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OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 12, 2009 · 12 Only yourself to blame on the open ocean Continued from page 3 have to be satisfied you've done as much as you can because when you're out there and something happens and there's an oversight, you're the only one to blame." The crew did not have to wait long to find themselves in a rough situation, sailing into a brutal storm only three days after leaving New York. For five days, Gayford noted, the storm tossed the sailboat causing seasickness among majority of the crew. "Everyone got sick, except for Brendan for some reason," said Gayford. "You try and sleep, but the boat is moving fairly quickly and then waves slap the side of the boat and it wakes you up. Eventually you get so tired that you fall asleep, but you don't really sleep a lot. I think by the end of the voyage everyone was a bit sleep deprived." Gayford went on to note that after five days at sea the feeling of nausea that comes from the motion of the boat goes away. While bad weather could be exhausting to deal with, Gayford said, it was only present for a small percentage of the voyage with some days being so sunny and calm the crew could actually jump overboard and enjoy a swim. As the voyage continued the crew found that the vast expanses of ocean were far from empty, with one of their videos showing hundreds of dolphins jumping along side the boat at one point. Closer to land seals could be seen in the water while on another day the crew had an up close and personal encounter with a whale. "It followed the boat for around 45 minutes," said Hamilton. "Just playing around." The video the crew shot of the whale at first shows it breaching a considerable distance from the boat, however, as the video continues the it proceeds to close that distance until the whale finally breaches so close to the boat it appears the crew could almost reach out and touch it. This last breach provoked a loud gasp of amazement and fear from the audience watching the video. Gayford noted, the crew was prepared to gun the boat's engines in the event the whale got close enough to do any damage. While a playful whale and the occasional storm offered potential obstacles to the journey a slightly bigger problem that occurred near the end of the voyage was boredom with the crew running out of ways to pass the time. "We expected 50 days (at sea) and as the days dragged on to 69, the tedium started to build up a bit and we were running out of books to read," said Gayford. "Reading books was probably the favourite way to pass the time, apart from talking to each other and doing Finally page 14 The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE #2 Burlington / Oakville Interconnecting Watermain ­ Zone 1 Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study The Regional Municipality of Halton recently completed the 2008 South Halton Water and Wastewater required to service growth in the approved urban areas of Burlington, the Halton Hills 401 Corridor, Milton and Oakville to the year 2021, including a watermain that will supply water to the (refer to map). This watermain will interconnect Zone 1 in Burlington with Zone 1 in Oakville and therefore will require a crossing of Bronte Creek. As a part of the study, a Public Information Centre (PIC) was held on March 26, 2009 to present the alternative routes that were being evaluated for the proposed watermain. Through the study evaluation proposed. The preferred watermain route, associated impacts and proposed mitigation measures will be presented at a second PIC that is scheduled for: The map below shows the approximate limits of the study area. Date: Time: Location: Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Glenorchy/Dakota Rooms, Halton Regional Administration Building, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville You are encouraged to attend the PIC and provide your comments so that they may be included in the study. Representatives from Halton Region and its consultants will be present at the PIC to answer questions and discuss the next steps in the study. Comments received through the course of the information, all comments will become part of the public record. Regional Municipality of Halton 1151 Bronte Road Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Phone: 905-825-6000, Ext. 7601 Toll Free:1-866-442-5866 (1-866-4HALTON) Fax: 905-825-8822 Email: david.simpson@halton.ca R.V. Anderson Associates Limited 2001 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite #400 Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Z8 Phone: 416-497-8600 ext. 294 Fax: 416-497-0342 Email: kcollicott@rvanderson.com 120609