Pacific Yachting - August 2023

RELAUNCHING DOROTHY

A SYMBOL OF OUR MARITIME HISTORY

CLASSIC YAC H T ISSUE

ANTIGUA ANNIVERSARY

RACING ABOARD A CLASSIC YACHT

AU G U S T 2023

WEST COAST POWER & SAIL

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FEATURES

IN EVERY ISSUE

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PORT ALICE Gateway to the wild West Coast

By Cherie Thiessen

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DOROTHY IS REBORN At 126 and as Canada’s oldest wooden sailboat in continuous use, she’s a symbol of our nation’s maritime heritage

By Marianne Scott

4 PASSAGES

By Sam Burkhart

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8 CURRENTS Stones Marina and Boatyard updates, Victoria Classic Boat Festival coming, summer maintenance reminder 20 GALLEY Hot Crab Dip

By Roxanne Dunn

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RACING ABOARD A CLASSIC YACHT An awesome anniversary at Antigua Classic Regatta

By Liza Copeland

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COASTAL OUTHOUSES Rating the loos of the Salish Sea and beyond

By Alicia Peters

6 LETTERS

24 REFLECTIONS Celebrating 55 Years

By Peter Vassilopoulos

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26 GUNKHOLE Potts Lagoon, West Cracroft Island

By Deane Hislop 68 THE FAVOURED TACK Full Circle Lessons

By Alex Fox

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AUGUST GEAR GUIDE

By PY Staff

72 THE FISHING FIX Saltwater Fishing 101

By Tom Davis 76 ON BOARD POWER Prestige 420 Fly

By Peter A. Robson

50 ON THE COVER Photo by Jan Gerrit Brouwer Manson Passage near Hernando Island.

122 COCKPIT CONFESSION Damn, That was Close

By Arran Yates

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PA S S AG E S THE AFTERGUARD EDITOR Sam Burkhart editor@pacificyachting.com

The Romance of Wood

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hen I first started working for Pacific Yachting about 10 years ago, it was common for the August issue to feature the coverline: “The Romance of Wood.”

That issue was always filled with stories of classic wooden boats and the men and women who restore them. We’ve continued that tradition over the years (although we’ve ditched the “romance of wood” moniker—too cheesy, according to some) and we do so again with this issue.

If you haven’t had the chance to walk through a classic wooden boat, I highly recommend it. The Victoria Classic Boat Festival over Labour Day weekend is the perfect opportunity to see these boats up close and in their element. As a bonus, their owners are usually more than happy to welcome you aboard to chat about their vessels. In Vancouver, you can see wooden boats all year round at the Heritage Harbour dock in front of the Vancouver Maritime Museum or in the museum itself, where there are weekly opportunities to explore RCMPV St. Roch, famed for being the first vessel to traverse the Northwest Passage from west to east.

On Vancouver Island you can step aboard the working tall ship, Providence, which divides its time between Mill Bay and Port Sidney marinas.

The Maritime Museum’s plan to turn Dorothy into a living museum (page 38) will provide even more opportunities for folks young and old to learn about Canada’s maritime heritage.

I’ve had the pleasure of writing about several wooden boats over the years, including Dorothy. A few years back I 4 - AUGUST 2023

visited Tony Grove in his workshop on Gabriola Island. At that point, Dorothy was still in the early phases of restoration, but even through the uncaulked seams and helter-skelter planking I could see the beauty in the original lines and detailed craftsmanship.

More recently, I was fortunate to sit aboard Rhinegold, a power cruiser built in 1910 and lovingly maintained at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club’s Coal Harbour docks. Rhinegold was saved from from a journey to the Atlantic when a local benefactor stepped in and bought her. Rhinegold originally graced the cover of the June 1984 edition of PY. One of my earliest assignments was to write a story about the restoration of the wooden cutter, Cresset, built in 1929. Trevor Webster, owner of the boat, along with friends, had meticulously restored the classic sailboat to near perfect condition. I met with Trevor aboard Cresset in Silva Bay and we enjoyed a cup of tea below, with water boiled on the original (if I remember correctly) wood stove and we perused old photos and wooden boat paraphernalia. Sitting below was like being in a time machine which took us back to the glorious heyday when wooden boats plied the West Coast.

It’s hard to describe, but a wooden boat feels like an extension of the sea itself in a way that modern boats often don’t.

Unfortunately, that story never saw the light of day, but the visit was worth it nevertheless and I think it helped me better understand the romance of wood. We hope this issue inspires you to discover the beauty and craftsmanship of our local wooden boats.

–Sam Burkhart

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LETTERS W E W E LC O M E YO U R L E T T E R S Send your letter, along with your full name, and your boat’s name (if applicable), to editor@pacificyachting.com.

Note that letters are selected and edited for brevity and clarity.

SHAME IN FALSE CREEK

Every year we have enjoyed anchoring in False Creek for a couple of nights while in Vancouver. With the vitality and surrounding architecture, it was an incredible experience—until this year.

We had anchoring permit but I am sure we were the only ones. More than 50 percent of boats showed no occupation. Multiple boats were rafted up with propane, gas tanks and debris on their 6 - AUGUST 2023

decks—an obvious hazard. Five hundred yards away we have the Canadian Coast Guard vessels sitting idle. We never saw a Vancouver Police boat although billions of dollars of real estate and people surround this gem. That night we secured our dinghy on board and locked down everything and left with the morning tide. We will never again travel to False Creek. What a shame!

—Craig Meredith

FOND MEMORIES

Derrick Ward’s letter and picture in the July issue brought back many fond memories of sailing around the Salish Sea in my Paceship Acadian Yawl, Welkin, with my wife Judy in the 1980s.

The boat was sold in the early ’90s to buy a larger boat, a DownEaster 38, to go offshore. Welkin ended up in Mexico on a mooring looking rather forlorn.

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CURRENTS WE ENCOURAGE CURRENTS SUBMISSIONS This is a local news-driven section. If something catches your attention that would be of interest to local boaters, send it along to editor@pacificyachting.com.

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EVENTS

The 2023 Classic Boat Festival Celebrates its 44th Year

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f there’s one Labour Day weekend event that draws thousands of visitors to Victoria, it’s the Classic Boat Festival. The 2023 Festival will be held once again from September 1 to 3 in Victoria Harbour, right in front of one of Canada’s classic hotels, the Empress.

The idea for a heritage boat festival began in 1977. A group of maritimers had planned to build a replica of John Meares’ Northwest America to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Cook’s arrival in Nootka Sound, but the concept failed for lack of funding. So, the group instead organized the first Classic Boat Festival for the Labour Day weekend in 1978, in which 32 boats participated. The event included

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a judge and an honorary commodore, beginning a tradition that carries on today. Except for two Covid pandemic years, the festival has been held ever since.

The honorary commodore this year is Captain Richard “Slim” Gardner who has been a classic boat enthusiast for decades. A resident of both Port Orchard, WA, and Gilford Island, BC, he’s participated in every major classic yachting event up and down the West Coast. The first classic yacht he bought was the 65-foot Consolidated (1937). More than 30 years ago, he bought his dream vessel, the 80-foot HoffarBeeching fantail Deerleap, which he restored himself in glorious detail. Gardner has brought Deerleap to every Victoria

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The festival officially starts at noon on September 1 with the arrival of the Maritime Museum of BC’s salute vessel Midnight Sun. Deerleap will be on hand, of course. During the Classic Boat Festival, you can also meet the recipient of the 2023 Abernethy & Gaudin Young Boaters Scholarship, which encourages young boaters—under 30—to participate in the festival by covering the cost of their registration, moorage, a reception and a banquet. This year’s winner is Eden Murray who’s bringing China Cloud to the Festival. China Cloud is a 45-foot, three-masted junk-rig sailing vessel built by Allen and Sharie Farrell.

They constructed her themselves on a Lasqueti Island beach with a hand saw and an ax. Eden and Hans Murray are restoring China Cloud and so she is sailing again 41 years after being launched.

You might be able to have an on-board visit with Deerleap and China Cloud if you ask nicely.

Entrance to the Festival is by donation.

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fter 13 years in the marine business, Ian and Shari Macpherson and Lorraine Bell have sold and transferred ownership of the well-established Stones Boatyard and Marine Store and Nanaimo Yacht Charters and Sailing School. The new owners are a group of local businessmen, passionate boaters and long-time friends who are excited to build the establishment.

Equal partners in the endeavour include some well-known names on the island. Brothers Tony and Mike Harris of the Harris Group of Companies, which includes an auto group of eight dealerships that have been an integral part of Nanaimo for decades, as well as Tom Harris cellular which is the largest authorized Telus dealer in BC with over 50 locations. Ken Schley of Kelland Ventures was the founder and former owner of the successful Vancouver Island grocery chain Quality Foods and Andrew Babuin worked with Finning as an account manager

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for more than 15 years. With new energy and vision for the future, this team plans on honouring and building upon the quality services that are already in place.

“Ian and Shari built a really solid business and we will continue to give customers that standard of care as we grow and evolve what we can offer to the boating community,” says Babuin, who will be the new general manager.

Babuin, a passionate boater, says it’s his dream to be working in the industry. “I’ve been around boats my whole life. It’s a passion and I love being around them all day. It feels so natural to be here.”

At Stones Marina, there is a fullservice boatyard and haul-out, along with the marine store and chandlery for boating equipment needs. Nanaimo Yacht Services and Nanaimo Yacht Charters & Sailing School offer chartering and sailing instruction.

Long-time boatyard manager, Nick Webster, and a dedicated team of employees who have been with the companies for years will continue to work

with the business.

“It’s a smart set up, everything is available to the boater,” says Babuin.

The boatyard offers boat and general repairs, marine engine repairs, a boat hoist and one of the largest marine travelifts on the island. They also offer boat cleaning, detailing and bottom painting. The Nanaimo Chandlery has boating supplies on hand, including marine paints, polishes, cleaners, sealants, electrical supplies and more.

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Babuin says it’s a privilege to be able to offer services that legitimately help people. “Our crew is so good at what they do, we can have customers in and out as efficiently as possible so they can get out there and go boating, which is what we are all here to do.”

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Book Review All Hands on Deck by Will Sofrin Abrams Press 2023 $35.00

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When Sofrin first set eyes on the Rose, easily the largest ship in swanky Newport harbour, he writes as if it was a parking lot: “She was the beat-up school bus, covered in primer, with a piece of rope tying down the hood.” Chapter two is entitled “The Hells Angels of the Sailing World,” so you just know you’re in for a raucous read. Planet Tall Ship, as he nicknames the voyage, was a smelly and dirty event filled with oddballs and weirdos. For many in the crew, it would be the first time they had ever sailed a boat, much less a 500-ton tall ship. The route took them from Newport Rhode Island through two oceans, to Puerto Rico, Panama and Mexico, eventually arriving in San Diego in time to be prepared for its movie debut. Would they get to California for her Hollywood debut?

The author’s voice is fresh and genuine as he relates the perilous journey. You

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ll Hands on Deck is a book about a boat, a movie and an international crew hired to sail Rose, the replica of an 18th century warship 5,000 miles from Newport, Rhode Island, to its Hollywood debut. The magnificent wood boat was the setting for the acclaimed 2003 film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World starring Russell Crowe as the roughly charismatic captain of a British frigate.

Rose, a full-rigged 180-foot ship with three masts, each carrying square sails and an intimidating matrix of ropes,

wires and spars, has a Canadian connection. It was built in 1969 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the birthplace of the Bluenose II. That boat featured in the film called The Surprise, after the original iteration of the colonial-era warship was built in 1757, a rather apt name, since it was a total surprise it arrived at its movie debut on time! A dismasting in the middle of the ocean, pirate threats off the coast of Central America, electrical fires, water leaks, and a cranky crew all threatened the trip. Gale force winds launched the Rose off a massive wave, “like an elephant trying to fly.” Amazingly, no crew member was lost.

Author Will Sofrin was a 21-year-old boat builder and yacht racer when he was offered this once-in-a-lifetime job to join the well-respected tall ship captain Richard Bailey and his crew as a chipper (onboard carpenter).

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can smell the tar, grease, mildew, and the unwashed bodies of 29 men. (The eight women luckily had their own head). It boggles the mind to think in yesteryear the same sized ship would have been home for 200 sailors for years at a time.

British author Patrick O’Brien, on whose books the film was based said, “The essence of my books is all about human relations, how people treat one

another.” His popular books chronicle swashbuckling adventures, marine battles and the charming friendship between Captain “Lucky” Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, physician, naturalist and British spy.

One quibble: some of the darker, fuzzier archival photos could have been digitally enhanced for greater impact.

Other than that, this a thoroughly enjoyable well-paced story told by a seasoned sailor with a good eye, keen memory, and sense of humour. This book provides an up-close and personal look at the challenge for a modern crew to operate an historic vessel. Its detailed technical drawings and tables will appeal to the master mariner. The story will appeal to armchair sailors, movie fans and landlubbers who enjoy a welltold tale.

—R. M. Davies

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Summer Maintenance Checklist With boating season in full swing, it’s important to stay on top of maintenance to ensure your adventures on the water are safe and fun.

BEFORE YOU LAUNCH • Inspect all around the hose clamps for rust and replace as necessary. Double clamp fuel lines and exhaust hoses with marine-rated stainless steel hose clamps. While not technically required, it’s wise to double clamp whenever possible on all hoses—especially those below the waterline.

• Inspect all hoses for stiffness, rot, leaks and cracking, and replace any that are faulty. Make sure they fit snugly.

• Inspect prop(s) for dings, pitting and distortion. Make sure cotter pins are secure.

• Grip the prop (on inboard drive systems) and try moving the shaft up and down and side to side. If it’s loose and can be wiggled, the cutlass bearing may need to be replaced.

• Check the rudderstock to ensure it hasn’t been bent. Operate the wheel or tiller to ensure the steering works correctly. Check the rudder bearing and steering cable for unusual play or movement.

• Inspect the hull for blisters, distortions and stress cracks.

• Make sure your engine intake sea strainer (if equipped) is not cracked or bent and is free of corrosion, clean and properly secured.

• With inboards, check the engine shaft and rudder stuffing boxes for correct adjustment. A stuffing box should leak no more than two or three drops each minute when the prop shaft is turning. Check the shaft log hose for deterioration and rusty hose clamps.

• Inspect, lubricate and exercise thru-hull valves. It’s a good idea to tie a right-sized wooden bung to the valve in case of failure.

• Use a garden hose to check for deck leaks at ports and hatches. Renew caulk or gaskets as necessary.

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• Inspect and test the bilge pump and float switch to ensure they’re both working properly. Also inspect the pump’s hose.

• Check stove and remote LPG tanks for loose fittings, leaking hoses and properly functioning shutoff systems. Use the pressure gauge to conduct a leak down test to check for system leaks.

• Inspect dock and anchor lines for chafe and wear.

