Group wants to
build tall ship
for Vancouver

Wendy-Anne Thompson
Contributing Writer

BRUCE Gordon

wants to carry on with
the work of his ances-

tors and sail a magnif-
icent schooner,

So when he heard about a
North Shore group's pian to
build a tail ship named in
honovr of Captain George
Vancouver, he was eager to
donate his talent as a wood
worker to the project.

Gordon, a North
Vancouver resident, recently
discovered he is related to

_ Lieut. James Gordon, who
sailed Captain James Cook’s
Endeavour to the Falkland
Islands on a supply mission
in the 18th Century. Gordon
is curious about his sea-far-
ing blood.

“It’s part of my heritage.
It’s strength P’ve missed out

- on,” he. said. “I’m impas-
1 sioned now. I want co build
. boats.” .

~«. So do at least 15 other

. |. North Shore residents who
attended the. Captain-George

“Vancouver Society meeting
. Thursday night. Their goal is
to construct Vancouver’s tall
ship. ar

 Tewill take four years to
build and roughly $2 mil-
lion, but the group believes
their dream will eventually
become a reality.

The tall ship will be a rop
sail schooner with 110 feet
on deck and‘180:feet overall
with a beam of 25 feet. The

masts will be 168 feet high ©
-. ‘with “approximately 11,066

square feet of canvas. It will

be buile the ‘traditional way.
it with modern facilities...

© Vancouver. accompanied
Cook ‘on his voyage around
- the world berween.1772 and
1774... He’ later. spent. three
years _» Surveying the
lorthwest coast, using the

best navigational instruments”

‘of his time. He was also sent
on_a_ mission to: accept. the
wrrender of the Spanish Post
t Nootka Sound, B.C.
Thursday’:

varying ideas from how to
raise’ money, for the project
‘to’ hew-to “build boats.

ancouver -resident Bob
Hamilton brought his fiund-
‘raising plan ‘of. selling com-
jemorative silver ‘or gold
coins, The coin design is yet
to be determined, but one

idea is:to-‘feature Captain -

Vancouver: on one side. and
perhaps the ship on. the

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ee! “meeting was.
attended by. people with |
~ water fishing,” he said.

NEWS photo Mike Wekefiaid

LIONS Bay Capt. Atex Bri ola looks at the plans for a tall ship he wishes to bulid

other. Hamilton, who works
for a coin manufacturer, esti-
mates that 100,000 coins
could bring in about $1 mil-
lion. ..
“I love the sca, fF love
ships. If 1 had my druthers
I'd be up all night out on the

-- This sentiment — was
expressed by almust every-
one at.the meeting. They
want 2 tall ship in Vancouver
because they love. sailing.

7 And they, want to learn more
about the past as well as be
part of creating something

for future generations.
West Vancouver resident
Michaci Bromley, who runs a

sailboat charter business in
Hovseshoe Bay, said he
would be thrilled to learn
how to sail such a historical
vessel.

“I also think ic would be
fanrastic to have ir built here.
We are a port city and we
should have a talf ship,” he
said.

Organizers Susan
Rountree and Captain Aiex
Brigols admitted there is a
lot of hard work to be done
but believe there is cnough
will in, the community to
make the tall ship happen.

Rountree wants the pro-
ject to succeed so it can
bring educational opportuni-

_ Husbands are weicome.
. They make great caddies.

More & more women are bringing their
clubs to Seymour and leaving dad at
hore surrounded with the kids.

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ties to the community. She
also wants to connect
Vancouver with its maritime
roots.

Brigola built his first tail
ship under the Second
Narrows Bridge between
1964 and 1968 and is eager
to work on anotiier vessel,

The sociery will continue

to host input meetings at the
Glencagles Golf Course each
‘Thursday at 7:30 p.m. as the
project is still in the organi-
zational stages.

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