October 26, 2020
Bold Sea Stories – Prizewinning Nonfiction
There are places and things that we read, hear and dream about, that are on our “bucket list” to cruise. Lake Superior was not one of those places for me and I’m not sure it ever will be, as I remember all too well chipping ice out of the bottom of a Lightning there in early August before we went sailing in a championship regatta.
July 30, 2020
Technical Resource | Boatowner’s Mechanical & Electrical Manual, 4th Edition, 2015
Calder’s indispensable and thorough manual gives you detailed instructions for maintaining, repairing, and improving every essential system on your boat.
July 30, 2020
Summer Read | Sailing to the Edge of Time
With hundreds of thousands of nautical miles under his keel, Kretschmer’s adventures have taken him several times around the world.
July 30, 2020
2021 PORTS TRENT-SEVERN AND LAKE SIMCOE NOW AVAILABLE WITH FREE APP VERSION INCLUDED
Stretching 240 miles between Trenton and Port Severn, the historic Trent-Severn waterway is one of the most popular boating destinations in Canada. The PORTS Cruising Guide to the Trent-Severn Waterway points out…
June 10, 2020
The Radar Book by Kevin Monahan
Kevin Monahan is a retired Canadian Coast Guard officer with more than 20 years of experience navigating the British Columbia coast as a small vessel captain.
May 27, 2020
Get the 2020 Georgian Bay PORTS Guide for Father’s Day!
The new 2020 PORTS Georgian Bay, North Channel & Lake Huron Guide is available for purchase at retail outlets near you…
May 6, 2020
Planning a Cruise with PORTS Cruising Guide
After decades of perusing charts and guidebooks as part of planning a cruise, it was a totally different experience editing PORTS Cruising Guide Georgian Bay, The North Channel and Lake Huron. My copy of PORTS Lake Ontario and Thousand Islands is dog-eared and well worn.
April 21, 2020
Don’t Leave Port Without It – Book & App Format!
The 2020 Georgian Bay, North Channel & Lake Huron PORTS Guide marks the beginning of the guide in app format. FREE download with every print purchase! All new editions will incorporate this handy free app offer.
March 25, 2020
More new PORTS editions on the way
Good news Boaters, two new PORTS Editions will be released this Winter 2020 in time for the 2020-2021 Boat Show season – PORTS Rideau Canal and Lower Ottawa River and the Trent Severn Waterway & Lake Simcoe 2021 editions.
March 2, 2020
Book Review: Ready to Come About
Sue Williams wasn’t a sailor and didn’t have an adventure bone in her body. Her idea of a thrill was doing applique! So it isn’t surprising that the cover of the book Ready to Come About is actually one of her appliques.
February 11, 2020
NEW PORTS Georgian Bay an app and updates
Since 1984 PORTS Cruising Guides have been the cruising boater’s essential companion. But now PORTS has added a digital platform so that boaters can download the volume onto one tablet. Purchasers of the guide can now also subscribe to amendments to get updates as information changes. This makes PORTS even more valuable.
January 22, 2020
PORTS Rideau edition coming this summer
Good news cruisers, it’s coming in early Summer 2020 – PORTS Rideau Canal and Lower Ottawa River 2020 Edition. We have just published PORTS Guide – Georgian Bay, North Channel & Lake Huron and now everyone’s working to complete the Rideau Guide.
January 8, 2020
Your new PORTS Georgian Bay Cruise Guide ready for Toronto Boat Show
Every cruiser in the region has used it for years, but now there’s a brand new edition of the universally acclaimed PORTS Guide – Georgian Bay, North Channel & Lake Huron.
November 19, 2019
PORTS: Can’t Miss tips – 4 reasons never to leave the dock without a jar of peanut butter and a bag of chocolate chips
Too hot to bake? No oven onboard anyway? Try these no-bake shipboard treats. (Yes, we know they’re not low fat or low calorie – but perhaps you deserve a reward after that hard passage. Or before. Or instead of…)
November 4, 2019
PORTS – Can’t miss tips: Crafty Ideas for Creative Watercrafts
The new edition of PORTS Cruising Guides: Georgian Bay, Lake Huron & the North Channel from the publishers of Canadian Yachting will be available in January!! Look for upcoming details on how to order your copy early!
