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Save the date! Returning next year is our iconic Vancouver Boat Show happening from February 1 – 5, 2023🛥
If you’re a boater – or hope to become one – this is the best event to attend, learn why BC really is better on a boat! More information to come.
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222.4KM/H: Wind Powered World Land Speed World Record Broken Emirates Team New Zealand and Land speed pilot Glenn Ashby have sailed ‘Horonuku’, their wind powered land speed world record craft, faster than any previous...
Christmas is coming! What are you getting for the boater in your life? 🎁
Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together
Who's going down to the Christmas Lights Cruise in Nanaimo tomorrow night?
Here is the route for the NYC Christmas Light Cruise on December 3rd, 2022 starting at 6PM in Nanaimo Harbour. Where will you be watching from?
Fishing gear, paddle-boards, tender, prawn traps… bring it all (and then some) with the 33’ ProFish!
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Are the Broughtons on your cruising itinerary for 2023?
Monday Anchorage, Tracey Island - Pacific Yachting After spending a couple days in Waddington Bay, we weighed anchor and made the short 5.5-mile cruise across Arrow, and up Blunden and Misty passages to Monday Anchorage—located between Tracey and Mars islands. The clouds laid low on the surrounding island’s hillsides and it rained off and on dur...
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Volunteer Boats Needed for Special People's Cruise, Sunday, December 4, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Seafair 76 Holiday Cruise (formerly known as the Special People's Cruise) needs additional volunteer boats and crews to host intellectually disabled guests and their chaperones for a fun holiday cruise. Chaperones provide these special guests with gifts and entertainment aboard your vessel.
This annual two-hour cruise takes place in Lake Union and Lake Washington, departing from various docks and yacht clubs:
Lake Union Park
Tyee Yacht Club
Queen City Yacht Club
Ivar's Salmon House
Puget Sound Yacht Club
Morrison's North Star Marine
Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club
Rainier Yacht Club
Participating boats, decorated for the holiday, make their way through the Montlake Cut to Lake Washington and return to their departure point. For ease of boarding, power boats are requested - 26 feet and over with capacity for 4 guests and 1 or 2 chaperones; boats must have enclosed, covered space for warmth.
Landside spectators enjoy the festive lighted parade. To give a gift of cheer and volunteer your time and vessel, click on the link below: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=t8oDWlsAJEOUvYa5GhFiggYqeDpoCgVHtyi6aMmtuudUMjQ0NkwySUVDVVBMOThBODJWWkk1T0Y4Si4u&web=1&wdLOR=c166DC62B-42C0-42F5-97CD-FFDB264EFA54 to register for the boat parade. For more information, contact Susan Ewbank at [email protected] or call 253-527-1376.
November 30, 2022 - Deadline to register for the 2023 Van Isle 360. Information and registration link here: https://www.vanisle360.com/competitor-information/
Van Isle 360 is an Official Qualifying Race for the Vic-Maui International Yacht Race.
Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race
Do you have a sea worthy vessel and want to be part of a NYC tradition. Please join us for our annual Christmas Light Cruise on December 3rd. Skippers meeting at NYC at 1700 hours. This is a great community event to be a part of either on the water or watching from land. Reach out to [email protected] for more information.
Transport Canada to dispose of 11 derelict vessels in Vancouver's False Creek The 11 vessels moored in Vancouver's False Creek, including a 28-foot Windfall yacht, have been deemed to be wrecked, abandoned or hazardous
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It’s Thursday & we are remembering what an awesome time it was when the US Navy Yacht Club came to stay with us!
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“If I could turn back time…” oh wait, we do - This weekend, don’t forget to set your clocks back!
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First Aid at Sea Workshop in Seattle
November 4 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT
Learn to effectively treat hypothermia, near drowning and other incidents while on the water.
Washington Sea Grant and Port of Seattle Fishermen’s Terminal are cosponsoring a Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Course.
Topics covered include:
• CPR
• Patient assessment
• Hypothermia and cold-water response • Near drowning
• Shock and trauma
• Burns and fractures
• Choking and patient immobilization
• First Aid kits.
Contact: Sarah Fisken, 206-543-1225, [email protected]
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Home - Page's Resort Group Located on beautiful Gabriola Island. Page’s Resort Group welcomes you to secluded seaside cottages and suites, pristine grounds surrounded by forests and ocean views, a full service marina, campground and meeting space for retreats to remember. Both the Resort and the Inn are located on Gabriola ...
Don't forget to enter! You could win some seriously awesome prizes plus be featured in PY!
Enter PY's “Take your Best Shot” Photo Contest - Pacific Yachting The Annual PY Photo Contest—Take Your Best Shot—is back! So submit your best photos from the 2022 cruising season for a chance to be featured in Pacific Yachting and win some awesome prizes! Contest ends on Dec. 15, 2022 at 6pm PST. Good luck! Enter Now Photo Requirements: Take a photo with any ...
TODAY - Kits Inflatables Grand Opening & Sale!
Don't put the tarp on the boat just yet. There's always winter cruising!
Winter Cruising – Tips and Tricks - Pacific Yachting Summer has come and gone. As the majority of boaters head home for the season, the waterways open up to those of us determined to continue our nautical experiences. The off-season months offer a respite as anchorages are deserted, marinas and marine park docks become our own private places, guest mo...
When there's not enough wind to fill the spinnaker...Groan.
While the details are still being discovered, it sounds like this avoidable accident resulted in the tragic death of two dogs. Another reminder to always be vigilant while on the water.
3 boaters rescued from Vancouver Harbour after possible collision with cargo ship, RCMP say | CBC News Three people had to be pulled from the frigid waters of Vancouver Harbour when their rented 18-foot runabout capsized after a possible collision with the cargo ship Saga Beiga Flor as it was coming into port, according to the spokesperson of the RCMP West Coast Marine unit.
Smuggler Cove on the Sunshine Coast is the perfect all-weather anchorage. The cove and surrounding 457 acres of forest located on the south side of Sechelt Peninsula is a portion of the BC Parks system and is popular for its maze of nooks and basins.
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Smuggler Cove, Sechelt Peninsula - Pacific Yachting Completing our third week of a three-month cruise through the Gulf Islands, up the Sunshine Coast and eventually to the Broughtons, we departed False Creek in the morning and set a course for Smugglers Cove Provincial Park, 36 miles up the coast. For years we had heard stories about the cove’s his...
Five easy steps to turn ‘clubs’ into decent rowing implements
Restoring Old Oars - Pacific Yachting You may have heard the expression, “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear,” but I maintain that with some objects you can turn a pretty mediocre item into something a lot better, physically and aesthetically. Advertisement Take oars, for example. Many of the oars you purchase at ...
Can this technique save BC salmon?
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Mark Selective Fisheries - Pacific Yachting What Is a Mark Selective Fishery? Mark selective fisheries (MSF) are becoming more common. In fact, just south of us mark selective fisheries were mandated into law in Washington State about a decade ago, meant to be a tool to improve chinook and coho salmon recovery and to allow important fisheries...
Pacific Yachting's October issue has this wrap-up of the 2022 Vic-Maui International Yacht Race
Many thanks to GOLD sponsor Pacific Yachting for the many decades sponsoring Vic-Maui.
A new lightweight rigid tender from Aspen, designed to be fast, efficient and easy to handle. https://aspenpowercatamarans.com
Always good to be reminded to take a look behind us as we are cruising.
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