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annual Nanaimo to Nanaimo Great International World Championship Bathtub Race begins in Nanaimo harbour. Follow all the coverage from the Quality Foods Start Line in Maffeo Sutton Park and Nanaimo harbour as well as ongoing Great Race coverage and the Pepsi Finish Line now at Maffeo Sutton Park. Ongoing race information can be heard on the Nanaimo Bathtub Race and Marine Festival radio stations The WAVE 102.3 FM and The WOLF 106.9 FM. After the tubs leave the harbour there will still be lots of activities in the park. At this time I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all the dedicated volunteers – and we would love to have more – with the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society who work year-round to produce this festival and event. I also wish to acknowledge all the Golden Plug, Silver Plug and Bronze Plug sponsors, and corporate members who make this festival possible each year. We truly value your relationship and look forward to your continuing support in the coming years. I also wish to recognize the tremendous commitment made by all the individuals participating each year in the Safety and Communications side of the race. Without their assistance
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ages: displays, a beer garden, concerts and food services at the park for the entire weekend. The City of Nanaimo encourages everyone to visit Maffeo Sutton Park during the festival. It is the premier festival park in the city, and with its beautiful waterfront trails, destination playground and sprawling grassy areas, it is easy to see why it is one of Nanaimo's favourite public spaces. We also extend our sincere appreciation to the Canadian Navy, the United States Navy, the Nanaimo Port Authority, the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue, the Nanaimo Marine Search and Rescue volunteers, the RCMP (Nanaimo Detachment and Marine Division) and all the other safety and communications personnel who
am pleased to welcome everyone to the 2015 Nanaimo-to-Nanaimo World Championship Bathtub Race. Join us as we celebrate our 49th annual world-famous race. This year the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society proudly salutes the 50th Anniversary of the Joint use of Test Ranges by the Canadian and American Navies. The Quality Foods Festival of Lights fireworks with simulcast music is the largest fireworks display on Vancouver Island this year. It's taking place at around 10pm on Saturday, July 25, 2015. This event is not to be missed. For the first time, the Finish Line will be at Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, July 26th to welcome all tubbers ashore. The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society has arranged activities for all
faithfully assist every year. Your help and dedication is truly appreciated. A special thanks to the many commercial sponsors who step forward every year with a huge donation of staff, product and equipment, and lastly to the many volunteers, without whose help the Nanaimo Marine Festival Weekend simply would not be possible. For our visitors, I trust that you will enjoy your time in Nanaimo and we encourage you to please come back again to enjoy our warm hospitality, great scenery and entertaining family events.
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Events MAFFEO SUTTON PARK Free events for the whole family all weekend include Arts & Crafts Fair, Kiddies Karnival, Food Vendors, a children's Craft Tent and more. Thursday and Friday (July 23-24): 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday (July 25): 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday (July 26): 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
BATHTUB WEEKEND BEER GARDENS Saturday (July 25), noon to 7 p.m., and Sunday (July 26), noon to 4 p.m.: Maffeo Sutton Park. This year's Beer Gardens is managed by Nanaimo Hornets Rugby team. We're very happy to keep it in the same spot for both days.
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Friday (July 24): Diana Krall Plaza in downtown Nanaimo
Saturday (July 25), 10:30 a.m. Parade starts at Fitzwilliam and Selby streets in the Old City Quarter, to the Bastion and along Front Street.
Friday (July 24): Maffeo Sutton Park – Acoustic jam session: 6 p.m.
Platinum Blonde; Bif Naked; The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer; Bend Sinister; Jesse Roper; Kendall Patrick & The Headless Bettys; DJ Mikey Mike and much more. Tickets: $35/advance; $45/ door. Available at: Port Theatre Box Office, Fascinating Rhythm, Arbutus Music, Cranky Dog (Parksville).
QUALITY FOODS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS FIREWORKS Saturday (July 25), 10 p.m.: Nanaimo Harbour Award-winning fireworks display simulcast to music on 102.3 FM The Wave. It’s a signature event as part of the Nanaimo Marine Festival, the night before the Bathtub Races.
