Nanaimo Anchoring Fees !

[bastonjock]

we have this problem her in the UK on our inland water ways,the Authorities are removing derelect craft and unlicensed craft,the decent ones are sold of at Auction and the poor ones broken up.This is all done by way of a licensing system,you need a boat safety cert,insurance and then you get a license,the license must be displayed or they haul your boat out.

It is still cheap to live on the river system,the licensing works out at 700.00 GB pounds for a 50ft boat,you do however have to move every two weeks,the license fees are then reinvested into the rivers and canals,there is one area where you can even escape paying for the licensing fees and liveaboard for zilch.So the system allows for the really poor yet keeps the scenic areas clear of rotting old boats

Ive only seen livaboards on the Scottish west Coast,there is not a great many of them and the boats are kept up to Colreg standard,if your boat is considered a danger then its fix it or loose it,if you loose it you are then classed as homeless and the local council has to by law put you into accomodation.Our goverment gives you at least 65GBpounds a week if you are out of work.you can get a six month mooring for 45 pounds in the winter.

[rallyman1122]

11 pages of this nonsense from Mr Swain and all I see is the ramblings of a left wing conspiracy theorist. And I thought all the conspiracy nuts were right wing crazies!

Mr Swain, saying something happened because a friend of a friend of a first cousin on your mothers side, twice removed, told you about it, does not make it true.

If a nuclear submarine left a 3 mile wide oil slick, it would be in the newspapers, Do you have a link to prove it? If the navy keeps shooting holes in the boats, do you think it would continue to be covered up, when sailors lives are at risk? In today's political climate? Not likely. Another poster to this thread discussed the safety protocols used in testing torpedoes, yet you chose to ignore that completely. Care to comment on that?

I am not saying there have not been issues or problems, or that I think charging for anchoring is right. I am saying you are doing yourself no favours with the outlandish statements you post.

[Hiracer]

Brent has some very good points, but unfortunately he's the wrong messenger.

It's almost like he works undercover for the government, single handedly torpedoing the best arguments against the government's actions. I smell a devious plot.







A guy could get really tangled up in his underwear in this thread.

[Brent Swain]

Originally Posted by rallyman1122

11 pages of this nonsense from Mr Swain and all I see is the ramblings of a left wing conspiracy theorist. And I thought all the conspiracy nuts were right wing crazies!

Mr Swain, saying something happened because a friend of a friend of a first cousin on your mothers side, twice removed, told you about it, does not make it true.

If a nuclear submarine left a 3 mile wide oil slick, it would be in the newspapers, Do you have a link to prove it? If the navy keeps shooting holes in the boats, do you think it would continue to be covered up, when sailors lives are at risk? In today's political climate? Not likely. Another poster to this thread discussed the safety protocols used in testing torpedoes, yet you chose to ignore that completely. Care to comment on that?

I am not saying there have not been issues or problems, or that I think charging for anchoring is right. I am saying you are doing yourself no favours with the outlandish statements you post.

