In This Issue…

President’s Message

Upcoming Events

Let’s play some poker

Your Next Boat

A day at the movies

Get out there

OACBS President’s Message – June 2021



Welcome all to another edition of Drydock, the Newsletter of the Western Canadian Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. You may notice that I referred to our chapter as the Western Canadian Chapter as opposed to Okanagan chapter. Your board of Directors has recommended changing the name of the chapter to recognize the more diverse geographical area of our club. As the name change must be approved by a vote by the members, in short order you will be receiving an email inviting you to attend a “Special General Meeting” of the Society. The sole purpose of the meeting will be to vote on a motion to change the name of the society; you will be able to ask questions and speak in favour or opposition to the motion. Please try to make room in your schedules to attend this important, and hopefully short meeting to have your voice.

We are looking forward to our activities gradually opening again as the summer progresses. Although we stand by our decision to not host a boat show again this year, we do look forward to our “Poker Run” coming up on July 24, and perhaps at that time we will get some news of the border re-opening so that some of our members may attend shows stateside, in particular, the International Show Sep 16-18 in Couer d`Alene, Idaho.

I hope everyone is able to put aside the projects for a short time to get their boats wet; but only on the outside!

Have a great summer,

Jim Cooper

 Upcoming Events 2021

As our provinces open up and soon, our borders we hope you can get out there and attend some of the great events the ACBS has to offer.

Shuswap Poker Rally Saturday, July 24th

Don’t miss out! Details are listed below…

2021 International Show Sept. 16th-18th Coeur d‘Alene

Join us for the 2021 International Boat Show and Annual Membership Meeting, September 16th-18th.

Join members of the Inland Empire Chapter for the pre-events September 12th-16th.

Registration information is available on the international ACBS website.

There is a group of OACBS member going so please Join us!

Mahogany & Merlot October 1st-3rd Lake Chelan

For more info visit https://www.acbs-pnw.org/

There is also an annual pre-event that takes place before the Mahogany & Merlot Boat Show.

Stehekin/Lake Chelan Odyssey Start Tue, September 28, 2021 ending Fri, October 01, 202Participants usually arrive and stay at Campbell's resort Tuesday, and leave for the 55 mile boat ride up Lake Chelan Wednesday morning at 9 am sharp! (usually). There are good accommodations, restaurants and activities at Stehekin National Park. The group returns on Friday. There is discussion about adding a day to the odyssey this year, with arrival on Monday.

Contact Chairman Dick Dow  for further information: 425 417-0921, thisuldu@yahoo.com

Its a late start for a lot of things this year…

but things are cautiously opening and we will still have plenty of time to get together!

We are hoping to put a one day event together in the Lower mainland as well. Late August?

Stay Tuned and we hope you can make it!

ANNOUNCEMENT

One Day Antique and Classic Boating Event

Saturday July 24th, 2021

It’s expected that by June 15th outdoor gatherings of up to 50 people will be allowed as part of BC’s Restart plan.  Click here for details on the Restart.  In Celebration, the OACBS will be hosting a one day antique and classic boating event.  The Shuswap Poker Rally will commence at 10 am Saturday July 24th ,2021 at the public pier at Salmon Arm, BC.  Contestants will need to find five playing cards around the lake in approximately 3 hours.  After the Rally, lunch will be served on the deck at Kelly & Jenni’s lakeside cabin.  We will be announcing prizes for the Best Poker Hand and Best Time.  The rest of the day can be spent enjoying the Shuswap Lake. 

Please register to participate by emailing Kelly Williamson at kelly.williamson@shaw.ca.  An information package on Salmon Arm will be provided. Please let me know if there are any questions.

Cheers,

Kelly and Jenni too

Mission Statement: To Promote the Love and Enjoyment of Historical Antique and Classic Boating

Save this boat…

I have had an old wood row boat in storage for the past 10 years. Not sure of the age or make. It would be a super project for someone to restore. The boat is located in Magna Bay BC (on Shuswap Lake) It’s free for anyone who may be interested. I can arrange delivery (within reason)

Please feel free to call me at anytime.  Doug Morgan, Magna Bay BC

(587) 216-2418

By Steve Leslie

Last March Bruce Middleton called me to say that a film crew was interested in having Absolute Classics supply a boat for an Infinity (Nissan) QX SUV commercial. Since the commercial was going to be filmed in the lower mainland, Bruce asked if I would be interested in helping out. I didn’t hesitate! An opportunity to go boating in March!

