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NEWS AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Fisherman's Resort & Marina
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FISHERMAN'S' HISTORY
Jo & Peter Benjafield first bought the small live-bait and boat rental business at the entrance to Garden Bay in 1961 and transformed it into a resort and marina. Wally & Sue Nowik continued to build its reputation as a spectacular base for fishing, hiking, boating, SCUBA diving, sunset watching and just plain relaxing.
David Pritchard and Jennifer Love took over the property in April 2005, and have been very busy ever since upgrading and improving the facilities, while maintaining the “1960s west-coast village” ambience that continues to attract so many returning customers.
IMPROVEMENTS SINCE APRIL 2005
New septic system installed, servicing most of the marina and resort.
Most hydro cables converted to underground.
Major improvements were completed on the docks.
Cabin 1 (Prawn Palace) had a new shower installed and was completely repainted.
Cabin 2 (Oyster Shack) was enlarged and completely renovated
Cabins 3 & 4 were repainted
The shop/office received a new roof and front deck as well as a fresh new look inside.
The marina washrooms were repainted and improved;
There’s a new deck at the top of the ramp to the docks


Above: Shop/office renovation completed spring 2007

David and Jennifer

Sunset at Fisherman's, August 2007
HMCS Oriole - a 101 ft. Canadian Navy sail training ship - visited Fisherman's in the summer of 2006

In May 2006, a group of 14 Grand Banks boats, on a tour celebrating 50 years of GB boatbuilding, stopped in on their way to Alaska. This picture of David and Rosie showed up in the September 2006 issue of Passagemaker magazine.
Below: Bill Thompson's 1943 Curtis seaplane, just across the bay from us, is always an attraction - he puts on quite a performance on the evenings when he decides to take it up.

NEW FLOAT PLANE SERVICE:
PAINTED BOAT Resort, Spa & Marina has made arrangements with Saltspring Island Air of Saltspring Island (www.saltspringair.com) to begin regular air service to their dock at Madeira Park as of May 8, 2009.
The details are as follows:
The cost per person is $79 plus GST and is payable by credit card through Saltspring Air. Toll free 1-877-537-9880. Cancellations less than 48 hours in advance will forfeit 50% of your ticket price and less than 24 hours, 100%
There are 7 seats in each flight (DeHavilland DHc-2 Beaver airplanes) and in order to achieve such low pricing they do need to sell at least 4 on every flight.
For information contact Salt Spring Air (1 877 537 9880) or admin@paintedboat.com. (1 604 883 2456). Painted Boat website: www.paintedboat.com
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - Click on underlined items to link to their websites.
APRIL 2009
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Tues. April 1: David and Jennifer celebrate four years since they took over the helm of Fisherman’s Resort & Marina
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Sat, April 25: April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge - Millennium Park in Madeira Park - Crazy and wacky, this event includes building your own boat and paddles on site, then racing it for a grand prize.
MAY 2009
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Sat, May 2: Concert: Penny Lang: Pender Harbour School of Music, 8pm, $20
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May 1-3: Garden Bay Classic Fishing Derby, Garden Bay Pub. $1,000 first prize (for the heaviest salmon), open auction for winning boat, lots more prizes. $100 ticket includes Saturday dinner; tickets limited. Register on Friday at Garden Bay Pub, fishing ends 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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TBA: Wood Duck Festival - Ruby Lake; Song and Dance, Games, Children’s Performances, Arts and Crafts, Tours of the Nature Reserve
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Mon. May 18: Victoria Day - Statutory holiday
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May 16-18: Pender Harbour May Day Festival , Madeira Park
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TBA : Attack of Danger Bay V - Thrill’m and spill’m street long board race with racers reaching speeds of 60k down the hills and corners of Murdoch Dr., Francis Peninsula
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Sun, May 315 : Garden Bay Classic - Golf tournament by Garden Bay Hotel
JUNE 2009
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TBA: Egmont Day includes kids' fishing derby & games, arts & craft fair, contests, concessions, raffles, and family dance at the Egmont Hall.
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Fri -Sun, June 5-7. Pender Harbour Blues Festival; 6th annual; every shade of blue.
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Sun, June 14: Concert: Oliver Gannon & Bill Coon: Two Much Guitar! Two Canadian jazz legends at Pender Harbour School of Music, 2pm, $20
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Sun. June 21: Summer Solstice
JULY 2009
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Wed. July 1: Canada Day - Statutory holiday on Monday
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July 14-16: Knot Just Knitting with Prudence Mapstone from Australia; one and two day workshops at FibreWorks Gallery, near Madeira Park.
July 16: "Thr3fold Unfolded" - Exhibition opening at FibreWorks Gallery, showing work of Catherine Nicholls, Linda Kemshell, Laura Kemshell. On til Sept 21. Workshops also - see website.
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TBA: Malaspina Regatta - Yacht racing at the mouth of Pender Harbour with an evening BBQ at the Music School . Lots of good sailing and get together after.
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TBA: 3rd Annual Show & Shine; Garden Bay Pub; Classic autos from all over BC show up to show off their beautiful vehicles.
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TBA: Gunboat Bay Regatta - Gunboat Bay
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TBA: Midsummer Festival - Lions Park
AUGUST 2009
SEPTEMBER 2009
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