36° LENGTH RESTRICTION AT YACHT CLUB

3 - Sunday, September 11, 1988 - West Vancouver Villager

Small boat owners find Eagle Harbour home

WHILE SOME yacht clubs do their utmost to attract
wealthy, large-boat owners, West Vancouver’s Eagle Har-
bour Yacht Club bills itself as a club for the small boater

only.

Entering its 20th anniversary
year in 1989, the club has a max-
imum length restriction of 36 feet,
and past commodore Peter Davis
says the average length is 31 feet.

“It’s a matter of space,”’ he ex-
plained.

Situated in Eagle Harbour, the
club snd clubhouse do not have
room fur expansion, so limit the
number of members to 200. Cur-
rently, Davis says there are 132
members on the roster.

“It’s a very community-minded
club,”’ he said.

A major focus of the club is its
Junior Sailing Club, which boasts
its own commodore and vice-
commodore and rans popular
summer sailing courses open to the
public.

Participants in the junior sailing
school are asked’ to take out a
junior club membership which is
valid for the whole year, and in-
cludes the use of the club Lasers.

Other Eagle Harbour Yacht
Club activities include a junior/

By PEGGY WHITT. AKER
Villager Reporter .: :

senior race, a family fun race, a
long weekend sail, several club
races and, except during the sum-
mertime, once-a-month socials.

The club began in June 1969,
when 115 members purchased the
Eagle Harbour Marina.

Several of those original
members are still with the’ club:
Bob Hafey, Bernie Hanby, Hans
Schimmelfennig, John McCarthy,
Rod Peck, Ed Tracey, Colin
Mellvride, Jack Radcliffe, John
Ledsome, Rich Kania, Dai
Roberts, John Strom and Norm
Scott.

In the 1979 club yearbook, one
of the founding members notes a
significant shift from approximate-
ly 95 per cent power boats — ‘‘or
at least it seemed that way’’ — to
nearly 95 per cent sail at present.

While the 95/5 ratio might have
been an exaggeration, Davis con-
firms that sailboats are definitely

Party leader to

LOCALS INTERESTED in
Canada’s newest political party
will have the chance to hear
Reform Party feader Preston
Manning speak on ‘What the
West Wants” on Sept. 15.

“It's basically a public informa-
tion session,’’ said party vice-
president Gordon Shaw of West
Vancouver. ‘People will be able to
learn more about the party.””

Manning will speak at West
Vancouver. Senior Secondary
School from 8 p.m: to 10 p.m.

Shaw says there are currently
seven Reform Party candidates
nominated in B.C. He expects the
number of candidates will be

‘jumping considerably more over
the next few weeks,’’ with at least
60 in place throughout the western
provinces if a federal election were
to be called this fall.

Shaw says the party is also get-
ting lots of interest from the
Auvantic provinces and Quebec.
However, he says the party docs
not have the resources to nominate
candidates in these areas for the
upcoming election.

“We want to change the politi-
cal system,”’ says Shaw, noting
that the party’s primary goals are
to instigate an elected senate, a
system of recall of constituency
representatives, and referenda on
issues of national importance such

in the majority — he estimates that
they comprise 70 per cent of the
membership.

PETER DAVIS ...
past commodore

yacht club’s

The majority is reflected in the
club's interest in racing. Six club
races are held each year, with a
minimum core of 10 to 12 boats

speak

as capital punishment and abor-
tion.

The philosophy of the party, he
said, would be equally attractive to
both Western provinces, Atlantic
provinces and Quebec, but would
not be favored by central Cana-
dian provinces that currently
‘*favor the status quo.’”’

Although Shaw says nobody is
in agreement as to when the elec-
tion will be called, he expects the
writ will be dropped within the
next few weeks.

For more information on the
party or the upcoming public
meeting, call maets

taking part.

Davis says that other boats often
join, but sometimes leave ‘‘when
they find out what hard work rac-
ing is.””

The initiation fee for the club is
$2,000, and annual dues are $425.

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While the initiation fee is lower
than other local yacht clubs, Davis
says the ‘‘yearly fees are about the
same across the board.”’

For more information about the
Eagle Harbour Yacht Club, call
the club office at 921-7636.

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