Officers

DAVID MOTION

President
(h): 604 535-4698
dmotion@telus.net

RUSS COPELAND

Vice President
(h): 604 946-7294
(c): 604 312-6207
russc@dccnet.com

Doug Shaw
Executive Secretary
604-433-2327
shwmstr@shaw.ca

Bob Murray
Treasurer
(604) 669-3045
rob3045@telus.net

James C. Conwell
jconwell@telus.net

Ted Fitz-Clarke
tedfc@telus.net

David Bradford
alderbay@shaw.ca

Garnet
mastersteamtug@gmail.com
Web Page Master

Nelson Winterburn
I signed on aboard the SS Master as a wet-behind-the-ear 15 year old who loved the sea on July 3, 1956. By the time I signed off on September 3, 1957,
I had grown up quite a bit. My job was engine room oiler and I worked the same watch as the Chief Engineer, which was 6-12 both in the forenoon and the afternoon. The year 1956 was long before SIN numbers and tight regulations. I simply falsified my age by one year and was never questioned.
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John James
My employment as deckhand on the Master, was my first full time job after leaving school in 1938. I had been living with my parents at Bloedel (Menzies Bay) doing odd jobs while looking for full time employment, but had never considered going to sea until one dark, stormy night in January.
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