Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club
Heritage Harbour, Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Avenue Vancouver, BC, Canada

Last weekend we had quite a blow down at the harbour - up to 55 kts of wind! Bruce and Kristyn were kept on their toes, watching the boats. Here’s some of their footage. Under their watchful eyes, the boats fared pretty well, with some dock lines needing reinforcing, but North Star of Herschel Island sustained some damage - one of her dock lines ripped out part of her bulwarks!... http://oarlockandsail.com/2021/04/01/stormy-night/

Spring has come, and we'll keep having even more sailing days! Not that winter has slowed us down too much - it's been a good season, with decent weather coming very regularly! Here are a few videos - our club boats Ragna and Enke on Saturday, and a couple of our members on Anja today. Our club boats are always available for OSBUG members - please be sure to book the boats on our Google calendar.... http://oarlockandsail.com/2021/03/22/spring-sailing/

We were absolutely shocked this week to receive word from our wharfinger Bruce: I am writing to you with the very sad news that my wife and partner of 38 years, Sheila Macdonald, died suddenly yesterday evening aboard ship. Her death does not appear to be Covid related. Sheila devoted her life to helping others. She worked at such places as the CNIB, March of Dimes, Group Homes for people with severe mental and physical disabilities, as well as our bookstore.... http://oarlockandsail.com/2021/03/12/sheila/

Our friends at the Vancouver Maritime Museum have just announced a fascinating presentation about the SS Master, the wonderful wooden steam-powered tugboat, built in False Creek in 1922. If you've ever been aboard, and visited that awesome engine-room, you'll want to hear more about it, and enjoy the virtual tour. Tickets are $25, or spend an extra $5 to join the SS Master Society, and support their efforts to preserve and restore this treasure. Read more about the presentation and how to get your ticket here: http://oarlockandsail.com/2021/03/03/ss-master-presentation/

The workshop continues to be on standby as we wait for covid restrictions to ease, and for the weather to warm up to the point where we can do some projects outside on the dock. Our fleet of boats is still available for OSBUG members to enjoy - please book the time on our Google calendar. If you’re a new or interested member, please contact us about getting some training on our boats. We ask that you have sailing experience, but we’ll show you the ropes of our boats.

Here's a thing. If any member of the club happen to row up to Hornby this weekend, keep a lookout!

The AGM was held April 13, 2017 and the new board is up and running. One of our board members left, thanks Peter Pierobon and we welcome Daniel Freisen. All the rest of us got voted back on and look forward to another year of boating and building. Leif Arntzen our member in New York with Polaris has his new mast stepped and here are a few more pics leading up to that. [ 112 more words ] http://oarlockandsail.com//agm-nyc-boat-work-buttonswan-up

OARLOCK AND SAIL 2017 AGM Annual General Meeting April 13, 2017 Vancouver Maritime Museum 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC doors open at 5:30 meeting 6:00 - 7:30 Please contact Rob O’Dea at 604-657-1999 for any questions. here is our new piece of dock...look forward to making use of this One of our members, Leif Arntzen has a 41' Concordia Sloop named Polaris in New York and was lamenting to another of our members Arnt Arntzen, who happens to be his brother how he was feeling a bit overwhelmed re-gluing his mast. [ 68 more words ] http://oarlockandsail.com//29/agm-and-members-helping-memb