September 30, 2019
Cruisers Yachts 38 GLS
The North American power boat market has begun to see a new trend toward larger day boats for luxurious onboard entertaining and the new Cruisers Yachts 38 GLS is right on trend plus, it brings a different flavour and set of cruising attributes to this market.
September 9, 2019
Wellcraft 242 Fisherman
Boat buyers are gravitating to the latest centre console boats for a wide range of reasons but for the Wellcraft 242 Fisherman, you can sum it up by saying it’s about features, style and value.
June 12, 2019
Four Winns HD 180
The Four Winns HD 180 is the kind of family boat I love to drive and enjoy. It’s very approachable, even for less experienced drivers and the accommodations and scale are like a comfortable family car or SUV. It all feels familiar and part of that is the Volvo Penta V6 200 SX stern drive.
June 12, 2019
Sneak Peak: Bavaria S36 HT
The Canadian Yachting test crew last week had the opportunity to run the Bavaria S36 HT at St Mathias Marine, the new Dealer for Bavaria Power Yachts in Ontario in Port Credit.
May 8, 2019
Olympic One-Person Sailing Dinghy Completes Name Change “ILCA Dinghy” Is New Face of World’s Most Popular Racing Boat
Austin, Texas, USA (25 April 2019) – In the wake of last month’s termination of its contract with its European builder, the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) announced today that, from 25 April 2019, all new, class-approved boats will be sold and raced under the “ILCA Dinghy” name.
May 1, 2019
Grand Banks 60 Skylounge
Designed and built to cruise the world’s oceans, the Grand Banks 60 Skylounge offers abundant outdoor spaces with the protection of a fully-enclosed flybridge for perfect comfort in any weather.
April 24, 2019
Cutwater C-302 Coupe
Blending the comfortable layout of its popular C-30 Sedan with the riveting performance of a double-stepped hull with patented laminar flow interrupter technology, Cutwater Boats’ new C-302 Coupe is a fast and capable cruiser that’s ideal for exploring Canada’s waterways in comfort.
April 9, 2019
One Design: International Laser Class Association Removes Laser Performance as Approved Builder
ILCA is seeking new builders to complement its existing network of manufacturers, the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) announced today.
March 28, 2019
Beneteau Swift Trawler 47
You might look at the pictures of the new Beneteau Swift Trawler 47 and think that this is not a “performance boat”, but I think it certainly is, and here is why…
March 28, 2019
Beneteau Oceanis 46.1 Wins The “european Yacht Of The Year Awards” 2019
When Beneteau introduced their new Oceanis 46.1, they were inspired by the fact that their previous Oceanis 45 was one of Beneteau’s best sellers and the new 46.1 had to be a clearly superior boat. The Oceanis range is about space and comfort for cruising while still delivering strong performance.
February 13, 2019
One-design: Old-School Cool
I have heard a lot of talk lately about trends in yacht clubs where senior membership is getting older, less active, and quickly disappearing – a trend that can’t be reversed. As well, I hear a theory that young people are not buying boats.
January 24, 2019
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410
The Jeanneau 410 is the eighth generation of the Sun Odyssey line, but even with that long history and umpteen years of tweaks and iterations, what the French builder has done in the latest revamp will make you say, “Wait, what?”
January 24, 2019
Jeanneau NC 1095
We will probably look back on 2018 and 2019 as the years when power boats were reinvented by the combined forces of a booming U.S. economy and the wide-spread development and introduction of so many amazing new outboard engines.
January 24, 2019
Cruisers Yachts Cantius 46
The Cantius 46 is the latest evolution of Cruisers Yachts’ Cantius line – now there are five models from 42 to 60 feet. The new Cantius 46 is a great example of “easy boating” the way Volvo Penta imagined it and how Cruisers Yachts has executed it.
January 9, 2019
Feb CY Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410
The February issue of Canadian Yachting is out and packed with boat reviews, just in time for boat show season. Here’s a taste of a great review of the new Sun Odyssey 410.
January 9, 2019
The Elegant Picnic
To get you in the mood for cruising the Boat Show then launching in spring, here’s a boat that Editor, Andy Adams reviewed this winter.
December 6, 2018
Chris-Craft Launch 38
It’s hard to imagine a more elegant way to spend a day on the water than being aboard the Chris-Craft Launch 38. Everywhere you look – materials, hardware, fit, finish – all show impressive craftsmanship and quality.