• If equipped, ensure that the stern drain plug is installed.

• After the boat is launched, be sure to check all thru-hulls for leaks.

ENGINES & FUEL SYSTEMS • Every few years, remove and inspect exhaust manifolds and risers for corrosion (for inboard-powered and inboard/outboard boats).

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• Inspect fuel tanks, fuel pumps and filters for leaks. Ensure portable tanks and lines are completely drained of stale fuel before filling with fresh fuel. Clean or replace fuel filters and/or fuel-water separators if not done before winterization.

• Clean and tighten electrical connections, especially both ends of battery cables. Use a wire brush to clean battery terminals, and top off cells with distilled water (if applicable).

ENGINE OUTDRIVES & OUTBOARDS • Inspect rubber outdrive bellows for cracked, dried and/or deteriorated spots

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• Check power steering & power trim oil levels.

• Replace anodes/zincs that are more than half wasted.

• Inspect the outer jacket of control cables.

Cracks or swelling indicate corrosion and mean that the cable must be replaced.

SAILBOAT RIGGING • Inspect swage fittings for cracks and heavy rust (some discolouration is acceptable). Inspect wire halyards and running backstays for “fishhooks” and rust.

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BY ROXANNE DUNN

Gifts of Sea and Stars Sustaining an ancient miracle

W What has been around longer than the dinosaurs, has 4,500 cousins, its own constellation and tastes like a slice of heaven?

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July 22, but whenever you drop your pot this summer, there’s a good chance it will fill with Dungeness crabs. Their sweet, mild meat makes them one of the five best-loved crabs in the world, prized by professional and home chefs up and down the West Coast.

Their relatives range from midgets the size of a thumbnail to Japanese spider crabs who weigh up to 19 kilograms (42 pounds,) measure up to 0.4 metres (16 inches) across, and live to be 100 years old. Most live in the oceans, but some in fresh water and some on land. In comparison, adult

male “dungies” grow to 23 centimetres (nine inches), weigh up to one kilogram (2.2 pounds,) and live eight to 10 years. They thrive in cold, nearshore waters from Alaska to Santa Barbara, California.

Large and small, at every stage of their lives, crabs are a favourite food of other species. So, how have they managed to survive all this time? Here are some crabby facts that may contribute to their success: In our area, crabs are omnivorous, so a shortage of one type of food does not affect them. Plants and animals Kim La Fave

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alike, if they’re available, a crab will gobble them right up. Also, they have learned to hide from predators by burrowing in the sand after molting, when their shells are soft and they are most vulnerable. But I suspect that the biggest reason is that they produce a prodigious number of offspring. A mature female can lay up to 2.5 million eggs at a time and she can store sperm and use it to fertilize a second batch of eggs later.

Adults generally molt once a year, between May and August, and they mate as soon as the female sheds her shell. She stores the sperm until fall, when she extrudes the eggs, which she carries on her abdomen for three to five months. In this phase, you may see a spongy orange material under her carapace. Those are future crabs, and they’ll be ready to eat in five or six years. As time goes on, the embryos consume the yolks, causing the orange to fade to brown.

When the eggs hatch, the offspring, called zoea, look nothing like their parents. From winter until spring, these long, skinny, microscopic larvae drift in the water, eating even smaller algae and larvae. By spring, their bodies have grown wider and started to develop legs.

At this stage, they are pea-sized megalopes. They continue to drift in the water until late spring or summer when they become juvenile crabs.

As juveniles, they avoid adults, who would be happy to eat them, and seek shelter in aquatic plants, pilings or debris. They prefer estuaries or other areas where the salinity is low and the current sweeps food to them. For two years, they grow rapidly, molting up to six times a year. Then their growth slows, their shells harden and they become adults.

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throw the females back, but at times we’ve pulled up our crab pots and been tempted to guess at the size of the males. However, the smaller-than-legal size males are responsible for most of the mating and reproducing, so it’s important to use a proper gauge and measure accurately. Also, we’ve been fooled by a teenager or two dressed up in dad’s tuxedo. If the shell is soft, even though it measures the correct size, it has recently molted and the crab is not actually as large as it looks. Reluctantly, we throw them back. It’s up to us to ensure that these creatures don’t go the way of the dinosaurs.

Proper gear can also help to ensure survival. We’ve lost a few crab pots.

Some, I’m sure were stolen, but it’s possible that others drifted to a deeper spot and we simply couldn’t find them.

According to a report published in 2012 by Washington State University Snohomish County Extension staff, each year, a whopping 12,000 pots end up on the bottom of Puget Sound.

They estimated 178,000 harvestable male crabs were trapped and died in these pots. Crabs are cannibalistic.

Dead and dying crab become food for those already in the pot and act as bait to attract others. If the pots had been tied with biodegradable escape or rot cord, the cord would have broken down in two or three months and the living crabs could have escaped.

Eventually, they might have landed on our table as cracked crab dipped in melted butter, crab Louie, crab tostada or crab omelet. They might have made a splendid “docktail” party dish, served hot or cold, heaped in a hollowed-out bread or pretty bowl and surrounded by crackers or grilled baguette slices.

This August, may the sun shine, may your cruises be long and merry, and may your pot come up full of large, male Dungeness crab.

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• 8 ounces crab meat • 4 ounces softened cream cheese • 2 tablespoons sour cream • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise • 1/3 cup grated cheddar or Swiss cheese • 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh squeezed lemon juice • 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce • 2 tablespoons minced chives or green onions • Salt and pepper to taste Optional • 1 – 2 cloves finely minced garlic • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 175° C (350° F) 2. Mix all ingredients except crab and chives or green onion.

3. Beat until fluffy.

4. Gently stir in the crab and chives or onion.

5. Place in oven-safe dish.

6. Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through.

7. Garnish with chopped parsley or chives.

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Balladeer cruising in Howe Sound in 1981.

Celebrating 55 Years Writing for Pacific Yachting and Boating in BC over the Years

BY P E T E R VA S S I LO P O U LO S

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In the early 1970s I joined my wife Carla on a trip through Canada with the intention of travelling across the Pacific.

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grown up, we decided to suspend the rest of our travel plans and stay in Vancouver for a while.

While enjoying the stop in Vancouver I was taken with boating on the coast and very soon I found myself linking up with friends who offered to show us the coast aboard their classic yachts and it soon turned into my writing about the classic boats as articles for Pacific Yachting. They were featured regularly in the magazine and after a while I took the collection of articles and created

my first book, which I called Antiques Afloat. Meanwhile I began writing powerboat reviews and a regular powerboating column which we called POWER PITCH. In 1974, Carla and I bought a 34-foot converted fish boat that we called Balladeer and we lived aboard it for a while in False Creek. With our liveaboard boat we began to do cruises almost every weekend, and throughout the year we went boating for longer periods, linking up with other boat own-

Peter V's Monaro 27 at Deer Harbor in 2013.

ers and suppliers and visiting places on the coast that were becoming popular destinations. We began our boat trips by doing many visits to Howe Sound, Indian Arm and then across the Strait of Georgia to the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island. I had owned a small runabout in Cape Town, where I grew up, and had spent many years zipping about along the coast, so boating in a variety of sea conditions was nothing new to me.

In the process of boating and writing up articles on new boats, we made close friends with many people. One couple we met, Walt and Rita Lee, became extremely close friends and we spent many happy days aboard their boat. In 1981 they asked if they could follow us in our circumnavigation of Vancouver Island, a trip we had done previously and were planning to do again. They

and another couple joined us in their boats for the trip, and we spent three weeks travelling up the Inside Passage, going around the north end of the island and then down the west coast. We made a point of spending time at places such as Port Hardy, Winter Harbour, Kyuquot and Zeballos, Tahsis, Friendly Cove, Clayoquot Sound, Barkley Sound, Port Alberni and Port Renfrew before continuing to Sooke and on past Race Rocks to Victoria and back home to Vancouver.

Our boating travels continued through the years and we covered more and more of the coast. To do so more efficiently, and faster, we sold Balladeer, moved into a house and bought a Monaro 27 that had twin engines. Its faster speed and rough-weather hull made the longer trips more comfortable. It was these trips up the coast that enabled me

to write more for Pacific Yachting and also to create a series of boating guidebooks. To enhance those books I was invited by flying friends Heinz Bold and Ray Roussy to accompany them in their private planes to take aerial photos for my books.

Over the years, our association with Pacific Yachting enabled my wife and I to enjoy the entire coast of BC and I was able to accurately describe places I wrote about because I’d visited them—usually on more than one occasion. My time associated with Pacific Yachting brought me to boat shows and other special events, including running the PY boats during sailing races.

In addition to attending the local boat shows in Vancouver, Victoria and Sidney, we attended many other events with PY and I also did talks at various boating organizations including yacht clubs and boating associations. Carla and I enjoyed the many visits we made to the marinas on the coast, socializing with the owners and visitors. Our affiliation with PY is a most memorable part of our times in British Columbia.

One of Peter V's cover photos, taken while testing the Zeta 24 off Keats Island—July 1976.

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Float homes in Potts Lagoon.

BY DEANE HISLOP

Potts Lagoon, West Cracroft Island Kick back and relax in one of the coast’s most protected anchorages

A After spending most of the morning transiting Beware Passage and then looking for pictographs on the cliffs surrounding the abandoned Karlukwees Village, we crossed Clio Channel to Potts Lagoon for a leisurely afternoon of relaxation in the warm summer sun.

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But first, we set the prawn pots in Clio Channel outside the entrance to the lagoon. Reviewing the chart, the area didn’t look all that promising, a little shallow with no structure on the sea floor, but sometimes you just need to take a chance and hope for some luck.

The plan was to pick up the traps the next morning as we departed for our next destination.

THE PASSAGE LEADING into the basin, between West Cracroft and Kloaitsis islands, is wide and deep with a few wellmarked rocks to starboard and the remains of a logging and boom operation

to port. The narrow passage lies straight ahead and leads into the main basin. It is shallow with patches of kelp so caution should be taken. Potts Lagoon itself presents no threats to boats seeking shelter. The lagoon offers a landlocked and secluded anchorage in the lee of a small island marked “41” on the chart. Depth here is 15 feet over a good holding mud bottom. This scenic anchorage is safe in all winds, although westerlies can occasionally sneak around the small island.

The bay is open and a half dozen floating homes and a decaying wharf overgrown with salal and small trees occupy the southern shoreline.

The remains of the wharf are home to salal and small trees.

The lagoon gets its name from the first homesteader, an Ontario student of “practical science” named Murray Clark Potts. In 1910 he established a farm adjacent to Coho Creek. Potts lived here until 1946, when he moved to Alert Bay. Guarded by a small set of reversing rapids beyond the navigable depths of the lagoon, you’ll find an expansive marshland, which makes for excellent dinghy or kayak exploration. The remnants of the Potts homestead and logging operations make for an explorer’s delight.

Explorers also must beware; this is a drying marsh and therefore don’t linger too long or you will find yourself high and dry. Note that in the summer bears have been seen feeding on the area’s berries.

ON THIS VISIT we discovered several boats were already tucked in behind the small island and the balance of the basin was peppered with crab floats, so we opted for the east basin.

The approach into the northeast part of the bay is unobstructed with 30 feet of depth at low water. The basin is very well protected from any potential weather except for westerlies, during which some chop may curl around the point. The shore is lined

with old man’s beard hanging from the limbs of the trees.

But best of all, this secluded little haven was void of boats allowing us to have it all to ourselves—sweet! We positioned Easy Goin’ as close to the southern shore as possible to be in the lee of the point should the summer westerlies happen to kick up. It was nearing low tide and we set the hook in 12 feet of water over a good holding mud and shell bottom.

AS THE AFTERNOON warmed and the sun made an appearance, so did the flies, biting ones, and a few yellow jackets. It was time to pull-out the repellent. For us, a must for travelling these parts in the summer.

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The balance of the day was spent, as planned, relaxing in the warm afternoon sun and taking in the surroundings. This tranquil little basin is undeveloped and has room for two boats to swing on the hook. We spent most of the afternoon watching a pair of bald eagles building a nest in a tall snag located at the water’s edge.

Later, as we were sitting on the bridge enjoying the summer evening, a nearly full moon rose over the cedar trees, reminding us of portions of a wonderful book entitled Full Moon, Flood Tide by Yvonne Maximchuk and local legend, storyteller and historian, Bill Proctor. The book pays tribute to the loggers and fishermen who wrestled a living from the forest and sea in the area.

The following morning, after a hearty breakfast and a discussion on what a beautiful evening it was, we

weighed anchor and slowly guided Easy Goin’ out of the lagoon toward the first prawn pot. The pots didn’t yield the bounty we were hoping for, but we did have enough to make appetizers for that evening’s happy hour.

Rafted in the lee of the island marked “41” on the charts.

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Anchorage: Main Basin 50.33’58” N 126.27’09” W Nearest Marina: Lagoon Cove

Easy Goin’ anchorage

WEST CRACROFT ISLAND

Entrance: Main 50.33’83 N 126.27’58” W

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PORT ALICE Gateway to the wild West Coast

By Cherie Thiessen

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Plan A Here’s an off the beaten track destination with lots of appeal.

Like most appealing ideas, however, there are challenges. Most boaters circumnavigating Vancouver Island may not want to detour at Winter Harbour and head up Quatsino Sound to Neroutsos Inlet in order to tie up at Port Alice, a detour of approximately 31 miles. But why not? For skippers with an endless cruising season on their hands and a comfortable vessel to while it away on, 32 - A U G U S T 2 0 2 3

taking the slow boat to Port Alice and joining the humpback whales there might just be the perfect extension.

This well-planned village hunkers at the end of the inlet, abutting remote and untravelled waters; the perfect destination for boaters who are tired of the well-travelled waters of the Salish Sea and who really, really want to get away from it all. Quatsino Sound and Port Alice may not be the easiest places on the coast to get to by boat but isn’t that part of the charm? Boaters could arrive there by way of Cape Scott after an Inside Passage trip around the north end of Vancouver Island. Or they can

cruise from Victoria up the west side of the island, visiting Barkley Sound, Tofino, Hot Springs Cove, Friendly Cove and other delightful stops along the way.

MARINA

So, intrigued at the thought, we check things out. There’s a public port facility at Jeune Landing on Neroutsos Inlet that includes a wharf, a float and a very long approach but although it’s close to Port Alice it’s difficult to access the community from here.

The Rumble Beach Marina is much better. It offers ample moorage when

Rumble Beach Marina.

we visit in mid-October and it is an ideal nautical base, offering moorage for vessels up to 100 feet. A wellmanaged municipal facility, it offers garbage disposal, drinking water, public washrooms, pay showers, laundry facilities, a fish cleaning station and proximity to the expansive Lions Park with its launch ramp and playground.

There is no pump-out, power or gas dock but boaters can have fuel delivered to the dock from April to September by prior arrangement with Port Alice Petroleum: 250-284-3530.

