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12, 1990 - North Shere News - 29

Group pushes for licensing boaters

Power and Sail Squadrons teach
water safety, boating basics

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SUSAN COOPER, public relations officer for the Pacific Mainland
District of the the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons, says it is
important for new boat owners to take courses on boating before
attempting to operate any vessel.

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BUYING A car is just like buying a boat: just put your
money down and the car or boat is yours. But that’s where

the similarities end.

While someone who purchases
a boat can sai! away without ac-
quiring a licence to operate the
vessel, it would, of course, be il-
legal to drive a car without a
licence.

But the Canadian Power and
Sail Squadrons (CPS), a national
organization whose aim is to teach
the basics of boating, thinks any-
one who is going to opcrate a
vessel should first receive some
training in that area, even though
it is not mandatory.

West Vancouver resident Susan
Cooper, district lieutenant and
public relations officer for the
Pacific Mainland District division
of the CPS, said it would be ta
the advantage of boaters to take
boating courses, both for safety
reasons and because boaters can
acquire certificates that can fead
to reduced insurance rates.

Cooper says the basic unit of
CPS is the squadron, and there
are 170 squadrons across Canada
which range in size from 15

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

members to over 800.

Two members of CPS were
recently awarded the Lemon Hart
Award by the CPS for their brav-
ery in a boating rescue operation.

Last February the Rescue
Coordination Centre in Victoria
was advised that two technicians
from a local radio station had
gone to Chatham Island in Oak
Bay to service a transmitter and
had become stranded on the island
due to weather conditions.

It was -Il C. High winds and
snow showers had reduced visibili-
ty to near zero,

A rescue boat was sent out, but
because of a navigational error, it
struck a rock and was badly dam-
aged. The three-man crew issued a
distress call and abandoned ihe
vessel, wading across a narrow
gap to a higher rock where they
tried to find shelter from = the

storm.

A Coast Guard zodiac, manned
by a volunteer crew, which in-
cluded Denis Nyren and Alek Bill,
were dispatched to the scene.

Cooper said the pair did a
“*remarkable job” in rescuing the
three stranded men.

“Those conditions were dread-
ful,” said Cooper. ‘*The sea
would want to pound inat in-
flatable. They were lucky they got
away with it."*

The Capilano, Burrard and
Seymour squadrons will all hold
boating courses this fall. The
Capilano Squadron will hold a
boating course on Sept. I] at
West Vancouver Secondary School
and a VHF course at the school
on Sept. 13.

“The boating course is your
basic course about boating,"’ said
Cooper. ‘It’s a very intensive lit-
tle course, and you should have
the knowledge if you’re going to
operate a vessel.”

‘*To operate a boat there is no
mandatory licensing, but with this
course you will understand the
rules.”

Anyone wishing to enrol in the
courses should contact Cooper at
926-1059,

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