Little Eddie Log: And Don’t forget the Lower Unit, Eddie
Nov 9, 2023
Last issue, Little Eddie attended to the fall oil change but thanks to Dad’s reminder, he’s changing the lower unit fluid too. Fall conditioning is a task for the dedicated!
Nov 9, 2023
Last issue, Little Eddie attended to the fall oil change but thanks to Dad’s reminder, he’s changing the lower unit fluid too. Fall conditioning is a task for the dedicated!
August 27, 2026 Our striking Photo of the Week comes from Anton (Tony) Pickard, Professor, Design and Visual Arts at Georgian College, Barrie ON. “This photo was taken at Lock 11-12 Ranney Falls in Campbellford on the Trent-Severn Waterway. July 7, 2026. “The paddler is Luci Dilkus who completed a 500 km solo kayak trip from Tiny…
Written in partnership with North Sails August 27, 2026 For decades, sailors had two basic downwind options: a jib or genoa on the headstay, and a symmetric spinnaker for deeper angles. For cruising sailors, flying sails offer a combination of performance, versatility, and ease of use. They add another gear to the sail inventory without…
The crew from Melges 24, Pink Pony Club capture their fleet cup photos: Dream Image Believe Photography August 27, 2026 The final day of Atlantic Canada’s premier keelboat regatta concluded last weekend with varied wind conditions delivering a challenge to competitors and a big reward to top finishers. “Chester Race Week delivered highly competitive racing…
marking details August 27, 2026 By Marc Robic Part 1 of this series can be found here The best way to give windows the longest possible life span, is to actually cover them up. That is exactly what I did and it only took me a day to design, create a pattern and have a…
Blue Jay sails in light winds on the Salish Sea. Photo Credit Elissa Erickson August 27, 2026 By Dave Erickson Our son, then 15 and very involved with small boat sailing through the Canadian Sea Cadets, had been talking about a boat of his own. He had been holding on to an accumulation of cash…
August 13, 2026 As of today, Isa Rosli from Abbotsford BC is in the midst finishing up qualifying for next month’s Golden Globe Race with the aim of being Canada’s first solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe, non-stop. This sounds like a big undertaking and it is. The sailors have to cover 30,000 miles of…










By Andy Adams
If you’ve already had firsthand experience with a pontoon, you will easily understand the appeal of the Bennington 22 MSB. But if you haven’t, let’s start by reviewing a few of the reasons why pontoon boats have become top sellers in markets across North America.
Pontoon boats began in the early 1950s as basically four steel drums lashed to a frame. They were not unlike the log rafts of ancient cultures and not much more sophisticated at first.

By Mathew Channer
Interior British Columbia might not be as famous for recreational boating as Canada’s Great Lakes, yet it is no less a world-class boating destination. The mountains offer their own flavour of marine adventure with their series of long, deep ribbon lakes, and there is perhaps no area that embodies this more uniquely than the iconic Okanagan basin in southern B.C. One could be forgiven for assuming this valley was purpose-built for nautical fun, with a few delightful perks thrown in to make the area entirely irresistible (wine-tasting, anyone?).