PaBIA’s eBlast August 9, 2023

This weekend saw the Senior Regatta (wow what a turn out – see below) in all its glory: perfect weather and a great job by our leaders, Will Lawler and Virginia Skuce. On Monday at the PaBIA AGM, we all enjoyed yummy REAL Blueberry Pancakes and then voted in our new board with a big shout out to everyone who braved the weather/rain (almost 100 of you). Monday’s storm brought 2 inches of rain with strong winds out of the NE.

A huge thank you goes to our Councillors, Scott and Earl, who gave an hour’s presentation on a variety of forward looking topics: mainly Floating Vessels, Site Alteration, Saving our Site 9 by being proactive with organic waste disposal at its source (us cottagers!), etc.. Look for a link next week with the slide presentation that Scott and Earl prepared for us!T

PaBIA Sailing Racing Clinic

There one remaining Sailing Clinic left this season: Saturday August 12. We have had great success so far introducing or reintroducing people to sailing! This week is all about racing! The goal is to learn the basics of racing in a friendly and calm atmosphere. Register here 

Abandoned Dock Clean Up Day – August 26, 2023

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! 

Help us clean up the Bay!

The Township has agreed to waive disposal fees and help disassemble any abandoned docks that are delivered to the Pointe au Baril Station wharf on Saturday August 26. This is a great opportunity to remove unsightly and potentially dangerous abandoned or derelict docks on our shorelines. 

Literally on the Bay

Book recommendations by Charlotte Stein, owner of Parry Sound Books

Edited by Janet Irving, Education Committee.

There is nothing – absolutely nothing – like reading a book on a summer’s day on Georgian Bay! This summer we suggest some books that are literally set on the Bay – or feel so much so that we just had to include them

Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold by Jessica Outram takes place in a landscape we will all recognize. A family living in a Georgian Bay lighthouse, welcomes Tom Thomson, including 8-year-old Bernice, an imaginative and adventurous girl. Tom Thomson has come by canoe to the mouth of the entrance to Byng Inlet to paint and is welcomed overnight at the lighthouse.

The biggest sailing event of the year for the Pointe au Baril sailing community is the annual sailing regatta known as PABAR. This year, it is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 19, with three races to be held in Shawanaga Bay just south of Turning Island.    The first race will start at 11:00 a.m. after which sailors moor their sailboats off anchored boats and are shuttled to shore for a picnic. As in previous years, the Bradshaws have kindly offered use of their rocks and facilities for this event. The afternoon races are scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.

Anyone with a serviceable sailboat and knowledge of racing rules who can make it to the start line on time can join the races. All kinds of sailboats from mono hulls to catamarans are welcome. There is no need to register in advance. Just sail past the Committee Boat and announce your presence.  Those joining a race for the first time this year may wish to review the race instructions available here for a refresher on how the races are conducted.

If you wish to view the race from a motorboat and perhaps cheer on certain participants, do take care to remain outside the race course and to not throw wakes in the direction of the sailboats. Bear in mind that the race course extends beyond the interior of the triangle of marks that the sailboats have to round. 

The PABAR awards dinner is scheduled to be held at the Ojibway Club starting at 6:00 p.m. that same day.  Those wishing to attend need to register by calling or emailing the club. We request that this be done early to give the club an indication of the numbers. 

Georgian Bay Biosphere’s State of the Bay is here!

Pick up your free copy today to read about the key issues and threats to water, wetland, and wildlife in eastern Georgian Bay, and all of the stewardship programs that are actively addressing these and contributing to its restoration.

Read Indigenous perspectives on caretaking the lands and waters of Mnidoo Gamii, and learn ways you can become involved! 

To subscribe to our Eblast, visit our website and look for the “sign up for our Newsletter” button at the top right hand corner, which, when pressed, will direct you to where you can fill out your name and email to subscribe to our Eblast mailing list.

Here is the July 2023 GBA Update

https://georgianbay.ca/flipbook/GBA-Summer-2023/

FOUND: A WOODEN RAMP

A walkway that would connect a floating dock to a main dock has washed up in the small bay between two cottages on Champlain Monument Island A96 83 & 89. The black flotation drums are still under one side of the walkway, but are not on the other end. Otherwise it’s in great condition. Please contact Kathy Weeks Cadwell

With each eBlast, we will provide you a list of names of those members who have provided updated contact information. The details of all the changes since the 2022 yearbook came out in late April are provided in THIS printable format for you to print out and insert into your own Yearbook! As of August 24th, here are the changes.

Emergency 

• PaB Nursing Station
• Canadian Coast Guard 
Search and Rescue
800-267-7270
• PaBIA Emergency info

PaBIA

• Board Minutes June 2023
• PaBIA Map 2019 correction
• Environment and Nature
• Education