Sept 12, 2023
Reader Martin Soldat was surprised to see this hot boat gassing up at a local station. Note that the careful owners took their shoes off to respect that stunning gelcoat!
Martin didn’t notice whether they purchased any windshield washer fluid.
Seen any boats at any gas stations near you? Or any other great boating photos – kids, pets, sunsets? Send them along to our Photo of the Week at cyonboard@kerrwil.com and put POTW in the subject line.
February 12, 2026 The Photo of the Week is a portrait of this striking C&C Crusader 40’. The Crusader was built from 1968 till 1971 at Belleville Marine Yard, which became part of C&C Yachts Limited in 1969. Approximately a dozen were built. The Crusader was known for its exceptional light-air performance and upwind pointing…
February 12, 2026 Jerry King is one of the most published and prolific cartoonists in the world today. His client list includes The Wall St. Journal, Disney, American Greetings, and many more. Growing up, Jerry spent many years on a boat on Canadian lakes with his grandfather inspiring him to create a lot of boating…
January 22, 2026 Imagine this – you load two five-ton trucks with valuable boat gear to transport to the Boat Show for an all-important Mariners Marketplace booth. Lock up the trucks head home for sleep, but when Paul and Diane Reid, operators of Toronto chandlery, the Rigging Shoppe, headed back the next morning to transport…
January 8, 2026 Don’t Get Your Paddles Mixd-up The world’s love affair with pickleball knows no bounds and neither does our Photo of the Week The booming sport for athletes of all types is even breaking into the boating world, thanks to it’s inclusion at this year’s Toronto International Boat Show. The annual event, hosted…
December 18, 2025 The Photo of the Week comes from Paul Crammond of Clarion Boats who sent a note responding to our editorial note last issue Paul writes “The Shot was taken at Clarion’s 1st Annual Rendezvous. This event was a tribute to the founder and master craftsman of Clarion Boats, Dwight Boyd, and to the Clarion…
December 18, 2025 From Muskoka Morning John: Thanks for your brief article today re: Canadian boat builders. Its unfortunate that most larger CDN builders have disappeared, losing the market to lower-labour cost builders in Kentucky, Florida etc. Some smaller specialty builders remain, Rossiter in Ontario comes to mind. Long-gone builders such as Greavette and Ditchburn…
By Andy Adams
There is no shortage of fun and exciting new boat designs hitting the market, but for the last few years these have been mainly outboard-powered day boats. Some are day cruisers; some are centre console fishing boats or designed for tow sports. A new live-aboard cabin boat has become a rare item these days.
So when I heard that Pride Marine in Orillia, Ontario, had a Nimbus 365 Coupe in the water, I jumped at the chance to get out on it.
By Zuzana Prochaska
I’ve been to Tahiti seven times—six on charter and once as crew for a couple of yachties. Over the 25 years that I’ve been visiting, it’s changed dramatically. Yet, inexplicably, it has also stayed the same.
Lounging on the flybridge of our Sunsail 454, I had time to think about this dichotomy as I toasted the nighttime skies of Bora Bora and specifically the Southern Cross, a constellation that never fails to hypnotize. As the Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982) tune reminds us:
…you understand now why you came this way.
