Victoria Harbour Boat Show, April 30 – May 3, 2015

Vic Harbour Boat Show

 

The 2014 Victoria Harbour Boat Show is set to take place April 30 – May 3, 2015! Experience life on the water at Vancouver Island’s premiere in-water boat show, set in Victoria’s beautiful Inner Harbour! This annual event features over 200 new and pre-owned boats on display, as well as booth exhibits by insurance companies, financial institutions, companies with marine related products and much, much more! 

Getting There

BC Ferries Schedule 

Travellers planning to get to Victoria from the Lower Mainland will have to do so by ferry. Visit the BC Ferries website to find ferry schedule and fee information. 

Victoria Clipper Ferry From Seattle, Washington 

Foot passengers can take a ferry from Seattle to Victoria via the Victoria Clipper Ferry. Visit their website for scheduled departing times and prices. 

Directions to Victoria From Seattle, Washington 

If you are planning to drive to Victoria, you will have to travel across via the BC Ferries. Click here to be taken to a Mapquest directions page which contains a map and text directions to guide travellers from Seattle to Victoria (via Vancouver). 

Details:  https://www.bcyba.com/contentpage.aspx?id=victoriaboatshow

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Neptunus 650F Review

Neptunus 650F 400

By Andy Adams

Over the years Canadian Yachting has had the pleasure of doing several boat review articles on new Neptunus models and we are familiar with the qualities that Neptunus is famous for. They have all been exceptional yachts, but this is the one I would most want to own myself. It’s a personal choice and a matter of taste as to whether you would prefer to have a sedan express model or a flybridge but in my opinion, the flybridge layout offers some wonderful attributes.

We met with Neptunus Managing Director Jan Willem De Jong this past fall to take the new Neptunus 650F out in Lake Ontario. 

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The Other Virgin Islands

Sunset off St John

By Mark Stevens

I was first seduced by the United States Virgin Islands during a ferry ride from St. Thomas to Tortola to begin one of our earliest British Virgin Islands charters nearly twenty years ago.

A perfect sunset off St. John with St. Thomas views for backdrop.

Clearing Pillsbury Sound, surrounded by voluptuous emerald mountains as the ferry sliced through royal blue waters, I was struck by the unspoiled ambiance of St. John, the island gliding past our starboard beam and the irresistible charm of a village called Cruz Bay visible from our quarter stern.

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