by Richard Harvey My wife Anne and I prepared for this sailing adventure all winter and on June 27th, 2011, we were ready to set sail from Souris, PEI to our first destination some 123 nm away, Shediac Bay marina in New Brunswick. Our home away from home for the summer is our 37′ Beneteau [...]

By Tom Mason Power boaters have the best of all worlds. Unrestricted by deep drafts, tall masts and the need for favourable winds, they are free to explore the myriad of rivers, lakes and twisted coves the Maritimes have to offer. They can simply load their boats onto trailers and launch in whatever landlocked lake [...]

By Patricia Nelder The pontoon boat has finally come into its own as a sought-after piece of boating real estate for relaxing and swimming, for waterskiing and fishing and even for overnighting! The word pontoon, which comes from the Latin for floating bridge, has been used for many specialized nautical meanings such as a flat [...]

By Pat Nelder The Optimist Dinghy was designed for the Clearwater, Florida Optimists Club in 1947, and to date there have been more than half a million boats built. The parameters of the design had to have the same appeal to kids ages five to 15 as a soapbox derby vehicle. In Clearwater, there were [...]

By Patricia Nelder The great thing about getting into a rigid-hull inflatable boat, known as a RIB, is that it does not tip, and the high inflatable tube with many handholds gives a feeling of security. A RIB is a fibreglass or aluminum hull with a U-shaped inflatable tube wrapped around the top of the [...]

By Jim Snair I consider myself one of the luckiest sailors from Eastern Canada. It’s a big trek and a rare opportunity to go sail in Key West in January. It’s my second time to Key West Race Week in four years – last time onboard the well known, J/92 Poohsticks from Lunenburg Yacht Club. [...]

By Lloyd Corkum Small Boat to Freedom – A Journey of Conscience to a New Life in America By John Vigor Paperback, 260 pages ISBN: 9-78157-409-303-2 Sheridan House $17.95 Small Boat to Freedom is the inspired and true story of one family’s decision to leave apartheid-era South Africa for a new, but uncertain, life in [...]

By Rob Dunbar After diligently tuning Celtic Kiss for a day of light air sailing, I quietly slipped beyond the safe confines of Pirate Harbour and pointed the bow for the tranquil shores of Cape Breton Island and a little known archipelago in Inhabitants Bay. Though sailing solo, I was not wanting for company as [...]

You enter the three boat-length zone and look back at the boat to the outside and behind and say “I need room!”. You know the skipper; they are notorious for not giving ample room. You start your turn around the mark, but are more focused on the other boat than your turn radius. Just as [...]

We’re accepting entries for the Halifax International Boat Show contest! You send fill out the entry form below or simply send in your details to Suzanne at editor@advocatemediainc.com. Your email entry should include: Photo (at least 300 dpi in size) Photo details including the name of the photographer, location of the photo. Your contact information [...]