This was my first experience dealing with the movie industry that is now so prevalent in BC. I can’t say enough about the professionalism of everybody we dealt with. As with any success, its all about the prep! Bruce invested a ton of time making sure that the producers were able to select the right boat for their needs. After many phone calls and emails they decided on a 23’ Kral Classic. This boat belongs to one of Bruce’s customers and was for sale. Absolute Classics had imported some of these a few years back from Europe. A fibreglass hull with mahogany decks. A very classy, European style boat!

After a service and a full going over by the crew at Absolute Classics the boat was shrink wrapped and delivered to my place in Mission by fellow OACBS member Jim Dickson. Jim had to go through a snowstorm on the connector to get here.

Joel Beckman is the film company’s representative and is who I mostly dealt with. Joel is known as a car wrangler or in this case a boat wrangler. Joel came to my house the next day to see the boat and take some photos. He also had a brand new Infinity Qx80 delivered here to make sure it would fit the boat and trailer. I was very impressed with Joel’s attention to detail. I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning and detailing and familiarizing myself with the boat.

The pandemic had shut the filming industry down for a short period and introduced very strict protocols in order to open. This meant I had to get tested and report to the health and safety officer on set the day of shooting. Again, very professional.

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As luck would have it the shoot was to be at Alouette Lake. One mountain away from my house. I set out to arrive there at 6:00am. A lot of dew and ice settled on the boat until the sun got on it so I spent a lot of my time wiping the boat down while waiting in the staging area. The boat was finally brought down to the ramp and hooked up to the QX80. The water was like glass and the fog lifted just in time for a beautiful day.

I would learn that the commercial was actually a short story and it included a busy professional woman launching, operating, and hauling her boat. This included her backing down the ramp, driving the boat, and hauling the boat out.

My job was to facilitate these scenes with what they needed, keep the boat looking good, and most importantly, keep the boat safe. It was pretty impressive watching how they achieved the shots they needed. They used a “Russian Arm” for filming the ramp scenes, a large, very fast, drone for the water shots, and a gimball mounted camera for the interior scenes.

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This film crew is a well oiled machine who were under the guidance of a director that had the respect of his crew. He kept a fast pace and there was no mistake he was in charge. The crew would execute his requests without question in a timely manner. Again I was so very impressed with there professionalism. Everything went great and I learned a lot about the filming process. What a great experience!

I haven’t seen the commercial yet. When it come out I’ll send a link to it in our next newsletter. Overall, I put a lot more time into it than I thought but its all the before and after stuff that we don’t think of that take all the time. I know it was a lot of time for Bruce too. We both wanted this to work and for the film company to be happy so I think it was worth the extra effort.

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Its Full Speed Ahead!

With the warm weather here and lots of vaccine bringing hope we are well on our way to go full throttle! Some things have changed and will never be the same but some things will and need to return. Its been a long year and half and we are so thankful to all of our front line workers that have gotten us though this.

Our Board of Directors hope we can start rebuilding our classic boat connections and friendships. Starting next month, July 22, we would like to invite you to our monthly ZOOM meetings. You will receive an invite via email a few days ahead. Meetings are very causal and last about an hour. All OACBS members are welcome!

Please take advantage of the events that our chapter and the ACBS are offering. The International show in September is not that far to travel and promises to be well attended at a beautiful venue. There are a number of us from the Okanagan chapter attending. Everyone is welcome!

If you’ve never attended Mahogany and Merlot in Chelan it should be on your list!

For those who want to stay in BC, The Shuswap, one day poker rally will be fun to attend!

We are trying to put a day of boating in the lower mainland together as well! Stay tuned…

No matter what though, get out there! Enjoy your boat and send photos for the Newsletter!