COLUMN: Silly Boat Regatta a great laugh for the whole family

If you haven’t ever experienced Nanaimo’s iconic Silly Boat Regatta before, you should make a note in your calendar for next year.
The park is typically full of people who gather for the annual regatta, which marked its 40th anniversary this year.
More than 20 years ago, my late and great managing editor Peter Godfrey convinced me to assemble a group of volunteers from the office and form a team.
I didn’t have much skill in boat building (or building pretty much anything else f