The final proposed design concept for the Jericho Beach Restoration Phase 2 was presented at a public meeting at Aberthau last Wednesday, December 7. Over 60 members of the public, including many members of the JSCA,  attended to ask questions and provide feedback to Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Planning staff and consultants.
The latest design concept takes into account and respects Jericho’s historic use as Vancouver’s primary marine access park facilitating traffic flow to and from the shore including easy, unobstructed access to the parking lot and the Jericho Sailing Centre, Vancouver’s, non-taxpayer funded, publically accessible, ocean access community centre.

With the continuing growth in popularity of paddlesport recreation in Vancouver, this area will become a favourite destination for many citizens-it will likely be the best paddling beach in Vancouver.  We encourage all users of the Jericho Sailing Centre and other interested paddlers, rowers and SUPers to support it by filling out the Park Board survey at the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/jerichowharfphase2

Comment submission deadline is December 23rd, 2011.

If the design is received favourably by the public, the newly elected Park Board is likely to approve it in January 2012 with work commencing in the spring. For more complete information on the Jericho Beach Restoration Phase 2 Concept, drift over to:

2012 Jericho Beach Concept

In order for this to become the best paddling beach in Vancouver the Board of Parks and Recreation must officially designate it for such use in a separate process. More on this in future editions of “In the wind”.

….and 30 Centuries of Paddling from Jericho Beach.

The drums will be banging a little bit louder than usual on Saturday & Sunday, 29-30th Sept at the Jericho Sailing Centre as the 25^th annual “Day of the Longboat” celebrates a centuries old Jericho Beach tradition.

Three thousand years ago original inhabitants of this area plied the waters of the Salish Sea from this shore in cedar canoes with perfect drumbeat rhythm.

More than 3500 modern day Vancouver natives will pick up a paddle (many for the first time) to compete in the UBC Rec Day of the Longboat event. Participants, ranging from novice paddlers to world class paddling athletes, will compete in several divisions.

The paddle is the drumstick of people powered watercraft and, will provide a splashy percussion rhythm off Jericho Beach in harmony with the mountain framed seascape that is Vancouver, as it has been here since the beginning of human time.

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The UBC Sailing Club will host the last sailing regatta of 2011 at the Jericho Sailing Centre this weekend. For more info check out the Notice of Race at NOR

Longboats are Coming!

The English Bay Safety Seminar was developed for users of the Jericho Sailing Centre to help keep them safe at play on the waters of English Bay. The seminar covers basic water safety fundamentals along with user specific information drawn from the logs of the Jericho Rescue Team who have intervened in thousands of “sea disasters” over the past 37 years.

Why make your own mistakes when you can learn from the mistakes of others? Don’t challenge Darwin’s theory; make sure your water safety knowledge is the fittest it can be. Your survival may well depend upon it. Find the missing links and fill in the gaps in your water safety knowledge by attending a FREE English Bay Safety Seminar on Tues, September 13th at 1900H.  RSVP ONLY, JSCA office.

Three quarters of the month of September occurs in the summer season. Despite that fact some regular Jericho Beach users traditionally go into maritime hibernation following the Labour Day weekend-but wait, don’t put that boat away just yet. September is often the best month for ocean activity in Vancouver. The transition of seasons from summer to fall brings a bountiful harvest of ……

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JSCA AGM Notice

Jericho Sailing Centre Association ** Notice of Annual General Meeting ** Tue Oct 25th -1900H

Mark Daigle and Nigel Cornwall set off at 0530H to support the 80th annual Bay Challenge starting at Sandy Cove

Jericho Oceanman — August 6th

The annual Jericho Oceanman competition takes place on Saturday, August 6th. For details and to register surf over to www.oceanman.ca .

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When tennis balls reach their fuzz saturation point and fling sprinkler bursts spiraling from their soggy smashing wakes; when hard core golfers don hip waders to navigate their balls through hole water hazards; when jogging shoes slosh in squishy squashy rhythm and grass field users lose all of their traction; when even the most hardened cyclists dread the water ski wake of passing cars; whenever Vancouver gets rinsed by relentless rain, from deep within the very nature of Vancouver, ocean sports swell and rise to the occasion.

At the top of the short list of outdoor recreation lessons that don’t get cancelled in the rain, ocean kayaking, windsurfing, dinghy sailing, skim boarding and stand-up paddling are all at the peak of poor weather high performance.   Dressed for the wettest possible conditions, bobbing on the briny, a little precipitation just means you shower as you go.

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Jericho Oceanman – August 6th

The annual Jericho Oceanman competition takes place on Saturday, August 6th. For details and to register surf over to www.oceanman.ca .

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