Seattle show goes virtual
he continuing spread of Covid-19 has forced Seattle Boat Show organizers to cancel their in-person 2021 event. Instead, the January show will move online. The shortened digital event will take place Thursday, Jan. 28...
Author: Jim Burgoyne
Rudderless couple rescued
he Coast Guard towed a Canadian couple and their crippled sailboat into Port Hardy on Thanksgiving ending a 119-day voyage from Mexico. Second Star, owned and crewed by Ron and Sherry Pryde, was 700...
2021 show cancelled
he 2021 Vancouver International Boat Show, scheduled for Feb. 3-7, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Although we are incredibly disappointed, there is nothing more important to our organization than the health,...
Salish Sea slowly reopens
For four months during the COVID-19 crisis we updated this post on a daily basis so readers would know the operating status of marinas and parks in British Columbia and Washington State. On July 5, we stopped updating it so we could go cruising like everyone else.
Looking to the west
With our Alaska trip now out of the question, we have turned our sights to the west coast of Vancouver Island, The prognosis is looking good.
Anacortes goes virtual
etty pandemics are not going to keep the Anacortes Boat and Yacht Show down. Instead, it is going live and online on June 25-26. What’s more, it’s free! Compare boats, listen to expert speakers...
BC’s warming fjords
or those who have braved swimming in British Columbia’s spectacular, glacier-fed fjords, “warm” is probably not a word that springs to mind. But at least four of British Columbia’s fjords are real hotspots for...
Terror of COVID-19
he idea of COVID-19 entering the remote First Nation’s community of Bella Bella terrifies Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council. Located on British Columbia’s central coast, the water- and air-access only...
Stay home, agencies plea, on May long weekend
everal government organizations and BC coastal communities are asking boaters to refrain from non-essential trips this Victoria Day long weekend. The Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada Border Services Agency, Indigenous Services Canada,...
Customs services cut back
wo months after Canada closed all US border crossings to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canada Border Services Agency announced on Tuesday (May 12) it was temporarily suspending service at 342...
