April 25, 2018
Photo of the week: April 26, 2018
On the Easter Weekend, the Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club from Vancouver Island, had its first cruise of the season to Port Browning Marina on North Pender Island. I snapped this photo on Easter Monday as I was heading up the dock to help set up for the final breakfast.
April 25, 2018
CY Inbox: Reaction to Henderson
Oh Paul, you are so on the point with this text as you were with the “World Sailing has it wrong” article. It is a disaster and drives me crazy
April 25, 2018
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 18 – April 2018 Bahamas
We were finally able to get a SIM card and data plan on our phone Monday morning. We could now download our emails, use Skype to call home and, most important, pick up weather reports.
April 11, 2018
POTW: April 12, 2018
Our Photo of the Week is actually a Video of the Week that came our way from Rick Shaddock of Squamish Yacht Club. What a venue.
April 11, 2018
Victoria British Columbia Company Leads The Way In Electronic Monitoring Of Your Vessel
Know the health and status of your boat while they’re away. Barnacle Systems Inc. will be hosting seminars at yacht clubs throughout Vancouver Island this May.
April 3, 2018
Hogtown to Hogfish
The Galley Guys had a plan – get out of Toronto, jump on a boat, sail to Cuba, then wine and dine on some great Cuban cuisine.
March 20, 2018
POTW: March 22, 2018
We were all set with this week’s POTW when a real stunner came in as part of a story on the Blind Channel resort in BC.
March 20, 2018
CY Inbox: Boat names and waterfront games
We received a couple more boat names – the photo came courtesy reader Janice Fleischmann – and an interesting response to our story on the Oakville Yacht Squadron’s recent talks with Town Council.
March 20, 2018
The Richter family and the Blind Channel Resort Part 2
We needed fuel on our way back south and stopped at a place called Blind Channel on West Thurlow Island.
March 20, 2018
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 17: March 2018
When it rains in Florida, it really rains! Twice on our way south on Monday, we had to slow Adamant 1 to an idle and wait for the rain to ease up. We could not see 50′ past the boat.
March 7, 2018
CY Inbox: Seas the opportunity
Have your say. Send an email to CYonboard@kerrwil.com and share you opinion on boat names or anything else on the water!
March 7, 2018
Getting out … Four generations of Richters reside at what is now the Blind Channel Resort, in the wilderness north of Desolation Sound.
This past January at the Vancouver International Boat Show. I met up with Phil Richter.
March 7, 2018
POTW: Meet an enthusiast. Make that Fanatic.
Stephen and Fran Hill are our most prolific POTW contributors. So far we have received at least three dozen beauties.
February 21, 2018
VMG Marine
Every year Halifax International Boat Show signals the beginning of a new edition of the much-anticipated boating season.
February 20, 2018
Learn to love sailing in heavy air
When I was about ten years old I starting racing sailboats on Cape Cod and the sound of the wind whistling overnight through the pine trees outside my bedroom would make it hard to sleep. Even the next morning I’d have a knot in my stomach when I woke.
February 14, 2018
POTW: February 22, 2018
I took this photo in July 2017 from our boat Ginger which was anchored and stern tied in Mouat Bay near Shearwater. This wolf was very curious about our stern line and actually gave it a couple of hard tugs!
February 14, 2018
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 16: Dealing with Irma’s mess
Were we nervous when we returned to Adamant 1 in November? The answer would be a hearty yes. The marina staff had told us there wasn’t any damage to the boat from Hurricane Irma, but they had not gone aboard.
February 7, 2018
Olympic Sailing – an important perspective
Just to put it in historical time warp I was a World Sailing Vice President 1976-1994 and President from 1994-2004 representing Canada and the RCYC as well as Olympic Technical Delegate from L.A. 1984 – Athens 2004.
February 6, 2018
POTW – Desolation sound in summer
Photo of the Week is our opportunity to get creative with cameras, phones or even a GoPro!