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The Sailpast is a fun parade showcasing the racing tubs and their sponsors, and a variety of community, commercial and military entries.
BATHTUB DAYS STREET FAIR Saturday and Sunday (July 25-26), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: downtown Nanaimo. Engaging street performances and buskers will be keeping the streets alive with impromptu music, acts and dancing all day. Don’t miss the three-block vendor market. Diana Krall Plaza will be home to the Kid’s Zone and plenty of entertainment.
Saturday (July 25): Maffeo Sutton Park –Naden Band: 1 p.m.; Bastion City Cloggers: 3 p.m.; Two of Us: 5 p.m.; Turn it to 11: 6 p.m.; La Familia: 8 p.m. Sunday (July 26): Maffeo Sutton Park – Sunny, Honey and Wild Bill: 11:20 a.m.; Boomshack: 4 p.m.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BATHTUB RACE Sunday (July 26), 11:15 a.m. This year, the race starts and ends in Nanaimo Harbour. The finish line is now below the Frank Ney statue at Maffeo Sutton park. For complete list of activities, times and locations, please visit www.bathtubbing.com.
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fter 48 years, the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race will finish where it starts for the first time. The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society announced in April that the Great Race Finish Line for this year and future years will be at Maffeo Sutton Park in downtown Nanaimo. “There are so many advantages to having the race start and finish in the same spot,” says Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society Commodore Bill McGuire. McGuire has been involved with the LNBS since it was formed in
1967. “Spectators don’t have to move from Maffeo Sutton Park to Departure Bay to enjoy the finish line antics anymore,” said McGuire. “Tubbers will, in fact, ring the bell right underneath the Frank Ney statue, an iconic symbol of Nanaimo’s former mayor who was largely responsible for inventing this crazy sport.” The LNBS is looking forward to building on the successes of the past, while establishing new ones through community partnerships with the Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association, including the Old City Quarter, The City of Nanaimo, The Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce and the Nanaimo Port Authority, plus many others. The new course is 32.13nm, virtually
the same distance as the previous course. That’s equal to 59.5 kilometers, or 37 miles. “The race is actually going to be a more challenging one for our tubbers,” McGuire says. “The roughest part of the entire course has always been Entrance Island and this new route has tighter turns and more activity in that area.” The 2015 Great International World Championship Bathtub Race and Nanaimo Marine Festival has been a flagship event for residents and visitors to the Harbour City for the past 48 years. A new finish line will allow for an exciting festival finish for spectators and tubbers and will set the stage for another 50 years of bathtubbing.
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Communications vital tubbers’ safety to tubbers BY BOB SMITS This year, the 49th annual Great International World Championship Bathtub Race will begin in Nanaimo harbour near Maffeo Sutton Park, and take a circuitous route past Gallows Point, around Entrance Island, around Maud Island, around Five Fingers Island and Gallows Point and back to the finish line in Nanaimo Harbour. Each year about 50 tubs take part in some thrilling and dangerous racing. To keep the tubs and the drivers safe, the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society has an extensive safety and communications program. Each year we meet well in advance of the race, assess the conditions and ensure a plan is in place for a safe race. The organizations included in the race activities include City of Nanaimo, Canadian Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxilliary, Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue, Nanaimo Port Authority, Nanaimo RCMP, St. John Ambulance, Nanaimo Amateur Radio
Celebrating 49 years of Tubbing in Nanaimo
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Association and CFMETR. To coordinate all this activity requires a great deal of communication. All the tubs must be accompanied by an escort boat, to ensure the tub driver's safety. Each escort vessel must have a Marine VHF radio to communicate with Bathtub Control and the Coast Guard. In addition, a separate Bathtub Control station is set up on Gabriola Island to ensure communications with escort vessels all the way to the mouth of Nanoose Bay. Each tub must also pass various checkpoints, including Gallows Point, Entrance Island, Checkpoint Three (a CFMETR vessel moored just north of Maud Island), Checkpoint Four (just east of Imperieuse Rock), Checkpoint Five (Five Fingers), and the Big Tub at Gallows Point before entering the harbour. Spotters and radio operators from the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association
operate from each checkpoint. The spotters and radio operators, or “hams,” are all volunteers who bring their own equipment for the task. The “hams” communicate through the club UHF repeater at Lost Lake to provide links over the entire race course. All these activities are linked to Bathtub Control at the Coast Bastion Hotel. There, four or five radio operators monitor Marine VHF channels and stay in contact with escort vessels. It is vital that an escort vessel notifies Bathtub Control when a tub has dropped out of the race so that extensive searches are
not undertaken for tubs not accounted for. As each tub and escort passes a checkpoint, the “hams” notify Bathtub Control that the pair has passed that particular checkpoint so that bathtub trackers can update the status board that shows the location of every tub. The trackers at Bathtub Control ensure that they know when each tub has reached each checkpoint. This communications system, which connects all the participants in the race, ensures that all the tubbers get back to the beach safely and that we minimize the risks to the tubbers and everyone else on the water. The Coast Guard, RCMP, RCM SAR, navy and harbour patrol vessels can all communicate with Bathtub Control to deal with problems on the water. The race simply couldn't happen without it. Bob Smits is communications and safety director for the Bathtub society.
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been minted since 1969 and are the longest running trade dollar in Canada. Each year they depict the current Salute.
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AN OFFICIAL SOUVENIR
program has been produced each year since 1980. This year, it's published by the Nanaimo News Bulletin. IN 1967, there was only
one class, then in 1991 it was changed to Stock and Modified. Stock being an outboard as it comes from the manufacturer and Modified meant you could
run a racing propeller. In 2007 a third class was added – Super Modified.
equipment must weigh at least 350lbs. 1989 WAS the roughest race
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rule was introduced, The Tub, motor, pilot and all
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Coins mark anniversary The set of coins for this year salutes the 50th anniversary of the joint use of the CFMETR Test Ranges by the Canadian and U.S. navies. The single coin is copper-plated and sells for $5. The Collector's Set has three coins in a jewel box, like a CD case, and consists of a copper-plated coin, one nickel-plated coin and one gold-plated coin. It sells for $30. On the front of the token is the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society's logo. The reverse side depicts the logo for CFMETR. LOYAL NANAIMO BATHTUB SOCIETY
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Vancouver Island’s largest fireworks show with music will be held in Nanaimo Harbour during this year’s Nanaimo Marine Festival. Quality Foods has sponsored the light show for many years and they are back again this year. The fireworks are set off from the fishing pier and can be seen from both the land and the water. Hundreds of people on boats anchor in the harbour to watch. The postexplosion bang is huge, but for an extra sonic contribution, 102.3 FM The Wave will do a musical simulcast. The radio station will have a vehicle and speakers on site for the thousands who gather at Swy-a-lana Lagoon, or find your favourite advantage spot and turn on your radio. The show starts at about 10 p.m. on Saturday (July 25).
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Departure Bay beach. In the early days, it was indeed a challenge to just get past the starting line in the choppy confusion caused by an extra 785 small and large observation and escort boats in Nanaimo Harbour. From the confusion of the first race in 1967, the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race and fourday Marine Festival has evolved. Where once a select band of tubbers were the highlight they now share the spotlight with many other land and
water events. This year, for the first time, the course will be altered slightly so that all bathtubs end up in downtown Nanaimo, at the base of the Frank Ney statue in Maffeo Sutton Park. The length of the course remains unchanged – the route itself is just modified slightly. This historic change makes sense for many reasons and will help ensure the sustainability of this wacky sport and the Marine Festival that has grown around it.
