Jericho Sailing Centre AssociationJuly 17, 2019
                            
in the wind
Ahoy Vancouver Ocean Lovers: 
   
Here is what's "in the wind"; coming events and items of interest at the Jericho Sailing Centre, Vancouver's Ocean Community Centre, for July 17, 2019 and beyond:
  
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Bailiff Auction                          THIS Saturday July 20 @ Noon
The annual auction of bailiffed and donated boats goes this Saturday, July 20 @ Noon. View lots online now or in person from 1000H-1200H Saturday.


Hippie Alert!
Vancouver Folk Music Festival @ Jericho Beach Park July 19-15
  Parking at the Jericho Sailing Centre this weekend will be as rare as deodorant on a hippie. If you don't dock your land yacht in the usual stall before 1300H Friday, or 0900H on Saturday and/or Sunday, you may as well hitchhike a magic carpet ride in a rusty old, eight track equipped, flower child laden, VW van with a groovy paisley paint job and have them drop you off in the vigorously defended Jericho Sailing Centre Loading Zone. The annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival is flip flop flocking its way back to Jericho Beach Park.

  Not long after the formation of Jericho Beach Park in the early nineteen seventies the first Vancouver Folk Music Festival here featured full on flower power, love beads, incense and peace: it was a celebration of freedom, political activism, and a love revolution fueled by cannabis, marked by random sporadic bare foot dancing, hoola hoops, arts & crafts and, oh yeah, music- a mountain filled ocean vista of mind melding mystical music to back up all that free speech in a magical Vancouver "Summer of Love"-it was a major "Be In". If you visit this year's Vancouver Folk Music Festival you'll notice, not much has changed.

If the wind blows from the west, other than the "up tight" parking situation, Jericho Sailing Centre users won't notice anything unusual this weekend except for some interesting retro hippie fashions and a few more strangers than usual bathing in our washroom basins and drinking water out of our hoses. If the wind blows out of the east it will carry a potpourri of disjointed sound permeating from 5 stages of bongo laced alternative music and the accompanying supporting aromas to sustain your psychedelic, transcendental, paddling, sailing, rowing or windsurfing weekend.

In a public park nobody, including the JSCA, gets reserved parking. The only thing we are able to do is make our users aware, advise them to arrive early or use alternative methods of transportation and have vehicles which park too long in the Jericho Sailing Centre 20 minute loading zone efficiently serviced by Buster's "valet parking". From there, we just have to hang loose and go with the flow.

Non-conformists, alternative lifestylers driving "road less traveled" ideologies, ever more liberal thinkers further pushing social envelopes, surfers on waves of new consciousness - did today's users of Jericho Beach Park evolve from 1970's hippies? There's certainly a good chance this weekends users did, and if you can't beat 'em, you might as well join 'em. What could be so bad about a little more peace, love and happiness in your world?

For info. on the 2019 Vancouver Folk Music Festival trip over to:
 
UPDATE:
Maiden Voyage to Vancouver
Last week, we informed readers about Jericho Rescue Team member, Theresa Riedl's, once in a lifetime voyage from Honolulu to Vancouver on the 58' sailing yacht "Maiden". (see story below).
 
Maiden's current position is as follows:
 
Day 7
17 July 2019
13:30:00 UTC
036° 43.91N  153° 44.482W / Course: 42°@6.4 knots
 
Here is the link to photos that have come from the boat:
 
 
All link photos credit of ©The Maiden Factor/Amalia Infante
 
Maiden, skippered by Tracy Edwards, made history as the first all-female crewed vessel in the 1989/1990 Whitbread Round the World yacht race. Fast forward to 2019 and Maiden is on another round the world campaign to raise awareness for women in sailing, women's education, and women's empowerment. The yacht is crewed by the top female sailors in the world plus 3 or 4 "mile builders" (females with a passion for sailing who show they can benefit from this experience). Theresa Riedl has been chosen as a mile builder and her crew mates on the Jericho Rescue Team couldn't be more proud.
 
Maiden will sail into Vancouver sometime around July 28. She will be docked at Coal Harbour Marina until August 6 with welcoming festivities currently being planned for August 3. Depending upon her arrival time, the Jericho Rescue Team is planning to muster all-female crews for Jericho Rescue Titan and Jericho Rescue Hurricane to escort Maiden from the Vancouver Harbour Limit (between Point Grey and Point Atkinson) to her dock in the inner harbour.
 
Check our "in the wind" newsletter next week for the final update on Maiden's voyage to Vancouver.
 
For more information on Maiden's mission tack over to: https://www.themaidenfactor.org/ 
Check out the Maiden movie trailer:  

From the in the wind Treasure Chest - July 14, 2015  
                        A Day in the Life of the Jericho Sailing Centre

Four years ago, then Disabled Sailing Association of BC crew member,  
Brianna Tsui created this outstanding time lapse presentation of life at the Jericho Sailing Centre on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Well worth a minute of your time for all Jericho junkies!  
 
  Fast forward to:
 
Jericho Beach Day

This summer Brianna is onboard as a member of the Jericho Sailing Centre Association's summer crew.

Is Jericho Sailing Centre Vancouver's Best Community Centre?
Does Jericho Sailing Centre have what it takes to be voted Vancouver's best Community Centre? Only you can say...
 
  Vote Here  
 
All entries are eligible to win a trip to Maui from the Georgia Straight.  
 
