The next sail past from Jericho Beach will be on Saturday, May 12, 2012. 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 12 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.

The first regatta of the season is the annual Flights of Spring Regatta April 21 & 22.

See Notice of Race

Our weekly racing series commence with the first Tuesday Nite Racing on May 1 @ 1815H followed by the first Sunday Racing on May 6 @ 1230H.

Racers are reminded that all competitors must be properly dressed for cold water conditions and that early season racing is not necessarily recommended for in experienced sailors. Anyone interested in learning to race is encouraged to sign up for the Rookie Racing Seminar on June 17 @ 0900H.

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

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 and rowing programs as well as social opportunities.  Clubs looking for new crew include:

Club Locarno – New & returning member sign-ups online at  http://www.clublocarno.com/

UBC Sailing Club- General member sign-ups

Saturday March 31, 10AM – 12PM (Jericho Sailing Centre, Northwest Room)

For more info. http://register.ubcsailing.org/ 

Viking Sailing Club - New Members Night April 11.

For more information pillage over to:

http://www.vikingsailingclub.bc.ca/join-our-club/

Discovery Sailing Club — the Discovery Sailing Club is recruiting new members. For info. cruise to http://discoverysailing.org/     or phone Malcolm McMillan  604-228-1848.

For more info. on all JSCA Affiliated Clubs surf over to http://jsca.bc.ca/clubs-2/

This is a SAFETY concern.  We believe people WILL drown and are being put at risk in these 6 now unsupervised public beaches.

Read the Georgia Straight article about these proposed budget cuts: http://www.straight.com/article-617656/vancouver/jericho-beach-lifeguards-would-disappear-under-proposed-parkboard-budget-cuts

Comments can be sent to the Park Board at pbcomment@vancouver.ca

Find the online petition at: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/keep-vancouver-lifeguards-on-6-popular-beaches.html

Help us tell the Park Board that putting swimmers at risk at 6 popular beaches is not ok!

The Park Board hearing session for public feedback is on Monday, February 27, at 2099 Beach Ave.  The JSCA’s General Manager, Mike Cotter, is scheduled to speak.  Hope to see you there!

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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