The South Delta Probus Club meeting this month will focus on marine pilotage.
The guest speaker will be Brian Young, director of marine operations with the Pacific Pilotage Authority. He has also worked as a marine accident investigator for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, chief nautical instructor at BCIT's marine campus
and was a nautical officer at Mobil Shipping and Transportation.
Young's talk will explain how the pilotage authority works, where pilots board and leave freighters, which vessels use pilots, and how responsibility for the ship is managed while moving through, and docking in, closed waters.
The meeting, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn, is free and open to all Delta residents.
Probus is a worldwide association of active retirees. South Delta Probus offers members the opportunity to learn from speakers on key issues. The association is non-political and non-fundraising, and allows members to enjoy fellowship and activities.