 
Sunrise Paddle                               Wednesdays in July & August
 
Get a refreshing start to your day with an early morning workout! A program designed for proficient paddlers, the Sunrise Paddle Club hosted by Windsure offers a zen experience in a safe, community setting. Our veteran instructor and program leader Patryk will share tips and tricks to optimize your paddle experience. Includes board, paddle, PDF, and optional wetsuits.
 
When? Every Wednesday in July & August 6:30-7:30AM, arrive early to prepare equipment
Where? Leaving from the Windsure Beach Hut
How? $15 single drop-in or $50 four session paddle pass
BOOK ONLINE TODAY at www.windsure.com
For more information, please call 604-224-0615 or email info@windsure.com.

NO SWIMMING @ Jericho Sailing Centre
For the past 45 years this has been Vancouver's only public beach designated for the launch of small, naturally powered craft: sailing dinghies, rowboats, windsurfers, canoes, kayaks, etc., and swimming is strictly prohibited. 
Vancouver has some of the best swimming beaches of any city in the world, however, the stretch of Jericho Beach in front of the Jericho Sailing Centre is NOT one of them.
  
Send us Your Jericho Photos
We're always on the lookout for photos to share in our newsletter, website and social media.
 
Thanks to Seaotter for sending us this July 16 photo of the Jericho Pier set decorated
for the TV series Magicians while Jericho dinghy sailing, canoeing and SUP youth camps  go on in the foreground. 
Vines Art Festival Opening Ceremony
Free Event Featuring Raven Spirit Dance, Dallanah Gail Bowen, Tyler Jacobs and young Matriarchs from Squamish - Senaqwila Wyss, Musqueam - Christie Lee Charles and Tsliel Waututh - Ocean Hyland
August 7th at 630 PM
The event will begin near the Jericho Beach Concession Stand
 
 
Beach Notice - Launch Dollies
 
 
Please be considerate of your fellow users of the Jericho Sailing Centre by returning launch dollies to the inside of the fence.
Agony of de Feet
We'd like to remind people to wear footwear in and around the Jericho Sailing Centre. Although it is tempting to go barefoot at the beach foot injuries are quite common from natural objects: barnacle bites, broken shells, sharp rocks. There are also plenty of foreign objects such as sharp bits of metal, fibreglass or broken glass.
Efficient Launch Ramp Use

Please be considerate of your fellow users of the Jericho Sailing Centre. Our launch ramps are not for rigging, boat polishing, applying sunscreen, parking bikes, sitting, eating lunch or boat/trailer maintenance. They are for launching and retrieval only. Don't move onto the ramp until you are actually ready to launch/retrieve your boat. Your efficient use of the launch ramps will be most appreciated by those waiting in line.
 
Jericho Affiliate Club Sign-up Season
One of the best ways to enjoy recreational ocean access on Vancouver's largest playground is to join one of the community based clubs based out of the Jericho Sailing Centre. These low cost, not for profit, volunteer driven organizations provide a wide variety of boat access and training programs for dinghy sailing, paddling, windsurfing, SUP and rowing programs as well as social opportunities. Clubs looking for new crew include:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discovery Sailing Club - http://discoverysailing.org/
 
Companionway Sailing Club - http://www.companionwaysailing.ca/
 
Salish Sea Coastal Rowing Club - http://www.salishsearowing.ca/
 
For more info. on all JSCA Affiliated Clubs surf over to http://jsca.bc.ca/clubs-2/
 
 
Summer Sail Racing @ Jericho                               
Sunday Racing - 1230H Every non-regatta Sunday through September 1

Tuesday Nite Racing - 1815H every Tuesday through September 3

2019 Jericho Sailing Centre Event Schedule

The 2019 event schedule is on our website Google Calendar at:

http://jsca.bc.ca/events   

July Service Hours @ Jericho

The Jericho Galley Patio and Grill will be open 1100H-Sunset on weekends, weather permitting.

   

The JSCA Office will be open everyday 0930-2100H through July.  


SAFETY is Your Responsibility
On the ocean there are elements of risk that common sense and personal awareness can help reduce. Regardless of how you decide to use the ocean always show courtesy to others. Please adhere to the code listed below and share with others the responsibility for a safe ocean experience. 
It is every member's responsibility to know and observe the rules of the road when on or near the water. Here are some key rules which every Jericho member must know and practice.

0.5 IT IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO AVOID A COLLISION 
1. Always wear your P.F.D. on the water.
2. Sail powered craft have the right of way over power craft, paddle and rowing powered craft.
3. All non-commercial vessels shall keep well clear of commercial vessels.
4. It is illegal and extremely dangerous to pass between a tug and it's tow.
5. A port tack sailing vessel shall keep clear of a starboard tack vessel.
6. A windward vessel shall keep clear of a leeward vessel.
7. A vessel clear astern shall keep clear of a vessel ahead.
8. Any vessel overtaking another shall keep clear.
9. A vessel tacking or gybing shall keep clear of a vessel on a tack.
10.The area south of the orange can buoys is for training or transiting only.
11.Swimming or wading on the beach in front of the Centre is prohibited and is particularly dangerous for small children.
12.It is unsafe to loiter or let children play near the bottom of launching ramps.
13. Stay well clear of the end of the Jericho Pier as fishers cast lines as far as possible
14. Be cautious of pathway traffic when launching/retrieving
15. Do not leave your craft on the shoreline for extended periods of time
Common sense goes a long way toward maintaining a safe environment. Membership in the Jericho Sailing Centre Association is contingent on members knowing and observing the Safe Ocean Sailing rules. 
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