The Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre and Cowichan Wooden Boat Society host and participate in a variety of events throughout the year.

Boat Building Workshop: Getting Started in Wooden Boat Building.

The course of six, 3 hour sessions, will introduce you to modern wooden boat building techniques and gives hands-on experience with shop tools and equipment. Previous woodworking experience is helpful but definitely not essential. As part of a team (maximum six students), you will be building a simple but elegant 15', plywood rowing-dory. You will learn how to transfer dimensions from plans to materials, cut and join plywood, and mill fir and cedar to create parts of the structure.

Course Fee: $295 member and $325 non member

Thursdays and Tuesdays 6:00PM-9:00PM

November 17 to December 6 2011

Coming Events

ART BY THE SEA,

With award winning Artist and Art educator Lynda Faulks
www.lyndafaulks.com
January 21st 2012-March 10th 2012
Saturdays at 9:00am-12:00pm

Course Fee: $200.00* + HST

A $75.00 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your spot.
Please click here for details.

LECTURES

March 15th is Alberta Woodworth and her story of Edac

Edac 80 Years Cruising the North Coast of British Columbia was written by Noel Woodworth and was edited and published by his wife, Alberta. It was a 15-year project, and sadly, Noel passed away August 22, 2006 before its completion.

Alberta's objective was to complete the book for Noel, and her intent is to donate any profits to a charity.

According to an old-time friend in Prince Rupert, "The stories sound just like Noel!", and that was Alberta's mission accomplished.

May 17th Derek Lundy

Some of you may have heard Derek back in March 2012
Derek Lundy is the author of The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail, a B.C. Book Prize finalist, and a Globe and Mail Best Book in 2002, and Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters, which was a best seller in Canada and the United States and has been translated into nine languages.

Info on Derek Lundy from Wikipedia.

FILMS

Movie Night Feb 16 2012
7-9PM
Red Gold.

Red Gold is a documentary about the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska, home to the two most prolific wild Sockeye Salmon rivers left in the world, the Kvichak and the Nushagak.

Two Mining Companies, Anglo American and Northern Dynasty have proposed an open pit and underground mine at the headwaters of the two rivers. The area is the second largest deposit of copper, gold, and molybdenum ever discovered and has an estimated value of over $300 billion.

The film has won many awards
Presenter Lance Underwood
Call to book your seat 250 746 4955