Jan 9, 2025
You’ve been waiting for it: Whitecap’s annual Top 10 Canadian sailing stories of 2024 in the latest edition of the podcast, including host David Cripton and the online editor of Canadian Boating, John Morris. Check it out now
By John Morris It’s not a simple task determining which boat is right for you. Which is why the trained psychologists and researchers at the Crossing the Line Institute spent maybe 15 minutes building this questionnaire, which will align your needs and desires with the perfect boat. Just 10 questions, and if you achieve a…
Wellcraft 355 – that brand’s current models steer an Axopar-ish course June 25, 2026 The tastes of boaters going in some new directions and Beneteau, the very large French-based builder, is heading its fleet to meet those modern flavours. As reported in Boote, a prominent European source and elsewhere, Groupe Beneteau is responding to the ongoing…
June 11, 2026 It’s darn near impossible to walk through the Halifax waterfront without the strain of Stan Rogers singing Barrett’s Privateers blaring on your internal audio system. The Halifax waterfront is so stunning, so packed with history. It’s what makes the Nova Scotia capital important and evocative – a bedrock of Canadiana for centuries….
West Marine’s Toronto store had a limited shelf life May 28, 2026 If you’re a normal boat owner, you spend at least 25% of your boating hours kvetching about the galactic prices for new boats, parts, and supplies. Fortunately, that still leaves 75% of your time to enjoy your current boat, but still…. Once there…
May 28, 2026 This week, Sail Canada announced the list of sailors who will be part of the 2026-2027 Canadian Sailing Team. The 14 athletes were selected based on the Canadian Sailing Team Sport Canada Carding Criteria. Carded sailors from the Canadian Sailing Team receive financial support through the Sport Canada Athlete Assistance Program to…
2024 Halifax was a hit, paused in 2025, back next month for 2026 and now scheduled for 2027! May 28, 2026 On May 20, SailGP announced that the action will return to Halifax for a third time year with the Canada Sail Grand Prix officially confirmed for May 15-16, 2027 as part of the Rolex…
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?).
