38 ~ Sunday, Cclober 3, 1999 — North Shore News in the wake of Captain Cook Nigel Hastings Contributing Writer * LATE one night earlier ‘this year I received a “phone call from an ot: pai of mine who I used to sail with in Princess . Cruises back: in ‘the late 70s. He asked me whether I *. would like to crew with him as “an “engineer, unpaid, for a ck on the replica ¢ of Captain ok’s End i er was on leave ecd a. fill-in: The: day.” Imet my old: pal Captain’ Chris; Bl ‘Master..;o: original, being iron bolts, sails rigged as original but made from dwadon (man-made but looks and feels like flax) and all rigging, hemp as original. Below decks she looks as she did 250 years ago. The officers live in cabins with only a 47.6" heatinom. The crew sling hammecks. in the mess deck which in the original vessel was the sleep- ing/cating /entertainment area, but they now have the use of the mess area below, so the original mess deck is now only fer sleeping. The vessel is 109 feet long: A replica of Cack’s Endeavor ts in. = Vancouver until Oct, 49." =. is extra 50 ft. for the “The ‘crew comprise “three deck officers, one en, ‘cook: ‘The per->_ amber 10: : tswairs for. : “repairing | sails /rigging, “ship- : ~ Wrights. for. hull /miast: rej airs, “Captof the Tops” in - of a sailing watch, upper y - men ‘who. clear;the sails prior, ovement and a muse ar am, steward/curator for’ look- at, engine: n; galley and rn than: ing after the supernumeraries : . ; guests) and serting up - -“museum”™ when in port.” The Vessel then “takes ‘on ¥en, io: _ Sprayed with sealant to hold «+ north shore news eg? TRAVEL Youngsters prefer prehistoric trainride te Harrisen’s castles Hoville Jucd Contributing Writer Dinotown isn’t where I expected to find salvation. Yet crammed onto a bench seat in Dina’s express train — six- ‘month-old daughter on my lap, two-year-old sun and his four and five-year-old cousins wedged beside me — 1 knew that this dinosaur theme park at the foot of Bridal Falls had answered my prayers. Tt was our third trip around and rather than risk 2 repeat of the tantrums that greeted my first ovo attenipts co ger everyone off, P'd decided ro do what any parent would do: keep quict and ride. We'd come to see the Sand Sculprure World Championships, down the rvad at Harrison Hot Springs. But like so many Trips made with small children, plans changed: The sand castles, spec- tacular architectural feats in my opinion, had clicited a lukewarm Tesponse from my travel companions. ‘The annua! Labour Day tournament inspires overgrown chil- dren from around the world to let their imaginations ren wild in front of judges and the paving iublic. The creations are xm in place till mid-October when, presumably, the fences are removed and the public is free ‘to kick the sand. castles over. » That might have appealed to my little friends who were more . interested in recreating scenes from Star Wars ai Harrison’ 's beach playground. Inevitably, and nor unlike Obi Won’s climactic duel with Darth: Vader, it 28 ended in tears. The tears had been flowing on and off since the. White Spot in Chilliwack (not counting the tears over who got the window seat when we left Vancouver earlier chat. morning) where the fries had been “disgusting” and the hamburgers | had come. with too much “white stuff.” Ideas about perusing historic Kilby General Store at nearby: _ Harrison Mills or swimming in one of Hariisen’s hot baths had .. vanished, by: the. tirne five-year-old Ben. threatened to use his: cousin asa light sabze. Which is what brought wi ta Dinotown —12 acres of F paddle ~ “boats, peddle cars, prehistoric golf--and, of. course,~ Dino’ express train. Our train driver Steve, as if’ gatiging my- desac ment at sccing Brontosaurus Beach a fourth sme, informed: me ty SP aght our epic’: ride to,a close : the eer “A been soaked 'to A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE "| * Oee 23rd & 30th 1999 --, Day Eastern Caribbean Cruis ape6 ‘saved by-geod ald f - Steve; I salute yo ‘photws of hey risand.org dgeriont Offic 986-2262 ; . my skiwies at the “wet fun” firehal med.