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7 - Friday, October 21, 1988 - North Shore News

Yacht racers cause ‘horror shor

Dear Editor:

May I, in my now subdued state
of anger, take the time to describe
to you a scene from a_ horror
show?

On Sunday, Sept. 11, my family
and I were fishing, anchored along
with at least five other boats at
Union Bay, which is on the nor-
th east point of Cowan Point.

The West Vancouver Yacht
Club was involved in a race which

was started, | believe, from the
Passage Island area.

The reasons for my anger were
the actions of a good number of
these 28-to-40-foot sailboats
which, in their arrogant wisdom
and stupidity, decided to make
their turns in amongst the an-
chored boats.

I have been a boater for a good
many years and | have never expe-
rienced such hair-raising fear for

myself, my family and my vessel as
was caused by the actions of these
sailboaters who made the idiotic
turns amongst us.

My anger was furthered by their
“don’t you know sailboaters have
the right of way’’ answers. On two
occasions, I had to move my rods
so they wouldn’t get torn away.
There were also a good number of
boats which were trolling in the
same area and only swift, evasive

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action on their part avoided more
than one serious incident.

During this fiasco, the Queen of
Surrey, en route to Horseshoe Bay,
was forced to come to a complete
stop and, to further avoid the situ-
ation, took a course cast of
Passage Island. { spoke with Cap-
tain Tim Whelan of the B.C. Ferry
Corporation in Horseshoe Bay and
he told me that no prior notifica-
tion was given them regarding this

race. He said the detour added
over 12 minutes to the ferry trip.

In closing, may I personally
congratulate you folks at the West
Vancouver Yacht Club. You
may have set the power boaters-
sailboaters relationship back at
least 10 years.

Dan Miller
Surrey

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