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for launching for many boaters,” the village’s admin assistant and deputy CAO/CFO, Tanya Spafford, tells us. “Most boats are trailered in, so the fact that our road is fully paved and the boat launch is right there is a benefit.”

The fact that the marina is perfectly located for exploring the village and its environs as well as having the best view imaginable, looking over the inlet and surrounding mountains is another plus.

Audie Tamburini, a long-time local, is marina manager and he can be reached at 250-209-2665 in season

and 250-284-3391 the rest of the year.

It’s first come, first served, but even in the busiest times the docks have always had room for boaters. “We have room to raft up if needed but have not had to do this to date.”

There is also a yacht club dock with the usual reciprocal agreement, but it is a small club and the space is often full. Spafford says that it does not have room for the larger boats that come in off the water.

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most of them are near at hand. In season, the busy community centre offers exercise classes, yoga and other activities. The three-kilometre seawalk, built 25 years ago, is a great place to stroll, bird and whale watch and walk the dog while following the shoreline.

Benches, picnic tables and informal signs all offer opportunities for lingering.

GOLF ANYONE? A nine-hole golf course built near the old mill site (still in the process of being dismantled) promises to give golfers one heck of a workout, built as it is on the side of a mountain. (This course was once featured in Ripley’s Believe it or Not because of the church, St. Paul’s Lions Park, Anglican, that was complete with built on the seventh launch ramp & playground. hole.) The course was opened in 1927 and the church came one year later, possibly with the hopes of increasing the congregation.

Guess it didn’t work as the church was dismantled in 1967. The course is open year-round and the clubhouse opens 10:00 to 15:00 in the fall.

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BESIDE THE VILLAGE office is a small heritage centre crammed with history, photos, memorabilia and great views of the inlet, which was routinely sliced by humpback whales during our visit. Spafford tells us the humpbacks have become regular visitors. “Our tourism centre is at the community centre and we have taken a variety of heritage info to share there as they are open seven days a week during the summer.” This is where I get very up close and personal with a cougar—an encounter I am happy to have under these circumstances.

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the new kid on the block which hadn’t arrived when we were there: “Since last fall we have enjoyed the addition of a food truck at the marina! McWilkies is open Wednesday to Sunday and serves delicious fish and chips, a variety of burgers, pulled pork options, poutine and a variety of other yummy options.”

WITH THE ENTIRE inlet and its beaches and gunkholes to explore, along with the profusion of sheltered inlets in Quatsino Sound to visit via canoes, tenders, kayaks or mother ship, what else do boaters need? “Kayaking, canoeing, fishing and wildlife viewing are popular activities in the sheltered waters of Neroutsos, Holberg and Rupert inlets and Quatsino Sound is a very popular sea kayaking route, served by a campground in the estuary. You could spend weeks exploring the waters here,” Spafford enthuses. She says they see about a dozen sailboats a year come in on average. “But this number grows a bit each year. It is a great spot to wait out weather, have a hot shower, get some laundry done and stock up on supplies. As well, many take advantage of free wifi and computer use at the library and community centre. Every service is within walking distance, so this is a highlight and I believe it’s why we are seeing more boats each year with word spreading. We are also now part of the BC Marine Trail system that can be seen on the Backroad Map books that lays out the paddling sites for boaters. This is going to be called the Cape Scott Marine Trail.”

Plan B

There is another way of exploring Port Alice and Neroutsis Inlet—just ask veteran boater and writer, Peter Vassilopoulos. In his popular cruising guide, Adventures on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, he points out the benefits of trailering a smaller boat;

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something that had not been on my radar until recently.

The road is paved right to the boat launch and secure parking for a fee is available nearby, but if boat haulers want to cut out those last narrow and winding 30 kilometres on Highway 30, Vassilopoulos suggests launching at Coal Harbour at the eastern extremity

of the sound instead. Just west of Port Hardy, there is a launch ramp giving access to Quatsino Sound. From there it’s a short distance to Port Alice.

We leave the village with a list of places selling boat trailers. We’ve got the bead on one that just could work with our 25-footer. I like to think that you’re never too old to go wild.

History

Port Alice pulp mill during construction.

Located within the traditional territory of the Quatsino First Nation with the Nuuchah-nulth likely inhabiting the area even earlier, Port Alice emerged with the 1918 construction of its first pulp mill by the Whalen Brothers who named the site after their mother, Alice. Spurred by the demand for cellulose products during the First World War, 60 acres around the mill were cleared for homes and other community amenities. Regular visits by the Princess Maquinna and Princess Norah provided transportation and necessities. In 1965, Port Alice became the province’s first instant municipality when the town was moved from the mill site to its current location at Rumble Beach, five kilometres north. In its heyday in the 1970s, a community centre, firehall and hospital were built and in the 1980s 2,000 people lived here.

In 2015, after several changes of ownership, the mill closed for good and a huge dismantling and remediation is still underway.

The curious name of Neroutsos Inlet originates from master mariner, Cyril Demetrius Neroutsos (1868–1954), whose vessel serviced the area for many years. He was marine superintendent of the CPR’s coast service.

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B OR N AGA I N use, Dorothy is a symbol of our nation’s maritime heritage

By Marianne Scott

An undated photo of Dorothy in the Gulf Islands.

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O N M AY 2 7, 2 0 2 3 , A S T O U T T R U C K I N R E V E R S E G E A R G E N T LY P U S H E D A B O AT T R A I L E R T H R O U G H T H E L A DYS M I T H F I S H E R M A N ’ S W H A R F PA R K I N G L O T. On the trailer, a gleaming 30-foot wooden yacht, Dorothy, awaited a launch into her natural habitat— saltwater. She sported a temporary, short mast festooned with signal flags and a sizable Maple Leaf fluttering from the top.

At the venerable age of 126, Dorothy is the oldest wooden sailboat in continuous use in Canada. Before her launch, she’d spent 10 years with Gabriola Island shipwright Tony Grove and a year with boatwright Robert Lawson and his fellow volunteers at the Ladysmith Maritime Society (LMS) getting ready for this momentous moment.

Before the yacht kissed the briny, Jamie Webb, president of the Maritime Museum of BC (MMBC), which owns Dorothy, welcomed the crowd of 300 there to witness the event. “Dorothy was first launched on July 26, 1897, or 45,961 days ago,” he said. “And today, we are re-dedicating her in her 126th year, after 10 years out of her proper element.”

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He then recited a poem he wrote to honour the little ship: From the board of Linton Hope, Wood and oak and tar and rope, Crafted by the Robinson crew, Through regattas Dorothy flew.

With skipper Langley’s loving care, Collecting piles of silverware.

Through generations’ hands she passed, Arriving at this day at last.

A bubbling wake in her trail.

She’s ready to spread her wings and sail.

FOR THE RE-DEDICATION, Webb introduced Carol Bertram, the greatgreat-granddaughter of boatbuilder John J. Robinson, who constructed the yacht in his Victoria Harbour/James Bay boatyard in 1897. Bertram hopped between the trailer beams, bottle of champagne in hand. “I re-dedicate this ship, Dorothy, and we ask for blessings upon her, and all who sail her,” she declared and smashed the bottle against the bob-stay ring on the sailboat’s stem.

The audience watching from the parking lot, the red-painted government dock and floating dinghies gave three cheers.

The truck then gently lowered Dorothy down the ramp into the Salish Sea. In 1892, British yacht designer Linton Hope, an avid racer and later winner of two gold medals in the 1900 French Olympic Games, drew a single-handed cruiser, Dorothy, for a client called E. Gould, Esq. According to Ladysmithbased chronicler Robert Lawson, who’s vigorously researched the sailboat’s history and scrutinized pertinent documents and artifacts, the first Dorothy was built at Hope’s Thames Yacht Building Company in 1894. She still exists although in altered form.

HOPE SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED

Dorothy’s drawings in the 1895 edition of Dixon Kemp’s Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. That’s where Victoriabased William H. Langley, who was looking for a fast racer that would beat his competitors, found Dorothy’s

Dorothy sporting a temporary mast on her much anticipated return to her natural habitat—saltwater.

Top Right: Anya Zanko. MMBC Collection; Marianne Scott X2

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1. Tony Grove pounding in the cotton. 2. The new garboards with bungs. 3. The new wood for floor timbers and sistered frames have been painted with red lead primer.

4. Dorothy inside Tony Grove's Gabriola Island workshop.

Top: Tony Grove X6; Bottom: MMBC Collection

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design and began corresponding with Hope. Langley already owned an 18-footer (Viola) and was a member of the Victoria Yacht Club formed in 1892.

After Langley obtained Dorothy’s plans, he hired John J. Robinson to build the yacht at his boatyard, located among the many industrial enterprises then ringing Victoria Harbour—today it’s home to the Laurel Point Inn. Linton Hope stipulated that the yacht measure 30 feet long, with a beam of seven feet, three inches (increased to eight feet) and a draft of two feet, three inches (she’d been designed with a centreboard to sail among the shifting sandbanks of the Thames River), and with a displacement of 5.86 tons. The plans also stated that “all materials and scantlings be built to Lloyd Highest Class.” If Langley had commissioned Dorothy to be constructed in England, she would’ve been made of one-inch teak as the plans instructed, but, Lawson writes, Langley and Robinson installed full-length, old-growth red cedar planks on Garry oak frames—both native trees—as these timbers had proven themselves in the numerous workboats built on BC’s coast. Langley ordered the rigging, bronze fittings and sails. The yacht’s total cost tallied at about $1,800.

LANGLEY LOVED HIS carvel-built, gaff-rigged sloop, especially as her speed and responsiveness led to several silver trophies. One winner’s cup engraving issued by the Victoria Yacht Club states “First Prize, First Class, DOROTHY, 1899.” With her six-foot fantail and elegant lines, she was often photographed at anchor and during sailing excursions. Langley mainly explored the Gulf and San Juan islands—a kind of “100-mile boat.”

He kept Dorothy for 47 years, only selling her in 1944 when he was 75.

He kept meticulous logs—archived at

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MMBC—documenting his voyages, races and the changes made to the yacht. In 1903, for example, he replaced the boat’s leaky steel centreboard with a full, 1,500-pound lead ballast keel, thus adding to the 1,000 pound lead shoe installed when built, increasing the draft to four feet. Angus Matthews, a later Dorothy owner (and MMBC board member) revealed that, “She was originally a gunter sloop but Langley re-rigged her several times, changing the gaff and boom and adding bowsprits of various sizes, thus increasing the sail area. For most of her life she’s been a gaff-rigged, double-headsail sloop.”

decade Grove rejuvenated Dorothy’s hull, frames, backbone and other structural parts whenever his other projects and funding permitted.

Grove told me that for her age, Dorothy was still in reasonably good shape, with about 80 percent of her being original. She hadn’t “hogged” (changed her shape) from being out of the water so long. “Red cedar,” he said, “is rot resistant and easy to work with. But wooden boats need to be constantly maintained and their rotted wood replaced. All wood eventually breaks down and reverts to its natural state to create new earth and new trees.”

OVER THE NEXT half-century, 14 more people owned Dorothy making various exterior and interior changes, repairs and updates. She was gifted to MMBC in 1995.

The museum lacked storage space and Dorothy spent the next 12 years on-the-hard in various locations until she was delivered to shipwright and artist Tony Grove’s woodworking shop on Gabriola. Besides making beautiful paintings of boats, Grove has specialized in rebuilding wooden vessels for 30 years.

In December 2011, two MMBC board members, the late John West and Eric Waal met with Grove to discuss Dorothy’s status and determine if she could again be seaworthy. The museum faced three choices: Do nothing; make some repairs that might last a few years; or restore her sufficiently to go back in the water and extend her longevity.

After evaluating Dorothy’s condition and finding the boat’s problems salvageable, Grove strongly recommended a complete refit, saying, “If we don’t preserve part of our history and part of our past, we lose touch with where we came from and who we are.” The MMBC board agreed and over the next

WHILE SPEAKING WITH Grove, I learned some “shipwright” vocabulary specific to wooden boat upkeep that may not be familiar to all readers. The “garboards” are the planks that run along the keel. “Reefing” not only means reducing sail but also the removal of cotton/oakum and seam compound/ putty from between a boat’s planks.

“Caulking,” pronounced “corking” by shipwrights, places both cotton/oakum and seam compound between planks.

The “paying compound” is the putty applied on top of the cotton.

Grove started with the garboards.

“Dorothy’s forward area wasn’t laying right so I removed the garboards on both port and starboard,” he said. “I found that the iron keel bolts had rusted out. It was a critical defect—the mast and chain plates holding the rigging put tremendous force on that area and could have snapped off the bolts. Even trickier, the original bulkhead had been removed further decreasing structural strength. I think that if someone had tried to sail her with those corroded keel bolts, she would most definitely have breached.”

After repairing the lap joint connecting the keel to the stem, Grove switched the keel bolts for upsized, corrosion-

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resistant silicon bronze bolts. He replaced the garboards with old-growth red cedar he had on hand. Several of the oak frames had weakened and so he fashioned “sister frames” to strengthen them along with installing new floor timbers.

Grove burned off the hull’s 126 years of layered paint with a heat gun, leaving the planks ready to be reefed. “Wooden hulls must be reefed every 30 to 40 years,” he explained. “I don’t think Dorothy had ever had that done.”

He used a reefing iron to excavate old cotton and paying compounds from hundreds of feet of cedar plank seams.

“It was a mess,” he said. “I found cement, polyurethane, epoxy, bondo, white and red lead putty and good old sticky tar.”

The reefing exposed damaged edges of some of the soft cedar planks, likely made by different workers spot-caulking leaky areas over decades. Some seams were finger-wide, too wide for re-caulking, so he applied spline wedges to narrow them.

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Pounding in new cotton and applying red lead putty were the next steps in making the seams waterproof again.

“Over the years I’d bought that putty at old chandleries,” he said. “They’d hidden it in their basements when it was no longer legal to sell to the public. The cotton and putty together make a waterproof gasket.”

He dug out the old copper rivet and rove fasteners and corroded galvanized screws, substituting new rivet and roves and silicone bronze screws. To fill holes left by former fasteners, he cut blocks of red cedar into wedge spikes and hammered them into the openings. On the new hull planking, he covered screw heads with red cedar plugs.

After caulking was complete, he applied red-lead primer below the waterline and marine primer above the waterline.

“MMBC and I’d agreed to use traditional products like lead-based putties and primers to keep Dorothy as historically accurate as possible,” he explained.

GROVE CONSTRUCTED A samson post and a new bowsprit for the sailboat, as well as a new fir rubrail that included a laminated section to fit her beautiful, rounded stern.

Dorothy’s old age had never discouraged Grove. For him, it was like encountering a palimpsest. “Being able to look into a boat that was built of that era and being able to dig inside and find markings and scribes where the boatbuilders had marked a plank, I get to be part of that history,” he said.

