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Located about half way between Shediac and the Miramichi on New Brunswick’s Acadian Coast, the town of Richibucto offers a safe and picturesque harbour for yachts cruising the area.
Suddenly the once forsaken city of Hamilton, Ontario is booming for at least two good reasons.
One summer I sold ice cream and knick-knacks at Montague Harbour Marina. I was standing behind the counter one day, when the phone rang.
Read more: How to be as Polite as a Canadian at Gulf Island...
The Salty Dawg Sailing Association (SDSA) invites all sailors to join a cruising rally from the Chesapeake to Maine andthen, for the first time, a second rally from Maine to Nova Scotia.
Read more: Salty Dawg Announces Summer Rallies To Maine and...
From listening to the weather forecast the night before, I knew the gale had passed. A small craft warning was however, issued with maximum winds of 25 knots.
"Let me go, Pappa! Let me go!” That was my battle cry as a three-year-old when my grandfather lashed a line to his dinghy and set me adrift in the Strait of Canso.
Read more: Dinghy Cruising with Rob Dunbar on the Eastern...
Central Marine has been putting boats onto Georgian Bay from its Midland location since 1969. In the past it has been a huge vendor of the Grew craft that were built in nearby Penetanguishene for decades.
Long popular with New England and St. John area boaters, Passamaquoddy Bay is too often overlooked as a destination by cruisers from Nova Scotia.
Wispy threads of morning mist rise slowly skyward off the unwavering water revealing a glassy expanse under sparkling sunlit skies.
There will be no description here of services, facilities, shopping or even pubs, just place where you can find the kind of quiet and sense of isolation which is getting ever harder to locate.
How to be as Polite as a Canadian at Gulf Island Marine Park Anchorages
Story and photos by Catherine Dook
One summer I sold ice cream and knick-knacks at Montague Harbour Marina. I was standing behind the counter one day, when the phone rang. “There’s a boat at anchor in the middle of the bay that’s been playing loud music for three hours,” complained an irate-sounding male voice. “Can you make them stop?”
“Um, no,” I replied. “The marina has no jurisdiction over the anchorage. Besides, my only weapon is a till.” The man hung up on me.
Now when you think about it, you can understand why the poor fellow was annoyed.
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Lifestyle
Hogtown to Hogfish
By Greg Nicoll and John Armstrong
A couple of Galley Guys on yet another culinary adventure…
The Galley Guys had a plan - get out of Toronto, jump on a boat, sail to Cuba, then wine and dine on some great Cuban cuisine. However, just before boarding the plane, we were informed of some technical problems with our boat charter. The Cuban part of our trip was just not going to happen, bummer. OK, let’s turn lemons into lemonade!
The closest we could get to Cuba was some 90-plus miles north in Key West, Florida, a most unusual and entertaining town.
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Boat Reviews
Cruisers Yachts Cantius 42
By John Armstrong and Andy Adams
The latest new model from Cruisers Yacht sis the Cantius 42 and this yacht made its debut in the fall of 2017, at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. We had the pleasure of going all through this newest Cantius there and clearly, the Cruisers Yachts people continue to refine and expand on all the features that have made the Cantius line such a success.
The new 42 continues the Cantius family resemblance with handsome and distinctive lines including a big section of hull side glazing port and starboard that makes the full-beam mid-ship master stateroom feel very bright and open.
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DIY & How to
Marine Products
Smelly Boat?
By Glen Cairns
We have all had the experience of heading down below on a nice boat only to encounter an unpleasant odour. This can come from a wide variety of sources, the most common being the head and sanitation system. We will deal with the issue of heads and holding tanks another time; however, there are plenty of other causes of a musty and off-putting smell.
Too many boats spend long winters shrink-wrapped with inadequate ventilation. The resulting condensation is a wonderful spawning ground for mould and general mustiness, especially if there are a few warm spring days before the boat is opened.
Read more about freshening up your boat.....
