Canadian Yachting October 2020 - 34

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Canadian Power
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of the Board of Directors
Editor-in-Chief
Paul Rellinger

Art Director

Vanessa Schmidt
Graphic Designer
Nour Bawab

Paul M. Rellinger, Editor-in-chief, The Port Hole

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When COVID-19 crawled out of its dark
hole and took indiscriminate and malicious
aim at the global citizenry, it didn't foresee
a formidable foe in the form of Bert terHart.

out the blog at https://www.sailblogs.com/
member/seaburban/ It's a seafaring adventure worthy of Robert Louis Stevenson's full
treatment.

During the early days of the pandemic,
when no one could escape the pandemic's
Published 6 times per year: February,
deadly reach, and people of all nations
April, May, June, October, December, Copy
deadline is ten weeks prior to publication. scrambled to keep themselves and those
Editorial copy and correspondence should they care about safe, there was Bert - argube sent to theporthole@cps-ecp.ca
ably the most isolated human on the face of
the earth as he circumnavigated the globe
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at the helm of his beloved Seaburban. No
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matter how hard it tried, no matter how
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Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
and, frustrated, it just plain gave up.
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My admiration for Bert's feat is off the
charts. Never mind the physical demands
of his trek. The mental toughness required
to endure months of isolation is another
thing altogether.

Photographer
Don Butt, AP

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When Bert made landfall July 18 in Victoria,
BC, I for one would have applauded his
looking skyward and slowly extending a
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all of our lives in so many different ways.
Since November 2019, The Port Hole has
published excerpts from Bert terHart's Epic
Journey, a compelling blog - a diary really -
that chronicled the Gabriola Island Power
and Sail Squadron member's lonely voyage.
Sent via email to his wife Nani, each blog
entry came under the watchful eye of Bert's
good pal and fellow Gabriola Island squadron member Don Butt who pulled everything together as the blog administrator.
Via that concerted effort, we were gifted
with the opportunity to be right there with
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And then I think back to my youth when
my folks would take me to Toronto's Centre
Island. That short ferry trip was an ocean
crossing in a small boy's mind. That vivid
memory kept popping into my head as I
read Bert's blog entries.
Thank you Bert, and Nani and Don too, for
taking us along for the ride during a time
when a distraction from what has been a
less than memorable year for so many was,
and remains, sorely needed. You took us to
a place where COVID-19 was frustrated and
thwarted and, boy, that's a pretty good place
to be.
I hope, as always, that you enjoy this late
summer edition of The Port Hole. Your
contributions are encouraged and most
welcome. Email your articles and photos
to theporthole@cps-ecp.ca. J

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