2003 Photos - Spring Work Parties

Each spring we have a series of work parties to clean up our clubhouse, set up our ski courses and jump, and various other tasks required to get our site in shape for the season. This year we had a number of structural repairs as well.

Photos by Ian Harder.

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	April 5 A group of members checks the front deck during replacement of the rotting main beams.		April 5 More work on the deck beams.
	April 5 Paul Kallio takes a well-deserved break.		April 13 The slalom course gets partially assembled and painted prior to installation.
	April 13 Ric Corewyn does his best impression of a drowned rat.		April 13 Phaedra Harder, guest Chris Maslak, and Louise Harder rest after a day of cabin cleanup and repair.
	April 13 The work party group takes time at the end of the day to dry out and have a beer.		April 18 Rob Elliott strings a tieback line to dry antifoul paint before attaching it to the new slalom course.
	April 18 Chris Paterson spools a painted tieback line.		April 18 The crew works at prepping the course components.
	April 18 Rich Durham claims he was working at the time...		April 18 Johnny and Brian bring the barge around to install buoy arms on the course.
	April 18 Don, Chris, and Johnny attach the tieback line to a buoy arm.		April 18 You're right Johnny. It IS big!
	April 27 It's not just adults that are welcome at work parties. Junior members can contribute a lot. Clarissa Long scrapes paint from our railings.		April 27 Jessica Long on algae patrol, spraying decks and docks with bleach.
	April 27 Melissa Long scraping paint.		April 27 Phaedra Harder burns old timbers and other junk.
	April 27 Paul Wilson and Stacey Malysh constructing our new beds/storage lockers.		April 27 Stacey gives a big smile and a wave between all the heavy labour.
	April 27 Ian Harder powerwashes the gangway.		April 27 Phaedra Harder does the final touches replacing the gangway tread.
	April 27 Ric Corewyn takes a lunch break after installing tread on the gangway.		May 3 The jump driving course is painted and ready for installation.
	May 3 Doug Petraschuck, Ric Corewyn, and Mike Mavius prepare to launch the jump driving course from the main float.		May 17 A crew work to replace our dock anchor lines during a low tide.
	May 17 Our front lower deck was beginning to rot. Here a crew begins lowering the gangway from the dismantled deck to allow us to replace some beams.		May 17 Crews work on both the front deck and dock lines (in the background) while the tide is low.
	May 17 After beam replacement the gangway is raised and reattached.		May 18 Ian Macdonald works on deck framing.
	May 18 Matt and Joel Larsen lend a hand.		May 18 Ian Harder and Kevin Pickard spend the day repairing concrete footings.
	May 18 Paul and Stacey continue their work on our beds / storage lockers.		May 18 Sandy Cohen cleans gutters.
	May 18 Terry sands our handrails in preparation for painting.