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...
Author: Jim Burgoyne
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...
Shelter from the noise
esearchers are studying the theory that kelp forests protect sensitive sea creatures by dampening ocean noise. They fear the thinning of the underwater forests will expose sea life to a sonic overload. Marine ecologist...
Going wild on Cypress Island
For so long we lived in ignorance of the adventures found ashore on Cypress Island. It took going into the cruising guide business for the fog to finally lift.
Super simple Irish Soda Bread
On a boat, nothing could be easier. No kneading. No waiting for it to rise. Just mix it up, pour it into a loaf pan and pop it in the oven. It’s so easy...
15 salmon farms shuttered
anadian Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray has announced the federal government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia’s Discovery Islands. Murray says in a news release the Discovery Islands...
Fork in the road to Bag Harbour
Haida Gwaii’s beautiful anchorage at Bag Harbour and the pulsating life within Dolomite Narrows are enticing. You just have to decide how to get there.
Verging on Cape Caution
Four anchorages close to Cape Caution provide excellent protection for boaters awaiting settled conditions to round the notorious waters off the cape.
