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.
September 27, 2017
Photo of the Week… check the bow bulb on this baby
I took this shot at the boot boat show in Dusseldorf last time I went. They have some pretty big boats in the mega-yachts section.
September 27, 2017
CYOB Inbox: Rewards of Mentorship
Hi John, I am sending along an article about the rewards our crew has felt after 6 years of mentorship with a young person out of our Sarnia Yacht Club Junior Sailing program.
September 27, 2017
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 15 – Up the Florida coast
Checking back into the US was quick and painless. We made the call to Customs but we needed to check in with Immigration in person.
August 22, 2017
POTW: Canada Games Gimli in Photos
This time our photos come from Gimli where Katie Coleman Nicoll was on the scene. She’s an esteemed sailing judge, a fearless reporter and a fine photographer.
August 22, 2017
From the Helm of Adamant 1- Blog 14 – August 2017
Leaving Man-O-War Cay heading west our destination was Green Turtle Cay. To get there we had to round Whale Cay, a relatively small island, out in the open Atlantic Ocean.
July 25, 2017
CY Inbox July 27: Thumbs down from the left coast
Why not just call it Lake Ontario Yachting?
July 25, 2017
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 13 – July 2017
We left Marsh Harbour early one morning to catch the 15 knot east wind that was forecast. Pat was on deck getting the sails ready and I was at the helm, circling the harbour while we waited for a freighter to come in.
July 25, 2017
Ooooh baby – First time on a boat ever!
A dear friend brought her 8 month old daughter aboard my 25 foot keelboat…and baby was right at home! Next…figuring out how to rig up a jolly-jumper!
July 11, 2017
POTW July 13
This shot came from our ace reporter Johnny G out in Stoney Creek, ON, taken at the Newport YC Canada Day festivities. It says it all!! That’s what a Photo of the Week should be…lol
June 21, 2017
Boating History of Canada, Part 2
We left off Part 1 at the year 1914, and will here pick it back up, running through until 1944, covering the years from the start of the First World War and stretches to the end of the Second World War. This period saw meaningful change across the globe both socially and technologically.
June 20, 2017
Photo of the Week goes International!
This week’s POTW comes from across the pond. Who knew we had a European audience
June 20, 2017
My little paradise…
Here is our boat anchored at Hockey Stick Bay. We live in a beautiful country.
June 20, 2017
CY Inbox: June 22 2017
We’re still getting reaction and opinion on the relative interest in the America’s Cup. Plus some other interesting mail.
June 7, 2017
Pups on Board – another cutie
Michelle Jacques of Cambridge ON share this memory of her adorable pooch. “This is Frodo. Sadly, he passed away last year, but he loved being a boat dog!