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Bathtub racing catches on in New Zealand This crazy, quirky sport is becoming a yearly tradition on the other side of the world, too – in an area called the Bay of Islands on New Zealand's North Island, just three hours north of Auckland. The first race took place May 24, 2014 with a 1,200-strong spectator crowd turning up to enjoy the event and the festivities. In 2014 John Booker won the race and flew courtesy of Air New Zealand to race in Nanaimo's International World Championship Bathtub Race. Jamie Garcia supplied him with a
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boat and off he went. He didn't make the podium in Canada but did finish in the top 10 for his class. The winner of the second annual Bay of Islands Bathtub Racing Classic is John Fagan and he'll be flying up to Canada to check out how we do it, courtesy of Air New Zealand again. The course that the New Zealanders race isn't quite on the same level as our 50-km route in the open water, but it's still great to see this crazy sport popping up in another part of the world and gaining interest in other communities. Moving to Nanaimo or central Vancouver Island? For a knowledgeable realtor who can help determine the best location for all of your personal home or professional needs, call Sandy Clark on 250-668-9878.
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Other races sanctioned in B.C. and Washington The mandate of The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society is to publicize the sport of Bathtub Racing so as to encourage more participants. There are 10 sanctioned races in six locations during the summer months, held at various locations throughout B.C. and Washington. The Oak Bay Tea Party Race in Victoria has traditionally been our first race of the season and we always complete the season in Bremerton, Wash., on the Labour Day weekend. The Tubbers race for points and at the end of the season the winners in each class are presented with the Nanaimo Daily News World Championship trophies. For information, please visit www.bathtubbing.com.
2015 SANCTIONED RACE SCHEDULE July 18, 3 p.m. and July 19 at 1 p.m.: Sproat Lake; July 26, 11:15 a.m.: Nanaimo to Nanaimo race; Aug. 1-2: Powell River (time TBA); Sept. 5, 3 p.m. and Sept. 6 at 1 p.m.: Silverdale, Wash.
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NYLA Fresh Thread has been voted by our local community through Best of the city in the Nanaimo News Bulletin, #1 Destination for Menswear! They would like to thank the community for all the support in making this become a reality. Without the community coming together and making the trip to down town Nanaimo to check out the store, they wouldn’t have realized this goal so soon after opening. “Every day we have new guests coming through to check out our store, looking for something specific and filling that need.
The biggest compliment to us, is the repeat business, returning and bringing their friends and family. I never thought when I opened our doors late last summer that we would be accepted so quickly into the community with open arms.” - Leon Drzewiecki, Owner Principal, NYLA Fresh Thread Inc. Owner Leon is born and raised in Nanaimo and over the last few years has seen the lack of locally owned menswear. He personally hand crafted a man-driven environment that gives his clientele a comfortable place to shop for trusted brands with unwavering quality. With love of the rich history of Nanaimo, every month Leon releases a new limited edition Heritage Nanaimo t-shirt. These t-shirts are meant to peek interest, inspire, and invoke emotion over Nanaimo’s colorful past. He spends countless hours working with the Nanaimo archives, museums and private images, looking for images that make Nanaimo unique. With eight Heritage Nanaimo t-shirts to choose from, in men’s and ladies sizes, you’ll be sure to find the one that suites your style and personality. Featured Heritage Nanaimo T-Shirt is of Black Frank in a homemade bicycle bathtub paddle boat, dressed in his full pirate costume, in Nanaimo’s Newcastle Island channel, on bathtub weekend 1980. This picture is from the Ney family archives.
Frank James Ney, (Black Frank) (May 12, 1918 – November 24, 1992) was the mayor of Nanaimo, British Columbia, serving for twenty-one years. He was known for his outgoing personality, his habit of attending civic events and dressing up like a pirate for the appearances, and playing a central role in initiating the bathtub races across Georgia Strait from Nanaimo to Vancouver. “Vancouver Island’s newest store for men of all ages is NYLA Fresh Thread. Fresh Classic and Casual Menswear. Thanks for your continued support!” - Leon Drzewiecki, Owner Principal, NYLA Fresh Thread Inc. FRESH CLASSIC AND CASUAL MENSWEAR
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Nanaimo Marine Festival - World Championship Bathtub Race 2015