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The basics are: the Oshawa Power & Sail Squadron was formed in 1961; we currently have around 400 members.

The Oshawa Squadron is a member of Quinte District; other Squadrons in the district are

Rendezvous, the annual meeting of Quinte Squadron, is also the venue for some fierce competitions, as squadron members show their excellent navigational abilities.

IN 2002, the Oshawa Squadron successfully defended the Richardson and McNea trophies. Fighting off 3 strong competitors, the Oshawa team of Richard Button, Suzanne Askin, and Keith Welsh skippering his 33' Sea Ray, Bonnie G II, have seen to it that the trophies stay in Oshawa for another year.

All competitors had to contend with 60 Km/hr winds blowing most of the day on Lake Chemong, making the both the cruise and predicted log competitions especially challenging.

The first competition for the Richardson trophy was a cruise very much the same as one from the boating course; taking bearings on landmarks, working with 60DST and estimating position. The high winds played havoc with the markers that were placed out in the lake, knocking some over or churning up waves that obscured the markers.

Challenging the Oshawa boat was Phil Keegan and a crew from the Peterborough Squadron. Phil was at the helm of Cat's Paw, his 29' Carver, and his crew of Mel Little, Bob Lockie and Mike Pulcine worked together on spotting the marks and landmarks and doing the math in the choppy conditions.

The second competition was the predicted log competition for the McNea trophy. The competitors had to predict the time to complete each leg of a short multi leg cruise at a set speed. Easy enough using 60DST, but made more challenging by having to factor in the 60 km/hr wind. The Oshawa crew won the competition for the fourth consecutive year.

The challengers were a crew of novices from the Peterborough Squadron who scored a very close 1/100 of a point behind Oshawa. They didn't sail away empty handed though as they won the Roy Edwards trophy which is awarded to crews competing for their first time. Karen Morgan was the skipper of her 29' Thundercraft, Infinity, and had Carol Cook, Lena Lawrence, Marie Millard and Karen Walker as crew. They were very happy with their efforts and their trophy. The success of the novice crew is encouraging, showing that you don't need many years of experience to give the "seasoned" competitors as close contest, or even win.

A special mention goes out to the members of the United States Power Squadron who came out to compete. Will Kirnie, immediate P/D/C of USPS District 6, and Peter Burke, P/D/C of USPS District 6, attended Rendezvous for the first time last year. They returned this year with their spouses and additional crew. Attending for their first time were Chris Tertinek, P/D/C USPS District 6 and his wife Marti. Even though they were not able to officially compete, the USPS crew tried both competitions and took back ideas for cruises and competitions for their own Rendezvous. Will extends an enthusiastic invitation to all members of the Quinte District to attend the District 6 Rendezvous to be held in Tonawanda/Buffalo area later this summer.

Jim Doyle, Commander of the Bay of Quinte Squadron extends an invitation to all members of the Quinte District to come to Belleville next year. Rendezvous and Quinte District Annual General Meeting will be held in Belleville May 30, 31 and June 01 2003. The Bridge of the Oshawa Squadron encourages all members, whether you are a life member or just a recent graduate of the Boating Course, to come out next year and defend those trophies.