In 2022, having revitalised Dorothy’s structural elements, Grove passed her on to the Ladysmith Maritime Society, where Robert Lawson and his volunteer crew worked on her next phase—the touches that would return her to earlier glory using modern materials that resemble the original.

With sweat and dedication, they hand-painted three coats of Interlux Brightside Polyurethane on the topsides and the original galvanized chainplates.

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of high-gloss Epifanes. Replicas of the original bronze hinges embellish the companionway doors. They burnished the bronze portholes and other bronze items, including a matching bronze cover hiding the power hookup.

They polished era-consistent bronze mushrooms to ventilate the fantail.

I’m certain that when a well-dressed, graceful Dorothy slid into the Salish Sea, John Robinson and William Langley—had they been present— would have recognized her instantly and been thrilled.

THERE ARE STILL final touches to come. Dorothy’s original fir mast, with its eight-layer varnish, will be stepped and rigged. The LMS is fitting walnut paneling below. The original 1897 wooden headsail foil and bronze furling gear (that’s not a misprint) will be re-installed. Bronze Herreshoff-type blocks will be added. An electric motor and batteries will fill the former engine compartment. “We use technology as appropriate,” said Matthews. “An electric motor doesn’t vibrate or put oil in the bilge. We don’t want to make the yacht into a museum piece harking back to the 1890s. But we do want her to represent her era exhibiting the simple elegance Langley could afford.”

MMBC will make Dorothy a “living boat,” an active part of the museum.

She’ll appear at classic boat shows, on yacht clubs’ opening days and other maritime events. “We want to take out small groups of kids and show them what it’s like to sail a gaff-rigged yacht that reflects the times of their great-great-great-great grandparents,” Matthews continued. “To experience what they experienced.”

“Will Canada’s oldest sailboat see another 126 years?” I asked. “She will if we can increase the endowment fund started at the Victoria Foundation,” he said. “I think she’ll live on. She’s a beautiful vessel. I always remember John West’s quote, ‘Because she’s pretty, she’s lasted and been looked after.’”

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Langley descendants Jillian Eliijah-Wiwchar, Judith Brianon, Gail Elijah and Elijah-Wiwchar.

A Family Affair Carol Bertram knew about her greatgreat-grandfather, John J. Robinson, partly because he’d built cradles resembling small boats. In an email, she wrote, “family members have two little clinkers… They’re about four feet long and float. I have a picture of myself at age two floating in a Victoria waterway.”

While conducting family research three years ago, she found the connection to Dorothy and her ongoing repairs. Excited, she visited Tony Grove and Robert Lawson and his LMS crew, taking a deep interest in the yacht’s midlife refit and becoming a significant project sponsor.

When re-dedicating Dorothy at the May 27 launch, she was accompanied by four other Robinson great-great-grandchildren—sister Pat Seller, brother Bob Tarling and cousins Mike McManus and Cindy Bannerman. Cindy had brought her daughter Kim Pigott—Robinson’s great-great-great-granddaughter, who in turn was accompanied by her son, great-great-great-greatgrandson Linus Pigott!

The Langley family was also well represented at Dorothy’s launch.

William’s granddaughter Judith Branion, fellow Langley grandchildren Joanne and Diane, great-granddaughter Gail Elijah, her daughter Jillian Elijah-Wiwchar and her son Eli—three greats—all attended the ceremony. “My parents, aunts and uncles sailed with our grandfather,” said Judith. “That’s why watching Dorothy enter the water again remains one of my happiest and emotional moments. We all loved it.”

The Robinson and Langley descendants aren’t Dorothy’s only family—there’s an extended family who’ve offered financial support or contributed to saving her. Lawson’s dogged research has unearthed Dorothy’s history and he’s spearheaded the LMS finishing work. Tony Grove restored Dorothy’s essential structure at greatly reduced cost to the MMBC. And Angus Matthews has spent countless hours liaising with Grove, Lawson and others who’ve contributed to her becoming seaworthy again.

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R AC I NG ABOARD A CLASSIC YA C H T

An awesome anniversary at Antigua Classic Regatta

By Liza Copeland

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E N G L I S H H A R B O U R WA S B U L G I N G W I T H B OAT S G AT H E R E D F O R A N T I G UA C L A S S I C YAC H T R E G AT TA AND ANTIGUA RACE WEEK ON OUR A R R I VA L F R O M B R A Z I L I N O U R BENETEAU, BAGHEERA. Both these events lure large numbers of participants from around the world. It is the smaller Classics Regatta, however, that draws the spectator crowd, as it brings together some of the largest and most beautiful yachts ever built. Watching the crews of these powerful schooners, yawls, ketches and sloops battle around the buoys in tropical seas with multiple sails flying is an unforgettable experience.

MOTORING PAST THE crowded wharves of Nelson’s Dockyard our eyes were immediately mesmerized by a particularly distinctive classic yacht— the 1936, Francis Herreshoff designed ketch Ticonderoga. Spanning 72 feet on deck and 86 feet overall, Ticonderoga has been heralded as one of the most elegant of designs, with her perfect sheer, raked masts, striking clipper bow and distinctive heart-shaped stern.

We had known Ti in the early 1970s when running charter boats in the Caribbean. In 1973, owners Ken and Fran McKenzie generously offered

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the gift of her as our wedding venue.

April 23 fell right in the middle of the As they were coming north from Classics event!

Grenada for the summer, they had When Scott arrived, he kindly agreed suggested the French island of Marto have us aboard for the race. All we tinique, where we were duly wed on needed now was wind! It had been April 23, sailing out of Fort de France. calm for days and the few williwaws A few days earlier we had a civil cerrippling the water were from the west, emony in Antigua, feeling more senot the desired steady, easterly trades. cure under British law. It The first day dawned late was for this anniversary with a flat grey sky, a damp that Tom Reardon, Ti’s morning with yachts driftcurrent captain, invited ing backwards at the start The author us for ‘happy hour’ drinks of the first Classics event. takes her turn at the helm. aboard. Ticonderoga lay Fortunately, a light breeze stern to the dockyard’s later filled in, bringing some old paymaster’s office and relief to frustrated crews. It our eyes feasted over her looked as though the followsweeping teak deck and its abundant, ing day would bring more of the same. gleaming brightwork as we climbed Andy woke me early with wedding anaboard. Below, the traditional cabins niversary greetings and handed me tea, were also immaculate, all ready for beaming. Today the sky was blue; the owner Scott Frantz and friends to arwhite wavelets around Bagheera’s hull rive for the Classic Regatta the followglistened in the sun and at the mouth ing weekend. During the evening, the of Falmouth Harbour there was wind. possibility of racing aboard her on our My spirits soared; unexpectedly our Martinique anniversary was born, as ‘special day’ seemed assured.

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ALTHOUGH ASHORE AT 08:30, we could barely find room on the dinghy dock at the Antigua Yacht Club Marina in Falmouth Harbour, where most of the classic yachts were gathered. Ranging in length from 28 to 136 feet, there were 54 participants, an impressive number compared to the original seven. 1988 was the first year the elegant classic yachts raced in their own event, their numbers having dwindled in Race Week with the increasing advent of fibreglass racing machines. The definition of a classic yacht is complex with four divisions. Traditional is defined as fishing, or cargo vessels, built or converted to sail. Vintage means yachts with a full keel designed and launched before January 1950. Classics are defined as yachts with a full keel designed and launched after January 1950. Spirit Of Tradition includes yachts built recently using modern methods and design, but retaining the original grace and style of the old classics. Finally Tall Ships refers to training and passenger vessels. Ticonderoga was placed in Vintage Class C. As we wandered down the dock we chatted to friends who were racing on other boats. There was the usual pre-race flurry of activity after the party at the yacht club the night before! In contrast, all was calm on Ti. The crew had been up since dawn and Tom was even allowing himself to lounge on one of the bagged spinnakers amidships. Tom, Scott and crew could not have been more welcoming. All 18 The crew aboard donned Ti shirts and hats hard at work and Scott even made a speech with sails flying. to congratulate us as we headed out. The crew, including Scott’s racing buddies, then sprang into action, hoisting the mainsail and readying the heavy headsails that were hanked at the bowsprit and stem. Our earlier sunny skies were obscured by dark rainsqualls. There was concern that the wind would be affected, but after a short, cooling rain shower it was back Patrick Sikes

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to averaging a perfect 15, occasionally dropping to an acceptable eight knots.

We held back while other classes started and then it was our turn to head for the line. With our four sails trimmed as the starting gun fired—yankee, jib, main and mizzen—Ti settled into her remarkable greyhound motion. Immediately we could feel her pull away through the waves with a power that intoxicated all on board. What a thrill to experience this amazing motion again, reminding us of our 150-mile sleighride sail from Martinique to Antigua after our wedding and Ti’s extraordinarily successful career as a racing yacht.

Interestingly, Ti wasn’t designed to be a racer and in 1936 Tioga of Marblehead, as she was then called, was launched as a leisurely family day-sailer. It soon became evident, however, that her underwater hull also produced extraordinary speed and Tioga unexpectedly became 56 - A U G U S T 2 0 2 3

an indomitable racer. Under a series of backstays and tailing the mizzen winch. owners her career was extraordinary Occasionally, when the wind gusted to and at one time she held over 30 elapsed 20 and surf sluiced down the leeward time records that included rail we would sit out on the all of the SORC events, the windward side, which gave a Transpac and the TransAtgreat opportunity to view the Race week lantic Race, many of which sensational sights of the rest in Antigua. still stand. Although she was of the fleet at sea. Sunday’s chartered for a while, she is course was ‘The Butterfly’ and now back to being a private fleets often came close, which yacht used by family and friends, to enmade for exciting mark roundings when joy many of the classic yacht events. frenzied crews launched or doused large spinnakers.

FOR THE MOST part Scott stayed at Our particular rival was the William the helm during the race, appearing Fife-designed yawl, Mariella, with calm and relaxed, but he and the crew whom we had one close mark rounding, raced the boat hard. Tom was constantly although the race instruction’s on the move between the bow and the stipulation to avoid protest situations stern, checking the sail trim, keeping was strictly followed. Other thrills lines shipshape and making sure that included being close to the 103-foot we knew our jobs. Used to running our Aschanti IV, and the 136-foot gaff own race boats, we found it delightfully schooner Eleanora, who had all seven relaxing just helping with the running sails set. She was built in 2000 and

is a replica of Westward designed by Nat Herreshoff, Francis’ father. Also memorable was the speedy 138-foot J-class replica Ranger in action, with her large, colourful crew hiking the windward rail. She was built in 2003 along the lines of the Starling Burgess and Stephens brothers designed yacht completed in1937.

On the second to last leg Scott invited Andy to take the helm and as we rounded the last mark before the finish, he handed it over to me. Sitting sideways behind the wooden wheel, grasping its outer rim, I felt right at home. What an exhilaration to be holding the course for the line, with white surf foaming in the deep sapphire seas in our wake. I had a quick flashback of being at the helm decked in a macramé wedding dress, then the wind gusted and I had to concentrate! All too soon we had crossed the finish. It was hard to believe that three hours and 13 minutes had flashed by so quickly.

OUR TIME ON board, however, wasn’t

quite over as the Parade of Sail in English Harbour was also scheduled that day. In no time sails were down and we were passing the Pillars of Hercules under Shirley Heights to parade past the crowds at Antigua Slipway, and

by Nelson’s Dockyard, the beautifully renovated British naval base built in 1725. Ticonderoga of Greenwich’s cannon was fired and we passed the pelicans perched on the rocks by Berkley Point before rounding the headland and entering Falmouth Harbour. Too soon we were berthed back at the Yacht Club Marina. Scott and friends had a dive planned and we went for a quick snorkel by dinghy ourselves. Andy still had time for his customary siesta before we joined our current cruising buddies for the usual sundowner rum punches at the Mad Mongoose restaurant. What happy tales all had to tell, but our day had not ended yet. There was still Tom’s party at the yacht club to celebrate his birthday and 20 years aboard ‘Big Ti’. Returning to Bagheera, Andy and I both agreed: “What a fun-filled, awesome 33rd wedding anniversary—but what to do next year?”

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Coastal Outhouses Rating the loos of the Salish Sea and beyond

By Alicia Peters

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etting away is a truly wonderful thing. Distance from one’s daily situation lends perspective, and if one happens to be on a boat, clarity as crystal clear as the waters of British Columbia’s Salish Sea have been known to envelop the happy traveler. Last summer, I was that happy traveller, a guest aboard a 36-foot Bavaria cruising the Gulf Islands. My mind was freed from the daily worries of work and city life, so I 58 - A U G U S T 2 0 2 3

pondered more important topics such as why did we bring so many prune plums? What happens if I eat too many prune plums? What distinguishes a good outhouse from a terrible one? And if I created a rating scale what would the criteria be?

I spent my week thinking this through, laying out the basic rating scale using the available facilities across the Gulf Islands, and for the sake of scientific research and for the good of all boaters, I field tested

the scale on subsequent outings across the sunny summer islands of BC. Prune plums, a reliable diuretic, are not often a topic of consideration for those under 70, but as our crew unpacked and assessed our provisions, we discovered that either great minds think alike, or Costco was having a sale on plums. To split between four souls, we had nine pounds of plums or, and this is a rough guess, 72 plums, in very close quarters. If you are following my logic,

this is how my mind came to rest upon the humble outhouse.

For those afflicted by powder room stage fright or simply wanting to attend to their business outside the echo chamber of the boat, the Gulf Islands boast many on-land establishments that offer seclusion, usually toilet paper, and, if you are lucky, the sound of crashing waves and the scent of cedar wood chips.

Indeed, thanks to the dedicated staff of BC Marine Parks and government funding, the Gulf Islands are largely protected from the lower rankings on my scale. But for those seeking the thrill of adventure that more remote locales offer, like a cruising guide’s advice on anchorages, my research will be your guide when you need to go.

ONE STAR

What may tip off the wary wanderer of a category-one establishment? If you are trying to decide if you should hold it until you get back to the boat, you should judge a book by its cover. If you spot wads of snow-coloured tissues surrounding the structure like I did at Vancouver Island’s Strathcona Park, you should consider the ‘snowballs’ as

Cortez Island’s Von Donop Inlet outhouse.

a customer review of the cleanliness of the facilities. As in, people would rather go outside than in. You may think that I had found the worst outhouse on the West Coast, but my experience reserves that prize for Cortez Island’s Von Donop Inlet. This is certainly a one star structure. I wouldn’t have stopped, but my research required that I give it a rating. The approach itself was worrisome, our path was flanked by no less than three warning signs for wolves. We had taken a wrong turn and it was getting to be dusk in the damp woods. Finding the door proved impossible—there wasn’t one. For decency the opening faced away from the path and into the woods, which in a sunny clime might have been nice, but I couldn’t shake the image of looking up to find a smiling wolf just as I sat down. Considering the lack of upkeep, I was surprised to find a small broom and what I’d guess to be a 1940s curtain.

