Signed: Reefed Main
Dear Reefer Man,
You are correct that there seems […]
Now that the federal election is over we are able to bring you an unbiased account of the All Candidates Forum on Marine Issues that was held at the West Vancouver Yacht Club in the buildup to the election. The Discussion Panel comprised all four West Vancouver candidates: John Weston (sitting Conservative MP); Pam […]
Richard Howard and Barnard Foo and two canoes, for three of us. Richard has mastered single, handling his loaded Kevlar canoe quite effortlessly. Barnard and I are a team in the other canoe. This is our third trip together in two years.
Sayward forest is 30 km north of Campbell River on the Highway to Port Hardy. On the […]
