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Eight Bells: Jan Paul Ploeger

June 12, 2025 By Colin Andrews The boating community lo…

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The international sailing community is deeply saddened by the passing of Pat Healy on May 17, 2025

May 22, 2025 Pat’s distinguished career in sailing span…

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Eight Bells:  Mark Ellis Designer of Nonsuch and Limestone

Yacht Designer Mark Ellis May 22, 2025 We are sad to re…

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8 Bells – Elizabeth Ann Kerr

Apr 24, 2025 Ah, Elizabeth, Liz, Goozie. How we all sha…

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8 Bells  – John Muir:  A Sailor’s Sailor with a World Class Grin

Apr 24, 2025 By John Morris We all knew John. And by ‘w…

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The Best Kept Secret in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s Aylesford Lake is one of many inland lake…

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Clean Marine Program Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Apr 10, 2025 By Mathew Channer Ontario’s Clean Marine e…

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Eight Bells for Bent Jespersen

Mar 27, 2025 1936-2025 While growing up on the Skagerra…

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Profile: Marianne Scott Receives Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Maritime Achievement

Marianne Scott receiving the Lieutenant Governor’s Awar…

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ENVGO Builds Cutting-edge Hydrofoil Electric Boat for Canadian Boaters

Dec 19, 2024 By Mathew Channer Canadian Company ENVGO…

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Eight Bells. Nick Genco

Dec 19, 2024 For boaters in Toronto, there was once the…

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Eight Bells – Ed Botterell: Another Legend Gone

Dec 5, 2024 Ed Botterell, born January 24, 1931, a Cana…

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8 Bells: Bill Abbott Sr – Boatbuilder, Olympian

Nov 21, 2024 The country lost one of its most important…

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Design: BYD Announces Lost Agenda

Project LOST AGENDA: A Sustainable Hybrid Power Catamar…

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Volunteer Spotlight

Nov 21, 2024 Officer of the Year Awards: John Brewster,…

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Eight Bells: Sailing lost a great one this week! Dennis Toews

Nov 7, 2024 Dennis Toews (far right) with Hans Fog…

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A woman’s pathway to high level racing

By Katherine Stone I had the most wonderful opportunity…

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Dockside Dining: When Pigs Fly on Lake Erie

Aug 22, 2024 The south shore of Lake Erie is America wi…

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C-Tow Marine Assistance – a 40-Year History of Helping Canadian Boaters

It all started back in 1984 when the Canadian Coast Guard announced that they would no longer tow non-distressed vessels; and that they would respond only to emergency, life-threatening situations. Non-emergencies would now be dealt with by commercial operators. This opened a whole new world of opportunities for entrepreneurs.  

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Crossing the ocean in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) in a new Nautitech 44 Open

“Hello, old friend,” I said as I surveyed the clear sky and settled into my comfortable place at the helm. The constellation Orion gazed at me silently, a welcome offshore presence after four years ashore, while SV June’s sleek hulls cut cleanly through the waves.

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Meet the Queen’s Students Racing to Bermuda

HFOR members Sophie, Julian, Liam, Sam, Luca, Clea, Jan…

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Victoria Cruising Club Plans Busy Summer

Apr 25, 2024 The Victoria Cruising Club is a group of p…

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A Tale of Two Classics; Don and his Wonderful Phazar

Yes, achieving a Guinness Book record is pretty impressive; not surprisingly, there is a designation for the world’s oldest water-skier.

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Boaters Care:  Offering a lifeline to one of our own.

Feb 22, 2024 Scott Taylor at the helm in Port CreditLon…

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Did You Ever have to Make up Your Mind? Maybe you don’t have to…

Canada offers a playground for boating enthusiasts with its vast and diverse set of waterways from our freshwater paradise lakes to our beautiful saltwater coastlines. For newcomers entering the boating world, it can be overwhelming trying to decide how to get involved out on the water with so many opportunities available.

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 Eight Bells:  John Clark

Feb 8, 2024 Following a struggle with cancer, adventure…

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Range Anxiety Attack

Everyone is talking electric. At the boat shows, there’s electric outboards big and small, electric cruisers, power catamarans equipped with solar panels, sloops with auxiliary electric engines that act as regenerators and all manner of electric toys like PWCs and wakeboards.

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Eight Bells: Designer Ray Wall

Dec 21, 2023 We salute the recent passing on Vancouver…

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Editor’s Note: Meeting Don

Nov 23, 2023 The only good thing that has happened in t…

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Sarah Douglas and Fillah Karim Named Athletes of the Year

Oct 26, 2023 Sarah Douglas from Toronto and Fillah Kari…

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Little Eddie Log: Time for an Oil Change Before Haulout

Oct 26, 2023 Little Eddie knows it’s nice to store your…

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Meet the Marine Modelers Montreal Club

Sept 28, 2023 by Marc Robic There’s a scene in one of m…

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Marine Industry Career Path: Wendy Ramsey

Sept 12, 2023 The Ramsey’s have been working in the mar…

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Marine Industry Career Path: Brett Ramsey

The Ramsey’s have been working in the marine industry for many years but have both had unique paths in getting to where they are now. They’ve also been working on an impactful pilot project for a long time, which will now be launching this spring. The focus of this initiative is to bring more young people into the marine industry.

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People: Meet the Canadian Anchormen!

Sept 12, 2023 by Marc Robic While Canadian television n…

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Nuova Jolly – Luxury Italian RIBs Come to Canada

The journey of Nuova Jolly began in the year 1961, in M…

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My Obsession During the Endless Winter Months – Part 2

The following year, friends of ours, Richard and Denise…

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Marine Industry Career Path: Kevin Stopp

Introducing the next individual in our marine career pa…

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Adventuring Around Vancouver by Water with C-Tow Captain James Middleton

What started out as a request for C-Tow’s Vancouver Cap…

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