Quite posh you might think, but the floor was soft indicating a real possibility that you may never get to the throne.

TWO STARS

A number two facility is one in which you’d rather not have a number two. It’s more of a dine and dash. Gulping for air as you enter, you think that you’ll exhale as you leave, but the midstream push has exhausted your air supply forcing you to inhale deeply. Hauling up your pants you charge through the door, lungs bursting as if you’ve crossed the finish line in a marathon. Often lacking amenities such as air flow, TP, and a working lock, adding to the urgency of the situation, a two-star is simply about necessity. Gambier Island’s Halkett Bay facility claims two-star status largely due to its location. Buried beneath heavy tree cover there is a lack of natural light and air flow streaming in from its underroof vents. What does stream in is the sounds of campers and hikers passing by on the adjacent main trail. Aside from the lack of privacy, this wouldn’t be a problem, but as every wooden boater AUGUST 2023 - 59

Gambier Island’s Halkett Bay.

knows, wood swells in wet weather and this outhouse door is not exempt. That little latch can’t quite reach the loop in spring and fall, and you are left rushing and fumbling in the dark hoping that a happy hiker doesn’t burst in on you.

THREE STARS

Moving up in the world is the threestar. Like its equivalently rated hotel, it’s got everything you need and nothing more. It’s the most common rating given. Too nice to tear down and not nice enough to be memorable—unless you’re keeping track, like me. You’ll find three stars in the Gulf Islands at Pirates Cove on De Courcy Island, and at the campgrounds on Wallace Island.

Part and parcel of three stars is the lack of amenities and so the near constant empty status of the hand sanitizer

Portland Island’s Princess Bay beach outhouse.

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Perhaps the life lesson of this article is to always pack a small bottle of hand sanitizer and a few tissues for your land excursions.

FOUR STARS

On to happier thoughts and Portland Island’s four-star palace. Princess Margaret was gifted Portland Island in 1958 to commemorate her visit to the province. I imagine the real estate market was less favourable then because like an unwanted present she regifted it as soon as it was socially acceptable to do so, which turned out to be 1967.

The lucky recipient was BC’s Gulf Islands National Parks Reserve—and us.

For landlubbers itching to stretch their legs Portland Island has the answer with 9.6 kilometres of trails looping and crisscrossing the picturesque island. You might like it enough to stay, and lucky for you it has two areas to anchor, Princess Bay and Royal Cove, as well as two areas for camping, Arbutus Point and Shell Beach. Three-star pit toilets abound but nestled between the old apple orchard and Princess Bay beach is a four-star facility worthy of its royal locale. The L-shaped ramp leading to the two-story structure is made with fresh cut cedar and boasts a refreshing view of the turquoise waters below. Far from holding your breath you are welcome to inhale the sea and cedar scented air. You’d be forgiven if you thought it had air conditioning.

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NUANCES IN THE RATING SCALE

Like most scientific research there are anomalies and outliers, and my rating scale is no different. One’s personal preference and circumstances must come into play and that can skew a rating. For example, I usually leave door-less structures in the condemned categories of one and two stars. However, Roscoe Bay in Desolation Sound is an outlier facility that earned itself a 3.5 rating despite its door being permanently jammed open. Ascending a gentle slope, the approach is flanked with trees and low lying salal and salmonberry bushes. The door faces the pathway requiring a guard to stand watch at the bottom of the hill. There’s nothing fancy here; a plastic seat as per normal, tissues and a gentle breeze.

What sets this one apart is the experi-

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ence. Just as I settle in, a robin bounces into view with the salmonberry, hitting centre stage, it devours its catch, looks around and departs. It’s as if I’ve caught David Attenborough’s latest nature clip. My husband’s trip does not disappoint either for he is greeted by twitterpated butterflies fluttering to-and-fro, kissing berry blossoms along the trail.

On a sunny summer day, I give this experience a 3.5, but I can imagine a 2.5 or three on a rainy day when the wind whips inside the open door making you and the toilet paper soggy.

FIVE STARS

What could possibly top Princess Bay’s potty? You’ve got to travel to the terminus of the West Coast Trail in Bamfield. This remote outpost

on Vancouver Island is home to a Marine Science Centre, a post office, a boardwalk and a pizza shop. It is well worth a visit, but it’s not easy to reach. If you are coming by boat, your options are to brave the “Graveyard of the Pacific,” by sailing offshore from Victoria via the Juan De Fuca Strait or trailer your boat to Port Alberni and enjoy the 35-mile protected inlet cruise. Is it worth all the effort to get to a five-star outhouse? Well, no, but if you are there for other reasons you’ll be delighted by the unexpected wilderness luxury.

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FAV O U R E D TA C K The happy crew on the last leg of the Van Isle 360. L-R: Dave Vogelaar, the author, Suze Cumming, Renee Duprat, Becky Kelly. Missing: Dave McCallum, Adam Serediuk

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Full Circle Lessons The Van Isle 360 classroom

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this year’s was very special, and I’m truly humbled and grateful for the two-week experience alongside my teammates aboard Suze Cumming’s Sabre 386 Reepicheep. There’s a full feature article in the works which I’ll share in an upcoming issue of PY. For this month’s column, I thought I’d simply talk about a few of the lessons and my own takeaways from this year’s edition of the race. There’s much to unpack. Let’s get at it.

THE CHALLENGES

Let’s begin by talking a little bit about the mental and physical challenges of a race around Vancouver Island. As a crew, many of our pre-race talks revolved around the grind of a 14-day series of races. Start strong, stay focused, compete hard, finish strong, regroup, relax, reset, repeat. Sounds like fun, and it is, but in fact each person in our crew of five would only have a finite amount of energy currency to spend, Becky Kelly

you see it and are thinking about it say it out loud, with clarity and purpose. I believe this proved to be one of our greatest strengths as a team and it made my role as tactician so much easier as the racing progressed from leg to leg.

THE STARTS

The Van Isle is a nine-race regatta, with a different start line and course for every leg. The idea that somehow the start may be less important in a distance race… Well, I’ve thought about that one a lot and I’ve even tried to soft sell myself on it from time to time.

Prior to the leg one start, I may even have uttered the words, “Let’s just be nice and conservative, we don’t have to win the start.” So let me qualify that a little bit by stating straight out, “The start is always important, full stop!”

It’s not always necessary to win the start but as the sequence progresses, if the opportunity presents itself, then take it. If there is any sense of heightened risk, such as everyone setting up at the highly favoured end of the line, my advice and inclination is to stay away. Getting away cleanly in a fleet of 40 very different boats is paramount and I would generally choose the lower density option, slightly away from the pack. Additionally, here’s my list of must dos: Find clean air, arrive on time and sail fast in the right direction. My do nots: Tangle or bump with others, get too far from the line, be late or sit in dirty air. To summarize then: Winning a distance race does not always mean winning the start, but winning the race almost always means not losing the start. Ha, try to decipher that one.

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both physical and mental. The importance of sharing the workload was something we really tried to practice.

We also focussed on staying hydrated, eating enough and sleeping enough.

These practices would be foundational for any chance of consistency and success in the race.

The physical part was about everyone rotating through the trimming, grinding, helming and making sure no one got burnt out or injured. I’m not suggesting that all these jobs were precisely, equally shared, but there was a basic plan through most legs, that we talked about and tried to stick to.

Most typically, skipper Suze, would helm at the start of each leg. My job involved strategy, boat speed and tactics. In the early race legs, I was likely over-involved in the trimming, but gradually that morphed into me being freed up to look around more, it also helped preserve my lower back and bum knee… You’re only as old as you feel, right? The bigger benefit was giving Becky, Dave and Renee more trimming opportunities and, of course, keeping everyone engaged and fresh. We also had super subs, Adam and “other” Dave for the first two legs and the last leg respectively. Our team mantra, which evolved a little during the race was: “Nobody gets hurt (that’s the quickest way to lose the Van Isle).

Don’t break the boat (that’s the second quickest way to lose the Van Isle). Sail smart and fast in the right direction.”

A couple of hours into most legs, I would take the helm, Suze would revert back to her navigator role, check in on the updated forecasts, fleet progress and boat positions. Additionally, one of my big asks was an open dialogue among the team about the wind (puffs and lulls), other boats (angles and speed), tide lines (relative set), and stuff in the water (eyes forward).

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boat conflicts. Aside from that, in our pre-race team discussions we talked a lot about consistency, maintaining focus, exercising patience and making sure we competed against the entire fleet, not just our immediate division.

I think that last item served us well throughout the race. As a fan of handicap racing, and one-design as well, I’ve always tried to adopt the mindset of competing boat for boat, regardless of rating or speed potential. In the Van Isle all divisions started together (except on the first leg), which was always challenging and exciting. From a motivational point of view, trying to start ahead of, and stay with faster rated boats, always gave a boost for the entire team, and once that expectation switch got flicked, it just became one

of our goals. As a general comment, I think raising your game in most any sport is about competing against the faster, stronger, perhaps more experienced competitors, and sailing is no different. My advice then is to know your boat’s performance strengths and weaknesses, be aware of relative handicaps, but try not to simply fall into the rating pecking order. Always try competing as if you’re on a level playing field, it’ll raise your expectations and your results.

A little back track for a moment.

The preparation for a race like this was very daunting, requiring many months of work, including the boat preparation, safety compliance, food planning, crew assembly, practice and so much more! That preparation is a

critical part of any team’s race success.

It was a pleasure to be part of that, and full credit goes to owner/skipper Suze for her relentless persistence and management skills. Spreading the tasks around and keeping track of the extensive jobs list is key when you are ticking off 50 things and adding 20 more.

Before you know it they’re all done!

Renee took on the massive undertaking of food prep and meal planning, as well as being our medical officer, ready to look after all our ails. This totally thorough preparation made the racing so much easier and it allowed the entire team to hit the ground running. Becky was our take on any job, find anything, foredeck supreme, mast climber, bottom diver. Dave brought a wealth of sailing experience in all aspects of the

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Van Isle. In fact, he helped organize and run the race in his younger years.

Adam and “other” Dave had many miles of sailing experience and slotted in seamlessly. Preparation wins!

One of the biggest takeaways and lessons from a race like this is the simple importance of enjoying all of it! On one level it’s competition, testing yourselves against other teams, making the right choices, recovering from the wrong ones. Indeed, resilience may be the most valuable of all skills. It’s also everyone’s recreation; what we choose to do with our time off. The splendor of the scenery, wildlife and communities around our most beautiful islands is a gift that never gets old.

The Van Isle is also a two-week social event and getting to know each other

off the racecourse, between finishes and starts, is an equally important part of what this race is. I think we all got along famously, considering the tight quarters for two weeks. On Reepicheep there was way more laughter than tears. Hey, there’s always going to be a few moments! We somewhat jokingly brought along a time-out tent. Thankfully, it wasn’t needed! Speaking for myself though, the greatest satisfaction, along with competing hard and doing well, was seeing everyone rise to the challenge, having each other’s backs and coming out the other side better friends. That’s a successful race!

HAVING DONE THE Van Isle 360 numerous times it seemed very familiar, yet each experience has been

so very different. The conditions this lap around were among the best that I recall. The racing was excellent, the camaraderie among many of the teams and the host communities was fantastic! That has always been a hallmark of this race and it’s difficult to think this might have been the last go round. It was truly wonderful to see so many new and younger racers taking part for the first time this year. I sincerely hope that someone steps forward to continue adding more chapters to the Van Isle 360 storybook. A giant thankyou to Jeff and Sylvia Motley and the organizing team, and to all the sponsors and sailors. Take care everyone, see you on the water soon… Maybe at the start line in Nanaimo Harbour in 2025?

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There are three learning tracks. First, acquire some knowledge about the life histories of marine species that you want to catch. Second, decide what styles of fishing to pursue. Third, match your equipment to the fish species and tactics you are interested in.

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LIFE HISTORIES, TACTICS AND GEAR

Salmon are the preferred saltwater fish for most anglers, and chinook, coho, sockeye, pink and chum can all be caught by recreational anglers.

CHINOOK

They are available all year long with multiple age classes at sea at the same time. However, due to variable size limits most are caught in their third and fourth years of life. Chinook are primarily meat eaters preferring baitfish from three to seven inches long such as herring, needlefish and pilchards. They

also like shrimp and squid, and will even eat shellfish if necessary. They are the largest salmon species with adults averaging between 15 and 30 pounds.

Chinook enter rivers to spawn between May and October.

Feeder chinooks dominate the catch between October and June. These fish take active lures and baits that mimic the primary forage available. Place your lures and baits near bottom where the feed stacks are usually located, and focus fishing effort around tide changes when the forage is most active.

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Anglers can troll, mooch, drift fish or spin cast from a boat or shore for chinook, but trolling with downriggers is the dominant coastwide tactic. Trolling with hoochies, spoons and bait behind full sized revolving flashers is the standard presentation. Plugs are effective but do not require an attractor. Pick UV, glow, chrome, chartreuse, green, purple, blue and white as base lure colours with red, black and pink mixed in.

Trolling requires a significant financial investment and a commitment to learning. However, once mastered, it provides major fishing benefits that are transferrable to all salmon.

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It’s done from a stationary boat that drifts with the current.

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August’s Fishing Tip fishing if they have enough line capacity and line retrieve ratios. The best jigging rod is a bit stiff through the first two-thirds of its length tapering to a flexible tip.

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COHO

They were the mainstay of BC’s recreational fishery up to the 1980s. Then important Strait of Georgia coho fisheries began to collapse as most resident coho abandoned the strait in the spring and early summer months. This precipitated stringent coho fishing restrictions which remain in place to this day. Good summer and fall coho opportunities exist in Northern BC and along the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Coho spend roughly 1.5 years each in fresh and saltwater. Except for some male two-year-old ‘jacks’ there is no age class overlap, so anglers primarily target three-year-old coho each season.

Coho are schooling salmon. They are voracious feeders which almost double in size from May until the fall spawning run. Peak coho fishing runs from late August to the end of October, or when the first heavy rains arrive. Fish in excess of 20 pounds are occasionally taken but the average adult weighs six to nine pounds.

Coho are easy to catch during the summer months. If your lures are active, trolled faster and are brightly coloured and positioned in the mid to upper part of the water column they will trigger strikes. Fall coho are fussier. They still take the same gear as summer fish, but with a bit less speed and activity. Coho can be taken jigging, casting the edges of feed balls and beach fishing near the estuaries.

PINKS

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they are only available during the summer adult migration.

Pinks bite like crazy when presented with lures that look like the plankton they’ve been feeding on. They will hit any lures but the stock presentation is to troll with pink hoochies on shorter leaders behind revolving flashers.

White and glow hoochies with some pink also produce well. There are a number of beach casting opportunities for pinks, so check with your local tackle shops for details.

