12 - Wednesday, October 30, 1985 - North Shors News

inquiring
reporter

deiegates at their party
convention recently called for wide-open
Sunday liquor sales at licensed premises. Col-
umbia River delegate Duane Crandall said he
‘supported the proposal because tie issue
is free enterprise, and if critics eppose the

Sunday sales because they think it is wrong, |

then they should oppose it on ali days of the
werk. Inquiring reporter asks people on the
streets: “ ;

Would you support
Sunday liquor sales?

Kathy Rowley

North Vancouver

I'm for it, I guess,
because I think people
should have a _ choice
when they want to buy
liquor. .

Anna Vandenakkei

North Vancouver

1 don’t think anything
should be open on Sun-
day because it really
undermines family life.

Gary Jackson

. Lions Bay

- Jt would be a good thing,
because Sunday is a day

“welatives or friends visit
-each other, and all too
often you’re caught short
of wine for the meal, and
you: want to please your
guests. There should be

_ an outlet available for

* wine.

Cam McNish

” West Vancouver

There are enough alcohol
problems related with
stores being open six days

a week — why make it.

seven? One must think of
the longer.consequences.

Shari Bennett

West Vancouver

I'm not a drinker, and
I’m really opposed to
businesses being open on
Sunday, so I wouldn’t go
for the liquor store open-
ing.

- later

INQUEST TOLD
Ferry blasts
“contusing’

From Page 1

Master of the Seaspan tug
Rustler, Randolph Muschik,
told the inquest he heard the
ferry give five blasts on the
ship's horn. Muschik said
the blasts were confusing,
and not in any pattern. He
said it did not sound like five
short whistle blasts, which is
the international warning
signal.

Muschik said he then
heard the two boats collide,
at which point he dropped
the barge and raced te the
scene where he picked up
Kimberly owner George
Kwok from the water.

Kwok’s son Nelson was
rescued from the
Kimberly's hull, unhurt, by
the ferry rescue Jaunch.

WARNING HEARD

But Queen of Cowichan
seaman Raymond Busing
said he heard a warning —
five short whistle blasts,
After a pause he then heard
an additional five blasts
followed by a continuous
blast. He said he then felt
the collision with the
Kimberly, ;

Still another version came
from Kenneth Walsh, a
retired West Vancouver res-
ident watching through his

‘telescope from his deck.

Walsh said the ferry gave
five short blasts followed by
at least 10 and maybe 15
whistle blasts.

Walsh also testified the ©

ferry took a long time to
launch a rescue craft. He
said the Rustler had already
arrived and picked up
George Kwok by the time
the B.C. Ferries’ Boston
Whaler was launched. °

Muschik testified it. took
him approximately “10
minutes to arrive at the scene
in the Rustler, but Busing
said the ferry’s rescue boat
only took about five minutes
to launch.

OUT OF CONTROL

Both West Vancouver fire
captain Harry Taylor and
fireman Ross Penhall said
the jet propelled Boston
Whaler was almost useless at
maneuvering in the calm
seas. ‘

‘It was just milling about
out of control,” Penhall
said. ‘‘It’s a real pig.”

_But Coast Guard captain
John McGrath said no one
boat can be effective in all
situations so one usually
opts for a vessel that will
stay afloat in rough seas.
And the Whaler is reputed to
be the best small craft for
such conditions.

McGrath also stated that
in his opinion, licensing
pleasure craft operators
would not help curb boating
accidents, because experi-
enced boaters also get into
trouble,

However, he did suggest
the Queen of Cowichan
could staye more practice
drills, with greater imagina-
tion, on putting its rescue
launch into the water.

DIFFERENT ANGLES

The jury also heard differ-
ing evidence about the angle
of the vessels when they col-
lided,

. Walsh told’ the jury. he
thought he saw the Kimberly

change course slightly
towards the west before the
accident occurred.

But both Muschik and
shore witness Jacqueline
Hersey testified they thought
the two vessels were on
parallel courses heading
north, with the ferry over-
taking the Kimberly from
the rear on the west side.

“I couldn’t believe my
eyes,’’ Hersey said, explain-
ing that neither vessel
changed course or speed.
She said she could not
understand why the ferry
would run right into the
small boat, because there
was no other traffic in the
area. Hersey also said she
could not understand why
the Kimberly passengers did
not hear the ferry’s whistle.

RCMP marine division
Cst. Andy Lamb testified
that since the Kimberly was
the vessel being overtaken
and it was on the starboard
side, it gave Kwok the right
of way.

The inquest being held in
the North Vancouver pro-
vincial court is scheduled to
last until Thursday, with 29
witnesses being called.

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