Ripples from the Rock

Ripple Rock Squadron
Ripples from the Rock
June - July 2016
Social
Director
Report
Here we are, summer is now upon us. The weather has been perfect for being
out and about, whether on the water or in the yard, or doing what it is that
makes you happy.
A group of squadron members, along with some RBC employees got together
on May 1st to do a shore cleanup. The incentive was a volunteer grant thru
RBC Financial Group, to encourage the staff to volunteer. We had to have
minimum 3 staff, 3 from the non profit charitable group, and put in a minimum
of 3 hours of volunteer time. For this effort RBC will donate $1000 towards the
squadron. It was a beautiful day and lots of people showed up to help with the
work. There wasn’t much to clean up but it was done. There was a wiener
roast and social after. A lot of fun.
On the May long weekend, the squadron, along with members of the yacht club
gathered at Gorge Harbour on Cortes Island. There was a great turnout for
the event. A great time was had by all. Lots of great food was shared thru a
potluck and lots of door prizes too.
Have a great summer, everyone. Be safe and enjoy.
Vicky
Inside this issue
Ripple Rock Squadron
Box 481
Campbell River, B.C.
V9W 5C1
Commanders Report
Page 3
More Ship Watching
Pages 4-6
Phone: 1-250-923-6587
Web Page: www.RippleRockSquadron.com
Humour
Page 6
& industrial
supplies
Navigational Light
Challenge
Page 7-8
Members’ Night
Pages 8, 10
Squadron Officers
Page 11
Murray stoudt
Owner
Tel: (250) 287-7121
Cres lTd
1033 Ironwood Street
Campbell River, B.C V9W 5L6
Fax: (250) 287-8933
Res: (250) 923-1897
E-Mail: cres1986@telus.net
Sponsors & Supporters
Discounts may be available.
The rate is set by the business where applicable.
Please enquire before any purchase & show your Membership Card
A-1 Radiators Ltd
Advanced Marine Power Ltd.
Advance Travel The Travel Place
Altech Diesel Ltd.
Bill Howich RV & Marine
Boatland
Cloverdale Paints
Daigle Welding & Marine Ltd.
Discovery Marine Centre
Discovery Harbour Fuels Sales
Encompass Marine Ltd.
Island Inkjet
Ideal Tackle
Insurance Centres
J.B. Radiators
Lordco Parts Ltd.
Lube-X Fast Oil Change Centre
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Madman McKay's
Napa Auto Parts
North Island Propeller Ltd.
Ocean Pacific Marine Supply Ltd.
Periscope Promotions
Plastics Plus Fabricating
Redden Net Ltd.
R.H. Printing Ltd.
River Sportsman Ltd.
Salmon Point Resort
Sinnott & Co. Law Corp.
St John Ambulance
Topstitch Upholstery
Tyee Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd.
Tyee Marine & Fishing Supplies
White's Diesel Power & Marine
Commander’s Report
JUNE 2016
First, I would like to thank our Bridge for their dedication and hard work this year.
I would also like to thank the many businesses and individuals who contributed to
all of the special events we were involved in.
The coming year is filled with new challenges but we are already planning an
excellent Fall Course which we hope will appeal to our members and new students
as well. We plan to offer more courses, interesting members’ nights, and organize
more Squadron events in 2016/2017.
The May long weekend was a big success at Gorge Harbour. Several Ripple Rock
boats joined with the Yacht Club and boats from Nanaimo Power and Sail Squadron. Thanks Vicky for
organizing the wine and cheese for the Saturday afternoon, it was a popular event. This was followed
by Dave Deakin piping the dock to open the Yacht Club Pot Luck Supper. He also remembered Brien
Dolan with a stirring rendition of “Amazing Grace”. Thank you Dave, that was special.
The “Round Quadra” boat trip is scheduled for June 16th. The plan is to leave Discovery Harbour at
1600 hours. The trip should take around four hours and will be in a full cabin water taxi type vessel.
Cost is $100 and seats are going fast.
The annual Discovery Passage Passage is coming up in August and we will be looking for boats to
help with the safety coverage.
I wish all of our members a wonderful summer of cruising, enjoying everything our waters have to offer.
See you out there!
Kevin Kavanagh
Commander
1407 Maple Street
Campbell River, B.C.
V9W 5M4
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More Ship Watching - Capt. Geoff
In the last article, I mentioned tug and tows.
For many marine communities and work sites,
tug and barges are equivalent to freight trucks.
Tug and tow combinations transport almost
everything from groceries to construction
machinery to small communities, logging
shows and fish farms. Many barges have
an open, flat deck,
allowing them to carry
pallets,
containers,
vehicles, logs, etc.
Sometimes flat barges
will have a ramp at
one end that they can
lower onto a beach, so
vehicles can drive on
and off while the barge
is held close to shore by the tug.