SOCKEYE

BC’s commercial salmon fishery was built on sockeye, and they are popular with recreational anglers. However, their abundance has declined in recent years, so pay attention to regional regulations. Use the same pink salmon flasher/lure combinations since they have fed on the same forage in similar northeast Pacific Ocean feeding grounds. For sockeye, shorten leader lengths, remove some strands from the hoochie skirt and troll very slowly.

Sockeye are only fished during their spawning migration. This begins as early as May in Port Alberni and extends to July and August for other sockeye runs. They average five to seven pounds, with large specimens reaching 10 to 12 pounds, and are known for their rich red flesh and wonderful flavour.

CHUM

Chums are the last salmon to return and spawn. They are also ranked last in angler popularity, which is unfortunate because they are a wonderful game fish.

Like pink and sockeye they migrate great distances to the northeast Pacific where they also feed on plankton and very small fishes.

To catch chums consistently anglers must ditch chinook and coho tactics.

Instead, switch to very slow trolling with short leaders and full-sized revolving flashers that barely rotate.

Purple, blue, glow, white and UV are great chum colours with some pink mixed in. Hoochies and spoons are

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the stock presentation, but they can be caught on almost anything as long as it is trolled very, very slowly.

Chums have an identifiable jump pattern that is best described as flat, repeating itself along a curving trajectory with the fish landing on its side. If you see this it’s time to switch to these tactics.

HALIBUT

Fifty years ago halibut were barely on recreational fishing’s radar. Today they challenge chinook for top spot on the angler popularity list. Part of this rise to prominence is due to the decline in wild chinook and coho abundance resulting in lost angling opportunities for these species. Halibut also possess impressive qualities like wonderful flavour, massive size and an arm-busting angling challenge that justify their status.

These giants can exceed 400 pounds.

Contrary to popular belief, they are not scavengers. They are apex predators that feed on a variety of fishes and other marine creatures. Anglers should look for them on sloped or flat sea floors with mixed gravel, sand and cobble substrate. Avoid rocky, irregular terrain which inevitably produces costly bottom hang ups.

Halibut can be taken on a variety of gear. Salmon trolling and jigging accidentally produces a surprising number when fishing close to bottom.

Downrigger fishing can be adapted for halibut by slow trolling with big herring, or very large hoochies, without flashers. Conventional tactics include drifting with spreader bars rigged with salmon bellies, large

herring or octopus tentacles.

However, most guides and high-liners have switched to anchoring. This system requires specialized equipment and some experience to master.

Fishing for halibut with big jigs tipped with natural baits is also highly productive and far less expensive. Alternatively, bright coloured hoochies and scents can be added to any halibut presentation.

Salmon fishing gear will handle smaller halibut, but anglers would be wise to invest in short, stout halibut rods with matched level wind star drag reels with lots of no-stretch line capacity.

LINGCOD & ROCKFISH

There are over 70 species of rockfish in the North Pacific and 37 species are caught in BC fisheries. Rockfish and lingcod are amongst the finest eating fish in the sea, but unfortunately their numbers are depressed in many areas because of overharvest. Stock recovery is further complicated since most are long lived species with slow reproductive replacement rates.

Rockfish suffer from barotrauma, the inability to equalize pressure quickly, when they are reeled to the surface.

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Prestige 420 Fly Forget your troubles aboard this French-built luxury cruiser

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BY PETER A . ROBSON

I It was one of those perfect summer days, made so by bright sunshine and a cooling eight-knot breeze. I boarded the new Prestige 420 Fly at Mosquito Creek Marina with M&P yacht broker Kolby Vaughan and M&P’s director of customer experience Serena Torresan. It was a day meant to be spent on the flybridge and so we did.

Kolby guided us expertly out of the marina and into the lightly rippled waters of Burrard Inlet.

Prestige is the luxury motor yacht brand of France’s huge Beneteau Group. The Prestige brand was created by Jeanneau (now a brand of the Beneteau Group) in 1989 and all subsequent models have been designed by Italy-based Garroni Design and built in France. Prestige offers three lines of sedan and flybridge yachts from 42 to 70 feet (12.8 to 21.3 metres), and a new power catamaran line.

The 420 is the smallest in Prestige’s F (flybridge) Line. The test boat is the second iteration of the 420 which was first introduced in 2015 and updated in 2020. Despite its size, the 420 Fly has a lot of bigger boat features. It is powered by twin Cummins 425-horsepower V-drive diesels (twin 380-horsepower Cummins are also an option) that offer top speeds of 30 knots. The V-drives help keep the weight far aft and allow for more space in the master cabin than the previously standard Volvo-Penta IPS drives. A Glendinning joystick tied to the engines and the proportional bow Peter A. Robson

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thruster allow manoeuvring almost as precise as IPS joysticks. I was impressed with the smooth shifting when engaging the joystick. There was none of that clunking of the transmissions like in earlier joystick models.

Another departure from the 2015 version is that the private staircase from the saloon to the full beam master has been eliminated to provide more saloon space and both staterooms are now accessed via the staircase forward of the saloon.

FLYBRIDGE Driving from the portside flybridge helm offers excellent visibility all around, and most importantly, over the bow when coming up onto the plane. The test boat had a sweet looking optional hardtop to provide protection from the rain and sun.

Next to the helm are two sunpads with adjustable backrests, while aft is a cosy L-shaped lounge seat and table and an adjacent summer kitchen with fridge, grill and sink. The flybridge sweeps aft and partially covers the cockpit. While the sunpads are great for sunning and relaxing, in my mind they don’t make good companion seats because the companion must be stretched out on the sunpad.

COCKPIT Teak steps from the flybridge lead down to the cockpit with its L-shaped settee and access under the sole to the engine room. A starboard-side cockpit steering station, with simple thruster and throttles/ shifter should make docking a snap. A storage compartment in the transom can also be accessed from under the

settee and has good storage. The swim platform is surprisingly large with access to the cockpit from the port side.

Four sliding glass doors provide access to the saloon. They can be configured to slide fully to port or starboard. The latter configuration opens to provide access to the galley countertop.

BOW Ten-inch-wide (24-centimetre) side decks and well-placed handrails on the bulwarks and cabin sides made it safe and easy to move fore and aft.

The bow is highlighted by a threepanel sunpad with adjustable backrests and the usual windlass, anchor, roller and double chain locker, plus freshwater and saltwater washdowns.

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THE SALOON The interior is very clean and modern, perhaps European in styling, with flat surfaces and angles instead of curves. It is clean and elegant with just over six feet (193 centimetres) of headroom. In my mind, aft galleys work best as they are central to both the interior and cockpit. Galley equipment includes a two-burner induction cooktop and microwave.

Across is a drawer fridge and drawer freezer and separate bar fridge. A large countertop should provide ample space for serving and food prep. Overhead cupboards provide good storage.

Forward is a linear sofa that faces the U-shaped dinette with an adjustable, folding table which drops down electrically to be either a coffee table or a third berth. A TV, hidden under the portside dashboard, flips up to face aft.

It is curious that the fixed helm seat is not adjustable (the flybridge seat slides fore and aft). This would save the helmsperson having to lean slightly forward to steer and adjust the throttles.

An opening window next to the helm is a nice feature for ventilation. The console was fitted with two 12-inch Garmin touch screens. The Cummins digital instrument panel and the trim tab controls were located on the flat portion under the touch screens and to read them, one must stand up, which is somewhat awkward. Otherwise, the helm station is nice and clean.

ACCOMMODATION The accommo-

dation area, down four steps from the saloon, is well laid out with the full beam master, forward stateroom and two en suites with raised vessel sinks and separate showers. The design is quite modern and clean with tasteful colours and cabinetry and again, with angled surfaces instead of curves.

While some full beam masters elect for a chaise lounge on one side and a bank of drawers on the other, the 420 has drawers on both sides of the double bed, providing plenty of storage in addition to a hanging locker forward.

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There is decent headroom—71 inches (180 centimetres)—on both sides of the bed, but lower headroom over the berth means one must duck when getting into bed. This isn’t unusual with the saloon overhead. Big hull windows bring in light and wide views outside.

The forward stateroom also boasts large hull windows, hanging lockers and drawer storage. The only fault I could find below was that both the master and guest stateroom have charging ports on only one side of the bed.

For comfort, reverse cycle air (powered by a 7.5 kw Cummins generator) provides both heat and cooling.

The guest en suite is also the day head and both are tastefully finished and of ample size for a vessel of this size, both with large showers that have doors that fit well (which isn’t always the case) and opening ports for ventilation.

UNDERWAY With the three of us and half fuel and full water tanks, we spent a few hours zooming around Burrard Inlet, careful to avoid the beefy tugs and other shipping traffic in the busy harbour. We accelerated impressively onto the plane in 7.5 seconds at just under 12 knots. Those two 425-horsepower diesels provided excellent performance and even from a high cruise to wide-open-throttle, there was still plenty of power and acceleration. The steering was tight and we leaned nicely into sharp turns.

We accelerated from a dead stop to the plane with both the automatic Zipwake trim tabs on and off and found that the auto setting, not surprisingly, brought the bow down about five seconds faster than with no trim tabs. Either way, the visibility over the bow was good. We found a good displacement cruising speed was nine knots (1,350 rpm) using 6.6 gallons per hour (25 litres).

A slow cruise on the plane was 16 knots (2,100 rpm) burning 20 gallons per hour. A fast cruise was 21.5 knots (2,450 rpm) burning 26.4 gallons per hour (100 litres). Noise in the

cabin was a quiet 64 dB. While these aren’t trawler fuel numbers, they are surprisingly reasonable for a vessel of this size with this much horsepower. At a cruise of 22 knots owners can expect a range of just over 200 miles—plenty for around here. Wide-open-throttle gave us a top speed of 30.5 knots at 3,100 rpm.

CONCLUDING REMARKS The Prestige 420 Fly is a well-designed, well-finished and well-performing yacht that can quickly get owners where they want to go. It was also fun and easy to operate—two big plusses.

I would have liked an extended overnight cruise to evaluate it in even more detail, but that opportunity seldom presents itself when it comes to new boat reviews. However, some lucky owner is going to get to enjoy that experience, especially when it comes to those beautiful summer days or extended trips up the coast. Price as tested: $1,744,709.

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48’ 1998 Custom Yachtwerft Luetje

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46’ 2024 Hanse 460 Orders Available

45’ 2014 Beneteau America Oceanis

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42’ 2022 Lagoon 42 $999,000 CAD

42’ 1990 Catalina MKI

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42' Dehler 42 Orders Available

41’ Moody 41DS Orders Available

SOLD

38’ 2006 Sabre 386

38’ 2020 Hanse 388

38’ 2024 Dehler 38SQ Orders Available

34’ 2024 Hanse 348 Orders Available

28’ 1982 Bristol Channel Cutter $140,000 CAD

SOLD

36’ 2009 Jeanneau 36i Performance

46’ Hanse 460 On order, customization available

45’ Moody 45DS Orders Available

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1980 BLUE WATER INGRID 38 ASKING:$115,000

2021 BAVARIA R40 COUPE ASKING:$845,000

1995 ISLAND PACKET 40 ASKING: $235,000

1988 COAST 34 ASKING: $92,000

1980 TOLLYCRAFT SEDAN ASKING: $159,000

2006 HUNTER 38 ASKING: $169,000

1998 CATALINA 34 ASKING: $114,000

1991 BAYLINER 4387 ASKING $117,000

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51’ Formosa 51 Ketch |1973 ....................... 185,000 43’ Young Sun | 1981 .................................. 149,000 40’ Island Packet | 1995 .............................. 235,000 38’ Baltic 38DP | 1983 ........................118,900 USD 38’ Hans Christian 38T | 1980 .................... 189,000 35’ Young Sun Cutter | 1981 ......................... 69,900 35’ C&C MKIII | 1989..................................... 74,900 34’ Ta Shing Panda | 1988 .......................... 109,000 30’ Catalina | 1988 ....................................... 35,900 29’ J Boats | 1983.......................................... 23,900 28’ Harris | 1984 ........................................... 48,000

ON DISPLAY AT OUR DOCKS

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92’ Custom Paddle | 1985 ........................... 675,000 57’ Carri Craft Passenger | 1972 ................ 175,000 50’ Gulf Commander | 1980 ....................... 225,000 43’ Bayliner 4387 | 1991 ............................. 117,000 41’ Meridian 411 | 2006 ............................. 349,000 38’ Sea Ray 380 | 2000 ............................... 190,000 37’ Trojan 370 Express | 1994 .................... 114,900 34’ Uniflite Sport Sedan | 1974 .................... 44,900 30’ Commander 30 | 1996 .......................... 109,000 30’ Sea Ray 300 Sundancer | 2004 .............. 84,900 29’ Ranger Tug | 2010................................. 205,000

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40 COASTAL CRAFT Beautifully finished interior, Massive upper Deck, Expansive covered Cockpit, Three station helm control, Twin Volvo Diesel, Northern Lights Genset, Watermaker, Large swim grid with Seawise Davit system, Sat Dome, Raymarine Hybrid Touch, Hurricane Hydronic Heat

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44’ JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY DS ’13

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53’ PETERSON/JESPERSEN ’88

41' HANSE 418 ‘21

$379,900

SAIL 53’ Petersen/Jespersen ’88 ......................................... $499,000 52’ Santa Cruz ‘93 ...................................................US $269,000 49’ Bruce Roberts V495 ‘12 .............................................SOLD 48’ Grainger Catamaran ’06 ..............................US $399,000 47’ Beneteau 47.7 ’02 ................................................. INQUIRE 46’ Beneteau 461 ’00 .................................................... $259,000 46’ Lagoon .................................... NEW MODEL - INQUIRE 46’ Nautor Swan ’90 ..................................................... $275,000 45’ X-Yachts XC 45 ’11 .............................................. $639,000 44’ Jeanneau SO 44 DS ’13...................................... $379,900 44’ Jeanneau 440............................................NEW - INQUIRE 42’ Lagoon ’20 ................................................................... $875,000

$499,000

42’ Lagoon ’23 .................................................NEW - INQUIRE 42’ Brewer Aluminum Pilothouse ‘91................... $210,000 41’ Hanse ’21 ..................................................................... $457,000 41’ Jeanneau SO 410 ‘23 ...........................NEW - INQUIRE 41’ Jeanneau SO 419 ‘18 ....................................................SOLD 41’ C&C 41 ’84....................................................................$89,900 41’ Riptide ‘12 ............................................................US $550,000 40’ X-Yachts 4.0 ‘23 ......................................NEW - INQUIRE 39’ Jeanneau 39i Performance ’11 ................................SOLD 38’ Hunter ‘05 .................................................................... $159,000 38’ Jeanneau 380...................................................NEW MODEL 38’ Catalina 380 ‘98 ........................................................INQUIRE 37’ Beneteau 373 ’05 ...........................................................SOLD

45' NC 14 ‘14

NEW

$649,000

$497,000

37’ Hunter ’87 ......................................................................$49,900 37’ C&C 37 ’82....................................................................$65,900 36’ C&C 110 ’99 .....................................................................SOLD 36’ Jeanneau 36i ’12 ....................................................... $179,000 35’ C&C 35 MRK III ’88 ..................................................$49,900 34’ Jeanneau SO 349.....................................................INQUIRE 34’ Jeanneau Sunrise ’87 .................................................$54,900 34’ Beneteau 10R ’07 .................................................... $129,900 34’ Beneteau 343 ’06 ....................................................INQUIRE 33’ Flying Tiger ’06 ..............................................................$32,711 33’ C&C 33 ’76....................................................................$15,764 31’ Beneteau 310 ’90 .......................................................$49,900 28’ Hunter ’92 ......................................................................$29,900

35’ TIARA 35 OPEN

AZIMUT YACHTS 40’-100+’

POWER 73’ Wendon ’99 ........................................................................SOLD 53’ Azimut 53 Flybridge .............................NEW - INQUIRE 51’ Sea Ray 510 SD ’15 ....................................................SOLD 45’ NC 14 ’14.....................................................................$649,000 43’ Grenfell ’66......................................................................$69,900

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38’ Silverton Sport Bridge ’06 ..................................$299,900 38’ Carver Supersport ’06 ......................................... $299,900 35’ Tiara ’00 ......................................................................... $139,900 30’ Rinker 280 ’08 ........................................................... $115,000 30’ Neptunian ’21 ............................................................ $349,900 28’ Boston Whaler 285 Conquest PH ’13 ....... $279,000

28’ Protector ’03 (diesel) .............................................$119,000 27’ Lifetimer 2700 LE ’09.............................................$125,000 21’ Thunder Jet ’14 ............................................................$99,000 19’ Nordic CC ’23 .................................................................$89,900 17’ Lund 1750 Tyee ‘11....................................................$34,900 13’ AB Nautilus 12 DLX ‘04.........................................$14,900

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MARITIMO S62 2015 - Fully equipped, lithium ion batteries, low hours, Volvo shaft driven, 17” Garmin screens and much more.

