Jane's Walk, with Lindsay Brown - Habitat Forum Site

This walk will tell the story of the Habitat Forum site at Jericho Beach. Habitat Forum was a massive public event held in 1976 in 5 vintage WWI seaplane hangars next to the current Jericho Sailing Centre. Buckminster Fuller, Mother Teresa, Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Mead were among the thousands of guests who visited the buildings, which had been beautifully refurbished by volunteers as part of the 1976 UN Habitat Conference on Human Settlements. During a meandering walk around the site, the talk will also briefly touch on the fascinating history of the Jericho Beach Air Station.

Regular Sunday Racing commences on May 8 at 1230H and runs on every non-regatta Sunday through to September 18. Weekly Tuesday Nite Racing is every Tuesday at 1815H through to September 6.

For a complete event schedule barge over to: http://jsca.bc.ca/events/ 

ClubLocarno Commodore, Jennifer Weterings, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean earlier this year and gave an informal presentation on her odyssey last Saturday in the Sailor's Lounge to a packed room. Several disappointed people were turned away so Jen has kindly agreed to do an encore presentation on Wednesday, May 11 at 1900H. Here's a sampling of things she'll be covering:

" '15 Minutes!'. It's 1:45 AM and I have barely slept and it's time to start my next shift. Struggling to identify my foulies (foul weather gear) from the sopping heap of stuff in the cabin. Then the ichy, disgusting feeling of pulling on wet gear and knowing, really it doesn't get worse than this, somehow isn't comforting.  Hearing the captains call to 'stroke (rowing position)', I struggle, crawling my way along a crowded deck as Britannia III hurls and rocks in the battering of wind and waves.  

The journey was 42.5 days of rowing 12 hours per day, we covered 2700 nautical miles and rowed from the Canary Islands to Barbados.  

 I'd like to invite you to an informal chat on this wee adventure along with some video and photos.  Topics highlights include;

- Bucket Surfing

- The Racing Snail

- Colin Gray and his million dollar idea

- The Advent of Currency Decimalization

- Beth! you're wearing clothes!

- Flying fish poker

just to name a few..."

All JSCA members are welcome to attend. There is no charge, however this sort of salt water adventure discussion tends to make Jen very thirsty. 

The first sail past launched from Jericho Beach may have taken place almost three thousand years ago when original inhabitants of this area set their canoes into the Salish sea and left their village behind to discover, hunt, trade or pillage.

The next sail past from Jericho Beach will be on Saturday, May 14, 2011. All JSCA members are invited to carry on this longstanding tradition. Sail, paddle, windsurf, row - whatever you like to do here, come out and do it on Saturday, May 14 between Noon and 1600H.

The SOS is important to you to ensure that all of your ocean excursions this season are blessed with favourable weather. The SOS is also an important part of the Jericho OPEN HOUSE as it gives our visiting landlubbers an opportunity to see the Jericho Sailing Centre in action. 

May 10th Little Mountain Band

           Kitty King, Dave Lidstone and Rob McGregor have played music together for about 30 years. These days they are pursuing their eclectic musical tastes with blues, Jazz and originals on acoustic bass and guitar and mandolin.