Our cruising guides don’t work with web browsers
ometimes, in the sweetest possible way, a boater might nervously corner one of us at a boat show, and begin a sentence with: “We love your guides, but …” It’s what follows the “but”...
Author: Jim Burgoyne
Fight to save eelgrass
he Northwest Straits Commission is working with multiple partners in Washington State and British Columbia to help protect eelgrass beds in the Salish Sea. Part of this effort is a survey intended to make...
Evicted boaters get reprieve
ust days after 200 liveaboards at a North Vancouver marina were told they must vacate their berths within six months, the eviction order was lifted. At a virtual meeting on Thursday, tenants at Mosquito...
New Bute Island stern ties
oaters will be pleased to know that stern ties are now available for their use near the mouth of Ladysmith Harbour. Eight, in fact, have been installed along the western shore of Bute Island,...
Jedediah Is. stern ties upgraded
oaters visiting Deep Bay in Jedediah Island Marine Provincial Park will find the stern ties there have been upgraded. Some of the pins have been replaced while all of the chains have been updated...
Pruth Bay: north rolls out red carpet
Getting to Pruth Bay, home to the Hakai Institute, is a fine reason to round Cape Caution from the south even if you have no intention to go any farther.
Our one-question survey results
ack in April, we emailed a survey to boaters who follow our blog and/or have purchased our cruising guides. It was a first for us and we really had only one question. How did...
Guide sales glitch resolved
hew! Sometimes online sales is the cat’s meow. Sometimes it’s a dyspeptic cougar. In the latter part of June, we received an email from a boater saying that PayPal refused to allow him to...
Princess Louisa: just the basics
There’s almost nothing about Princess Louisa Inlet that hasn’t already been said, and said so poetically, but maybe we can offer a couple tips to those who are first-timers without flowery prose.
Mooring buoys at D’Arcy Island
he Gulf Islands National Park Reserve has installed two mooring buoys for public use at D’Arcy Island in Haro Strait, south of Sidney Island. Parks Canada installed the new buoys with funding from the...
