August 24, 2016
Reinell V190
You may need this Test Bench article just to tell the difference between our test boat, the Reinell V190, and a Sea Ray. The Reinell…
August 24, 2016
Ontario 28
When I saw an Ontario 28 for the first time, I was surprised that it had come from Ontario Yachts, as there seemed to be so few on the market…
August 24, 2016
Oceania 36 Sedan
The Oceania Yachts 36 Sedan is new to Canada and so is Donaldson Yacht Sales of Port Credit, Ontario. The big boat market has shown increasing…
August 23, 2016
Ocean Alexander Altus 45 Sedan
Pity the poor boat writer. There are so many boats, so many different styles and so many features that it’s nearly impossible to decide what’s good, much less what is the best…
August 23, 2016
The Nutshell Pram
Joel White’s Nutshell Pram is over 15 years old, but it is still as fresh as ever. If you have an urge to build your own boat…
August 23, 2016
Northern 25
The first time I ever went aboard a Northern 25, was not a social call – I was actually providing an appraisal of the vessel – but I remember the event…
August 23, 2016
Nonsuch 30
When Dave Harris of Burn and Ellis Yachts Ltd. asked me to come out for a sail on their Nonsuch 30, I was a little dismayed to hear that I would be measuring…
August 22, 2016
Nonsuch 26
A single hander’s family cat. Simplicity is really the key to the Nonsuch concept, and it takes some getting used to. For someone brought up to think that…
August 16, 2016
The Megabyte
The Megabyte concept doesn’t immediately bring Bruce Farr’s name to mind. After all, this new little dingy is a far cry from the 60-foot…
August 16, 2016
Martini 7-Meter
Few people really need to get around as fast as the Martini 7-Meter ‘s top speed of 53 mph. For its size it doesn’t carry much weight. There are no…
August 16, 2016
Marine Trader 40 Sedan
The trawler has a teak accent. Michael and Mary Sutherland are the proud owners of Scotia Blue, a 40 foot, two state room Marine Trader sedan..
August 15, 2016
Mainship 34 Pilot Rum Runner II
Take a single look at the Mainship 34 Pilot, Rum Runner II version and you’ll spend the rest of the day thinking about Cape Cod, the Kennedys, lobster boats and…
August 15, 2016
Larson Cabrio 310 Express Cruiser
With a berth in a location such as Swan’s Marine in Frenchman’s Bay, in Pickering Ontario, and the Larson’s comfortable cruising speed of 25 mph…
August 15, 2016
Kona 18 Jet
This month, for our powerboat series, we’ll cover a pure “muscle” boat equipped with the Chevrolet 454 jet drive. This is a high performance power plant…
August 15, 2016
Doral250 Citation
The Doral 250 Citation is a top-of-the-line mini-cruiser offering an in-cabin galley, private head and aft sleeping area-all in only 24 feet, six inches…
August 12, 2016
Kennedy Panther
Changes and improvements are the key words at Kennedy Boats since the company was taken over by Glen Bon-ham in 1977…
August 12, 2016
J-Craft Ski-boat 19
Like the snow in winter and sun in summer, J- Crafts always seem to have been with us. But there has been a recent upsurge in popularity…
August 12, 2016
Hunter 45CC
When I was much younger than I am now, I remember the delivery of a Morgan Out Island 51, not because it was a neat boat but because…
August 10, 2016
Freestyle 474
Motorcyclists and single-handed catamaran sailors have something in common: a love of speed. “Speed,” wrote Aldous Huxley, “provides the one…
August 9, 2016
Four Winns 378 Vista
The overwhelming impression the 378 Four Winns Vista left us with, was that this boat offers a desirable mix of contemporary styling…
August 9, 2016
A Folkboat on Mahone Bay
It is that boat that most of us know from pictures, we’ve read about it but we haven’t sailed it, at least we hadn’t. During the sixties there was a real…
August 9, 2016
Fairline 32
We couldn’t have asked for a better day to test the Fairline 32 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. The Niagara river just above Lake Ontario…
August 9, 2016
New Life For An Old Boat: Etchells
When Phil Sustronk, the President of “Second Skin” in Toronto, wanted to get himself a family day sailor he was torn between…
August 9, 2016
The Unsinkable ETAP 32s
The ETAP 32s might be a relatively new boat to Canadian waters but it’s hardly a newcomer to the yachting world. However it is a newly redesigned…
