It was a bizarre idea. Pleasure vessels—other than the occasional canoeist—simply don’t travel the length of the Mackenzie River. At...
Wherever there are ships on display, recreational mariners invariably follow. From wooden steamers and tugboats to naval ships and fishing boats,...
While preparing our sailboat for a trip to Vancouver Island’s west coast, I kept smelling something. A faint rotten-egg odour...
It was in the launderette at Westview Marina that we began chatting to an unassuming Quebecois couple who apologized for...
The story of the 55th Shaw Island Classic sailboat race hosted by the San Juan Island Yacht Club begins with...
Originally published in November 2020, please follow your current local health and safety guidelines. Although we’ve cruised much...