Boathouse kept (available) NO Luxury Tax $1,359,000 USD

SOLD

BAYLINER 5788, 2001 PILOT HOUSE - A full bridge enclosure, hurricane heating system, newer electronics and a Presto dinghy davit on the swim grid. $689,000 CAD

BY APPOINTMENT

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OCEAN YACHTS 56 1990 - Spacious main salon, large cockpit, 3 staterooms, centre console dingy. $299,000 CAD

MARITIMO X50 2022 - Newest sport coupe from Australian premier yacht builder. The X-50 combines 2 staterooms with aft beach club opening transom. Shaft Drive. Loaded. New boat warranties until 2027.

NO Luxury Tax $1,599,000 USD

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BENETEAU 47, 2005 - This Beneteau has three state rooms, full spectrum of electronics, and a very well kept interior. Paired with 10’ ZAR RIB, two Zodiac open sea life rafts. Many additional upgrades have been made. $329,000 CAD

BY APPOINTMENT

CATALINA 42 MKII 2005 - Garmin electronics, espar hydronic heating, solar panels, and a hardtop pilot house! $279,000 CAD

41’ BRUCE KING “WARM RAIN II” - A masterpiece of design and function. New sails / fresh engine. Cold molded construction with the finest of materials used throughout. AND, She sails like a dream.

Priced to sell at $295,000 CAD (by appt.)

GARTSIDE 37 PILOTHOUSE 2020 - An exquisitely detailed west coast pilothouse, launched in 2020. Finest of materials used throughout inc. double planked red cedar/ epoxy hull. RAIN BEAR is a true gem that must be seen!

NOW $345,000 CAD

TOLLYCRAFT 43’ TRI-CABIN 1984 - Boathouse kept (boathouse available), twin diesel, generator, diesel furnace, water maker and new flybridge enclosure! $249,000 CAD

SEA RAY SUNDANCER 390 2005 Fitted with twin Cummins QSB 380hp diesels, upgraded Raymarine electronics, and electric bow thruster, this boathouse kept vessel is a must see!

By appointment. $299,000 CAD

BY APPOINTMENT

SEA RAY SUNDANCER 48 2006 - This beautiful two stateroom vessel has twin Cummins 540hp diesels, a bow thruster, Reverse cycle AC, and much more!

Boathouse kept (available) By appointment. $599,000 CAD

CARVER 466 MOTOR YACHT, 2004 - Tastefully upgraded, boathouse kept, and just 886 hours on her Volvo 480hp diesels. $325,000 USD

JEANNEAU 30 NC 895, 2022 - Save on ordering a new one - fully loaded with Garmin electronics, fusion sound system, forced air heating, and a Westerbeke 3.5 KVA generator. $229,000 USD

TEMPLAR CUSTOM ELECTRIC WATER TAXI 2019 Like new Category C certified taxi. 10Hr run time at 5knots, diesel furnace and a private head. $195,000 CAD

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LIQUID METAL MARINE QUATSINO 24’ 2021- Beautiful custom aluminum DC bowrider designed by Greg Marshal, launched in 2022. Volvo D4-270,16” Simrad Nevo multi-function, removable hardtop, Shockwave seats, enclosed head. $299,000 CAD

JEANNEAU 409 2013 Local vessel, fully equipped for coastal cruising New listing – please inquire. $279,000

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MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SITE WITH MARINA - SICAMOUS, BC

High density lakefront dev. site in Sicamous. Upland parcel 2.55 acres zoned for multi-unit structure. Original plans & permits were taken out for 67 condo units each with marina slip. Remaining from this unbuilt venture is a 62,000 sq. ft. concrete parking garage with 162 stalls. Foreshore area / marina is on Sicamous Narrows, a busy & popular boating route on the Shuswap Lake system. $3,999,000 RICHARD OSBORNE

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OCEANFRONT PARADISE PORCHER ISLAND

This is some of the finest oceanfront on the north coast of BC with beautiful views over Chatham Sound and over 1.7 km of oceanfront including an ecologically rich estuary, point, and a massive sandy beach that is a half a km wide! Some of the most breathtaking sunsets to be seen. $799,000 MATT CAMERON 250-200-1199 matt@landquest.com

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PRIVATE FLOATING LODGE TLUPANA INLET NOOTKA SOUND, BC

Location Location Location! This home is perfectly appointed with amazing views, overlooking the ocean and Cousins Inlet. You can kayak, swim, paddle or go fishing right from your back door. $228,000

Turnkey private floating fishing lodge in secluded, sheltered Critter Cove, Nootka Sound, West Coast of Vancouver Island, one of BC’s best fishing areas. Well maintained, fully equipped, furnished and ready to go.

Jump in your boat and go fishing. $950,000

FAWN GUNDERSON

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OFF-GRID RETREAT AND RECREATIONAL OASIS - NELSON ISLAND

114 acres with 1,500± ft of southern exposed oceanfront near Oona River. Includes main house, 6 guest cabins with revenue potential, shop, boat house all serviced by power, water and septic. Also includes large list of machinery and equipment. $1,500,000

180 acres with approx. 6,400 ft of quality oceanfront at the entrance to Cordero Channel across from Shoal Bay. The property faces southwest with excellent sun exposure and has a fantastic maturing forest and year-round creek. This is a trophy oceanfront property in a prime location on the BC coast. $979,000

The Quarrybbean is a gem on a 2.5 acre lot in a rare bare land strata. There are 250 acres of common land that include 2 lakes and miles of trails. 2 solar powered buildings with 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, decks galore and stunning views. Includes a hillside elevator, large wharf patio and deep-sea moorage. $2,198,000

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1.9 ACRE OCEANFRONT ON DENMAN ISLAND

300 ft of low bank waterfront with 2,761 sq. ft. log home featuring vaulted ceilings, large country kitchen and 3 bdrms with ensuites. Fenced backyard has workshop, garage, woodshed, plunge pool, gardens and gated stairway leading to the beach. Stunning views of Hornby Island and Lambert Channel! $899,000 JAMIE ZROBACK 1-604-483-1605 jamie@landquest.com JASON ZROBACK 1-604-414-5577 jason@landquest.com BC LANDPRO GROUP

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LARGE TREED RIVERFRONT ACREAGE ON THE SKEENA RIVER - TERRACE, BC

80 acres separated into 2 parts by Alvin Creek. Road access to east side and boat / snowmobile access to the west side. Cottonwood with pockets of merchantable spruce and cedar. Subject to spring flooding. Fertile soil.

Perfect for someone with a Jetboat. $249,000 SAM HODSON

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KOOTENAY LAKE WATERFRONT HOME & BEACH HOUSE - 2.27 ACRES - NELSON, BC

Welcome to waterfront living! This 2.27 acre property has an extensive sandy beach and private dock. The beach house, carriage home, 3 RV hookups, massive workshop garage, large shop, and securely gated perimeter provide privacy, respite and fun! $1,995,000 JOHN ARMSTRONG

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6065 Silverstone Lane 6065 Silverstone Lane New custom built low-bank waterfront home with high end finishings

Luxurious acres with a 10,000 sq.ft.views, home8including indoor pool.waterfront Complete estate, & total 18+ privacy, spectacular SW ocean car garage. pool. Complete & total privacy, spectacular SW ocean views, 8 car garage.

Middlepoint • $4,998,000

New custom built low-bank waterfront home with finishings throughout.

Level entry, open concept, gorgeous vies, high easy end beach access. throughout. Level entry, open concept, gorgeous vies, easy beach access.

Sechelt • $2,300,000

Middlepoint • $4,998,000

Ultimate low-bank waterfront recreational getaway at sought after & rarely available Carlson Point!

One of the very best properties as the 3 bdrm cottage is perched beyond neighbours, offering great privacy! Sechelt • $699,000

Sechelt • $2,300,000

Spectacular 3bed/2bath rancher situation on 0.75 acre oceanfront property with Western exposure, stunning sunsets & great privacy.

Sechelt • $2,850,000

Premier waterfront residence w/ a private & licensed WATERFRONT home in sought after Secret Cove, dock. This luxurious home with over 5,000 sq.ft. of offering a licensed, private & protected dock for all living space boasts every imaginable feature. of your boating needs!

The epitome of comfort & style.

Halfmoon Bay • $2,150,000 1450 Sunrise Place 4460 Francis Peninsula Road Halfmoon Bay • $5,980,000 Nearly 3,000 sq.ft.Francis oceanview home in a quiet location, steps to the One of the last building available in Place this area of fine homes.

1450lots Sunrise 4460 Peninsula Road

ocean/hiking & more.

Open home plan, lots updates, suitesteps potential.

Nearly 3,000 sq.ft. oceanview in aofquiet location, to the Madeira ocean/hiking & more. OpenPark plan, lots• of$587,000 updates, suite potential.

views, level building site, corner One of theOcean last building lots available in this arealot. of fine homes.

Gibsons $359,000 Ocean views, level • building site, corner lot.

Madeira Park • $587,000

Gibsons • $359,000

This 2.16 acre waterfront property features a super cute low-bank beach cottage with a 50’ licensed foreshore. Sub-dividable.

Immaculately maintained waterfront home on a Madeira Park • $1,490,000 quiet cul-de-sac in Halfmoon Bay! Spectacular ocean & island6783 views are front & Inlet centre from this lovely Sechelt Road Trophy 18+ acre waterfront property with 1,300’ of ocean frontage, 2bed/2bath home 6783 Sechelt Inlet Road 2 bedroom cottage & 30’ dock on the pristine shores of Sechelt Inlet.

Trophy 18+ acreHalfmoon waterfront property 1,300’ of ocean frontage, Bay •with $1,650,000 Sechelt • $1,998,000

2 bedroom cottage & 30’ dock on the pristine shores of Sechelt Inlet.

Sechelt • $1,998,000

West Coast WATERFRONT retreat - 1.77 acres with beautiful ocean views in a lush forested setting with a brand new, contemporary high end cottage.

Garden Bay • $1,190,000

6226 South Gale Avenue Renovated esplanade waterfront home with floor to ceiling windows to take in oceanGale & islandAvenue views. Suite below.

6226 South Renovated esplanade waterfront home with floor to ceiling Sechelt • $1,175,000 windows to take in ocean & island views. Suite below.

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11579 Sunshine Highway Joel Coast O’Reilly 11579 Coast Highway Luxurious waterfrontSunshine estate, 18+ acres with a 10,000 sq.ft. home including indoor Personal Real Estate Corporations

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Halfmoon Bay low-bank waterfront home nestled on 1.8 park like acres with jaw dropping ocean views, perfect SW exposure & year round sunsets.

9752 Secret Road

9752 Secret Road One of a kind contemporary waterfront home with dock on nearly 1 acre.

One ofcottage a kind & contemporary waterfront home with dock on nearly 1 acre.

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Don't miss this custom built, brand new 4bed/4bath home in one of Madeira Park's loveliest & quietest locations, steps to Baker Beach, one of the area's finest!

Madeira Park • $1,850,000

Custom built 3bed/2bath West Coast cottage, situated on early 50 acres of prime level waterfront in Blind Bay, Hardy Island boasting 1000’ of pristine oceanfront.

Hardy Island • $2,750,000 560 Abbs Road

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Adorable 2 bedroom home Lower Gibsons with designer style & West C 560in Abbs Road one of the 2very best ocean views in theGibsons area. 5 mins the ferry.

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Gibsons • $899,000 one of the very best ocean views in the area. 5 mins to the ferry.

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Very private low bank waterfront just mins to Sechelt!

Easy access to the pristine beach from this 2,800+ sq.ft. recently reno’d Rancher with level entry access.

Very privateSechelt low bank• waterfront $2,299,000 just mins to

First timeHalfmoon on the market, private Bay •stunning $3,595,000 esplanade lakefront acreage! This is one of the last Sechelt! Easy access to the pristine beach from this large acreages (13.88) on HotelAvenue Lake, featuring 2,800+ sq.ft.1395 recentlyMarlene reno'd Rancher 494 Elphinstone Roadwith level 64 Great family home with 1 bedroom suiteaccess. on the lower level. Situated on a level, sunny Southern exposure &&spectacular oceanlake viewsviews from nearly every room of Private low unobstructed panoramic & sunshine. entry 494 Elphinstone Avenue 1395 Marlene Road 1/2 acre & walking distance to the beach, the golf course and more! Great value. this “two homes in one” 3,136 sq.ft. residence with suite. Built to last!

1 bedroo6 Great family home Sechelt with 1 bedroom suite on the lower level. Situated on a level, sunny Southern exposure & spectacular views from nearly every room of Garden Bay•ocean •$1,499,000 $1,398,000 • $2,299,000 Private Roberts Creek • $640,000 Gibsons this “two homes in one” 3,136 sq.ft. residence with suite. Built to last!

