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December 4, 2025 With our Digital Gift Cards, your boat-lovin’ buds can choose from a bounty of Boating Courses or snag a Membership that comes with a treasure trove of boating discounts. Plus, you’re in the captain’s seat – pick the date you want the digital card to sail right into their inbox! Buy our…
December 4, 2025 Did you find the perfect overnight spot? Dinghy to shore for snacks? Hike to a lookout that made you gasp (in a wow way, not a bear way)? We want to see it all! We’re creating the ultimate map of Canada’s secret boating gems — so future boaters can find the good…
December 4, 2025 Our online course on celestial navigation begins on January 6, 2026. Ideal for the quiet winter months. Learn key concepts such as: Instructor-led course, spaces are limited. Register HERE.
November 20, 2025 To members of CanBoat / NautiSavoir (CPS-ECP), Today, we are sending you the Notice of AGM 2025 (November 29) along with the 2025 bylaws that will be subject to a resolution. We are also providing a description of the changes. AGM Links & Documents In order to provide more context on the…
November 20, 2025 Lack of experience and knowledge significantly contributes to recreational boating accidents each year, resulting in an average of 100 fatalities per year. Key factors contributing to these incidents include: These issues are often worsened by unforeseen weather conditions and reckless behaviour. To combat this, CanBoat / NautiSavoir volunteers have been educating boaters…
November 20, 2025 Get ready to set sail with our CanBoat / NautiSavoir apparel line of products in partnership with Anchor Gear Co. for you and your crew! Take your pick from a range of swag like hoodies, polos, shirts, hats, twill shirts, and UV protection gear. Add a personal touch: You can even customize…
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.
