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October 23, 2025 In this month’s Canadian Boating Power Review, Editor Andy Adams, gets onboard the Scout 400 LFX. Click here to enjoy the full review. In late July, Jill...
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Scout 400LFX

By Andy Adams

In this month’s Canadian Boating Power Review, Editor Andy Adams, gets onboard the Scout 400 LFX. Click here to enjoy the full review.

In late July, Jill Snider and I met Pride Marine’s Kevin Marinelli at Bridgeport Marina, Orillia, Ontario to review a brand-new Scout 400 LXF, equipped with twin Mercury Verado V12 600hp outboards. This is a simply jaw-dropping rig!

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Destinations


Sailing into the Future at Antigua Sailing Week

By Mathew Channer

“Standby tack,” Canadian sailor Katy Campbell orders. The crew scrambles over the sheet lines and braces on the deck.

“Three, two, one, tack!”

I wait until the bow turns into the wind and the headsail snaps over, then crawl over the cabin top of Panacea X to the now windward side. The trim team smoothly sheets on the headsail and a competitor vessel shoots past our stern, feet away, as our Solana 45 beats eastward along Antigua’s south coast.

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Hats Off: Legendary Alex Tilley Dies at 87

Photo by Hilary Clark Cole, Alex’s wife

For the boating community, the Tilley hat was literally a life saver and became a synonym weatherproof hat with a broad all round brim. Alex Tilley struck an important chord with floating, long lasting headwear long before your dermatologist scolded you to ‘wear a proper hat’ on the boat.

The Canadian entrepreneur who invented the Tilley Hat and a line of outdoor and travel clothing died October 28 of heart failure at age 87 in Muskoka, Ontario. Alex Tilley founded Tilley Endurables, which manufactured its products in Canada, sold worldwide, and supplied hats to the Canadian Armed Forces during the Gulf War.

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How To & DIY

Ask Andrew: Fall means haul-out and boat storage; I get a lot of questions about best-practices.

ensure that the boat is aligned well on the trailer’s bunks and rollers before the final haul-out of the season 

Boaters tend to be hands-on and active. Many (most?) like to launch and trailer our boats on our own. We are hands on during launch and haul-out. But boat yards and launch ramps also tend to contain a collection of ‘this is what I do’, and not always ‘this is ideal, and I do it for this reason’

Unfortunately, I’ve yet to find a manual that contains all things boating: How to launch, trailer, winterize, store, cradle, crane, lift and haul. Here’s my short list from the ‘Winter Storage’ chapter, from that imaginary manual…

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Marine Products


Tech: How Mustang Tests Inflatables

Mustang Survival’s innovation hub in Vancouver was established in 1989. The Waterlife Studio (originally M.E.T.A. Research) was built as our research and development division, complete with a manufacturing center, innovative prototyping facilities, a science lab to study human physiology and materials, and a pool to test gear in real-life scenarios.

Over the years, the testing and prototyping that takes place at Waterlife Studio has revolutionized the design and construction of our marine equipment and clothing. 

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