The Annual General Meeting was held at the R.A. Centre on 22nd April. The following officers were elected for 1980/1981:
| Commander | Kenneth Findlay, AP |
| Lieut. Commander and Executive Officer |
James Craig, JN |
| First Lieut. and Secretary | Marion Roberts, AP |
| First Lieut. and Treasurer | William J. Newlands, JN |
| First Lieutenant | Alexander Lawson, S |
| First Lieutenant | Jack Noonan, AP |
| First Lieutenant | Rinaldo Pappone, S |
| First Lieutenant | Bruce Pettitt, AP |
| Auditor | Howard Holliday, S |
Frederic Kirk, S, was reappointed Lieut. Commander and Training Officer for 1980/81 and 1st Lt. Bruce Pettitt, AP, was appointed Assistant Training Officer.
At the AGM the Training Officer reported another very successful year. Of the students who wrote the examination 80 percent passed the Boating Course, 100 percent Seamanship Sail, 78 percent Advanced Piloting and 50 percent Weather. Eleven Britannia Squadron members took courses in Junior Navigator and Navigator with the Ottawa Power Squadron.
In some years it was difficult to get enough members to the AGM to form a quorum. Squadron Regulations stated that a quorum shall consist of not less than twenty percent of members. This year the regulations were amended to state twenty members, not twenty percent.
The strength of the Squadron was now 318 full members and 38 lady associates, a total membership of 356.
Marion Roberts resigned as Secretary in July due to increased travel and pressure of work. The Executive Officer took over the duties of Secretary temporarily. 1st Lt. Alexander Lawson acted as Secretary during October. In November the Commander appointed Lynn MacDiarmid to be First Lieutenant and Secretary.
During the summer Leo Bereza, AP, of Britannia Squadron conducted a ten hour three evening course in Boating Safety for the Glebe Community Association.
For the first time a Britannia Power Squadron advertisement in French for the Boating Course was placed in Le Droit, the leading French language newspaper in Ottawa. Also for the first time the courses given in the French language were given in Alymer as well as in Ottawa.
Again this year the advertisements in the English language were placed jointly with the Ottawa Power Squadron.
There was a thirty two percent drop in registrations for the Boating Course this autumn compared to the number of registrations in September, 1979. However there were more registrations for advanced and elective courses such that the total number of students in 1980 was three more than in the previous year.
Britannia Power Squadron hosted a Rideau District dinner meeting at the Britannia Yacht Club on 18th September. The Squadron Executive were very pleased with the quality of the meal provided by the Yacht Club.
During the first week of November social hours were arranged at the Naval Officers' Mess from 1700 to 1900 for instructors and students of the Boating Courses to get togetqer informally.
1st. Lt. Desmond Moyles as MAREP Officer made a strong effort during the year to encourage Squadron members and students to participate in the program. He lectured to the Boating Courses and wrote items for the Running Fix. In spite of his efforts there was little response from members of the Squadron.
The Squadron Lieutenants who served during 1980 were Philippe Beaudry, David Budd, AP, Philippe Cote, James Fathers, AP, John Grover, AP, Keith Hooey, S, Neil Lowes, Ronald Rioux, AP and Herbert Staneland, AP.
An innovation this year was the appointment of Liaison Officers from Britannia Power Squadron to various yacht clubs and sailing associations in the Ottawa Area. The liaison personnel were members of both the Squadron and the Clubs to which they were assigned. This program was dropped in the following year because it was not very effective.
When the Squadron was being formed in the year 1964 the new Britannia Power Squadron regulations were copied directly from the existing regulations of the Ottawa Power Squadron. Some changes were needed to make these regulations more suitable for the Britannia Squadron. They were rewritten completely and published in 1972. They were revised again and republished in the year 1980.
A Squadron Film Night on 30th January was advertised as a "Mid Winter Cruise". The four films were a U.S. Coast Guard film on safety, a Canadian Coast Guard film on the use of Hovercraft in rescue operations, sailing eighteen footers in Sydney Harbour, Australia and the Story of the Laser. In spite of extremely cold weather there was an almost capacity audience at Camsell Hall to enjoy the films and the coffee and donuts during an intermission. For this event the members and students of the Ottawa Power Squadron were guests of the Britannia Squadron.
The Britannia Power Squadron was responsible for implementing and publicizing the sale of duffel bags and other souvenirs to raise money for the 1981 Canadian Power Squadrons Annual Conference to be held in Ottawa during October, 1981. To start the publicity a duffel bag was offered as a door prize at the Film Night. The winner was Lady Associate Marion Buchanan who surprised herself and the audience when she pulled a bottle of rum from the bottom of the bag.
Year 18 – 1981 / 1982
Year 16 - 1979 / 1980