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The Nautical Skills Competition of The Company of

Master Mariners of Canada NL Division

January 2014 The Nautical Skills Competition of the CMMC NL Division 1

The Company of Master Mariners of Canada NL Division would like to send all of the

above groups a heartfelt THANK YOU for Sponsoring this great Annual Competition. It is

people like you who make this One of a Kind Competition such a great success. Once again

Thank You All.




January 25, 2014 The third annual Nautical Skills Competition

(NSC) took place today at the Marine

Institute of Memorial University. This

Competition is an annual project of the

Company of Master Mariners of Canada NL

Division with great support from the Marine

Institute. The Marine Institute provided

their facilities for the Events.

The Competition have the following Events:

1- Seamanship

2- Cargo Work

3- Navigation

4- Ship Handling

5- Dynamic Positioning

The Competition is always open for the first,

second and third year Nautical Science

students. These students, we believe are

the future of our marine industry. This

Competition is extremely valuable and

definitely very educational.

Captain Jim Thorpe

The First Place Award is the Captain Jim

Thorpe Plaque together with $1000.00 for

each of the winning team members.

Captain Jim Thorpe

“Captain Jim Thorpe was born in Bridgeport,

Connecticut. He passed away in January 2009

here in St. John’s. At our first Nautical Skills

Competition in 2012 his wife Dawna Vivian and

his son Lydon Thorpe presented the 1st Place

Award.

Jim was a native of Stratford, Connecticut, and

a member of a sailing family, all of whom were

active in the Housatonic Boat Club. He

attended Maine Maritime Academy in Castine,

Maine, where he was involved with sailing and

club activities.

Jim sailed the world with American Export

Isbrandtsen Lines as Deck Officer and

Navigation Officer, obtaining a USCG license

of Master, any gross tons. He managed

Bannister’s Wharf and Newport Yachting

Center in Newport, Rhode Island. Vessels he

operated included the barquentine Gazela

Primero, the New York Yacht Club committee

boat Black Knight, and the Hinckley-built yawl

Nirvana. Jim retired to Newfoundland with

his family, where he collaborated with the

Company of Master Mariners of Canada

among other projects. Jim was a mariner of

the old school, a community builder, and a

loving family man with an active circle of

friends.”




First of all we would like to convey our

heartfelt thanks to one of our Associate

Members, Ms Maria Halfyard for taking

charge of the Competition for the 3rd

year.

She has contributed tremendously to make

sure that this Competition is absolutely

successful.

Ms Maria Halfyard with some of the members of the

Division

Pictures from the Competition

Navigation

Navigation

Seamanship




Seamanship

Cargo Work

Cargo Work

Ship Handling

Ship Handling

Dynamic Positioning




Dynamic Positioning

Invited Guests

There were 3 Guidance Councillors as

observers from 3 different schools from St.

John’s. This was done with the hope that

they can take back some of the positive

things from the Competition. It is hoped that

students from the schools final grade may be

able to take part in the Competition

sometime in the future.

Left to right in the picture on the right are;

Mr. Clarence Button of O’Donel High

School; Ms Lindsey Flynn of Fatima

Academy; Mr. Kevin Martin of St. Kevin’s

High School and Ms Jennifer Howell,

Enrolment Management Coordinator at the

Marine Institute.

The Guidance Councillors expressed great

satisfaction with the Competition. They

were of the opinion that at least one student

from each school may be imbedded with the

Nautical Science students as a first

experiment to observe their reaction.

The one day Competition ended about 1700

hrs. and the final tallying and scoring were

completed about 1800 hrs.

The Banquet and reception started about

1830 hrs. In the next pages we have

pictures from the banquet and the Teams

who won various prizes in numerous

catagories.




The Banquet




L-R: Mr. Glenn Blackwood (Head of the

Marine Institute), Hon Jack Harris (MP St.

John’s East) and Captain Chris Hearn

(Divisional Master, CMMC NL Division)

Hon. Jack Harris is very much interested in

this Nautical Skills Competition. This is his

second visit, having visited in 2013.

THE AWARD WINNERS

Team: MOSTLY FIRST

(Honorable Mention)

L-R: Geoffrey Oliver, Zachary Bill, Joshua

Chaffey and Captain Chris Hearn

Team: BRAVO (Safety)

L-R: Capt. Chris Hearn, Ryan Young, Ian

Walker, Andy Tulk, Curtis Buckmaster and

Captain Tony Patterson (Deputy Divisional

Master of CMMC NL Division)

(Missing from photo – Hardy Winsor)




Team: BRAVO (Spirit)

L-R: Capt. Chris Hearn, Ian Walker, Curtis

Buckmaster, Andy Tulk and Ryan Young

(Missing from photo – Hardy Winsor)

Team: STERN THRUSTERS

(Professionalism)

L-R: Capt. Chris Hearn, Thomas Anstey, Jay

Burge, Nicholas Dawe, Jonathon Stone, Ben

Elliott and Branden O’Brien

Team: TWIN SCREWERS

(Achievement) L-R: Capt. Chris Hearn, Nicholas Gervais,

William Canning, Collette Sullivan, Nathan

Finlay and Arpan Ray

Team: EIGHT (8)

(Communication & Leadership) L-R: Bob Hubble (Wrightway, UK), Tyler

Stapleton, Gairet Sullivan, Craig Saunders,

Adam Sparkes, Irving Powell and Capt. Chris

Hearn (Missing from photo – Emily Vokey)




Team: NAUTI-MARINERS

(Third Prize Winners)

L-R: Mr. Glenn Blackwood (MI), Blair

Dawe, Joachim Fagan, Chris West, Jessica

Robere, Andrew Redmond and Capt. Hearn

Team: SHEEPSHANK REDEMPTION

(Second Prize Winners - $250.00 each)

L-R: Capt. Hearn, Owen Morris, Devin Van

Slooten, Robert Bruce, Benjamin Cooke,

Tanner McAlpine, Tyler J. Coady and Mr.

Glenn Blackwood (MI)

Team: 47

th LATITUDE ATTITUDE

(First Prize Winners – Captain Jim

Thorpe Plaque and $1000.00 each)

L-R Standing: Capt. Chris Hearn, Dawna

Vivian (Mrs. Captain Jim Thorpe), Lydon

Thorpe, Andrew Riggs, Chantelle Clarke,

Keith Dalley and Mr. Glenn Blackwood

(MI); L-R Front row: Chris Reglar, Chris

Blackwood and Laurier Boudreau

We take this opportunity to thank all the

volunteers and the judges. Once again

this proved to be a very successful

Competition.

Now we look forward to the 2015 Nautical

Skills Competition

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