At sea, the ramps will be
hauled up almost vertically.
These “ramp barges” are
quite recognizable once you
know what to look for.
There are a number of
variations on the basic flat
barge. The Side Barge, has
bulwarks to hold in loose
cargo, such as coal.
Higher sides are used by chip
barges. There used to be at least
a couple a day heading to Duncan
Bay to feed the mill.
The final variation is this is the covered
barge. Cargo, such as finished paper,
fish food and other cargo that can’t get
wet from rain or spray are carried in
this type of barge
While flat barges can carry containers,
large specialized barges have been
constructed for carrying containers.
They have specialized connections
on deck to secure the containers for
open ocean passages.
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Continued on pg 5
It is hard to comprehend how
big these barges are when
you see them from a distance.
They look like blocks of
various coloured legos. You
will often see small, odd
shaped objects stacked on
top of the containers. Often
it takes a pair of binoculars to
realize that these are buses,
excavators, yachts, etc.
One of the bigger container barges that passes by Campbell River is also a rail barge. The
Wittier Provider has a main deck with rail tracks on it, to carry specialty oils and other liquids
in railway cars, while the upper deck carries containers.
Occasionally, you will see barges that have fishing lodges built on them (they get towed
to the North Coast for the summer,
and back south in the fall). Then there
are barges who’s use you can only
speculate on.
There are also other specialty barges,
such as fuel barges. They can be
recognized by having a deck that
appears cluttered with pipes. The
interior of the barge is divided into a
Continued on pg 6
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V9W 2C3
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number of tanks, so they can carry different types of liquid cargo, diesel, gasoline, oil, etc.
at the same time. The pipes are needed to pump to or from the various tanks. The barge
below is a fuel barge.
The tug and tow left, as well
as the one below are a little
different in that they are
pushing, rather than pulling
their barges. Pushing has
a number of advantages,
better manoeuvrability, ability
to put someone on the barge
to check the cargo easier, etc.
However most combinations can’t
withstand much weather, as the
barge and the tug flex against each
other which can cause damage.
The tug also needs to have the
wheelhouse high enough
to see over the barge.
A different approach to
get good manoeuvrability
is the use of what are
sometimes called landing
craft. One of Campbell
River’s best examples
is the Aurora Explorer,
which does deliveries to
many of the small logging
shows and communities in
the area. She has some
passenger cabins, so you can book a trip aboard. I understand
the food is great.
Happy ship watching.
Humour
“Pilotage. The art of getting lost in sight of land, as opposed
to the distinct and far more complex science of navigation,
used to get lost in offshore waters.”
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Navigational Light Challenge
Once again, it is night time, and you have just departed Discovery
Harbour after getting fuel. You come around the breakwater and turn
South. You see these lights directly ahead of you.
What are you looking at?
Ripple Rock Power Squadron
Restaurant Placemat
for Boating Week
Boating Safety Week May 21-27
Trip Information
Boat Safety Checklist
Name: _____________________________
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Address:___________________________
 Food & Water
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 Sunscreen
___________________________________
 Medication
Phone Home: ______________________
Cell:_______________________________
 First Aid Kit
MMSI #: ___________________________
 Towels / Clothes
Boat Name: ________________________
 Charts
Type: ______________________________
 Tide Tables
Make: _____________________________
 Cell Phone
Color: _____________________________
 Picture to color
Id Number: ________________________
Leaving From: ______________________
 Spare Parts
___________________________________
 Fishing Gear
Destination: ________________________
 Float Toys
___________________________________
 VHF Alphabet
Returning To: _______________________
 Other ___________________
___________________________________
_____________________
Departure Date: ____________________
Return Date: _______________________
Add Lifejackets
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Contact Name: _____________________
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For information on safe boating courses go to
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www.ripplerocksquadron.com
Office: (250) 286-1038
Fax: (250) 286-8303
FOR ALL YOUR
BOATING NEEDS!!
Shawn Switzer
Owner/Operator
690 Island Hwy., Campbell River, B.C., V9W 2C3
DISCOVERY
MARINE CENTRE
• Outboard & Stern Drive Sales & Service
• Fiberglass Repairs • Boat Hauling
Greg Skaaravik
2625 Island Hwy
Campbell River, BC V9W 2H4
Phone: 250-287-9960
Fax: 250-287-9980
achors@telus.net
www.discoverymarine.ca
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Navigational Light Challenge - Answer
You are likely seeing a vessel over 50m in length heading directly at you.
The second lower (white) masthead light is placed towards the bows, so
it acts like a range light when the vessel is not pointing directly at you.
This gives a better sense of the angle that the vessel is pointing (Aspect)
than just having one of the sidelights disappear. Vessels smaller than
50m in length do not have to have a second (white) masthead light, but
may have one. The other alternative is a vessel that is towing, but the
overall length including tow is less than 200m in length. If this was the
case, the two masthead lights would be closer together, and above the
sidelights. The masthead lights would not form a range if the vessel was
not pointing directly at you, as they are both mounted on the same mast.
Captain Geoff recommends brushing up on your collision regs by going to the On The Water page of
the website www.ripplerocksquadron.com to check our basic introduction to Collision Regulations.
Members’ Night
ROPES and FIDS
What is a FID?
Tim Hobbs of REDDENT NET brought a variety of ropes of different
types and materials and explained about the uses and advantages of
each type.
We learned how to make loops with different types of rope and described
the use of a fid and so we learned the intricacies of using a fid with Tim’s
help. Why would you want to make a loop in a rope? Example: It makes
life much easier if you are a boater coming up to a dock with cleats and
you can capture the cleat with the loop or if you are handing the rope or
line to another boater it is much easier for them to grab a loop in a hand
or boat hook than a straight line. With Tim’s help pretty soon everyone
was managing the secret to work their fid through the rope and make a
loop and secure it.
We also made a loop in a stranded rope. Tim then made sure we were
not cheating and made sure the loop stayed put.
We thank TIM from REDDEN NET for an enjoyable and interesting and
“knotty” evening.
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ALUMINUM BOAT BUILDING & MARINE FABRICATION
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250-286-6749
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TOLL FREE:
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web site: www.eaglecraft.bc.ca • email: boats@eaglecraft.bc.ca
Sales and Service
Reg Dykhuizen
Service Manager
www.advancedmarine.ca
Phone: 250-287-9130
Fax: 250-287-9131
1450 Maple Street
Campbell River, BC V9W 3G1
reg@advancedmarine.ca
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Members’ Night
DIESEL ENGINE MAINTENANCE
A Members Nights was held at ALTECH DIESEL. Kevin Van Cleemput, (Service Manager) and Markus
Huber (Shop Foreman) had many tips and items not to forget when you are working on your engines. We
had a very informative session on various Diesel motors as well as maintenance on other parts of your boat
and little things that you often forget to check when you are changing filters, bleeding lines, and a host of
other things. They also demonstrated on some items like impellers need to be checked properly to ensure
good running motors.
They also talked about things you need to think about before you are buy a boat such as linkages, alignments
etc and gave many examples of what may seem to be OK but can turn into a headache if you do not check
the boat out properly or have someone else do so BEFORE you purchase.
Hope you come out next time and bring your questions and concerns about your own engines.
Thank you Kevin and Markus for taking your time to share your knowledge with us.
We welcome members to attend all Bridge Meetings
Call ahead (250-923-7376) if you have a topic to add to the agenda.
Change of Information
Name: ___________________________________Membership # ____________________________
Address: _______________________________ City __________________ Province __________
Postal Code ___________ Phone # _____________________Email Address ___________________
Boat Name: _____________________________ Boat Size: _________ Power or Sail (Circle)
Mail to: Membership Officer, Ripple Rock Squadron, Box 481, Campbell River, BC. V9W 5C1
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RIPPLE ROCK SQUADRON BRIDGE OFFICERS
Name
Position Phone
Kevin Kavanagh
Commander
OPEN
Executive Officer
Tony Robson Training & Supply Officer
Bill Koss
Past Commander
250-923-6587
Pat James
Treasurer
250-830-1726
Paulette MacLean
Secretary
Grant Jones
Membership /Privacy Officer
250-923-7492
Lionel Botting
ATO ROC(M) DSC
250-830-1726
Lee Andrew
Chief Proctor
250-850-0979
Vicky Williams
Social Officer
250-923-5779
Anne Bosshart
Historian
250-923-6304
Liz McLelan
Newsletter 250-923-2114
Geoff Sanders
Web Director
250-287-2133
OPEN
Publicity Officer
250-337-8462
Stan J. Palmer
General Manager
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Independent Marine Fuel Dealer
DISCOVERY HARBOUR
Box 512
Campbell River, BC
V9W 5C1
Phone: (250) 287-3456
Fax: (250) 287-3442
Res: (250) 923-6742
Cell: (250) 202-3456
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Rolland Langill
General Manager
102 - 1370 Island Highway
Campbell River BC V9W 8C9
fishing,hunting,Camping
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Owners
Phone:
250-286-1011
Cell:
250-201-0035
Fax:
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phone:(250)287-2641
rollandl@oceanpacificmarine.com
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Fax: (250) 287-7701
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Ripple Rock Squadron
PO Box 481
Campbell River BC
V9W 5C1
Publications Mail
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Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons – Escadrilles canadienne de plaisance
Training in Recreational Boating Since 1938
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