Dock Talk

Starting at 0900 we will have the rest of our new Fingers craned into the water at D jetty in Colwood. While we get the mounting brackets installed on A dock, we're going to store the fingers at D dock and will require a few sets of hands throughout the day as we receive the fingers from the crane at D jetty and then (potentially) tow them across the harbour to secure them in Lang Cove. This doesn't require many more than about 6 people working at a time, but will likely be an all day affair.

BBQ lunch provided to volunteers. Please meet at 0900 on A dock so we can talk ground rules on boat use inside the harbour before we head out.

Please RSVP so we can plan appropriately. It's not likely to be a fast paced day and totally fine if you can only help out…

Hi everyone, there’s a few last minute things to get done before Thursday when hinges will get installed for the new fingers on A dock. We like any one comfortable with using a grinder to come give us a hand tomorrow after work (4-6pm) with finishing.

Thank you!

Big things are happening in the next month! We've started to prep A dock for the installation of Fingers and will soon shift them from their storage location in Colwood to Lang Cove for installation.

What this means for you:

1. The western side of A dock will have work underway sporadically as our rock anchors and brackets are installed. Please don't park any boats there. There will be machinery working on A dock, so be aware that you might not have unfettered access at all times.

2. While our volunteers did a great job grinding down some metal protrusions today, there is a possibility that anything coming in contact with the west side of A dock could be damaged by either bare concrete or that metal.

3. For the reasons above, club boats going to/from A dock should be parked on the East side, next to Volovent III (pictured)

4. Volunteer support will…

Anyone interested in viewing the initial data from the GNSS position loggers can head to https://www.2bsailing.ca/cfsa/ (best viewed on a larger screen like a laptop).

We are monitoring the positions of the docks to get an idea of how much movement they have during windy conditions. So far we haven't had any storms matching the one in Nov 2024, so are unable to put an upper bound on the amount of dock movement.

One thing we notice is that the GNSS accuracy drops markedly during solar flare events - distortions of the earth's ionosphere add uncertainty to the signals' timing, and lead to 10+ metre wanderings in the position (we know this from attaching loggers to the rock anchors, which definitely aren't actually moving). Geomagnetic activity is measured with a parameter called Kp and I have recorded this value together with the position data (more details at https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/space-weather-and-gps-systems). There ar…