October 31, 2023
Water Ways TV “The Odyssey” Continues: Montreal’s Lachine Canal
This Saturday on Global TV, Steve continues the epic jo…
October 20, 2023
Waterways Episode 5: the historic hotbed of boating in Muskoka
This week Water Ways checks out the historic hotbed of…
October 11, 2023
Serious Fun at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is one of the world’s best sailing competitions and the largest regatta in the Caribbean. The event includes four days of world-class racing and four days of world-class partying.
September 12, 2023
Cruising: Nautical Safari to Tanzania, 2022
In October 2015, I purchased a Richard Woods Elf 26 catamaran in South Africa. But it wasn’t until 2017, after a major refit in Gordon’s Bay, South Africa that she was delivered to Watamu, on Kenya’s Indian Ocean North Coast. That voyage took some three or four months of sailing over a period of almost nine months.
July 26, 2023
NEVER THOUGHT – 10 Days in French Polynesia
It was getting late in November and Georgian Bay was lo…
July 11, 2023
Destinations: Peachland Yacht Club on Okanagan Lake
Peachland Yacht Club (PYC) is located on Okanagan Lake…
June 16, 2023
Top 10 Canal-side Patios on the Rideau Canal
Spending time on the water is a natural appetite booste…
June 6, 2023
Cruising: Lake Huron’s Lee Shore
Mark’s full story appears in the June issue of Canadian…
February 7, 2023
Inside the Peterborough Lift lock
Last summer Waterways TV debuted with host Steve Bull’s tour of Ontario. In this episode Parks Canada’s Chad Buchner takes Steve behind-the-scenes of the world-famous Peterborough Lift Lock (the world’s largest) and even lets him ‘drive’ it. Understanding this technology is not quite as much fun as boating it, but it will have to suffice until spring!
January 9, 2023
Water Ways TV: Episode 8 – Port Lambton
Introducing Water Ways TV, an all-new recreational boat…
January 9, 2023
Water Ways TV: Episode 7 – Georgian Bay
Introducing Water Ways TV, an all-new recreational boat…
November 29, 2022
A Taste of Superior: The East Shore
Our 2020 cruise in the North Channel was too good for a one-off, so, when a career move provided downtime in summer 2021, we sailed north for more.
November 22, 2022
Gordie Howe – Bridging the Detroit River
I sail on Lake St Clair. Michigan is on one side of the lake, and Ontario is on the other. My sailboat is winter-stored 23 miles away, downstream on the Detroit River. Similarly, one side of the river is USA, and the other Ontario.
October 25, 2022
Cruising: Desolation Sound the Summer of Yes!
The bright summer sun forces its way through magnificent Arbutus trees as I dive off our pop-up-dock finding reprieve in the 80 degree F waters. Sharing the water with a friendly seal as brilliant star fish and oysters cling to the rocky shores of Roscoe Bay. Am I really in British Columbia?
October 6, 2022
The Other Virgin Islands
I was first seduced by the United States Virgin Islands during a ferry ride from St. Thomas to Tortola to begin one of our earliest British Virgin Islands charters nearly twenty years ago.
July 19, 2022
Kingston Yacht Club Archives Its Sailing Legacy
The Kingston Yacht Club (KYC) celebrated its 125th anniversary in the summer of 2021, in all the conventional ways COVID-19 protocols would permit, as well as one imaginative and progressive way that will serve its members and visitors for years to come.
June 15, 2022
West Side Story
It was the last day of August and we were in Little Current heading south. Our Lasalle winter haul out was still over a month away.
June 15, 2022
In Search of the Perfect Marina
You’ve invested thousands and thousands of dollars into your boat so naturally, you want to find just the right spot for her to live, and where you can enjoy her to the maximum.
May 27, 2022
Cowichan Bay—A Slow-Living Escape to Marine Heritage, Food and Local Artisanry
Cowichan Bay is a waterfront village with a row of shops, artisan products, marine supplies and a variety of places to eat. It also has a delightful Maritime Centre.
April 13, 2022
The Lady-like Atmosphere of Ladysmith
Instant towns have sprung up in the past, especially on the BC coast. In the late 1850s, Victoria grew overnight into a tent city when hordes of prospectors stopped by to provision for their quest to get rich in the Fraser goldfields.
February 28, 2022
Cruising the Rideau Canal
Following the War of 1812, a battle that Canada narrowly won against the United States, the boundaries of Upper Canada were held and the British army realized that the St. Lawrence River was no longer safe as a supply route.
February 22, 2022
Heading South
You’ve weathered COVID and you’re ready to book your charter to paradise. You’ve done some homework, but your float plan’s also got some blank spots.
January 19, 2022
Steeped in Canadian history and French culture: Quebec City as a port destination
If you are looking for an interesting destination for a weekend trip or longer, Quebec City will deliver. Located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, this Francophone city is a prime boating destination with unique boating conditions, a vibrant waterfront scene, and excellent food, drink and culture.
January 11, 2022
World Cruising: Fjaka – latest self-help buzzword or are the Croatians on to something?
A holiday often is defined by the experiences we make in unique and beautiful settings. But what about that indulgently lazy contentment of doing nothing that turns a holiday into a vacation? Croatia has taken their sentiment of Fjaka to heart.
December 7, 2021
Update from St. Vincent & the Grenadines
St Vincent and the Grenadines is open to tourists and Horizon Yacht Charters are looking forward to welcoming our Canadian friends, old and new! You can fly from various locations in Canada via Barbados and then to St Vincent on InterCaribbean Airways or FlyOne and there are direct flights from Toronto with Air Canada on Mondays.
September 22, 2021
Destination Victoria, BC’s Capital City
We bobbed in the brisk winds while rounding the breakwater into Victoria Harbour, then lowered sail immediately. As the harbour is crisscrossed by full-sized and miniature ferries, pleasure craft and commercial vessels—the whole supplemented by a stream of arriving and departing seaplanes—sailing is strictly forbidden.
July 20, 2021
Boating In the Birthplace of Confederation
Over the course of four days in September 1864, representatives from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario) gathered in Charlottetown to discuss the idea of bringing these diverse colonies together and forming a country.
July 7, 2021
New Ottawa River destination opens
The new owners of L’Orignal Marina offer boaters a new destination. Located in a charming francophone village in Eastern Ontario, this joined marina and restaurant venue is the ambitious initiative of long-time entrepreneur André Chabot and biologist Alexandra Quester, both residents of L’Orignal.
June 8, 2021
Destinations: Victoria, BC’s Capital City
In the June edition of Canadian Yachting Marianne Scott takes us to a city she knows well, Victoria. Victoria Harbour is well protected from strong winds and Coast Salish people flourished in the area for several thousand years. In 1843, the Hudson’s Bay Co. set up a stockaded fort in the area near today’s Bastion Square with the goal of trading with the Indigenous people.
May 14, 2021
Join a Boating Club
In my lifetime I have been a member of 5 yacht clubs. There were big differences. The one that I grew up at, is where I learned to sail and to drive a motorboat. The second one didn’t have a clubhouse. All we did was race off the beach.
April 29, 2021
Ahoy by a Century!
Commemorating 100 (+1) years of through-navigation on the Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada