May 24, 2016
Cynthia Hare of the Toronto International Boat Show presents the $10,000 to the Buy a Boat & Win promotion from the 2016 boat show.
Becky was the salesperson from Legend. Winners picked up their boat 18’ Legend.
Photo below: From left to right Becky Gardhouse, Legend, winners Angie and Brian Tilbury, Kitchener Ontario, Cynthia Hare, TIBS
Wellcraft 355 – that brand’s current models steer an Axopar-ish course June 25, 2026 The tastes of boaters going in some new directions and Beneteau, the very large French-based builder, is heading its fleet to meet those modern flavours. As reported in Boote, a prominent European source and elsewhere, Groupe Beneteau is responding to the ongoing…
June 25, 2026 Bayliner Boats has just announced its all-new V22 Series, including the V22 outboard and V22I sterndrive models. Succeeding the VR6 Bowrider Series, which has sold more than 4,000 units over the past decade, the V22 Series delivers a sculpted modern hull, a more spacious deck layout, and an elevated set of premium features. Purpose-built…
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June 11, 2026 It’s darn near impossible to walk through the Halifax waterfront without the strain of Stan Rogers singing Barrett’s Privateers blaring on your internal audio system. The Halifax waterfront is so stunning, so packed with history. It’s what makes the Nova Scotia capital important and evocative – a bedrock of Canadiana for centuries….
June 11, 2026 Canada Ocean Racing is inviting members of the public to step aboard EMIRA IV, the team’s IMOCA 60 offshore racing boat, during a series of free open days in Collingwood, Ontario, on 13 and 20 June. The 20-minute guided tours will give visitors the opportunity to explore one of the world’s most…
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By Andy Adams
If you’ve already had firsthand experience with a pontoon, you will easily understand the appeal of the Bennington 22 MSB. But if you haven’t, let’s start by reviewing a few of the reasons why pontoon boats have become top sellers in markets across North America.
Pontoon boats began in the early 1950s as basically four steel drums lashed to a frame. They were not unlike the log rafts of ancient cultures and not much more sophisticated at first.
By Mathew Channer
Interior British Columbia might not be as famous for recreational boating as Canada’s Great Lakes, yet it is no less a world-class boating destination. The mountains offer their own flavour of marine adventure with their series of long, deep ribbon lakes, and there is perhaps no area that embodies this more uniquely than the iconic Okanagan basin in southern B.C. One could be forgiven for assuming this valley was purpose-built for nautical fun, with a few delightful perks thrown in to make the area entirely irresistible (wine-tasting, anyone?).
