March 26, 2024
Book Locker: SAIL Above the Clouds
Mar 28, 2024Carole Fontaine, aka “The Sailing Yogi,” lo…
November 21, 2023
Sharon Green’s Ultimate Sailing Calendar Arrives
Nov 23, 2023The Ultimate Sailing Calendar is a perennia…
November 21, 2023
Book locker: Holiday Reads
Nov 23, 2023Stuffed full of holiday delights? Time to f…
May 23, 2023
The Book Locker: Off the Beaten Track
You’ve cruised Georgian Bay, Desolation Sound and The T…
March 17, 2023
Start your spring prep with some reading
These volumes provide the in depth info you need from knowledgeable experts to get your boat in shape for the season.
February 22, 2023
News: Hot off the Presses – the 2023 Boating Ontario Directory is Out
Boating Ontario proudly represents over 500 private & municipal marinas, boat dealerships and trade members across Ontario. However you love to enjoy your summer on the water, the 2023 Boating Ontario Directory has you covered.
February 21, 2023
Book Locker: Power to the Readers
Here are some titles that will keep you A-wake (groan). Pike’s long overdue analysis and review of modern powerboat design and operation explores how and why powerboats developed, and how design affects control and performance…
January 24, 2023
Book locker: Cruise into 2023
January weather got you down? Dive into a Cruise guide (from Canada or down south) and get away from it all.
December 22, 2022
Explore Lake Ontario and The 1000 Islands with the NEW PORTS The Cruising Guide
The NEW edition of PORTS Cruising Guides: Lake Ontario and The 1000 Islands is available NOW!
December 20, 2022
Book Locker: Dorothy’s picks
The fine folks at the Nautical Mind have been stocking their shelves and website with one thing – boating books, charts, PORTS guides –boat topics, especially from Canadian sources, exclusively. This dedicated bookstore that has been a fixture on Toronto’s waterfront for years, remains true to its roots. Count us lucky!
November 22, 2022
Book Locker: Let’s go around the world (or at least dream about it)
When the weather turns ugly, how many of us contemplate just taking off, maybe forever. Long distance cruising requires commitment, skill and a certain kind of mindset. Here’s some approaches to consider as winter closes in.
November 10, 2022
Explore the Trent Severn Waterway with PORTS The Cruising Guide
Gift the cruising boater’s essential companion to one of the most popular Canadian boating destinations.
October 25, 2022
Book Locker: How about cruising in the Mediterranean?
Winter getaways usually mean the Caribbean but if you go right now or in the spring, the weather might work for you. Here are some titles to assist the dreaming.
September 20, 2022
Book Locker: Looking South
What happened. Where did our summer go? Well, never mind that, it’s time to start thinking about winter getaways. Here are some titles to prime the dreaming.
August 23, 2022
Book locker: FOOD! Chowing down as summer turns to fall
It’s still vacation time and that means calories don’t count. The Boat Galley Cookbook: 800 Everyday Recipes and Essential Tips for Cooking Aboard teaches readers how to set up, provision, and cook in their galley so no one goes hungry.
July 19, 2022
Book locker: Summer reading selects
Books to read while you’re semi-snoozing in the cockpit on a lazy summer afternoon. Some diversion, some useful. Enjoy.
July 6, 2022
VHF book review: Some Good Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall Reading
Three books in a series of books by Canadian author Erik Skovgaard. These three books, as the author states, are not intended to be comprehensive treatises on their subject matter. They are intended to be Guide/Handbooks. This has been extremely well accomplished. To entice you to actually read and use them there are three major points to consider.
June 21, 2022
Book locker: Schools out! Kids on board.
The little darlings can’t wait to get on the boat. Just make sure they have properly fitting PFDs and you’re ready to cast off together.
May 24, 2022
CCA introduces new Digital Cruising Guide to Maine
The club’s first digital guide is the collaborative effort of dozens of CCA members and now complements its four printed guides to the Canadian Maritimes.
May 24, 2022
Book locker – Get your motor running: Engine Care
The days are lovely and what better way to celebrate than heading to the engine compartment. Here is some good reading to get everything running smoothly…
April 20, 2022
Book locker: Seamanship – it’s time
With the boat back in the water it’s time to refresh our boating skills after a long lay-off. Nautical Mind has sent along some titles to get us back up to top skill level.
March 23, 2022
Book locker: Spring fix-up fever
With the crocuses comes the ladders, brushes and tools. Tarp off, project list on. Read all about it to get in the mood.
February 23, 2022
Book locker: Whither the weather?
Everyone talks about the weather but not everyone reads about it, which would help them to know more about what they are talking about. Here are some picks to sharpen your weather eye.
January 26, 2022
Book locker: Valentine picks for boating romance
This selection reflects love at sea: either finding it there, or spending your life at sea with your loved one.
December 21, 2021
Book locker: Boaters’ best reads of 2021
There was lots of time for gathering nautical reads, but perhaps you missed a few. The bookworms at Nautical Mind looked through the past year’s publishing bonanza and recommend a baker’s half-dozen of their favorites.
November 24, 2021
Canadian Yachting December is out now!
The annual Canadian Yachting December issue is back and bursting with exciting stories, boat reviews, products, and more.
November 24, 2021
Book locker: A boatload of gifts
You can do all your holiday shopping at once – your boating friends will unwrap their nautical gifts with glee.
October 27, 2021
Book locker: October 28 2021
Let’s head south. As things open up, boaters are once again looking to sunnier climes. Perhaps you are too!
October 12, 2021
PORTS Guides Look Great in Gift Wrap!
PORTS Guides are The Essential Boating Companion and Look Great in Gift Wrap!
June 8, 2021
Book locker: Cruising Adventure – all Canadian authors
Exchanging business clothes for bare feet, Ann and her husband, Steve Manley, founder of PORTS Guide, said goodbye to the Toronto rat race and sailed off on their Tartan 42, “Receta” (“recipe” in Spanish), bound for the Caribbean.
May 11, 2021
Book Locker: Navigation
This book is based on the notes prepared for students by the author during 20 years of teaching navigation, initially to private or commercial pilots, and then to sailors and professional mariners. It is illustrated with graphics which explain chart projections, scales and symbols, and describe lights and other navigation aids.
March 15, 2021
DISTANT SHORES DVD SERIES
Holidays are perfect times for daydreaming and anyone who loves boating, will love the adventures of Paul and Sheryl Shard; contributing writers to Canadian Yachting for many years.
February 22, 2021
Green Ghost, Blue Ocean – No fixed Address
“A Sailing Adventure Across 40,000 Nautical Miles” over a 17-year span, chronicles the adventures of Jennifer Smith and her husband Alex Nikolajevich (Nik) after they have sold their car in Vancouver and backed their boat out of Coal Harbour.
December 15, 2020
Reads OnBoard: Whales of Lake Erie
It’s a voyage everyone wants to undertake, but few get to make. The Whales of Lake Erie is the diary of a trip Canadian author and photographer, Bruce Kemp, made in the late summer of 2000 aboard the Canadian Leader – last of the traditional Great Lakes fore-aft’ers built in Canada at the Collingwood yard.
December 2, 2020
2021 PORTS Rideau available now!
Wait no longer, the 2021 Rideau Canal & Lower Ottawa River PORTS Guide has returned! Purchase your copy now at Nautical Mind Bookstore…
November 17, 2020
Put PORTS Essential Boating Companion Under the Tree
Wait no longer – the 2021 Rideau Canal & Lower Ottawa River PORTS Guide will be available for the holiday season! Preorder now and we will ship it out before the end of November!
