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Pacific Yachting
3d ago
Located in northern British Columbia, on the shores of Granby Bay in Observatory Inlet, lies Canada’s largest ghost town—Anyox. This remote area is about 130 miles north of Prince Rupert and is only approachable by boat, float plane or helicopter. The story goes, that around 1910, Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company (known as Granby Consolidated) started buying up land in this area and began constructing the town in 1912. Anyox was a booming town until 1936, best known […]
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Pacific Yachting
2w ago
At the southern tip of the Gulf Islands, overlooking the American border, lays Tumbo and Cabbage islands. The two islands attract all kinds of boaters due to the protected anchorage that lays between them, the backcountry camping sites and their proximity to Vancouver, Sidney and the American San Juans. We approached Tumbo from the south. Our Tartan 42 barrelled down Boundary Pass under sail on a close reach in the localised thermal winds that were accentuated by the topography of […]
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Pacific Yachting
1M ago
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that about 72 percent of men and 64 percent of women are classified as overweight or obese.” It has been said that boating, like piloting a large plane, is 99 percent boredom and one percent sheer panic. While there are some sailors who leap from port to starboard, hauling halyards and winching sheets, for the most part we are a sedentary lot afloat. Even on a sailboat there’s usually not a lot of action, […]
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Pacific Yachting
1M ago
If anchorages could talk, what stories would they tell? Tales perhaps of those who have come and gone—some putting down roots, others merely setting foot on shore for a few hours. The past isn’t always apparent, for nature quickly reclaims signs of human presence. But there will be traces. Some are prehistoric, such as a shell midden bordering the anchorage. Others are more recent. There could be some gnarled fruit trees still standing in an overgrown orchard or an abandoned […]
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Pacific Yachting
1M ago
The first time I was invited on a sailboat, there were a few rules to abide by: have a lifejacket, wear closed toe, non-marking shoes, and under no circumstance was I to bring a banana on board. The captain was not a picky eater, rather, he followed a set of ancient boating superstitions that still hold power over boaters today. Why the superstitions? The origins of these beliefs stem from early days at sea when sailors ventured into uncharted waters […]
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Pacific Yachting
2M ago
While preparing our sailboat for a trip to Vancouver Island’s west coast, I kept smelling something. A faint rotten-egg odour permeated the air. I sniffed and sniffed trying to find the malodorous culprit. When I bent over the quarter berth, I found the side panel hot. Our bank of gel batteries resided under the bunk and after lifting the cover, we found one battery had overheated. We disconnected it at once, but I’ve often wondered what would’ve happened if we […]
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Pacific Yachting
2M ago
When my husband Evan and I were buying our first boat, a then 20-year-old Fortune 30, we sat down at the settee to sign the documents and quickly realized something wasn’t going to work. For me, it was the ugly colour of the scratchy fabric. For Evan it was the fact he was bottoming out on the—who-knows-how-old and I think they might smell a bit funky—cushions. Happily, Evan’s parents are generous people and as a fantastic boat-warming gift we were […]
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Pacific Yachting
2M ago
25 years ago, Winston Bushnell (skipper), George Hone (first mate) and I (artist/writer) sailed the Northwest Passage aboard Dove III. Winston was a well-seasoned mariner, having sailed around the world during the ‘70s with his family aboard the small sailboat, Dove, which was rolled over off South Africa by a 60-foot wave. George was an experienced sailor. Although I was living on a 42-foot ketch Dreamer II, I was still a novice. Winston built Dove III (Brent Swain design) specifically […]
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Pacific Yachting
2M ago
Learn to Sail the Hard Way follows the misfortunes of a young man as he attempts to conquer the art of sailing from being a land-locked dreamer to a somewhat competent boater. Our intrepid hero, Skip Murphy, moves to the coast from his prairie home and is convinced he can easily learn the art of sailing through trial and error. He experiences a lot of challenges, and learns from mistakes made along the way. Chapter 4 finds him setting out […]
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Pacific Yachting
3M ago
Although he was only just shy of five years old, Campbell Black still vividly recalls boarding the Cunard passenger liner Ascania and sailing with his mum to a new life in Canada. “It was the beginning of my love of boats,” he said. “The world got turned on in technicolour, even though it was a terrible trip with violent weather. We arrived in Montreal three days overdue.” It was 1952. A Worldly Beginning With memories of the Second World War […]
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