2007 Events

2007 Events
*Date & Location*	*Event*	*Topic*
Jan 18, 2007 7:30 PM Vancouver Maritime Museum	Monthly Meeting	David Bradford gave a great presentation on wooden oar making.
February 15, 2007 7:30 PM Vancouver Maritime Museum	Monthly Meeting	This evening will feature David Fukuhara, a well known expert in the art of maritime knot work. David has been a fixture at the Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival for years, and is very active in training the Sea Cadets at HMS Discovery in Stanley Park. His plan is to introduce the club to the wonderful world of knot tying, and with any luck, we can all leave with a neat little decorative knot, or a more functional splice or two, to use around our small boats.
March 15, 2007 7:30 PM Alder Bay Boat Co. 1247 Cartwright St	Monthly Meeting	David Bradford will present a talk on the half-model. The half-model has been an important part of boat building and design for centuries, and before the modern computer took over, a carved half-model was the best way of seeing a boat design in three dimensions long before the keel was laid down. In today’s world, the lost art of half-modeling continues as a challenging exercise for anyone interested in both wood working and traditional boat building.
April 1, 2007	Deadline	Deadline for Wood & Water Newsletter content.
April 7, 2007 Silva Bay Shipyard Gabriola Island	Silva Bay Boat Launching	Official launching of the Silva Bay Shipyard School’s newly completed fleet of small boats, which represent six months of hard work for the students. Silva Bay Shipyard is located at the south end of Gabriola Island and the festivities surrounding this proud day are well worth taking in. Club members have gone over in the past and have always enjoyed a day full of woodworking shops and small boats.
April 19 7:30 PM Vancouver Maritime Museum	Monthly Meeting	TBD (hoping for a field trip to Steveston)
April 28 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Millennium Park, Madeira Park	April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge	Now in it's 6th year, the April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge is a family event. Builders have 3 hours to construct a boat, then race it around a short course for cash prizes. Kids can build their own mini and origami boats, and all can enjoy a BBQ lunch. Demonstrations of boatbuilding techniques, a show of small boats, and an opportunity to row or paddle a boat in the Harbour round out the event. Millennium Park in Madeira Park, BC (government dock) contact: Richard Haschke RR1 S14 C10 Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0 604-883-0539 rhhaschke@uniserve.com
May 17 7:30 PM Vancouver Maritime Museum	Monthly Meeting	"On the Water" Event. Members are encouraged to bring their boats down to the Vancouver Maritime Museum anytime in the middle of the afternoon so as to avoid the rush hour traffic, where there is a little sandy beach, and weather permitting, enjoy the afternoon and evening, messing around in small wooden boats. Launching can occur at the beach site or just to the east at the boat ramp at the mouth of False Creek. Club members can try other members craft, and get a feel for different hull shapes and designs, and experience how they perform in the relatively protected waters off the Heritage Harbour. Club boats, the Vogler skiff and the SamMc will be available, and I for one, am bringing my Cosine Wherry (WB # 100) and a little sailing skiff designed by Harry Bryan, namely his Daisy (WB #126/127).
June 21, 2007 1:00 PM Start Heritage Harbour	Special Summer Event	This meeting of the Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club will be our annual "mid-summer's night" float-in, to be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at the Heritage Harbour down by the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Again, members are encouraged to bring their small wooden craft down to the beach access by the museum to enjoy an evening "messing around with small wooden boats". Boats can also be launched at the municipal boat ramps just to the east, at the entrance to False Creek. Since this is not a formal meeting, but rather an "on the water" event, please feel free to come early and stay late. A barbeque will also be made available for those who wish to cook a picnic dinner, with hotdogs being provided by the club. The floating boat shop will also be open for those interested in inspecting the progress made on our restoration project, D'Arcy. It is also an excellent place to engage others in small wooden boat shop-talk.
July 19, 2007 1:00 PM Start Heritage Harbour	Summer Event	All day “on the water” activity at the VMM/ Heritage Harbour
August 16, 2007 1:00 PM Start Heritage Harbour	Summer Event	All day “on the water” activity at the VMM/Heritage Harbour
August 23 - 26, 2007	Wooden Boat Festival	Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival. For more information see: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/vwbs/interest.htm
September 7 - 9, 2007 Port Townsend Wooden Boat	Wooden Boat Festival	Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. For more information see: http://www.woodenboat.org/festival/
September 20, 2007	Monthly Meeting	First indoor meeting of the fall season. Event TBA
Oct 18, 2007 7:30 PM Vancouver Maritime Museum	Monthly Meeting	Our guest speaker this month is Captain John Porter, a BC Coastal Marine Pilot, whose responsibility it is to guide all foreign vessel traffic safely into the numerous ports-of-call along our complex coastline. See the BC Coastal Marine Pilots Ltd. website at www.bccoastalpilots.com for more information about this interesting occupation.
Oct 19-21 Cloverdale Fair Grounds Surrey, BC	Canwest Woodworking Show	Canwest Woodworking Show, at the Cloverdale Fair Grounds in Surrey BC. The Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club will occupy a booth and have our Gartside 7-foot pram demonstration project on display. To help, please contact Bill at bnbboyd@shaw.ca
November 15, 2007 7:30 PM Vancouver Maritime Museum	AGM	Annual General Meeting, and the election of the 2008 Board of Directors
December 13, 2007 7:30 PM Alder Bay Boat Company 1247 Cartwright St, Granville Island	Christmas Social	Christmas Social to be held at the Alder Bay Boat Co., on Granville Island, starting at 7:30 PM. Please bring a Christmas goody to share, along with some boaty conversation. Musical instruments are also welcome to add to the seasonal sing-along.