Canoes have been launching from this shore now known as Jericho for 3,000 years. The next epic launch of the ages is this weekend for the annual Jericho Iron Race. 

 

Come on down and join the host Jericho Paddling Club, find out how easy it is to get into paddle racing at Jericho and enjoy all the hard paddling racing canoe action.

 

OC6 races on Saturday, starting with a short course race at 9:30 (approx. 8km), women's race at 11:00, men's and mixed about 1:00pm. Race course approx. 15km.

 

For full details on the event and the Jericho Paddling Club click on:  Hut hut hoe.

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

    

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
    

 

 The 2015 Jericho Wavechaser Paddle Series kicks off this Thursday May 21st then every 2nd Thursday after with the finale on Saturday September 5th at 11am. For more info paddle over to the Wavechaser webpage.

  

  

Volunteer Crew Wanted: To help with scorekeeping, photography & BBQ.

  

  

  

  

 

    

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    

  More than 100 people attended a public meeting last night in the Burrard Room of the Jericho Sailing Centre to hear Dr. Eoin Finn discuss LNG, bunker oil, English Bay and how they are linked by recent changes to Port Metro Vancouver rules. Given the  Canadian Coast Guard's inadequate response to the April 8 & 9 "minor" spill, the government's false assertion that the shuttered Kitsilano Coast Guard was not equipped to respond to such spills, and their claim that their response was "world class" and something to be proud of; some of the information presented by Dr. Finn was quite alarming. Here is a sample:

 

  

  For more of Dr. Finn's information cruise over to www.myseatosky.org

  

   

  Last week the City of Vancouver posted an oil spill model on their website showing how a large spill would behave in Burrard Inlet if left unchecked by an adequate spill response. If you haven't seen it, it is an interesting view of tide & current changes (roughly every 6 hours). Check it out at: Reopen Kits Coast Guard Station

  

 

  

 

Every Tuesday @ 1815H

Now-September 8

  

  

  

If you race in Jericho's Tuesday and Sunday series events, your results are shown by sail number for each race, but to be scored in the overall series results you have to register your name. Registration has been simplified for 2015. If you haven't registered you will see a "Register" button where your name should be in the race results. Click the button beside your sail number and you go to a login page. Login has been changed - select a Jericho member year and then enter the last 4 digits of the Windline phone number for that year. This will take you to the registration form. Select your name from the list, or enter it if it isn't on the list, click Enter, and you're done.

A couple of things are new. You can now use the registration form to register for the whole 2015 season, using a radio button beside the list of names. If you enter a name that is similar to a name that is already on the list (such as Bartlet, when Bartlett is already on the list), you should be prompted to confirm that you really want to enter the new name.

If you sail a two person boat, you can register both people on the same form. If you only register one person, the results will show that name plus a register button, as a reminder that one person still has to register.

The "Add or remove a competitor" button is still available, under the results, and it works the same way it did last year. You can use it to correct or delete a registration if necessary.

Hopefully these changes will make it easier for JSCA members to register and be scored in the Jericho Sunday or Tuesday series.

Results and registration are at jracing.org.