Wooden Boat and Maritime Seminars

Silva Bay, Gabriola Island, 09 - 10

Upcoming, 2009

Shipyard Raid 2009

7pm, Wednesday, November 18th

Tad Roberts and Raiders share stories, slides, and adventures about the Shipyard Raid.
Taking the Lines of Sea Star 2: A 1934 Matsumoto Troller

7pm, Wednesday, December 9th

Gabriola boatbuilder and former head instructor at the Shipyard School, Tony Grove talks about "Taking the Lines of Sea Star 2: A 1934 Matsumoto Troller". Sea Star 2 is on the hard at Bella Bella.
Restoring Carlotta, 1899 Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter

4pm, Saturday, December 12th

Stephen Mohan talks about restoring Carlotta, built in 1899 as an Bristol Channel pilot cutter and worked for the Cumberland Sea Fisheries before being converted into a yacht in 1907. She is currently being restored in Lund, British Columbia by Stephen, Barbra and Jasper Mohan.

Film Night: Irish Boat Builder Documentaries

7pm, Wednesday, January 20th

Alex Low organises a screening of Irish Boat Builder Documentaries.
Traditional Rigs Symposium

Saturday, February 13th

Our programme is about traditional rigs and their advantages, especially for owner/users; ease of use, ease of modification of sails and rig, and so on, with emphasis on boats 50 feet and under. Our schedule from 10:00am to 4:30pm with breaks for lunch looks like, a a session by Storch Sails Nanaimo on traditional rigs from a sailmaker's perspective, a panel discussion, and Q and A; break for lunch. Afternoon, a talk on rigging as well as a talk by yacht designer Tad Roberts on balance and rig design followed by a Q and A.
Vanishing Beacons: BC's Lightkeepers

7pm, Wednesday, February 17th

A local maritime historian, and accomplished sailor, talks about BC's Lightkeepers.
Understanding Your Navigation Instruments

7pm, Wednesday, March 18th

Captain Jacqueline Denee will talk on "Understanding your Navigation Instruments" including the operation of and limitations of: radar, VHF radio/DF, GPS/DGPS, Sonar, and Electronic Navigation Chart Systems (ENC).

How Citizen Science Can Assist in Bird Conservation

7pm, Wednesday, October 21st

Karen Barry, BC Program Officer, Bird Studies Canada talks about Citizen Science programs Project FeederWatch, Coastal Waterbird Survey, Beached Bird Survey and BC Breeding Bird Atlas. BSC is always looking for keen volunteers: Come out to learn more!
2009 Wooden Boat
- Silva Bay 11th Annual Maritime Festival Wooden Boat Seminars
2009-08 Maritime Seminars
- Winter Maritime Seminars
  - Winter Seabirds of Gabriola: Monitoring our seabids here and in the Arctic
2008 Wooden Boat
- Silva Bay 10th Annual Maritime Festival Wooden Boat Seminars

Notes
Venue The seminars take place at Silva Bay's historic Withey Shipyard, now home to the Shipyard School, Canada's only full-time traditional wooden boat building school, and the Silva Bay Shipyard which operates a 100 T marine ways and a travel lift.
AboutThe 2009-2008 Winter Maritime Seminars and the 2009 and 2008 Silva Bay Maritime Festival Wooden Boat Seminars were put on as benefits for the Shipyard School on an independent non-profit basis. Admission was free; all donations were given to the Shipyard School. Our generous sponsors helped defray seminar costs.