This is a summary of the Boat Observations by the Ecoguardians for the year 2008. It has been transferred from the old logging system. Not all occurrances have been logged as the log was functional for only part of the year. GF
‘2008-07-13’, ‘Pleasure’, 3, ‘rowboats’, ‘Garry’, ’07:07:41′),
‘2008-07-21’, ‘Eco-Tour’, 4, ‘Seafaring Safari, twice came in close to docks and rocks to east’, ‘david’, ’16:46:15′),
‘2008-07-23’, ‘Eco-Tour’, 1, ”, ‘Garry’, ’01:45:44′),
‘2008-07-24’, ‘Pleasure’, 1, ‘2 people on board’, ‘Garry’, ’22:10:43′),
‘2008-07-24’, ‘Eco-Tour’, 15, ‘See notes of individuals and numbers in the human contact section’, ‘Garry’, ’22:12:59′),
‘2008-07-25’, ‘Eco-Tour’, 1, ”, ‘Garry’, ’13:51:59′),
‘2008-07-26’, ‘Diving’, 1, ‘One diving boat spotted ca. 15 meters off the dock. Three divers were in the water 10 meters off shore among the kelp.\r\n3 more divers were aboard the boat. Spotting occured ca, 15:30, but it is believed that the boat has been around Race Rocks for several hours.’, ‘Laurie’, ’15:58:51′),
‘2008-07-28’, ‘Eco-Tour’, 1, ‘whale watching boat, “Prince Whales” 10:50 am, hovering in th echannel very close to (ca. 15 meters) basking stellar sea lions’, ‘Laurie’, ’10:58:15′),
‘2008-07-28’, ‘Pleasure’, 13, ‘all vessels were whale watching boats spotted close to sea lions in channel or close to dock between ca. 12 noon and 2 pm\r\n\r\nthe following boats were called:\r\n- Sooke Coastal Expeditions (3 separate occassions!!)\r\n- Whale Watching …Safari\r\n-Five Star Whale Watching\r\n-Eagle Wing Tours.com (twice)\r\n-Great Pacific Adventures\r\n-Prince Whales , Whale Watching (twice)\r\n-Orca…\r\n-Springtide 384-4444\r\n-unnamed red vessel with clients in red water gear ‘, ‘Laurie’, ’15:46:04′),
‘2008-10-20’, ‘Eco-Tour’, 3, ‘Prince of Whales – travelled east between Great Rock and middle rock, passing 30” off the jetty.\r\nPrince of Whales- passed around the front of the island and continued onto the back approaching with 15 feet of the docks. ‘, ‘lbpc’, ’15:55:51′),
‘2008-10-20’, ‘Fishing’, 1, ’30 feet away from back of island, passing slowly.’, ‘lbpc’, ’14:48:13′),
‘2008-10-21’, ‘Pleasure’, 2, ‘1 pleasure boat passed east between Great Race rock and middle rock at high speed.’, ‘lbpc’, ’15:00:10′),
(568, ‘2008-10-21’, ‘Eco-Tour’, 9, ‘1 whale-watching boat drifted around north rock at close distance. Another passed within 20 feet of Great Rock on the north side.’, ‘lbpc’, ’16:10:45′),
‘2008-10-21’, ‘Fishing’, 1, ”, ‘lbpc’, ’16:06:51′),
2008-10-24′, ‘Eco-Tour’, 3, ”, ‘lbpc’, ’15:37:57′),
‘2008-11-15’, ‘Pleasure’, 0, ”, ‘laurie’, ’08:39:07′),