While they are no longer a part of the CPS Flare Program, Fogh Boat Supplies and Fogh Marine, both in the GTA, will be collecting expired marine flares this year as we have every year for over 15 years.
Safety at Sea Courses, in my opinion are a must for all offshore racers. I would also recommend the course to all Bluewater sailors and anyone planning to travel throughout the Pacific Northwest.
With all the devastation in the eastern Caribbean a natural question to ask is ‘is our boat in that kind of risk.’ In Canada, the answer is largely ‘no’ but there is a chance.
For 2017 there were a total of 31 events planned and 2 were cancelled for a total of 29 events. All of the events have now taken place. The earliest was on April 1st and the last on June 17th.
Discover Boating Canada recently launched a new Boating Safety App. We are pleased to let our members know that CPS-ECP was involved in the development of this new app and contributed content to it.
Every year thousands of boaters go out on the water without the proper safety equipment that is required by law.
Just launched in Canada, it’s the Discover Boating Safety app. Indispensable to the Canadian boater, itfeatureseverythingyouneed to ensure a safe and fun time on the water, no matterwhere or how you go boating.
If your flares have a manufacture date of 2013 or earlier they have or will expire this year. You can't light them, throw them in the water or in your household garbage to dispose of them.
Discover Boating Canada recently launched a new Boating Safety App. We are pleased to let our members know that CPS-ECP was involved in the development of this new app and contributed content to it.
Now this sounds like a bright idea! Halifax-basedCanada Rope and Twine Ltd has announced the launch of Night Saver Rope, a luminescent rope that they company believes will assist in saving lives at sea. The official launch date for March 1, 2017.
Destinations
My Happy Place – Lake Simcoe and the Trent-Severn Waterway
By Paul and Sheryl Shard
It’s funny how a body of water can shape you. Shape your mood. Shape your friendships. Shape your future.
Since you’re reading Canadian Yachting, then I’m pretty sure you have a sense of what I’m talking about here - a favourite lake, bay, pond, river or ocean that, when you’re near it, in it or on it, it makes your heart sing and good things happen.
For me, this is Lake Simcoe and the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario. Although my husband, Paul, and I have sailed over 100,000 nautical miles in the four sailboats we’ve owned and have been blessed to visit..
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Lifestyle
The Galley Guys and Our Little Secret
Story and photos by: Andy Adams
Making Life Onboard a Little More Comfortable
The theme of this June 2018 Canadian Yachting is Spring Launch & Summer Destinations, so going places in the boat is certainly at the heart of this issue. In any group of people, it’s not unusual to find that someone is uncomfortable going on the boat because they have a problem with motion sickness. It’s their little secret and it holds them back.
So, we have our own little secret– it's called ginger.
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Boat Reviews
Ranger Tugs R-23
By: Andy Adams
At the boat shows, the Ranger Tugs’ classic tugboat lines always grab the crowds, with the wives and children most likely to want to stop and have a better look. Well, they should, because the Ranger Tugs R-23 deserves a second look…a long look in fact.
Yes, it’s really a “personality” boat that looks great out on the water, and it will turn heads and start conversations at the gas docks, the locks, or just about anywhere boaters congregate, but the Ranger Tugs R-23 is far more than just cute.
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DIY & How to