October 23, 2019
The Chartering Handbook is available
Canadian Yachting’s Chartering Handbook, full of information and advice for heading off to a charter, no matter what your level of expertise is. The Handbook is part of your October CY magazine and you can also read it online
June 25, 2019
Get “Nautiguide” for Boating in Quebec
Edited by the Quebec Marine Association under the direction of L’Escale Nautique (producer of the magazine L’Escale Nautique and the Nautiguide Croisière), the Nautiguide is the most complete tool…
February 27, 2019
Making the leap from landlubber to a life at Sea
Gina de Vere approached me at the Canadian Yachting booth at this year’s Vancouver International Boat Show and introduced me to her book Blue Water Women.
July 25, 2018
Weather Bomb 1913
Weather nerds and boaters of all stripes will be absorbed by Bruce Kemp’s account of the monstrous early winter storm, perhaps the largest ever, that hit the Great Lakes in 1913.
May 1, 2018
Northwest Boat Travel Guide 2018
The 2018 Northwest Boat Travel Guide just arrived. This time of the year is the perfect time for making plans for the boating season.
March 7, 2018
What’s In A Boat’s Name?
This article was my first about 10 years ago, and it found it’s way to an outdoor editor/writer here on the west coast named Bob Jones. He became my mentor and helped me tremendously.
June 7, 2017
Book review: “Taken By the Wind” by Marilyn Johnson
Taken By the Wind: The Northwest Coast: A Guide to Sailing the Coasts of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska…
December 18, 2016
Northwest Boat Travel Guide
My copy of Northwest Boat Travel Guide just arrived. This time of the year is the perfect time for making plans for the 2017 boating season.
October 24, 2016
The Art and Science of Sails
I must admit my bias upfront to this book review; it’s a book I devoured and read cover to cover. In the fading years of my sailing career I wish I had this fabulous resource long ago.
December 9, 2015
2016 Northwest Boat Travel
The 2016 Northwest Boat Travel is hot off the press and is completely updated for 2016…
April 29, 2014
Free Downloadable Varnish Guide from Interlux
Interlux® has produced a handy free guide to help boat owners understand the most common applications of varnish and to offer expert advice for doing your own brightwork.
November 20, 2013
Bernard Engraving Acquires Memory-Mate Log Books
Bernard Engraving Co has acquired the long-standing Beckson Marine line of Memory-Mate Log Books. With the addition of the Log Books and Manager Series of publications, Bernard continues to grow its line of boating products. The company is also proud to announce the return of the most popular format of the log book, the MM303 22-ring, loose leaf with a two-page spread for each voyage or leg of voyage. Incredibly user-friendly, this format titles the left side of the book as Cruise and the right as Helmsman.
May 30, 2013
Seasonings, Flavours of the Southern Gulf Islands
Seasonings, Flavours of the Southern Gulf Islands by Andrea & David Spalding (Harbour Publishing 2013, $29.95) 2012 was a year of feasting, sampling, collecting, interviewing and cooking for longtime Pender Island residents David and Andrea Spalding. They roamed extensively on Mayne, Salt Spring, Saturna, Galiano and the Penders, sniffing out delectable recipes, interviewing chefs and food gurus, tracking down lavender growers, sleuthing out cheese-makers, fishermen, coffee roasters and artisan bakers, trying out recipes and arranging all their discoveries in a very readable book.
November 21, 2012
So Where Do You Go At Night?
Those of us who recall the world of sailing in the 1970s will remember magazine stories of voyages by intrepid souls to the South Pacific and beyond. This was the stuff dreams were made of―at least for us working stiffs who hoped one day to go to sea. The boats were sometimes home-built or at least home finished, in everything from fiberglass and wood to concrete. Most of these trips worked out just fine and the sailors returned to the drudgery of the working world with a least one dream fulfilled. One such family was Patrick Hill's, who set off in a Fraser 42 for a voyage that would take them from Vancouver to Tahiti, Bora Bora and home again, all in just over 14 months.
