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Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:35:47 +0000
Logs in the Water
Logs in the Water
BC’s coastal forest industry harvests more than 565 million cubic feet (16 million cubic metres) of softwood annually, down from 20 million in 2013. Most of this material is shipped on the water, and most of it shipped in log booms. Lumber prices have declined and fewer trees cut down mean fewer logs lost. But lower prices mean salvors get less for their recovered logs and are less likely to round them up. The salvage business, which has always been […]
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Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:30:36 +0000
Shoulder Season Adventure
Shoulder Season Adventure
It started as a dream to combine sailing and snowboarding. I spent hours researching sailing/skiing expeditions in Norway but I just couldn’t justify spending the money to fly across the world when I have my own boat. Plus, British Columbia’s geography seems so similar to those Scandinavian fjords, so shouldn’t it be possible to combine the two activities here in our own backyard? Maybe I was overconfident in my ability to pull this off, or perhaps just a little naive. […]
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Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:21:16 +0000
Do you have expired marine flares?
Do you have expired marine flares?
Flares manufactured in 2021 or earlier expire this year, as Transport Canada approves them for four years. They should be replaced every third or fourth boating season. To dispose of expired flares, do not light them, throw them overboard, or add them to household garbage. CanBoat / NautiSavoir volunteers and select CIL Dealers are hosting Safety Equipment Education and Flare Disposal Days (see below) to collect expired marine flares for neutralization and safe disposal. Dates and locations are subject to […]
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Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:04:52 +0000
Sailing Back to Haida Gwaii
Sailing Back to Haida Gwaii
During our 25 years of sailing in waters far away from the BC coast we always wondered how Haida Gwaii—and the Gwaii Haanas area in particular—might be changing. If we returned would we feel the same “magic” we so much enjoyed in years past? This past summer we had the opportunity to find out. We first sailed among “The Misty Isles” in 1980. Then they were still named the Queen Charlotte Islands, affectionately referred to as “the Galapagos of the […]
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Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:43:29 +0000
TARPING GUIDE
TARPING GUIDE
The environmental impact of bottom sanding and painting demands a careful approach to the task—and for good reason. Antifouling paints may contain elemental copper, cuprous oxide (a copper compound) or tinoxide compounds and some combine all three. They kill organisms attempting to attach to a painted surface. By design, most antifouling paints are toxic to marine life and can be absorbed by edible fish and shellfish. Toxins enter the environment through spillage, sanding, sand blasting or scraping. Residue on the […]
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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:27:12 +0000
The Graham Clarke Group Has Acquired the Oak Bay Marine Group’s Four Marinas
The Graham Clarke Group Has Acquired the Oak Bay Marine Group’s Four Marinas
Vancouverite Graham Clarke, 81, grew up Oak Bay and says he’s always hankered to return to his roots. He has now achieved that desire by buying the Oak Bay Marine Group (OBMG), thevenerable marine and hospitality company founded by Bob Wright 62 years ago. Wright was an ardent sport fisherman who wished to introduce boaters to the beauties of the BC coast while also catching fish. He began fulfilling his wish by building the Oak Bay Marina for pleasure craft […]
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Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:33:21 +0000
Ghost Town of Anyox
Ghost Town of Anyox
Located in northern British Columbia, on the shores of Granby Bay in Observatory Inlet, lies Canada’s largest ghost town—Anyox. This remote area is about 130 miles north of Prince Rupert and is only approachable by boat, float plane or helicopter. The story goes, that around 1910, Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company (known as Granby Consolidated) started buying up land in this area and began constructing the town in 1912. Anyox was a booming town until 1936, best known […]
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Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:40:53 +0000
When the Anchor Drags
When the Anchor Drags
Anchor Like a Pro — Even in Heavy Weather
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Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:09:08 +0000
Tumbo Island
Tumbo Island
At the southern tip of the Gulf Islands, overlooking the American border, lays Tumbo and Cabbage islands. The two islands attract all kinds of boaters due to the protected anchorage that lays between them, the backcountry camping sites and their proximity to Vancouver, Sidney and the American San Juans. We approached Tumbo from the south. Our Tartan 42 barrelled down Boundary Pass under sail on a close reach in the localised thermal winds that were accentuated by the topography of […]
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Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:15:54 +0000
Deck Repairs
Deck Repairs
When we joined the Barnet Sailing Co-op last year we were thrilled with the idea of going from one couple owning one boat, to being part of a team of 70ish people who share the upkeep of a matched set of six Catalina 27s. Many hands make for light work as they say. Though I’m pretty sure the person who said that never took part in late winter haulout… Still, the benefit of taking care of a fleet is that […]
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