Sarnia Power & Sail Squadron

Volunteers Teaching Safe Boating!

Sarnia is located in Ontario, Canada on the border with the United States and across the Bluewater Bridge from Port Huron, Michigan. Members of Sarnia Power and Sail Squadron boat out of the communities of Brights Grove, Camlachie, Corunna, Forest, Grand Bend, Mooretown, Petrolia, Point Edward, Port Franks, Sarnia, Wyoming, Strathroy and much of Lambton County. Whether powerboat, sailboat, personal watercraft, jet boat or paddler, Sarnia Squadron Members are often found boating on Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake St. Clair as well as the Detroit River and St. Clair River. Others cruise to the North Channel, Georgian Bay, the Trent-Severn Waterway and Lake Ontario. Local marine facilities to Sarnia include: Bridgeview Yachting Centre, Sarnia Bay Marina, Sarnia Yacht Club and Lake Huron Yachts.

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Get your

Boat Operator Card

$35

Challenge the exam by calling 519-786-5212

or e-mail:

All Canadians Must Have Their Operator Card.

Three ways to get "the card"!

Good: Challenge Exam

Better: Boat Pro Seminar

Best: the Boating Course

Sarnia Squadron's

BIG EVENT

SARNIA YACHT CLUB

Thursday August 26th

6-11 pm

$12.00 for adults

Kids under 12 are free!

Sarnia Squadron Members, Family and Friends wait all year for this annual feast as we gather to celebrate the season.

Your Squadron gets a nice fat pig, has it cooked on a spit and assembles all the accessories for a meal you will not soon forget.

Set at beautiful Sarnia Yacht Club, this event always sells out early so get your tickets soon.

RSVP

Get your tickets today by calling

Joe Huygen at 519-312-4076, email: joehouseboat@hotmail.com

or Chris Schooley 519-542-4555, email: chris.schooley@sympatico.ca

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Do You Have Your VHF Radio Operator Certificate?

Learn the phonetic alphabet, as well as correct radiotelephone operating procedures.

This manual will enable you to pass the Industry Canada Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's Certificate Exam, which will be given at the conclusion of the teaching session.

This course includes your DSC endorsement.

Course fee: $65

Upcoming Course Dates

October 5, 7, 12 and 14th

December 7, 9, 14 and 16th

7 - 9 pm

Register today by calling David Sidenberg at 519-491-9733 or e-mail:

VHF Radio Operator Certificate DSC Upgrade

For people who already have their Restricted Operator Certificate (Maritime).

The new DSC technology is now available on all new VHF Radios. Take this quick upgrade seminar if you wish to get your DSC endorsement. Covers Digital Selective Calling and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, (DSC/GMDSS).

Course fee: $35

Upcoming Course Dates

October 12 and 14th

December 14 and 16th

7 - 9 pm

Register today by calling David Sidenberg at 519-491-9733 or e-mail:

Goderich Squadron's Paul Carroll releases new book!

The Wexford: Elusive Shipwreck of the Great Storm, 1913

The Steamer Wexford, with her flared bow, tall masts, cabins amidships and her open, canvas-sided hurricane deck, charmed spectators as she carried cargo across the Great Lakes. The adventure and romance of her British & French history in the South American trade followed her. Along the docksides whenever they made port, her good-humoured young crew of largely Collingwood and Goderich boys offered friendly waves to admirers and shoreline visitors.

Under newly-appointed, 24 year old Captain Bruce Cameron, her fateful final voyage was punctuated with opportunities to be saved from destruction, but Cameron persisted with his charge to complete the final voyage. With 16 year-old Orrin Gordon at the wheel, she fought for hours trying to make port at Goderich, but eventually fell victim to the storm.

She eluded many efforts to find her remains. Over the period of 87 years, she was said to be found and found again - in half a dozen different places. But she was finally discovered by sailor Don Chalmers when he caught her image on a simple fish finder as the pros searched the bottom further northward.