Hi there mariners! Anyone have any recollections of my late father, Richard Walgate, who became Commodore of CPS in the 1960s? As a boy I sailed with him a couple of times on the Beavers and the Empresses. Much preferred the Beavers with the wild sea, no passengers and a small crew. We once passed by a hurricane, on enormous swell - the wave tops were visible above the mast from the bridge. The Beaver (-glen or -fir or -ash, I don’t remember) rode over the top of the waves like a seesaw, crashing into the troughs with a gigantic splash, visibly bending up the bow so the ship shivered lengthways a few times after each wave, ringing like a giant bell. Hanging onto the rail over the stern I heard the props thrashing out of the water as we rode over the tops. Stayed there for a hour, enjoying the sea. Surprising I wasn’t lost overboard - it was only a single rail - but an adventure. I did a bit of apprentice navigating with stars, sextant (I still have that sextant), chronometer and charts, which was risky but we still got to Montreal! Dad said “his” star was Altair. Seeing the first lighthouses of Newfoundland, and their local accents on the radio, after five days at sea, was a thrill. Best wishes to you all. Robert Walgate