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17^th of September 2025 at 17:00 hours

H.M.C.S. Discovery Stanley Park – No Host Bar opens at 17:00 with dinner and speaker to follow.

Speaker: Robert G. Allan, P.Eng. FEC, FRINA, FSNAME

Subject: Naval Architecture:

Robert Allan Ltd. is Canada’s oldest privately owned consulting Naval Architectural firm, established in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1930. Their experience includes designs for vessels of almost all types, from small fishing boats to ocean-going ferries. The firm is best known for its work in the fields of tug and bargetransportation, ship-assist and escort tugs, fast patrol craft, fireboats and shallow-draft vessels. They provide professional marine consulting and design services to a worldwide client base.

Cost: $50.00 per person.

Please R.S.V.P. by the noon on 15^th of September 2025:

By voice or text to below:

Capt. Wade Bauck at 604 649 3463 wadebauck@yahoo.ca

Capt. Don Rose at 604312 4074 captdonrose@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you

BCIT Nautical Science Cadets, Tyus Barfoot and Bhupinder Singh Dhesi were both recipients of their 2025 Bursary Certificates from Captain Joachim Ruether (NPESC – secretary)

The NPESC is pleased to announce that under the direction of the Vancouver Transportation Foundation (VTF) they are administering the award of a Marine Transportaion scholarship to a succesful applicant from the BCIT Marine Trainning Campus. Full details regarding this award can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Sixteen students applied for this year’s Spring Bursaries.

Five Bursaries were awarded & the recipients are: –

Bryan Bowles – Camosun College (Captain Brian Silvester Award)

Tyus Barfoot – BCIT Nautical Science

Bhupinder Dhesi – BCIT Nautical Science

Ritika Sabharwal – BCIT Nautical Science

Jennifer Reyes – Western Maritime Institute

The latest edition of our newsletter is now available. CLICK HERE to read.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Sue Hanby Maritime Bursaries which are to provide financial assistance to those enrolled in marine related courses at schools within Canada and looking to make a career at sea.

More details can be found by CLICKING HERE.

The latest edition of Seatimes is now available to read. Click here.

Applications are now being accepted for our 2025 educational bursaries.

CLICK HERE for more details.

Captains Joachim Ruether (secretary) and Stan Bowles (chair) attended at the Western Maritime Institute in Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, BC to present Raven Rorick with his 2024 Fall Bursary Award. They also took the opportunity to speak to students there aboout the aims of the NPESC.