- [After ‘the < crew change it was very quiet aboard : | : jrideed. AIL four of the young children went home. - with the old crew,’ “leaving the vessel manned by “four men. It was a pleasure not having the kids’ ‘aboard, but in-a ‘Way it was too quiet. One gets ; used to little voices. We made our way back to _Canada*in a: day: of. light » winds, under overcast skies,. motoring until-noon with ‘the : mainsail. up,” acting asa. stabilizer. At noon the wind came up; sighing across the water - from astern. The motor. went ' off.In the quiet the sounds - of . the . water.. splashing | . alongside seemed very loud. We sailed .at three to’ -four . knots for -most. of ‘the’ day, reaching ‘Bedwell: Harbour . _and Canadian Customs: late - inthe afternoon. As we entered the harbour . ‘and. located the Customs . Office we-downed sails and made for the dock, only to. find a sign (unreadable from - the water) advising us that the dock. was reserved for aircraft. However, drifted around until a place became vacant and tied up, _andI went up to check in. north shore OFFICE/INEWS (604) 980-0511 | CLASSIFIED 986-6222 CIRCULATION . 986-1337 Gu SN” cme SremsauEet © Emenee ’ Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher Bob Graham Editor-in-Chief Noel Wright Managing Editor Andy Fraser News Editor Chris Loyd Photos Elisworth Dickson Advertising Director Eric Cardwell Traftic Manager Donna Champion Production Tim Francis Faye McCrae Classified Berni Hillard Administration Andrew Watters Accounts Sytvia Sorenson North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an_ independent community newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Part 111. Paragraph 111 of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday and Sugday by the North Shore Free Préss Ltd and ‘distributed to every door on the ‘North Shore Second Class Mai ‘Registration Number 3885 VERIFIED CIRCULATION 49,503 Entire contenta’ 1978 North Ghove Free Prone Ltd. All rights reserved THIS PAPER (tS RECYCLABLE we. |THE WAITING GAME_ ‘The Customs officer, “was | ‘not-in the office. A sign on _skippers. to’ return’ to: their. vessels and await inspection.. official: came down to the dock. “Where’s your American cruising permit?” © was his first question. I had = promptly lost. it. after acquiring it on the American side, and he was not pleased. Then he asked me for the - . Blue ‘Book for the vessel. T ‘told him lawyers. The customs officer - " came on board and searched. ‘the vessel, it was at my _ and then I followed him back up to the dock office, sweltering in the ‘heat. Trying to get ‘my boat (Canadian registry) and my crew (all Canadian citizens) ‘back into Canada because I had lost a piece of American government paper it didn’ t ‘feel very good. - . However, he finally let us -Feturn to the country of our ~ birth and citizenship after - confirming our legality by © telephoning the American customs. We thankfully left and sailed up the west side of the Pender Islands to Otter Bay where we anchored. Otter Bay is one of my favourite spots, and as we swung at anchor .talking about the stars and sailing | the cook came up with a masterpiece of dinner that successfully extirpated the lingering remains of irritation. : LAST DAY The next day was the last day of our sailing trip, and it was a most beautiful day. At six in the morning the birds were singing around Otter Bay. The water was clear and calm, with the surface so reflective that one could sce rows of rippled clouds with blue skies between as if in a mirror. Each cloud appeared to be burnished with gold. Beside the boat a tadpole sheltered atop a leaf floating in the water. It was cool and there was quite a bit of dew in the cockpit and on the decks. Out of the bay light ripples on the water indicated some wind, but where we were anchored not a breath of air stirred the surface of the sea. We motored to Active Pass and went through at slack water. At the Gossip Shoals light there were a great’ many = small boats fishing in the carly morning light os a pair of cagles wheeled overhead. By cight-thirty we were under sail again, heading north up the Strait of Georgia from Active Pass. The wind was five knots . herd ‘marking e the surface. Of the water. - ; projects: that we nad put off 7 till the last day. the’ door ordered landing “ “the brass; diled.. the oaks a J cleaned off: th decks - and After about: a’ half-hour the - ‘ : working crew. aboard. ° -River at 11:15; and I started: _ to try _to get through on ‘the. tadio-telephone: to © advise y ‘ those at home as to when we | ‘ might. be arriving. We ex-— ; perienced: one. -of .the | most.” * calls are often lined up with _ must.listen to the call in - to be. short and to the’ point, _ aE cea ea Cae Ptah ta anentalgy ASO'2 goa + So as i ae oe > eM MOTORED THROUGE picturesque Swinomish Canal, past old restored, towns. above. » Ellsworth Dickson m photo) : the. cockpit. grates, ‘shin ; MO Es ore oS several weeks accumulatic ns of battle: tops, ; cracker crumbs and hair balls, ‘Itwas. very pleasant ‘to have : a. _ We. were off Sandheads 2 a Ss i oe : : the » mouth: of. the Fraser | ok . OSS Fue. ‘Sept. 48 at 10: 00. AM: SEE a 4 091. Roosevelt Cres. N. Van. | -Looking:Forward io Seeing’ You © oi {3 980-8412 "Store Hours 10- 5 Tue. Wed. Thurs. Sat... excruciating experiences -in - helpless listening I’ve ever: undergone. One can’t use. the channel while another call is in progress, and the boats ‘standing-by’. One progress to ‘monitor one’s ; Bo I ae position on | the ‘stand-by’ - : ; ae “ 6 but often aren't. rr re ee ee ‘WHATSFORDINNER' The Advance ConsumerSeminar §° This particular day the last wy q . E eH \ ! og boat before us made contact with the shore: phone they The most popular and educational program on loudspeakers in Canada were calling, the skipper of the vessel talked to the man of the house, and they completed their business in. two or three minutes. But then each passed the telephone to his wife and things got rapidly worse. OCTOBER 1, 1979, 7:30 P.M. BAYSHORE INN - TICKETS $2.00 ea. SEATING 500 MAXIMUM RESERVATIONS ONLY are ° Subjects that will be covered yourselves? What did you . rlesuaney response , have for dinner last night?” : . It went on for a long time. : * Time alignment, phased array, octave-to-octave balance, e Colouration and accuracy. We came : into the a ¢ The four types of loudspeaker imaging and dispersion. moorage about six in the . . evening, having to motor the * Exactly how to conduct an A-B comparison between two brands to prove which.one is the most accurate. last six miles, as the wind : dicd completely. After tying - * How to recognize misleading and dishonest : selling practices. up we gathered together in the salon to say farewell to ¢ Power handling and requirements, dynamic rango, room acoustics. each other and to the vessel; « General questions and answers. > I guess no one had told the ladies of the line-up for the ‘§ phone channels. “What are + you going to have for dinner tonight?” “Oh, so and so and so and so. What are you going to have for dinner and then it. was back to the real world. Alas. Thirty miles an hour in a car scems too fast, after a holiday spent at two to three miles per hour. This is an “EVOLUTION AUDIO" show featuring Lorne Howell Lowest Priees! 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