December 6, 2018
Beneteau Antares 27
You have to love it when something exceeds your expectations on so many levels; the new Antares 27 from Beneteau looks to me like that sort of all-around overachiever.
November 21, 2018
Fortune Cove Panga 22
Cold, wet and foggy, not the ideal conditions for a sea trial, but not bad enough to stop me tagging along for a ride on a brand-new Fortune Cove Panga 22. Just rigged with a 115 hp Yamaha at Seamasters Services in Dartmouth, we headed out to see what she would do.
November 7, 2018
Sea Ray SLX 400 outboard “The Entertainer”
With the major outboard manufacturers coming out with ever larger motors, we are seeing boat builders putting them on bigger and bigger boats.
November 7, 2018
Jeanneau NC 1095
Pleased with their success with the Jeanneau line of powerboats this past season the folks at Seamasters Marine Services in Dartmouth have upped the ante for 2019 with the new NC1095.
October 12, 2018
Scout 355 LXF – Triple Mercury Verado 300
Quite simply, the styles of boats have changed. Where in past years a buyer might have been looking for a 35-foot cruiser, now people are pressed for time and the live-aboard has fallen out of fashion with some boaters, replaced by fast, accommodating and sporty day boats – many of which are outboard powered.
October 12, 2018
Leader 9.0
In the case of baking a cake, Betty Crocker and Julia Child both start off with the same eggs, sugar and flour, but the results can be very different. Naval architects, designers and engineers in the boat business also have many of the same ingredients, but the trick is to make the cake unique and desirable.
August 22, 2018
Jeanneau NC 795 – designed in France and perfect for Canada
After a period of record breaking hot and humid weather we had a dose of more traditional east coast conditions for our test run aboard the Jeanneau NC 795, with steady drizzle and a 15 – 20 knot south east breeze kicking up a short chop on Halifax’s Bedford Basin.
May 31, 2018
Ranger Tugs R-23
At the boat shows, the Ranger Tugs’ classic tugboat lines always grab the crowds, with the wives and children most likely to want to stop and have a better look. Well, they should, because the Ranger Tugs R-23 deserves a second look…a long look in fact.
May 31, 2018
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 490
Sometimes a great idea requires an encore, and French yacht builder Jeanneau got that with the launch of their new 490.
May 4, 2018
Scarab 255 Open
You can imagine,at the GroupeBeneteau dealer meeting in Michigan last fall where all the Four Winns, Scarab, Wellcraft, and Glastrondealers had come to see the latest new models, the docks were lined up with gleaming brand-new boats to show the dealers and media…
May 3, 2018
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440
There are few things more satisfying than watching someone thumb their nose at tradition and introduce something revolutionary that kicks convention to the curb.
April 24, 2018
Elite Custom 77’ high performance yacht is underway
Tactical Custom Boats announces the sale to a North American client of a custom Tactical 77’ – Fast Pilothouse Motoryacht. with the focus on speed and comfort.
April 11, 2018
That’s One Really Big Boat
Bruce Elliott is an inventor. And when he sold the technology he developed to build utility poles better, he made enough money to stop working forever and take it easy.
April 4, 2018
Dufour 412
One often asks of a winning achievement or a fabulous design, could it have possibly been done better?
March 23, 2018
Cruisers Yachts Cantius 42
The latest new model from Cruisers Yachts is the Cantius 42 and this yacht made its debut in the fall of 2017, at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.
January 4, 2018
Jeanneau NC 33
Jeanneau’s newest NC model is the NC 33, and it’s an exciting and innovative inboard cruiser ideally suited to young families or couples.
January 4, 2018
Four Winns H290OB
The Four Winns H290OB combines two of the most popular new big boat trends to come up with a great new 30 footer.
December 7, 2017
Jeanneau NC 895
Jeanneau’s new NC 895 is designed for cruising, and it is a proper cabin boat with full cabin roof, glass all around and an incomparably bright interior.
December 7, 2017
Cruisers Yachts Cantius 50
Almost a decade ago, Cruisers Yachts Inc., launched an entire line of express cruisers called “Cantius” (named after company owner KC Stock’s grandfather) that began with the 48Cantius then came the 54, the 60 and now the Cantius 50.