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West Van sailor loses ship in collision with submarine

A WEST Vancouver sailor
had the fright of his fife
Sunday when a submarine
sunk his ship in Juan de
Fuca Strait.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter

Jory Lord, 27, said his radar
picked up the Chilean submarine
20 seconds before it hit.

“I got my mayday off after
impact. I said I was hit by a
nuclear-powered American subma-
rine.” said Lord on Tuesday.

He went on deck of his 15-
metre (50-ft.) sailboat, Muunglow,
and quickly found himself waist-
deep in water. At that point he
jumped from the boat and swam.

“There is quite a suction when a
boat goes down.” said Lord, who
has rescued “a lot” of boaters while
working for the coast guard,

“It's horrendous... | don’t think
1 built up that much bad karma in
my life (to nave this happen),” said
Lard.

The submarine continued on,
but later returned and picked up
Lord at the collision spot near
Sheringham Point close to Sooke.
Lord estimates he was in the water
for 10 to 15 minutes.

“Imagine going dewn below in
this huge submarine and everybody
is speaking Spanish,” said Lord.

Lord was treated for shock and
hypothermia by doctors abourd the
submarine. He said the submarine
wew Were apologetic and treated
him well. There were also
American officers on board.

The experienced sailor had been
travelling from Point Renfrew to
Victoria through the Juan de Fuca
strait inva light fog at about 9 p.m,
when he heard the wash of the sub-
marine.

The quie! submarine was run-
ning on the surfice of the water.

“That (he submarines is a S600-
million warship with at least six
radar systems... tis supposed to
detect a bout within a metre of
Where itis.” said Lord.

He was able to get a look at the
bridge of the 209-class submarine
where. he said. radar and sonar
sereens were displayed.

Lord spoke to the News in
Horseshoe Bay Tuesday at his
father Bill Lord's company.
Horseshoe Bay Marine Services.

Jory Lord said the destroyed
bout had been his pride and joy.

He used it commercially for
Kayak charters near Chivoquot
Sound as well as for personiat
recreation, The wooden boat was st
classic Keteh built ma 1939,

“Tas in fiathotos of water mow.”
said: Lord,

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NEWS photo Teecry Peters
JORY LORD, a sailor frorn West Vancouver, escaped with his life and little else
Sunday when a Chilean submarine rammed into and destroyed his sailing ship in
the Juan de Fuca Strait near Sheringham Point close to Sooke. The sub crew res-
cued Lord and treated him aboard the vessel. Lord estimates he was in the water
for 10 to 15 minutes.

TREES Sea a Oo EN GMP ES NS

PETER KISS

West Vancouver artist's
whimsical works are
sculpted from wood.

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critical
of NVD
logging
block

THE GREATER Van-
couver Regional District
(GY RD) is unhappy
with North Vancouver
Dis-trict Council’s
recent decision to
restrict traffic to under
36,000 kilograms of
gross vehicle weight on
roads serving local
watersheds.

By Glen Anwick
Contributing Writer

At the GVRD‘s water
committee meeting last
Friday. chairman John
Northey said he was “quite
disappointed” with the dis-
trict’s approach to reducing
truck traffic on Capilano and
Lillooet roads.

He said the new municipal
street bylaw will increase
costs to the water district as it
conducts watershed logging.

Smaller trucks will require
more trips to transport wood.

District Coun. Janice
Harris attended the meeting
and said that she and council
“were not in favor” of any
logging continuing in the
watershed.

She said safety is an issue.
Harris questions the need for
an increased number of log-
ging trucks and heiicopters
used for GVRD management
of the watershed.

But Northey pointed out to
board members that every
municipality has concerns
about the noise and wear-and-
tear on roads due to heavy
trucks. whether thes be haul-
ing gravel, logs or garbage.

It would create great prob-
lems for the GVRD should
each municipality decide to
legislate what size of trucks
can travel in its area.

A stalt report to the water
committee poinied oat that
although municipal buses
travel more frequenily on resi-
dential streets, no extraordi-
nary road damage has been
observed by district engineer-
ing employees.

Meanwhile the GYRE is
waiting to see if the provincial
highways department gives
final approval to the new
weight restnelions i place in
North Vinceaser District as a
result of the street bv daw.

VERY DOOR ON THE NORTH SHORE SINCE