So the military spokesman is trying to suggest that we are dense enough to believe that every time they do an extremely embarrassing screwup, the first thing they do is report it to the media. He is suggesting that we are dense enough to believe that military personel are allowed to report any such screwups to the media, without any consequences to themselves or their careers. He is asking us to believe that the military never keeps secrets, and everything they screwup on is reported to the media. He is suggesting we are dense enough to believe that what was told to me directly by the former head of the RCMP marine division, is being reported by a friend of a friend of a first cousin on my mothers side. I am not in any way related to this person.
He is suggesting that the media has never reported any of their screwups, despite the fact that the ramming and sinking of the classic schooner "Moonglow " by the drunken crew of a submarine leaving the testing range, was widely reported in Pacific yachting, (" Sinking of the Moonglow "can be found in their archives) the Vancouver Province, the Vancouver Sun, the Victoria Times Colonist, all Nanaimo papers, CBC TV, CBC radio, CTV , Check TV and almost every other media outlet on the west coast and many elsewhere..
Yet after such military drivel, he us accusing ME of putting out drivel
Yet he is calling ME a liar. Do any of you feel insulted by his suggestion that we are actually gullible enough to believe him? Is this the best excuse maker the military has to offer? What is his job description? Military intelligence? Ya sure!
There is another good example of their secrecy.
The same ex mountie told me that when the first two new 800 hp engines arrived for the RCMP catamarans, the cop below him stole them and sold them.He wanted to charge him, but was blocked . They made the thief pay the money back then fired him, but wouldn't charge him. Why ? So the media and thus the public would be kept in the dark about the incident.
And you say the military doesn't keep any secrets from the public? Ya sure. Wanna buy some ocean front property in Alberta?
Boats moored in Cowichan Bay are almost entirely moored in over 100 feet of water , far to deep to be considered obstructing any useful anchorage, or useful for anything but a mooring.. Their mooring there is no skin of anyone's ass. Their is plenty of room for more moorings, without bothering anyone, except those who promote the tyrany of envy, or those who believe everyone should be forced to either support the real estate industry , or be forced to sleep in a dumpster or under a bridge, or only those who can afford exorbitant moorage rates should be allowed to own a boat..
Most of the real estate in Cowichan Bay can be considered "eyesores." far more so than any boats moored there. The only difference is they support the local parasites .

[rallyman1122]

Originally Posted by Brent Swain

So the military spokesman is trying to suggest that we are dense enough to believe that every time they do an extremely embarrassing screwup, the first thing they do is report it to the media. He is suggesting that we are dense enough to believe that military personel are allowed to report any such screwups to the media, without any consequences to themselves or their careers. He is asking us to believe that the military never keeps secrets, and everything they screwup on is reported to the media. He is suggesting we are dense enough to believe that what was told to me directly by the former head of the RCMP marine division, is being reported by a friend of a friend of a first cousin on my mothers side. I am not in any way related to this person.
He is suggesting that the media has never reported any of their screwups, despite the fact that the ramming and sinking of the classic schooner "Moonglow " by the drunken crew of a submarine leaving the testing range, was widely reported in Pacific yachting, (" Sinking of the Moonglow "can be found in their archives) the Vancouver Province, the Vancouver Sun, the Victoria Times Colonist, all Nanaimo papers, CBC TV, CBC radio, CTV , Check TV and almost every other media outlet on the west coast and many elsewhere..
Yet after such military drivel, he us accusing ME of putting out drivel
Yet he is calling ME a liar. Do any of you feel insulted by his suggestion that we are actually gullible enough to believe him? Is this the best excuse maker the military has to offer? What is his job description? Military intelligence? Ya sure!
There is another good example of their secrecy.
The same ex mountie told me that when the first two new 800 hp engines arrived for the RCMP catamarans, the cop below him stole them and sold them.He wanted to charge him, but was blocked . They made the thief pay the money back then fired him, but wouldn't charge him. Why ? So the media and thus the public would be kept in the dark about the incident.
And you say the military doesn't keep any secrets from the public? Ya sure. Wanna buy some ocean front property in Alberta?
Boats moored in Cowichan Bay are almost entirely moored in over 100 feet of water , far to deep to be considered obstructing any useful anchorage, or useful for anything but a mooring.. Their mooring there is no skin of anyone's ass. Their is plenty of room for more moorings, without bothering anyone, except those who promote the tyrany of envy, or those who believe everyone should be forced to either support the real estate industry , or be forced to sleep in a dumpster or under a bridge, or only those who can afford exorbitant moorage rates should be allowed to own a boat..
Most of the real estate in Cowichan Bay can be considered "eyesores." far more so than any boats moored there. The only difference is they support the local parasites .

I rest my case regarding the left wing conspiracy theorist. See all of the above rant for further support of my statement.

By the way, when and where did I call you a liar? I simply asked you to provide links to prove your statements. This is a common courtesy on the internet when making broad statements such as you have. You provided some basic information (thank you) and I was able to find a little bit of information online regarding an incident that happened at least 16 years ago. An incident involving a Chilean submarine. Not a Canadian submarine, not a US submarine, but a Chilean submarine. The incident in question happened in the Juan de Fuca Strait.

