9 — Fridwy, Joly U1, Doug Collins ® get this straight ® ALL IN all, we have at great ferry service in this provinee, but in the days of sail some of its admirals might have been shot on the quarterdeck, That's what happened to Britain's poor old Admiral Byng, and all he did was to lose a battle, terry fleet's com- munications that are at fault, They've got every modern Guingumabob you can think of, but what they need are people who can tell other people what is happening. Plus, perhaps, a Signitl-flag system that might be more efficient than the gadgetry. Beason fires on the bills miphs also help, ! speak from personal Knowledge, because the other day we were on Fler Majesty's Provin- cial Ship the Queen of Nanaime, bound for Saturna Island via Mayne. It was mid-morning, wind it's rhe south by south west, sun shining, metry whitecaps decorating God's water. And the passengers all looked happy. Then a voice came over the loudspeaker informing us that the Saturna dock had been knocked oul and that anyone bound ‘for that isddand should head back to Tsawwassen or waiton Mine une hl repairs had been effected. Ever a man of action and a sup- pressed Captain Hornblower, your agent got out his favs and sent a ship-to-shore signal to a friend. Could we put our feet up at his place on Mayne for a while? We could, No tew others chose Sfasne too. and some cleeted: to fo oon to Vietora (Swarts Bits, that is)and wait for the afternoon boat. But most returned to the olainland, especially when word cume that no one really knew when the dock would be working awain, At 2.40 of the itfternoon clock, I phone the nice ferry man at the Mayne terminal for news. Ele sicys the dock aay be fixed bs 5 p.m. And then again it may not. Even iit is, the first bout for Saturna will leave at 910 of the evening clock. And he’s sorry for the in- convenience. Ftake another sip of my friend’s brandy and tell him grandly that these things happen. Anhour later, at about 3.30, we itre treated to an unexpected sight. HIMIPS Mayne Queen steams by eur patta, going fall pede Cos Saturna. She is empty. Pha an hour later she steams back again, bearing cars, The dock had to be working. But why hadi't she put into Mayne to pick up the waiting poor! Uphone the terminal once more. The man is apologetic and says the boat did make an unscheduled stop fo pick up stragglers, but that noone was around, PE say that we would have been around if we had known she was coming, and that we had checked at 2.40 of the afternoon clock and were told there was nothing doing. “Yes,” says the man, “but they didn't tell us she would be by until three o° clock.” We left to complete our trip at G0 that night, and shipmates who had gone on to Victoria and waited there for the renular after. hoon fun had an even more hite- rowing tale to tell. They coufd have boarded the Mayne Queen but were given the do-not-ship treatment. Fhe dack would not be tintshed in time tor the bout to putinat Saturna, they were told, So the vessel would leave without them, and content self with calling in at ats other stops. But even as they were given this gloom -- at about 2.20 of the afternoon clack = the dock must have been within half an hour of being fined. Hit hada’: been, the boat woulda’t have steamed down the channel for Saturna at all, You see what bimean by com- Inunication? Ef not, you will when Fitell you thar the dock tad been Knocked out by a ferry at 6.30 am. Yet, three hours later, cars and passengers were being whist ed aboard at Tsawassen as if nothing had happened. It was not until 10.30, when we were half- way across the Strait of Georgia, that people were told they were out of luck. And the crew was just as disgusted aus the paying customers, When do we da an Admiral Byng on someone? 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