After covering 45,000 km, on the 106th and final day of the Olympic Torch relay, the Olympic flame is crossing the waters of False Creek on its final journey to BC Place for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics! Come out and view the spectacle as it travels from Granville Island to Yaletown’s Quayside Marina. Suggested viewing points are Granville Island, the Granville Street Bridge, the sea wall either side of David Lam Park and the Cambie Street Bridge. Eager to absorb all the Olympic spirit of the first day? Come down to Granville Island and follow the torch as it makes its way through the streets before crossing the water.

Boat traffic (including canoes) will be extremely restricted during this time. Taking out your own boat to view the torch relay will likely result in being turned away and missing the view you can get from on-land viewpoints.

The approximate time of travel is 12:55-1:25 pm, Friday February 12th.

Check out LethalWeaponPhoto for more pictures taken of the olympic torch relay over False Creek.

For more details on the Torch Relay and other Olympic events visit www.vancouver2010.com

You've probably noticed a big change in the website design from the dark sleek theme to this much lighter optimistic watery look (which will probably be staying the same for a long time, since the website focus will be shifting towards getting more content and interaction on here). If you spot anything that you think is out of place or could be improved on, please kindly let me know by email.

So from gathering member feedback on the website and myself having some spare time during reading week, I've started implementing some of those ideas (i.e. mainly, the calendar with the whole RyeDBoat schedule on there, includes dry/pool/water training times and regatta dates as well). I've given access to the coaches and trainers for updating that calendar through Google Calendars. Coaches and trainers having questions about how to do this please contact me directly and I'll be glad to help. This calendar will only be viewable once you log in though for team privacy reasons. Another calendar with RDB events will be made public at a later time.

ALSO, HELP NEEDED! If anyone on the current team is interested selecting, editing, and uploading the dragonboat pictures that we got from last year, please let me know. We have literally thousands of pictures from last season alone that were taken and that needs to be sorted out! Your help will be greatly appreciated, and the deed would allow me to focus on adding more cool stuff that will be resourceful to you on the website. :D

That's all for now, folks! Paddles Up!

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