Pacific Yachting

Nanaimo Boat Show returns for 2015

Feb 12, 2015

Nanaimo’s new marina, the Waterfront Suites and Marina announced in January that it has taken over as host of the Nanaimo Boat Show at its brand new facility. The boat show will be held from March 27 to 29.

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Open Call for Aspring Offshore Athletes

Feb 26, 2015

One of Canada’s most successful offshore racers, Eric Holden, announces his Canadian Ocean Racing Open 60 program will be accepting applications from young aspiring offshore sailors for select spots on the COR Launch Tour. Canadian Ocean Racing will officially launch its...

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"Best in Show" Awards handed out at Vancouver Boat Show

Feb 12, 2015

Pacific Yachting has awarded its first annual Best In Show honours to three products displayed at the recent Vancouver International Boat Show. Over the years many marine manufacturers and dealers have developed, promoted and sold products that improve our boating...

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Waterfront Suites and Marina Installs State-of-the-Art Underwater Fire Suppression System

Feb 5, 2015

Waterfront Suites and Marina has announced that it has become the first marina on Vancouver Island to install and test an underwater fire suppression system. The engineered system is widely used throughout the world, however, it has been slow to...

Industry News

Race to Alaska by Wind or Muscle

Feb 5, 2015

No engines of any kind. No classes. No handicaps. Few rules. That’s the essence of the Race to Alaska, which launches June 4, 2015. The race begins in Port Townsend, where its major sponsor, Northwest Marine Center, is located. It...

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Highlights from Aspen Power Cat's Van Isle Circumnavigation

Jan 20, 2015

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Dreamspeaker Guides develop six handy trip planning charts for the waters of the Inside Passage

Jan 14, 2015

Following requests from numerous boaters, Laurence Yeadon-Jones spent over a year developing six handy Trip/Passage Planning Charts to complement their Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide Series. His practical approach was to build a set of workable charts layered from current chart mapping data...

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Monte Carlo 5 Flybridge

Jan 14, 2015

It was the striking hull colour—called aqua blue—of the MC 5 flybridge yacht that first caught our eyes. Some people love it, some don’t, but we think it is refreshing to see a company with the guts to introduce a...

Boat Reviews

Ocean Cruiser Speaker Series

Jan 12, 2015

The Bluewater Cruising Association will continue its management of the Ocean Cruising Adventures Speaker Series in 2015, with sponsorship support from Pacific Yachting. Anne Brevig, circumnavigator and author of 9 Years on the 7 Seas, has lined up another group...

Events

Take Your Best Shot 2015

Jan 12, 2015

It’s Pacific Yachting’s 10th Annual Photo Contest! This is a grand occasion indeed, and appropriately for such a grand occasion, we received the most submissions to date with hundreds of worthy photos coming through via email. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough...

Contests

Bavaria Easy 9.7

Jan 12, 2015

Comparing Bavaria’s new Easy 9.7 with the MH-31, it’s obvious that Bavaria Yachts has approached the starter boat conundrum from an entirely different direction. The Easy 9.7 is unabashedly promoted as a pared back version of the company’s popular Cruiser...

Boat Reviews

The Mystery of the Acania

Jan 8, 2015

Whether the Acania belonged to Al Capone or not is up for debate, but there is no debating that it is a beautiful classic yacht. So keep your eyes out for it as you cruise the coast

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