Nov 19, 2020
Wait no longer - the 2021 Rideau Canal & Lower Ottawa River PORTS Guide will be available for the holiday season! Preorder now and we will ship it out before the end of November!
You can also order our other regional PORTS guides:
PORTS Georgian Bay, North Channel & Lake Huron, 2020
PORTS Trent Severn Waterway & Lake Simcoe, 2016 (Clearance)
PORTS Lake Ontario & the Thousand Islands, 2016 (Clearance)
The PORTS Essential Boating Guides are a great onboard tool for Cruisers, Anglers, Cottage and Day Boaters alike! They include thorough navigational information and detailed aerial photos to enhance your trip through Ontario’s waterways. Complete travel information with GPS coordinates and contact numbers shows you where to stop, full guides to marinas, where to find fuel, where to dock, where to eat and where to restock the galley. Marine stores, facilities and repair services are included and even where to find the best deals on everything from supplies to souvenirs. The handy distance chart makes it easy to plan your voyage.
In the 2020 and subsequent guides, you will find a most useful FREE downloadable mobile app version. Each print guide comes with a single i0s/Android download for your tablet.
PORTS is Coffee Table worthy publication that the boater in your life will use regularly and be proud to show-off to guests!
PURCHASE IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AT www.canadianyachting.ca/store#books
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By Zuzana Prochazka
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Design
Roberto Biscontini is the naval architect and Lorenzo Argento created the details of the exterior and interior design.
Destinations
New Ottawa River destination opens
The new owners of L’Orignal Marina offer boaters a new destination. Located in a charming francophone village in Eastern Ontario, this joined marina and restaurant venue is the ambitious initiative of long-time entrepreneur André Chabot and biologist Alexandra Quester, both residents of L’Orignal.
The purchase of the L’Orignal Marina was made official in November 2020. The new year was barely underway when all 50 available slips were already reserved. No wonder the addition of member and visitor slips is already planned for the 2022 season – the 2021 count is up to 62 power and sail already. At the moment, the Riverest Marina offers boaters a stop where they can launch their boat...
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Bruce Kirby - 1929 – 2021 (Bruce Kirby)
No individual had a greater impact on the modern sport of sailing than Bruce Kirby. Known and respected worldwide as the designer of the ubiquitous Laser that now numbers over 250,000, and is an Olympic Class in two configurations, Kirby had a yacht design career that spanned over forty years, with feet firmly planted in his native Canada and his adopted United States.
He was a successful journalist, sailor and designer, and a good friend to anyone who had the pleasure to know him.
DIY & How to
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