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By Katherine Stone What’s not to like about getting on new boats? In fact, Kenneth Grahame said it best, “...there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing...
40 new boats you need to know about! It’s boat show season! From cruisers to pontoons to deck boats, there are so many exciting new vessels hitting the market in...
40 new boats you need to know about! It’s boat show season! From cruisers to pontoons to deck boats, there are so many exciting new vessels hitting the market in...
40 new boats you need to know about! It’s boat show season! From cruisers to pontoons to deck boats, there are so many exciting new vessels hitting the market in...
40 new boats you need to know about! It’s boat show season! From cruisers to pontoons to deck boats, there are so many exciting new vessels hitting the market in...
By Andy Adams Italian style and performance This past July, we had the opportunity to review the FIM 340 Regina for the first time. We rode with Todd Girvin from...



Canadian Boating’s 2025 Gallery of Great New Boats: Part 1

40 new boats you need to know about!

It’s boat show season! From cruisers to pontoons to deck boats, there are so many exciting new vessels hitting the market in 2025. Are you planning an upgrade? Or are you getting ready to buy your first boat? Whatever you’re looking for, the team at Canadian Boating Magazine is here to help. We’ve put together an expansive gallery of great new boats that we’re super excited about this boat show season. Whatever your boating style, we’ve got something for you!

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Destinations


Destination: Trent Severn Waterway ONE MORE TIME!

By Greg Nicoll

Photos by Andy Adams and friends

Just when you thought you might never see the Galley Guys again, there they were waving from the flying bridge of a Le Boat Horizon 3 gliding down the Trent Severn Waterway (TSW) in the sun. Glorious!

In the past the Galley Guys have travelled far and wide to great locations to explore the good life on a boat. However, this year we stayed in our own backyard for a real treat; cruising The Trent Severn Waterway.

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How to Buy the Boat of Your Dreams for Under $10,000

By John Morris

It’s about time we took a fresh approach to some additional boat show buying experiences. Reading expert budget advice won’t get you anywhere. Consider a new approach to see some boats and…yes, buy one!

Let’s say that across Canada 100,000 boaters attend boat shows. That’s probably low but for this exercise accuracy would be an unnecessary burden. The secret is numbers.

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How To & DIY

Pets on Boats How-to Guide

By Mathew Channer

There’s no question that boating adventures are even more enjoyable when we bring our furry friends along, both for us and for them. Whenever I go out in the bowrider, my Alaskan Malamute, Nya, runs straight up front, her ears tucked flat against the wind as we race across the lake. My mother and Kira, her golden retriever, spent 18 months sailing up the US eastern seaboard. Back home, my father’s Jack Russell Terrier, Sparky, is first mate on his liveaboard catamaran, where he keeps a watchful eye for any birds trying to land on the rigging.

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Marine Products


New Ideas: It’s a Dock; It’s a Boat – Terraflo

Here at OnBoard, we see a string of new boating products but rarely is there one that falls into an entirely new category. And a Canadian one at that!

Terraflo, a family-run Quebec-based company that builds unique handcrafted pontoon docks that are also boats under certain circumstances. Here’s how it works – Like a conventional pontoon boat, the floating support comes from Floating HDPE boxes filled with expanded polystyrene.. Where Terraflo differs is above that – the structure of the boat is made of Quebec-treated wood approved for aquatic use and decked with Western red cedar.

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