The Deck Log Newsletter of the Company of Master Mariners

of Canada NL Division

January – March 2015

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January 1, 2015

In Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador was

the first province to bring in the New Year.

Happy New Year to you all

Pictures of New Year fireworks in St. John’s

are curtsey of Mr. Mark Stares. Mr. Stares

is a St. John’s lawyer who loves

photography. We sincerely thank him for

providing us these pictures.

January 5, 2015

The Company of Master Mariners of Canada

NL Division will be holding the 4th

Annual

Nautical Skills Competition (NSC) on

Saturday January 24, 2015. Ms Maria

Halfyard who is an Associate Member of the

NL Division is the Volunteer Organizer of

the Competition since it started in 2012.

A meeting was held this evening to fine tune

the competition with the Lead members of

the Navigation, Seamanship, Cargo Work,

Ship Handling and Dynamic Positioning in

attendance.

L-R: Maria Halfyard, A. Patterson, G.

Fiander, C. Hearn and J. Parsons

January 6, 2015

The Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers,

NL Branch held their Old Christmas Dinner

at the Crow’s Nest Officers Club. The

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Company of Master Mariners were also

invited to the dinner. It was a great social

and a lovely dinner.

Mr. Bill Conway welcoming all attendees

Capt. Patterson thanking on behalf of CMMC NL DIV

January 23, 2015

The Nautical Skills Competition teams

gathered at the Marine Institute for final

briefing. A quick supper was provided from

6pm to 7pm after which the students were

introduced to the five events. The students

were provided guided introduction to all five

events from 7pm to 9pm.

Here are some pictures from that:

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Capt. Chris Hearn with some Judges

Dynamic Positioning (DP)

Full Motion Bridge

Cargo Work

Navigation

Seamanship

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January 24, 2015

The Company of Master Mariners of Canada

NL Division with full cooperation of the

Marine Institute of Memorial University,

opened the day long Nautical Skills

Competition (NSC).

Eight teams randomly selected from 45 or so

students of the Nautical Science programme

took part. In addition to the nautical science

students seven high school students were

also involved. These high school students

are the final year students who are interest in

pursuing a marine career. This is the 4th

Annual NSC and, this is the first time high

school students came to observe and join

other students in this most interesting NSC.

Please go to this web link to see the NSC

Newsletter.

http://www.mastermariners.ca/newfoundl

and/2015comp/2015NSCnews.pdf

Students registering for the Competition

January 27, 2015

The Annual General Meeting of the

Company of Master Mariners of Canada NL

Division took place this evening at the

historic Crow’s Nest Officers Club.

The minutes of 2014 AGM were accepted

without any problems. During 2014 the

Division gained two new full members and

had a former member rejoin the Division

again. The Division also gained one

associate member and three new cadet

members. The Division now has 43 full

members, 6 associate member and 14 cadet

members bringing the total membership to

sixty three (63).

The Master, Captain Chris Hearn delivered

his Divisional Master’s Report. Following

this the Treasurer also presented his report.

The Secretary reported receiving

tremendous support from members for the

current Council. Nobody presented any new

nominations for any of the six positions. As

a result the current Council was reelected by

acclamation.

The Council members are as follows:

Captain Chris Hearn (Divisional Master),

Captain Anthony Patterson (Deputy

Divisional Master), Captain Andrew

McNeill (Treasurer), Captain Jim

Parsons (Special Events), Captain

Matthew Wheaton (Membership) and

Captain A. Zaki (Secretary).

National Council members of the Division

are: Captain Chris Hearn, Captain Anthony

Patterson, Captain Andrew McNeill, Captain

Jim Parsons and Captain John Ennis.

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Captain Chris Hearn said once again we

have had an extremely successful Nautical

Skills Competition. Due to some bad winter

weather many of the members could not

attend the meeting. Here is a picture of

those who attended.

Seated, L-R: Capt. Andrew McNeill, Capt.

Chris Hearn, Capt. Anthony Patterson, Capt.

Klaus Hye-Knudsen

Standing, L-R: Capt. Ed Anthony, Capt.

Scott Rideout, Capt. Paul Kean, Capt. Glenn

Fiander, Capt. Chris Whelan, Capt. Scott

Anderson Noel and Capt. Zaki

February 24, 2015

The Division held the monthly meeting at

the Crow’s Nest. The guest speaker was Mr.

Jeff Loder, NL Government, Lead

Negotiator of CETA, Director of Trade

Policy. He also brought with him Mr. Mark

Janes, Deputy Lead Trade Negotiator,

Manager of Trade Negotiations and Mr.

Adam Victors, Deputy Lead Negotiator,

Trade Policy Analyst. It was a very

informative presentation. The members had

several questions and Mr. Loder was able to

give acceptable answers to them. One of the

main point was that CETA is similar to

NAFTA and there will not be any negative

consequences for this province. Mr. Loder’s

presentation will be uploaded to our website

as soon as we get that from him.

L-R: Mr. Jeff Loder, Capt. Chris Hearn, Mr.

Mark Janes and Mr. Adam Victors

This picture was taken at the meeting.

Captain Chris Hearn is at the left end of the

long table

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Another picture taken at the meeting

February 27, 2015

A meeting of the Company of Master

Mariners of Canada NL Division Council

took place at the Centre for Marine

Simulation at the Marine Institute. This was

a special meeting to discuss the upcoming

National Annual General Meeting (AGM) of

the Company of Master Mariners of Canada

(CMMC) in St. John’s NL.

