about the Rendezvous lodge, Vancouver Island,British Columbia,West coast,Canada in Barkley Sound

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Kathy and Peter: Peter Mieras PADI Master instructor, DSAT Gas blender instructor, EFR instructor and Kathy Johnson, PADI OWSI & Specialty instructor, EFR instructor	Winter view of Rendezvous Dive Adventures
*Kathy Johnson* is a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. Originating from Alberta she has a great experience dealing with people because of her work with Médecins Sans Frontières Her original back- ground as laboratory technician gives us a very good medical background. Kathy speaks English and gets better and better in French!
Peter Mieras, born in Holland, has been diving since 1989 and has seen many different seas and circumstances. After having worked 4 years as Divemaster he became an instructor in 1999. He founded a successful diving school in France and he is now a PADI Master instructor. He also followed a course to be come an IAHD instructor, in order to teach the less able and is a DSAT blender instructor. His underwater pictures and written articles have been published in various magazines and websites. Peter speaks English, Dutch, German and French. In addition Peter also work occasionally as an expert witness in court for recreational diving and is the current president of the Dive Industry Association of BC.	*The Rendezvous..... the lodge:* The Rendezvous lodge was established in 1973 when Dave Christie bought this unique piece of land. He blasted the site where the lodge stands with dynamite and built the A frame from the yellow cedars that stood on the property. De name Rendezvous comes from the old wooden mission ship that Dave bought and ran trip with during weekends. Nowadays we run a 36' (12 meter) fiberglass ship for our diving trips in the area. Staying with us is a complete dive and nature experience. We often see whales, bears and eagles and we give our guest time to make photos of this great wildlife.
	Our Facilities	MV Rendezvous I
	The lodge has 5 double occupancy bedrooms and 2 common bath rooms for our guests. For dive shops and instructors we have a class room that they can use for courses. Other amenities include a hot tub, kayaks, a charging bank, a limited repair facility, and some rental dive gear.	The Rendezvous I is a 36ft (12mtr.) canoe cove boat with twin 260 HP engines. Especially adapted for diving, this boat will be your base for your underwater adventures. It has a fully closed and heated galley and an aluminum covered stern. With a special ladder for easy exit from the water and a swim platform that facilitates easy entry, this boat has all it takes.
Our credentials: *December 10, 1999:* Kathy Johnson receives Laureate Nobel Price for peace, for her many years as a lab tecnician with Doctors Without Borders *June 16, 2001:* Certificate of appreciation for Kathy Johnson and Peter Mieras for their involvement in a beach clean up in Cannes, France *May 21, 2002:* a letter from Decathlon, a European retail chain in sportswear stating the appreciation of the training received by Subvision for their sales force in the South of France. *June 4, 2002:* PADI Certificate of recognition for excellence for Peter Mieras for restoring confidence in a diver who was witness of a diving accident. *June 30, 2002:* PADI Certificate of recognition for excellence for Peter Mieras for his work with Decathlon *November 13, 2002:* a letter from the French company CRITT stating that due to an idea by Peter Mieras a nation wide software system could be developed and was presented to Jacques Chirac, president of the French Republic. November 16, 2002: Certificate of recognition for excellence given by IT-College for the quality of teaching of instructor development courses during October and November 2002 *August 7, 2003:* PADI Certificate of recognition for excellence for Peter Mieras on behalf of the whole class because of his teaching the instructor development course. *December 14th 2005:* Nomination for the 2005 excellence award for best business < 25 employees. *December 14th 2005:* Winner of the 2005 excellence award for best customer service.	What and when we teach	MV Cookiestar
	We can teach all of the standard PADI courses and most of the specialties. See our courses for a complete overview. We also teach Emergency First Response with oxygen and AEDs. In addition to this we can teach Nitrox and Trimix blending using the DSAT curriculum. A small number of PADI approved specialties such as Diving and Guiding disabled divers, Marine life injury first aid, Underwater archaeology can be taught to both divers as well as instructors. We either teach for a dive shop or a small amount of courses on an individual bases.	Our newest addition to out "fleet" is the MV Cookiestar a 24 foot Fibreform. It is used for small diver groups ( up to 3 divers) and has a heated galley.
	Views	Non- diving activities
	Our classroom One of our famous sun sets	*Kayaking:* The Rendezvous has 7 kayaks at the disposal of it's guests. Our little fleet consists of 2 double and 5 single person kayaks. They all have PFDs (Personal Floatation Devices). Close to the Rendezvous there are some very nice spots to discover and many of the guests who have stayed here have made some of the best nature and animal observations kayaking through the maze of islands. *Fishing:* The Rendezvous has a strict no taking policy as far as underwater life and objects is concerned. However for the guests that do want to fish we can arrange trips with the local fishing charters. In this manner, it is a very controlled way of taking fish. Rates and availability on request.
		Other services
		We offer commercial diving services such as floatation installation under docks and wharfs, underwater surveys etc. call us for rates and availabilities.