Phase I of new Marine Rescue Station - the float March-April 2008

Flotation has been carried down the ramp.  Now for the 1x6's	Using DBYC's Zodiac to tow floats provided by Lawrence (marina owner)	Lorne catching and stacking the 1x6's, being careful not to stand under the crane load.
Float modules constructed on back porch of DBYC Clubhouse	George standing out of the rain, giving orders.	Careful alignment of beams will make sure the float is the right shape when finished
Gord used to work on the railroad, so he gets to pound the bolts into pre-drilled holes.
	Assembly of multiple modules into final float frame	2x6 decking in place, float awaits the next phase (next year).

Phase II of new Marine Rescue Station - storage areas for CCGA Unit59 and DBYC 

Friday, 20^th March - Tuesday, 24^th March 2009

Friday March 20: towed float to crane, off-loaded materials. Monday, 23rd: floor joists in place, styrofoam insulation inserted.  This is Tuesday morning.
		Adding water barrels to level float.  Walkway added on east side to accomodate Mapleguard (rather than park it in front of west view). Walkway also facilitates construction of east wall.
Henri's dog, Tasha	Tito and Magnus joined the work force	First wall up.  Wib Auchterlonie supervising
More walls. Note timber over space to accomodate kitchen opening into main room when new addition added.		Tuesday eve, 4 walls up

Wednesday, 25th March 2009

	Good-sized crew Wednesday	2 "Ranch board" panels up
Tom kindly allows us to use his boat to disassemble old roof	Mapleguard used to transport trusses	Tom and Rick N. handing down panels to Tom's friend Larry. Derek Ward also catching panels.
Derek on Tom's boat, Larry on porch	More wall panels up	We will see if unsupported paper lasts the night ...

Thursday, 26th March 2009

Rick and Tom, having salvaged the metal roofing are now disassembling the trusses.	Tom kindly allowed us to use his boat to access the roof.	Roz helping place 2x4's coming down off the roof.
Strapping down, the trusses come next.	Several wall panels up ("Ranch Board").	Another view

Friday, 27th, Saturday 28th March - New trusses up on building (no pictures).  Building wrapped in George Williamson's tarp, awaiting predicted wind storm.

Monday 30th March

Tarp suffered considerably in wind storm.  Gord Forster could hear it from his home about a kilometre away.	After the storm, truss-ends have poked holes in the tarp.
Strapping on one half of roof. Re-wrapped, ready for second windy night.	What are the chances that hole will not enlarge?

April 2009

Deep Bay Yacht Club moved their old sign onto the new storage building.  The old Clubhouse is now property of Union Bay Dive Shop.

Phase III

The New Marine Search and Rescue Centre

 View of the main entrance 

 Lumber and water-filled barrels are stored strategically to keep float level.  Note headers for large windows.

 Working on float which will become new dock, replacing the old 6 ft. wide one. Pictured L-> R: Rick N., Gord F. and George W.

A lot of joking going on.  But the work gets done tout de suite.

 "OK. Now what will we do? Think. Think ..."

 The dock behind Mapleguard will be replaced by the 12 ft wide one, now being used as a working/storage area (out of sight on the far side of the storage building beside Mapleguard (see next picture).

 The working dock is now in the foreground.  This is the view from the Spit (the "North" view).

Most of the roof is on.  Now comes the tricky part - mating the two roofs, which involves cutting away the storage area roof and building a new complex structure that will not leak!

The main float is loaded on the inside and will be leveled later - hence the list apparent here.

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