The last of four successful weeks of sailing courses is completed. Seventy-two students have taken this year’s courses and many are keen to take courses next year. In large part, the on-island instructors, Satya Underhill and Matthew Hinton contributed to the enjoyment, as did Sydney Rosler, who was an instructor for levels 1 to 4, and hails from Tsawwassen. Sydney allowed PIJSA to offer CANSail Level 3 & 4 for the first time since before COVID.

Port Browning Marina and Pub will be sponsoring the 7th Annual Hacker’s Golf Tournament for the benefit of PIJSA on September 23rd . For teams of four, both 18-hole and 9-hole golf will be offered. The 18-holes of golf, starts at 11.30 am, while the 9-holes will start at 2 pm. The golf will involve the team hitting the best ball with some other details that will be explained on the day. This is followed by a dinner at the Bistro. Tickets for both 18-holes and dinner are ($70) or $65 for 9-holes; for just dinner, $45; for just golf $45 for 18-holes or $40 for 9-holes. Tickets will be available through the Golf Course (250-629-6659). Golf club members do not pay for golf. A maximum of 36 golfers can participate, but many more can attend the dinner where there will be prizes. As in previous years, a silent auction of a variety of items will be held for the benefit of PIJSA. The silent auction items will be found in the pub.
The dinner will have a choice of beef, chicken or vegetarian hamburgers, which needs to be specified when tickets are purchased at the Golf Course.

While the Directors of PIJSA provide much of the on-beach support for the students, we are also grateful to the parents and grandparents who stay and help, and other members of the community who volunteer their time. The much-appreciated financial support this year was from the Pender Islands Yacht Club, the Tru-Valu Spirit Board, CRD Parks and Recreation, The Legion, and Port Browning Marina and Pub, who house our site at Hamilton Beach. This support, and the work of Directors and volunteers allows us to keep the course costs down.

Bruce Waygood, Commodore