1/2 acre & walking distance to the beach, the golf course and more! Great value.

Gibsons • $1,499,000

Roberts Creek • $640,000

West Coast inspired Architecturally designed waterfront home + Carriage House in a fabulous, quiet location. Situated on .74 acre waterfront.

Garden Bay • $2,599,000

35 622 Farnham Road Completely renovated from top to bottom, this bright 2 bedroom 2nd story apartment is centrally located close to shops.

35 622 Farnham Road CompletelyGibsons renovated from to bottom, this bright 2 • top $359,000 bedroom 2nd story apartment is centrally located close to shops.

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Esplanade lakefront home with 4bed/3bath, location features unobstructed & panoramic views of Hotel Lake with tons of sunshine.

Garden Bay • $1,150,000

4525 Pollock Road Quality-built log home in a classic West Coast park like setting on nearly 2 acres enjoys bright westerly ocean views & year round sunsets.

4525exposure, Pollock Road

Quality-built log home in aPark classic West park like setting on nearly Madeira • Coast $685,000 2 acres enjoys bright westerly exposure, ocean views & year round sunsets.

Don’t miss this custom built, brand new home in one 1stBeautiful ocean viewsthis are•spectacular featured from5+ thisacre “likeparknew” Gorgeous esplanadePark waterfront property with Gibsons $359,000 time on the market, Gorgeous waterfront home•with easy access Immaculately maintained waterfront home!

Sechelt • $1,175,000 Madeira $685,000 of Madeira Park’s loveliest & quietest bedroom/2 bathLake waterfront home.homes Ideally unobstructed ocean Close toorseveral marinas, at Ruby featuresmodular 2 separate into the ocean forviews. swimming launching a This lovely 3bed/2bath West Coast homelocations, is brightsteps like3setting to Baker Beach, one of the area’s finest! for a primary residence in front, the ocean, lakes & hiking. A beautiful building site & issituated the kindtoofallow property that sets a new pace the kayak, as well as stunning, unobstructed ocean/ and sunny and offers spectacular ocean & on the oceanfront side. for your future home!

Madeira Park • $1,795,000 minute you island island views.

Halfmoon Bay arrive.

• $1,150,000 Garden Bayviews!

• $799,000 Ruby Lake • $1,699,000 Garden Bay • $1,998,000 Halfmoon Bay • $1,800,000 NOVEMBER 2022

The 20 acres and 4bed/3bath home are West facing & surrounded by crystal clear waters w/ views from Vancouver Island to the interior mountains.

Nelson Island • $5,600,000

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Custom built, totally renovated 4 bedroom WATERAdorable 2 bedroom low bank WATERFRONT cottage FRONT home in “Farrington Cove,” offering moorage for in Sargeant Bay plus a spectacular higher bank your boat, tennis court & a quiet, peaceful community. oceanview building site for your future home.

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In the Great Bear private moorage. SW exposure providing great views and sunsets.Rainforest, Forested, approx.

100ft Rainforest, on the BC on the BC waterfront. Popular recreational area in the Broughton region of Johnstone Coast. Strait. $299,500 $850,000 Coast. $850,000 West Coast Coast Oceanfront: Oceanfront: 3.56 3.56 West acres inin the the Hot Hot Springs Springs acres Oceanside development development Oceanside north of of Tofino Tofino on on Vancouver Vancouver north Island’s west coast.

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Protected location, southern exposure.

Water Port Belmont at the head of Surf Inlet and on Cougar Lake, withsouthern oceanfront,exposure. lakefront and a Water access only. $159,900 historic dam, with water licenses and a foreshore lease. access $3,500,000 only. $159,900

Orca Inn, Inn, Alert Alert Bay: Bay: Inn Inn and and Orca restaurant/pub with lots restaurant/pub with lots of potential! potential! Commercial Commercial of kitchen, 33 rental rental units units plus plus kitchen, self-contained manager’s manager’s self-contained suite, retail retail space. space. Region Region suite, renowned for whale renowned for whale watching, fishing tenures and First First Active Shellfish Company: Nootka Sound Shellfish Limited: three shellfish watching, fishing and Nations cultural activities. (oyster and clam) in Nootka Sound, all growing/harvesting equipment, and a 29ft skiff.

Nations cultural activities. $600,000 Excellent business opportunity to work on the west coast of Vancouver Island. $299,900 $600,000 Centre Island: Island: 110 110 acre acre Centre private island island inin Esperanza Esperanza private Inlet, west west coast coast Vancouver Vancouver Inlet, Island. Numerous Numerous little little bays, bays, Island. peninsulas, and bluffs.

Onepeninsulas, and bluffs. Oneroom cabin cabin plus plus workshop, workshop, room fresh water water ponds, ponds, fresh complement of equipment. equipment.

Bramham Island Oceanfront Acreage: Stunning 140 acrecomplement property on of Slingsby Quick access the open open Channel, BC central coast region. 6120ft oceanfront, frontage onQuick 3 lakes,access diversetototopography. the west coast! $1,790,000 Complement of old growth and merchantable timber. Surrounded bywest Crowncoast! land. $2,450,000 $1,790,000

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Bradshaw New $999,000 Price! $668,000 MLS# 900495 New Listing! $669,000 $749,000 MLS#Sarah 914258 $859,000 MLS# 907823/907788 MLS# 922833 *New Price* MLS# 907823/907788 $590,000 $590,000 1.877.735.3292 TOLL FREE TOLL FREE 1.877.735.3292 AFFORDABLE GRANITE GRANITE BAY BAY ACREAGE ACREAGE AFFORDABLE 250.285.3293 LOCAL 250.285.3293 LOCAL

•6.5 acre acre lot lot located located on on northwest northwest corner corner of of Quadra Quadra AFFORDABLE GRANITE GRANITE BAY BAY ACREAGE ACREAGE •6.5 AFFORDABLE Island•Comes with driveway into property, drilled Island•Comes with driveway into property, drilled well and hydro services to property line•In an area •6.5 acre lot located on northwest corner of Quadra well and hydro services to property line•In an area •6.5 acre lot located on northwest of Quadra with great outdoor recreation: hiking, kayaking, sports Island•Comes with driveway into corner property, drilled with great outdoor recreation: hiking, kayaking, sports Island•Comes with driveway property,andrilled DL24 Schooner Rd. fishing•Community wharf and 675 boat Cove ramp Cres. minutes 1550 Rd.into line•In well and hydroSchooner services to property area DL24 Schooner Rd. 675 Cove Cres. fishing•Community wharf and boat ramp minutes Heriot Bay acreage! This 11.29 acre property has pre1550 Schooner Rd. well and hydro services to property line•In ansports area Brand new built Commercial property inrecreation: the heart of Heriot Bay! with great outdoor hiking, kayaking, away•Located 20 minutes fromQuathiaski services inCove Heriothome!

Bay This 1,440 sq Heriot Bay acreage!

This 11.29 acre property has prenew turnkey built Quathiaski home!

1,440 sq 1550 liminary approval in place for a 3 lot subdivisionaway•Located & is in a ftBrand two level home was constructed by reputable Commercial property the heart ofboat Heriot Bay! with great outdoor hiking, kayaking, sports 20#minutes from services inCove Heriot Bay This Schooner Rd inrecreation: fishing•Community wharf and ramp minutes 398896 • $139,000 liminary approvallocation in placeinfor a 3 lot is in a ftMLS great walkable Heriot Baysubdivision on Quadra&Island. two# 398896 level home wasConstruction constructed by reputable localturnkey builders, J Toelle Ltd. wharf and services boat ramp minutes away•Located 20 minutes in Heriot Bay Commercial property in fishing•Community the heart of Heriot Bay!from MLS • $139,000

great walkable location in Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.

New Price! $928,000 MLS# 905800

builders, J Toelle Construction Ltd. Newlocal Price! $999,000 MLS# 901410 MLS20#minutes 398896from •MLS# $139,000 away•Located services915885 in Heriot Bay Just Listed! $2,200,000 $949,000 *New Price* QUATHIASKI COVE OCEANVIEW & RENTAL TRAILER New Price! $928,000 MLS# 905800RANCHER New Price! $999,000 MLS# 901410 MLS # MLS# 398896 •934000 $139,000915885 Just Listed! $2,200,000 MLS# $590,000 QUATHIASKI COVE OCEANVIEW RANCHER & RENTAL TRAILER

QUATHIASKI COVE OCEANVIEW RANCHER & RENTAL TRAILER

•Great ocean views of Quathiaski Cove and Discovery QUATHIASKI COVE OCEANVIEW RANCHER & RENTAL TRAILER Passage•Rancher foot of 0.41 next to •Great ocean views of Quathiaski Cove and Discovery •Great ocean viewsis ofatQuathiaski Coveacre andlotDiscovery Passage•Rancher is at foot of 0.41 acre lot next to ferry to Campbell River• Mature shrubs Passage•Rancher is at foot of 0.41 acreprovide lot nextlots to •Great ocean views of Quathiaski Cove and Discovery ferry to Campbell River• Mature shrubs provide lots of privacy along front of home• the hillprovide is a 2 bedPassage•Rancher is at foot of 0.41 acre lot next to ferry to Campbell River• MatureUpshrubs lots of privacy along front of home• Up the hill is a 2 bedroom trailer currently rented out to long-term tenant ferry to Campbell River• Mature shrubs provide lots of privacy along front of home• Up the hill is a 2 bedroom trailer currently rented out to long-term tenant 681 Bull Rd. •Short walk fromPass all services in Quathiaski Cove home, DL364 Whiterock Maurelle Island off-grid of privacy along front home• Up the hill isCove a 2 bed- 1010 Topcliffe Rd room trailer currently rented out to long-term tenant •Shortofwalk from all of services in Quathiaski Oceanfront family home in the heart Heriot Bay with guest cabin & workshop situated a 681 22 acreBull oceanfront Quadra Island MLS# 398397 •on $249,000 room trailer currently rented out to long-term tenantoceanfront rancher & two guest cabins Rd MLS# 398397 681 frontage Bull Rd. & views across •Short walk fromviews all services inWhiterock Quathiaski Covetohome, DL364 Whiterock Pass Maurelle Island off-grid 1010 Topcliffe Rd Heriot• $249,000 property!

Incredible across Pass Read 150 feet of walk on ocean on 2.3Heriot acres, •Shortofwalk fromBay all services in Quathiaski Cove overlooking 1425 Bay RdSutil Channel on the east side of Oceanfront home in the heart of Heriot Bay with 150 feet of walk on Oceanfront family home in the heart Heriot with Bay to Open Bay & beyond to the mainland mountains! guest cabin workshop situated a grade 22 acrewharf. oceanfront Quadra Island oceanfront rancher & two guest cabins Island&and aMLS# newer commercial the island!

398397 •on $249,000 MLS# Heriotacross Bay398397 home 0.93 featuring panoramic ocean on views ocean frontage & views across Heriot to Open 150 Bay feet &ofbeyond walk ontoocean frontage & views Heriot•on$249,000 property! Incredible views across Whiterock Pass toBay Read on 2.3acres acres, overlooking Sutil Channel the east side of billbradshaw@royallepage.ca billbradshaw@royallepage.ca across Drew Harbour and Rebecca Spit! the mainland mountains!

Bay to Open Bay & beyond to the mainland mountains!

Island and a newer commercial grade wharf. the island! sarahbradshaw@royallepage.ca sarahbradshaw@royallepage.ca

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Tranquil Oceanfront Retreat with Deep Water Moorage!

5805 Anderson Cove, Sooke, BC 2 Acres | 229 Feet of Ocean Frontage | Deep Water Dock | 4 Bed & 3 Bath House | Workshop

Idyllically set in a private two acres with just shy of 230 feet of sheltered ocean frontage, this rare south-facing waterfront home, built in the 1970s, has been extensively updated with new windows, eco-vinyl flooring throughout the principal rooms, updated kitchen with quality cabinetry and quartz countertops and much more. The Primary Bedroom and ensuite are conveniently located on the main floor, and there are 3 additional bedrooms upstairs and loads of storage. The walkout basement features a spacious family room with cozy fireplace and additional storage. With views from all three levels overlooking the serene, sheltered waters of Anderson Cove the property features a NEW sun-drenched dock with “All Weather Safe”, deep moorage and easy access to Juan de Fuca Strait. Generous foreshore assignment allows for further dock extension. Bring your kayaks, paddle boards and your yachts to enjoy a uniquely Westcoast lifestyle.

Price: $2,000,000 CAD

2558 Sinclair Road, Victoria, BC V8N 1B8

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RealEstate 10 Acre Legacy Property, Saunders Island, Bella Bella, BC

Private retreat in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. On the Inside Passage, minutes from daily flights to Vancouver & BC Ferry to Port Hardy or Prince Rupert. Waterfront residence, bighouse with commercial kitchen, 2 guest cabins, hilltop lodge, steward’s cabin and outbuildings, ample fresh water, 1.4 km of well-established roads, 200’ dock space, off grid solar, diesel backup, all furnishings and maintenance equipment included. $4,400,000 Email: saunders.island.mgt@gmail.com www.oceantribecharters.com

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Back at my campsite, I settled into my camp chair, opened a cold one and reflected on what I had just witnessed.

Something made me look up and I saw the black SUV towing the speedboat past the campsite, the chap still looked shocked, and the wife had that, “I told you this was a bad idea” look on her face.

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O On a recent overlanding trip, I stopped in for the night at a campground in Lillooet. In the evening I took my dog for a walk down the road, past the boat ramp and down to the beach on Seton Lake for a swim. After our dip, we were walking back past the boat ramp, where a black SUV was launching a 20-foot bowrider.

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nal that leads directly to the mouth of a BC Hydro dam spillway. The current rips down the canal at about seven or eight knots. So, I felt some alarm when I heard the chap in the speedboat yelling to his wife, “grab the rope!” I looked around and was shocked to see the speedboat’s engine had failed and the boat was spinning out of control down the canal heading for the mouth of the dam. I tethered my dog to the guardrail and jumped down the bank and was just able to grab “the rope” and get a couple of turns around a very small tree on the side of the bank. The tree bent and creaked under the strain, but luckily held the boat fast.

The chap in the boat looked rather pale. I asked what happened and he said the engine cutout after the launch. Now he tried the ignition several times and

the V8 inboard fired up. I suggested he gave it a minute to let it warm up and to let his nerves settle down. By this time his wife had joined me on the bank of the canal and was helping fend the boat off the rocks. She said they had just bought the boat the day before and this was their first time boating. As a lifelong boater myself, I’ve seen my fair share of engine failures, so I explained to them that this happens to everyone. It’s just part of owning a boat. I was hoping this lighthearted comment would put them at ease, but I don’t think it did, as the dam mouth spillway was only a couple of hundred metres behind us and the little tree they were tethered to was about to rip out of the bank.

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