January 24, 2018
POTW: January 25, 2018
Great icicles! This is not what one expects from the tropical climes of BC. It’s a nice winter Photo of the Week, though.
January 24, 2018
CYOB Inbox January 25, 2018
The dockage rates posted on the Cheticamp HA website gave the dockage rate for transient recreational vessels as $55.00 +HST per night, as posted in 2013.
January 10, 2018
Rossiter Build a boat
Rossiter is a Canadian builder in Markdale, Ontario that builds a nice fleet of rowboats and small powerboats.
January 10, 2018
POTW: Salt Spring sensational
Welcome to Photo of the Week 2018. If you are not familiar with this wonderful feature (What???!!!) it’s an opportunity for you to share your fine camera work with the boating nation.
December 19, 2017
Building Adamant 1 – Part B, December 21
Living the dream! Longtime CY staffer and now blogger Lynn Lortie with her husband Pat left Midland more than a year ago to make their way into the Great Loop and head out on a three year sailing odyssey.
December 19, 2017
POTW December 21, 2017
For our last Photo of the Week in 2017, I have picked some nice shots we received – one from the east coast and a couple from the west.
December 12, 2017
Photo of the Week: December 14, 2017
Your boat is tucked away for the winter, but there may still be a few un-invited guests.
December 12, 2017
Building Adamant 1 – Part A December 14
Living the dream! Longtime CY staffer and now blogger Lynn Lortie with her husband Pat left Midland more than a year ago to make their way into the Great Loop and head out on a three year sailing odyssey.
November 23, 2017
Redefining the Face of Yachting in Canada
In the world of yachting, it is increasingly becoming the case that Canada is no longer the small fish in the big North American pond. Canadian boaters are investing in larger and larger yachts, which were previously commonplace only in waters of the coastal USA, and it seems that the market might be growing in response to this.
November 23, 2017
The Galley Guys Travel to Newfoundland
With John Armstrong, Robin Ball and temporarily missing Andy Adams and Greg Nicoll. Photos by John Armstrong
November 21, 2017
POTW: Nov 23
Ho-ho-ho. Our Photo of the week comes from Sunday’s Santa Parade. Clowning around was Paul Henderson multi-medal sailing champion, Member of IOC etc.
November 21, 2017
Vids OnBoard: Beating the November Mehs
November may be the crummiest month. Everyone I talk to already has the boat deprivation blues and it is such a long way until spring.
November 8, 2017
POTW: A Monk and a Pup
This Photo of the Week sequence from Chris Chahley and Kathy Coyle explains the whole boat thing. If you don’t love these shots, the time has come for you to switch to bowling!!!
November 8, 2017
Vids OnBoard – November 9, 2017
The boating season in Canada appears so short, especially from our perspective here in November.
October 24, 2017
Photo of the week: Somewhere in NS
The off season is suddenly upon us. Yikes! We need your photos more than ever to keep us thinking boats all winter.
October 24, 2017
Paul Tingley Celebration
More than 100 people attended the Sail Nova Scotia / Sail Able Celebration for Paul Tingley – Canada’s Most Decorated Sailor, on October 16th at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
October 24, 2017
CYOB Inbox: Remembering George Cuthbertson
George inspired me in 1966 at a conference on Lake Couchiching with his seminar on displacement hull design; in particular the new “Red Jacket” that he was designing to go faster than the CCA Rule of the day calculated, by about.
October 11, 2017
From the Halifax Pier
One of our most enthusiastic contributors, Rob Dunbar sent us this photo from Halifax.
October 11, 2017
CYOB Inbox: October 12, 2017
Thank you for bringing attention to bow bulbs. Actually we designed the bulb for that vessel, the Drettmann explorer yacht.
October 11, 2017
Update: Chelsea’s Gichigami
Hi everyone! It’s Chelsea again and I have an update for you on the little sailboat. If you have been thru this journey with me the whole way, welcome back! If this is your first time, here are the links to my previous chapters.