Site Plan of Milltown Marina & Boatyard, Vancouver, BC

Source: Google Maps

According to Port Metro Vancouver, the facility will include:

• Dredging of approximately 70,000 cubic metres from the slough
• Creation of a habitat island
• Up to 9,000 linear feet of dock space for in-water moorage of 174 recreational vessels
• Upland dry-stack storage for 242 recreational vessels
• A boat gantry crane and ramps connecting to the slough from Richmond Island
• 5,000 square feet of floor space in a Marine Trades building for a boat repair operation
• 9,000 square feet of floor space in a Marine Centre Services building for a café, marine supplies store and caretaker’s residence
• At-grade parking for 228 vehicles
• Pedestrian and cycling pathway along the existing access road connecting Bentley Street to Richmond Island
• Public observation deck at the foot of Bentley Street
• Publically accessible park on southeast corner of Richmond Island
• Installation of water, sanitary and electric services to the site

Seminars Include:
stealing a boat from weaker markets – the good, bad and ugly about today’s yacht market
mathematics of shared ownership
you work hard – your boat should too – why you should or should not consider charter ownership
marine electrical 101
up close and personal with your marine head
plus – the alberta unveiling of several exciting new boats being built, ask the expert sessions & more

Brought to you by:
BOSUN’S YACHT SALES – power yacht sales and service
COOPER BOATING – canada’s premier boating school and charter agency
ONE 4 YACHT FRACTIONS – we believe yachting should be easier
YACHT SALES WEST – proudly representing BAVARIA, CATALINA, C&C, DUFOUR & TARTAN yachts
NORTH SAILS – the world’s leading sailmaker
PACIFIC YACHT SYSTEMS – marine electrical service and author of the PACIFIC YACHTING ‘TECH TALK’ column
SWIFTSURE SAILING – Alberta’s hometown yachting experts

More information regarding venue & tickets can be found on the Vancouver Maritime Museum Website.

Vancouver Maritime Museum

This year’s lineup:

Jan 20 – Around the World in a 34’ Sailboat by Bruce Halabisky
Jan 27 – BC’s Remote and Spectacular Gardner Canal by Carol-Ann Giroday & Rick LeBlanc
Feb 3 – A family of six cruise the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, Cuba and the Bahamas, by Jeananne Kathol Kirwin and Pat Kirwin
Feb 10 – Racing Canada’s Colours around the World, by Derek Hatfield
Feb 17 – Sweden to Syria and More!, by Barbara Robertson and Brian Anderson

The approval brings the planned marina one step closer to reality, although several important steps remain, including federal government approval.

More information is available at the marina project’s website.

We wish False Creek Fuel Dock the best of luck in this project.

False Creek Fuel Dock is scheduled to be open for 2011 season

Page Point Marina, a Leisure Cove Destination, is planning the addition of a fuel dock to its secluded resort in the Nanaimo/Ladysmith area. The fuel dock will complement the existing services at the Marina, including a restaurant, ocean view rooms, showers, laundry, & guest moorage.

For more information, visit the Page Point website.

Page Point Marina

January 10th saw the arrival of the first North Pacific 38 Sedan in North America.  The One 4 Crew had the opportunity of viewing her during her commissioning in Richmond, BC, and were very impressed.  We are planning additional viewings in the weeks ahead.  Please contact us if you’d like more details on the 38 Sedan, or if you’d like to join us for a tour.

“I am very excited about this model. It really blows me away.”

- Trevor Brice, North Pacific Yachts

North Pacific 38

We manage boats for private owners, and I had just returned from Edmonton myself, where one of our owners had shown me his blue car – happened to be the same model and colour.  Being that this blue car had an Alberta plate on it and it was parked within a few hundred feet from this fellow’s boat, I jumped to the conclusion that he must have driven out to spend some quality time with his boat -   a 42 foot sailboat here at Granville Island.

That season and into the next, Bob and Susan took our power cruise and learn and then moved into our Cooper Cruising Club Cooper Cruising Club .  They quickly gravitated towards the Westcoast Custom Yachts we featured in our lineup – built by our founder Forbes Cooper (who also had a blue car when he lived in Edmonton, but enough of that for the moment).  The cruise and learn complimented Bob’s theoretical training with the Canadian Power Squadron and allowed him to focus on docking, anchoring and application of those well thought out passage plans that he worked on while landlocked in St. Albert.  Bob and Susan soon had the disease – the one that nobody wants to cure.  Boating fever had set in and there was little that could be done about it other than to dive in further.  Sitting back home in his office, he realized that office time at home was now merely a bridge between boating trips.

By this time, the first Westcoast 46 had been launched for the fractional yacht program.  Now some people enjoy trying different boats out in our Cruising Club, but Bob and Susan were now heading out continually on the Westcoast 46 model alone.  So, I introduced the concept of them owning a quarter share of a Westcoast 46 themselves.  Bob and Susan picked up the 3rd quarter of Westcoast Spirit here at Granville Island and have since been exploring the coast for over 56 days in 2008 alone and boating fever is clearly still a big part of their lives – with no cure, the simple treatment is their time aboard this fine yacht.

The story got a little more interesting when the fellow with the other blue car from Alberta approached me with a few challenges.  Turned out his wife had put up with his sailing habit quite long enough now and he was also considering a different form of boat and a different form of ownership.  Until this point, Dr. Don LeDrew of Leduc, Alberta had owned a couple of sailboats in the Cooper charter fleet.  That program does effectively reduce ownership costs, but the boat is being shared with people who do not have an equal vested interest in the vessel.  The thought of sharing the boat with others equally seemed a better fit and Dr. LeDrew was headed towards the fractional program as well.

Not only do these fine people have similar taste in cars, they now have the same boat in the same program.

Bob and Susan’s boat is fully subscribed but Dr. Ledrew’s boat is still looking for additional fractional owners.  I suppose the plan might be to start looking around Alberta for blue cars – but even if your car isn’t blue or you are not from Alberta – check out Memories – the Westcoast 46 available with One 4 Yacht Fractions or the Cooper Cruising Club – you can always get a blue car and move to Alberta later!