Here is a link to the official report regarding the incident as investigated by the TSB;

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-re...8/m94w0078.asp

Holding a bit of a grudge are you?

I also asked for your comments regarding safety protocols for testing torpedoes but you chose to ignore that request. In place of a reply to my request for comment, you chose to rant on about the supposed theft (provide me more than the usual, "a buddy told me this" type of information and I might believe it) of engines for a police boat.

What does that have to do with mooring fees in Nanaimo?

I am sure the residents of Cowichan Bay appreciate your comments regarding real estate.

[bytownboy]

Nanaimo is policed by RCMP, the mounties, Canada's national embarrassment and teflon Mafia

I am amazed that Brent is such a great friend of the RCMP and so trusted by them that they would share info such as the theft of engines etc. by officers considering he has such obvious distane for them as per his quote from post #88 copied in part above.

[Stillraining]

I think this thread has outlived it purpose

[delmarrey]

Originally Posted by Stillraining

I think this thread has outlived it purpose

Agreed!

It's come down to a pissing match.

[bytownboy]

I agree, and if I was out of line, I apologize

[michaelmrc]

i think most of you have forgotten what brents rant is truly about. its about the nanaimo port authority violating our rights to anchor freely where we are. maybe he's gone off on a little bit of a rant but thats his choice. if we stop the pissing contest about submarines rcmp etc and just get back to the primary issue at hand i think we would all feel better.

[rallyman1122]

Originally Posted by rallyman1122

I am not saying there have not been issues or problems, or that I think charging for anchoring is right.

Originally Posted by michaelmrc

i think most of you have forgotten what brents rant is truly about. its about the nanaimo port authority violating our rights to anchor freely where we are. maybe he's gone off on a little bit of a rant but thats his choice. if we stop the pissing contest about submarines rcmp etc and just get back to the primary issue at hand i think we would all feel better.

Agreed, back to what started this thread. Up to you Mr Swain

[Brent Swain]

After listing reasons why we should avoid Nanaimo this summer, I gave other reasons to a take alternative routes, one of which was to avoid having to wait while the rambos play war games in Georgia Strait, forcing us to wait out ideal weather for going north or south. Heading north via Silva Bay avoids both Nanaimo and the test range. In a westerly, one can still fetch Gibson's and Howe Sound on one tack, a far better place to wait out a westerly than Nanaimo, and with no reason to wait out good weather while the navy plays games . Going north via Vancouver has the same advantage, as well as providing everything Nanaimo has to offer in a city and more. From Vancouver it's a short trip into the relatively protected waters of Howe Sound, a great place to kill time during a strong westerly flow. The reason so many boats in the past chose Nanaimo was because of their relatively hassle free anchorage, and welcoming Harbour authorities. Now, Vancouver has become the better choice, for the same reasons. A rivalry between Nanaimo and Vancouver for cruisers dollars would definitely be in the best interest of cruisers. Lets start by avoiding Nanaimo this summer for Vancouver , get the rivalry started , and send them a clear message that they are not the only show in town. Cruisers have everything to gain and nothing to lose by doing so.

[michaelmrc]

ive spent lots of time anchored out in nanaimo i have absolutely no problem heading out somewhere different somewhere where i can feel like i wont be hassled. havent been over howe sound way yet sounds like a good trip.

[highseas]

Gibsons is well worth the visit,although the supermarket is up a long steep hill.Its usually fine anchoring right off the pier.The dinghy dock charge is a bit steep also($5.00).still a fun place though.Make sure to visit Grammas Pub.Keats Is. and Gambier Is. have some fine anchorages.Bowen is nice also,but a little rolly and deep,nice marina there.Nice new Government wharf at Squamish,be sure to stay well to port when abeam the native reserve going in or you WILL get stuck,tides above 8ft.are usually safe for entrance/exit.Good stores close to dock,but no marine store there.

[Maggie-K]

I agree with Brent and will be avoiding Nanimo this year and holding up in Silva Bay when heading north