August 30, 2011
Inspecting the Aging Sailboat
This book will help you with all the maintenance issues you may face if you own, or are looking to own, a fibreglass boat. It provides clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations as to how to recognize the problems (both on the surface and below) and how to determine the difference between cosmetic flaws and the serious flaws you need to address more quickly.
August 30, 2011
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
“As I write this, back in the real world, back in an office, back home, back up against a deadline, I glance down at the mouse pad to my right, and I am filled once again with powerful longing. The pad is printed with a picture of a laughing woman stripping off a wetsuit on a golden beach. Her hair is streaked blond, her shoulders broad on an otherwise slender frame, muscular shoulders that look like they know how to work. She is completely relaxed, and radiates happiness. The slice of beach in the photo is deserted – pristine, private, no one and nothing on it, except for a pile of snorkeling gear in the sand at the woman’s feet. Behind her, the sea is turquoise glass, on which sits a lone boat with a white hull and a tall mast that has impaled the sky’s single puffy white cloud like cotton candy on a stick.
August 30, 2011
From the Galleys of Women Aboard
A compilation of tried and true recipes from the women of the Women Aboard organization dedicated to empowering women boaters. With over 45 women contributing their personal recipes, this handy galley companion covers everything from appetizers to desserts, from breakfast to dinner. After each recipe there are tips these chefs have used to help them with provisioning, along with a ‘Provisioning Hints’ section at the end of the book.
August 30, 2011
Marine Diesel Engines
The world’s bestselling marine engine maintenance book got even better and more up to date. Lucid explanations, over 300 black and white photos and drawings of every diesel system and advice on what to do when things go wrong. Covers electronic controls and other new technologies.
August 30, 2011
The One Pan Galley Gourmet: Simple Cooking on Boats
Now you can turn even a one-burner galley into a gourmet kitchen and enjoy hot, wholesome, delicious meals wherever your boat takes your. Want apple pancakes for breakfast? Quesadillas for lunch? Saucy chicken with noodles and green peppers for dinner? All you need is one pan, the right ingredients, and a little help from The One Pan Galley Gourmet. This practical guide for the seagoing epicure has it all – one-pot simplicity, delicious recipes using fresh ingredients, and plenty of spice and personality. Special features include:
February 2, 2011
Fair Wind and Plenty of It
Fair Wind and Plenty of It tells the story of an obsession, as Captain Dan Moreland, driven by desire to make his mark in the world of traditional sail, rallies forces to convert a 69-year-old North Sea trawler into a seaworthy tall ship, and then assembles the crew to sail it. It’s the story of the uneasy balance that is achieved on board, where insubordination and rancour must be kept in line among a crew whose only connection is their common desire to be part of this journey.
February 2, 2011
The Galley Guru: Effortless Gourmet Cooking Afloat
For the cook who sails and the sailor who cooks, Galley Guru is a connoisseur’s guide to simple ways to keep your grip in the galley. Prepare, preserve, and present, from a tiny space, real food that would not be ashamed to have come from a gourmet kitchen many times the size.
February 2, 2011
Sailing in Stitches: An Account of a Two-year Circumnavigation
Stitches Explorer is a 74-foot yawl, built in 1966 with an extensive rebuild in 1992, and very well equipped, with two of all the important pieces of equipment. In 2000, with an international crew, she set off on a journey that would include 62 countries, 180 ports, two major pirate areas and one pirate boarding. Starting from Florida, she headed south, down the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, across the Pacific to Australia, Indonesia and Thailand, then across the Indian Ocean…
February 2, 2011
Fiberglass Repair, Polyester or Epoxy
Filled with easily accessed information aimed at giving the boatowner the skills to tackle typical fibreglass repairs using either polyester resin or epoxy. Includes blister repair, repairs to cord decks, hole repair, touch-ups, etc. Includes illustrations.