The darkness was: relieved |
hin 8 ‘by the ‘red and green: ;
in; | Glow ‘of the: “running: lights."

> my. ears, and. .
E-could he ar the little: waves *
shine at thie fo.

--conscious of. the water

for: ‘dinner, and when it. was -

my -break I sat in the salon,

cradled ‘on thé lee side,. very..

past a. few inches

ee rushing «
_ , away. and the blackness. of
, ., » the night. The two youngest -

. "PICKING UPSPEED.

blowing through

"the Gap: ~hastened,. ‘and. the

“vessel Pheeled over and
-picked.up ‘speed. We doused
the genoa and‘ran‘on under”
mainsail one. at abbat, t three
knots. .

I sunday

a 'y 198 Lonsdale Avenwe,

- ‘North Vancouver, B.C.
__ NIM 2HA
OFFICE/NEWS
(604) 980-0511

CLASSIFIED |
986-6222

“CIRCULATION
— 986-1 337

Gs

tans

Ascociaie Pulte,
Edhor-is Chiet .
Noel Wright
Managing Editor
Andy Fraser

News Editor
Chris Lioyd
Photos
Eltlaworth Dickson
Advertiaing Director
Eric Cardwell

Traffic’ Manager ,
Oon

' Classified
Berni Hillard

Administraybn
Androw Watters

Accouylls
Sytvia BON

North Shore News, founded in
1969 as an independent
community newspaper and

ualitieg under Schedule 111,

‘art 111, P raph 111 of the
LExclos Tax Act, is published
Wednesday and day by th the
North Shore Free Press Ltd. and
distributed to every door on the
North Shore. Second Class Mall
Registration Number 3866.

VERIFIED CIRCULATION

48,478

Entire contents 1078 North Shore’
Free Press Lid. All rights reserved.

_ Provincial
nesday to face a charge

y-~ kids. ‘were. asleep in their .

‘bunks, with the canvas bunk-.
cloths ‘holding. them securely.
in their beds. Kids are so

. trusting!

a“

As we crossed the north.

end of Collingwood Channel
the wind picked up even_
more. We went over to_a
broad reach and I put up the
genoa... again. The
speedometer registered four
and a half knots. It was a

in the dark.

little eerie, thundering along

“ADIRTY ‘WINDOW. ,

There seemed | to be a lot

. clearer, visibility. from the.
deck *
_-wheelhouse,- and I realized

‘than © “from. the

that the helmsman was
steering from ‘behind- win-

- dows that were so dirty with .

salt film as to be almost —
opaque.

“A few minutes with a’

sponge ahd soapy water
made a tremendous dif-
ference, and the night was a
little less black outside. We
could see the car lights
twinkling ahead on the
Squamish Highway.

A set of running lights
showed up .about two or
three miles ahead. First the
red light, then the green,
then red again. It was hard
to puzzle out, but as we
neared the vessel its range
lights, two white lights on
different height masts, began
to lift above and become
distinct from the car
headlights on the highway
behind it. It was one of the
B.C. Ferries, headed straight

_ forus.

N.Van man

cleared

A North Vancouver man
who was charged with failing
to drive with du¢. care and
attention after an accident,
January 7, in which a woman
was killed, has been found
not guilty.

. Greig Koogan, of 1009-'
2004 Fullerton Street, ap-

peared in North Vancouver
Court, Wed-

under section 138a of the

Pe = Motor Vehicle Act.

shadow © and the
. picked up again. .

_ ALONG REACH.

te 8 wing.” It: very. We took. turns going: below. | ~ with
_ Bisent, lok of noise™

of her cugines : _
“the. ‘water like: a -Siant "heart. a |

beat.

On the reach. across to :
‘Hood Point on Bowen Island -

the wind. was gusting up a:
bit. When one. particularly’
- strong blast hit us-the vessel “

heeled:even more and began. .

to round up. to windward,.
despite full port rudder. We...
 corrécted her, I adjusted the’

sails, and she flew along -at- t

six knots, spray | reflecting

redly in the glow of the Port |
running light. ©

At Hood Point we . sailed.

The weight of the boat and
her speed kept us going,

“still ‘coasting

other « side ~ “OE* ‘the wid

Fisherman’s“Cove was a
single” long reach, ‘with. the
wind obligingly curving
around Bowerrlsland, lifting
us steadily along. We sailed’

‘almost right into neck of
the harbour, dro the
‘sails at the last moment ung

motoring in the last two or
three hundred feet.

One nice thing about
living aboard — the painters
have been doing our house,
and we have retreated
temporarily to life afloat —
is that one doesn’t have to
pack up and go home

because one is already
home...
Total day's fuel con-

sumption? About a quart of
diesel fuel. Take that, you
gas guzzlers!

P.S. The wind may be free,
but catching it seems to be
quite expensive.

June 29, 1979.
‘even with no wind, and we § ..
’ were

when we emerged. 0 ce

The Sutcliffe: Report: now: V before the West Ve ‘CO
envisages ‘major. waterfront development frorn’'1 3th tr

3. No: Holiyburn Sailing Club.

4... A-350. ft. long pier, BOR —e with commercial
' facilities only. .

5B. ‘Commercial/community. construction on the whole
_ site eat 12: 1 ratio in: favour of commercial. :

“ oO * Community’ Facilities 5,000 sq. ft.
~Commercial Facilities 60,000 sq.ft.

“The Sutcliffe Report is available at the West Vancouver Public to ;

t. Library and at the Municipal Hall.
into the lee of Bowen Island.'~ [

West Vancouver. Council welcomes your comments by Friday; |

Help Prevent Waterfront Exploitation

Nayor & Gouricil . _ oe :
West Vancouver. Municipal Hall

750 - 17th St.
West Vancouver
- Telephone comments to:
Mayor ~— = | rn |
Derrick Humphreys 926-1966 |
Aldermen | af
John Humphries ‘ 685-8474
Bob Hicks _.. 922-7456
Don Lanskail 684-0211
’ Don McAlister ' 921-7281.
Alderwomen |
- Ann Arnott ‘926-2407
Doreen Blackburn 926-3354

...or send the following:

Mayor & Council

West Vancouver Municipal Hall
750 - 17th Street

West Vancouver

Dear Sirs:

! oppose any commercial development of Ambleside waterfront.

Yours respectfully,

signature

address

This ad paid for by concemed citizens of West Vancouver