A request will be sent to find out how many

may be attending the AGM. It was agreed

the Murray Premises (hotel) by the harbour

may be the ideal place if we can get that.

This will allow complete access to

downtown St. John’s for anything the guests

may prefer.

March 16, 2015

A great Newfoundland and Labradorean,

Mr. Mel Woodward passed away at age 81.

Mr. Woodward passed away early this

morning at his home.

© Telegram file photo

The following appeared in The Telegram,

St. John’s NL

“Woodward, born on Aug. 23 1933, moved

to Happy Valley-Goose Bay in 1957 from

Boat Harbour. He went on to create

Woodward Group of Companies, becoming

one of the most successful businessmen in

the history of Labrador.

Following is the statement from the

Woodward family:

It is with tremendous sadness that we

announce the death of Melvin Woodward,

who passed peacefully away this morning at

his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. He

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leaves to mourn his wife and lifetime partner

Sibyl; his children: Peter (Nicole Powell),

Tana (Mike Whitehead), Melvin Jr.; and five

grandchildren: Erin, Gillian, Mac, Luke and

Andrew.

Dad was born in North Boat Harbour,

Newfoundland and moved to Goose Bay,

Labrador in 1957 to work. Followed by his

bride-to-be, Sybyl Coles, they married at the

RCAF Chapel in Goose Bay on

Remembrance Day of that year.

He was proud of his business

accomplishments. He began working for

himself in the 1960s, and 55 years later has

built the Woodward Group of Companies

with sales of $750 million and over 800

employees, a testament of his outstanding

contributions to business growth and the

economy of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The companies he has created include

Woodward’s Oil Limited, Woodward’s

Limited, Coastal Shipping Limited,

Woodward Motors Limited, Labrador

Motors Limited, Labrador Marine Services

and Arctic Fuel Delivery. He was

particularly proud of his ability to

reestablish Newfoundland and Labrador’s

role in the Arctic, and he won all contracts

through competitive tendering with the

Nunavut Government to provide fuel

distribution in the territory.

In addition to business, our father had a

distinguished career in public and

community service in our province. Twice

elected as a member of the House of

Assembly, he served as minister of Labrador

Affairs; director for the Bank of Canada;

founding member and president of the

Labrador North Chamber of Commerce;

president of the Liberal Association;

chairman of the Federal Enterprise

Development Board for Industry, Trade and

Commerce; member of the Memorial

University board of regents; and chairman

of the St. John’s Port Corporation. Other

significant honours included an Honorary

Doctor of Laws degree from Memorial

University, the Ernst Young Entrepreneur of

the Year Award, and being named to the

Newfoundland and Labrador Business Hall

of Fame.

Our father never forgot his roots. He loved

Boat Harbour and continued to share his

love for his hometown and for Labrador.

Like few others of his generation he saw the

north as a land of opportunity, and while

others went south to settle and invest, he

made the north his home. A man of integrity

and hard work, he was loyal to those around

him.

Today we celebrate our father’s

accomplishments and mourn the loss of a

husband, father, grandfather and a true son

of Newfoundland and Labrador.

His wake will take place at Fillatre’s

Funeral Home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay

and funeral service will be held at St.

Andrew’s Anglican Church in Happy

Valley-Goose Bay, with interment in Boat

Harbour.”

Woodward Group is a tremendous supporter

of the CMMC NL Division’s Nautical Skills

Competition (NSC). We are very thankful

and grateful for their continued support for

this great and highly educational

competition.

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March 17, 2015

Cabot Strait Ice Condition

Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St.

Laurent breaking a path for a passenger

ferry stuck in heavy ice, Mar. 17, 2015.

Twitter / Fisheries and Oceans Canada,

Newfoundland and Labrador

Marine Atlantic ferry delays hoped to

ease as winds break up ice.

Some of ice floes in Cabot Strait 10

kilometres long, says acting

superintendent of ice operations.

CBC News Posted: Mar 10, 2015 6:38 AM

Updated: Mar 10, 2015 9:21 AM AT

Rebecca Acton-Bond says ice conditions are

worse than last year and last year's ice

conditions were the worst in 30 years

(CBC).

There could be some relief this week for

people enduring slow ferry crossings

between North Sydney, N.S., and

Newfoundland.

Marine Atlantic says its crossings are taking

two to three hours longer because of the

heavy ice in the Cabot Strait.

Rebecca Acton-Bond, acting superintendent

of ice operations in the region, says

southeasterly winds on Wednesday,

followed by westerlies, should help to flush

away some of the ice.

"It's going to continue to flush out of the

Cabot [Strait]. Now with the westerly

component, it may drift over towards Port

aux Basques more, but yes it's going to

continue to flush out of the Cabot. So once

that ice moves out of the Gulf through the

Cabot, then it's not going to be so much of a

problem," she said.

Conditions across Newfoundland's Strait of

Belle Isle have caused days-long delays for

the provincial ferry Apollo.

March 31, 2015

The regular monthly meeting of the CMMC

NL Division took place at the Crow’s Nest.

This meeting was a very important one as

the Division hoped to form a committee to

find out what should be the best way to

handle any surplus money from the Nautical

Skills Competition (NSC).

The Division has a speaker for April 28,

2015 meeting. She is Ms Jennifer Smith who

is doing some marine research.