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THETIS ISLAND The perfect autumn destination

By Cherie Thiessen

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ANCHORAGES OF THE MID-COAST Part 1: The Hakai Conservancy on the Outside Passage

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By Sam Burkhart

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8 CURRENTS Geo Guesser Two, Fairwinds Marina overhaul, Shaw Island Classic Race recap 20 GALLEY Stir-fried beef with green vegetables

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VAN ISLE 360—THE LAST ROUND The 13th and final running of the Van Isle 360—an adventure to remember

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SO, YOU WANT TO WORK IN BOATING? Training for a career in the yacht and small boat industry

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58 THE FAVOURED TACK Tempo and Temperament

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114 COCKPIT CONFESSION For the Love of Boating

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PA S S AG E S THE AFTERGUARD EDITOR Sam Burkhart editor@pacificyachting.com ART DIRECTOR Arran Yates

Thetis Thoughts

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h, Thetis Island. Those who have been there know what makes it such a special place. There are the lovely country roads winding around the island, the pastoral Capernwray Bible Camp with its rustic cemetery overlooking Preedy Harbour and there are two unique, well-protected marinas. If you have never stuck your bow into Telegraph Harbour, give Cherie Thiessen’s article on page 28 a read, and then go visit this Salish Sea favourite.

I go back to Thetis every few years and I’ve stayed at both marinas multiple times. Like Cherie, I am drawn to the ice cream and warm water swimming at Telegraph Harbour Marina, but also to the pub and deck at Thetis Island Marina—thankfully the two are within walking distance so there’s no need to make sacrifices.

I remember an autumn trip I took to Thetis in the early days of smartphones. Three friends and I left Ladysmith Fisherman’s Wharf early in the day with clear skies overhead and a light wind promising a lovely day of sailing. Unfortunately, not long after leaving Ladysmith Harbour a thick pea soup fog filled Stuart Channel and visibility became zero. So much for our lovely sail.

While the fog was eerie, there was no panic on board. We were in no rush and the winds were, of course, calm. But this was an autumn trip and daylight wouldn’t last forever so we didn’t want to bob in Stuart Channel all day. At that time, we had no fancy chart plotter or even a GPS aboard our little sailboat. But one of us did have a smart phone with google maps—a novelty at the time. (We had a compass and paper charts as well). Thankfully, the map app on the smart phone was detailed enough to guide us around the reef off the southern tip of Hudson Island and north into Telegraph Harbour where the fog lessened and visibility increased enough so we could see where we were going.

For the novice boaters aboard this was quite the adventure. Even for the more experienced among us it provided some tense moments and questioning of the forecast. But despite the unease, it never felt like we were in any danger. Nevertheless, we were all thankful to arrive at our destination. On this occasion we chose Thetis Island Marina where a hearty pub meal was a welcome restorative after our blind wandering off the coast of Chemainus.

There was no swimming on this trip, but the crisp fall days made for charming walks along the island roads and over the Capernwray grounds.

So, whether you decide to risk the fog and cruise to Thetis this fall or you wait until brighter days in the spring, add this classic Gulf Islands destination to your cruising itinerary. There’s comfort awaiting.

–Sam Burkhart

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HALIBUT BANK’S SEA LION PROBLEM As many of your readers know, the Halibut Bank weather station provides valuable wind and wave data to inform boaters about what to expect in real time when planning to cross the Strait of Georgia. Forecasting tools

are helpful as well, but the weather stations are a very important aid for a safe crossing, especially for those operating smaller boats including our 32-foot Camano Troll. This weather station has been out of service for

several months and I am unable to find out when we can expect service to return. I have posted the question on a couple of forums and received messages that there are several other stations on the West Coast that have also been out of service for years. My reason for writing is to inquire whether Pacific Yachting could research and report on the matter and, in doing so as the voice of the boating community, inform the relevant authorities of our concerns.

—Richard Helm Richard, We reached out to Weather Canada and received this response:

Thank you for sending your message to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

The Halibut Bank buoy remains offline due to damage to the sensors and cables which may have been caused by sea lions. The buoy’s equipment failed to the extent that the A “herd” of sea buoy might need to be retrieved lions hanging out from its moored location. Envion the Halibut Bank weather ronment Canada and Climate buoy.

Change partners with the Canadian Coast Guard to service, retrieve and deploy buoys off the western coast of Canada. Earlier this year our scheduled spring service trip was postponed and later cancelled due to limited availability of ship personnel qualified to perform buoy retrievals at sea. It is currently scheduled to be visited during the last week of September.

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PLUMPER PATH PREDICAMENT My wife and I have enjoyed boating in these wonderful waters for the last 25 years. One of our favorite destinations is Plumper Cove on Keats Island which offers moorage as well as an opportunity to do a little hiking on the nearby trails. Unfortunately, the foot bridge at the north end of the Cove was destroyed three years ago and has not been replaced. Instead, boaters have replaced the bridge with random planks laid across the creek, hazardous to say the least. We are both senior and think it foolhardy to attempt crossing. The result is that the loop trail as well as the trail to Barnabas are no longer available to us. I have twice written to BC Parks who acknowledge my letters, but nothing is being done. Indeed, we offered to donate to create a fund to replace the bridge. Three years is too long to be without the full use of this area. We hope that fellow boaters and Pacific Yachting will add their voices to a speedy resolution.

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COURTESY REMINDER We spent the summer cruising our amazing waters of the British Columbia coast. We saw that many of the US vessels fly courtesy Canadian flags and many don’t. Why not? It’s a little thing but it shows respect and appreciation for the country you are enjoying. We always fly a US courtesy flag when we are in US waters.

Speaking of courtesy, we sought a tie up at a government public wharf at Minstrel Island. It was blowing very hard northwest. There was a sailboat tied smack dab in the middle of a two-boat float making it impossible for us to tie up; We saw boats tied in the middle of large spaces again and again at docks all over BC. Please be aware there are other boaters and tie so there is as much room as possible.

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airwinds Marina lies in Schooner Cove off the Strait of Georgia a few miles north of Nanaimo.

It provides both permanent and transient moorage and is known for its views of the strait and the Coast Mountains on the Mainland. “We are completely renovating,” said marina manager Rowan Gloag.

The rebuild of the on-site Nanoose Bay Café, which is managed by the same group as Gastown’s Waterstreet Café and Qualicum Beach Café, was recently completed. Breakfast is served and the menu focuses on West Coast cuisine with Asian influences. The café is on the second floor of the new building, while the ground floor accommodates free showers and free laundry facilities.

“We have 10,500 linear feet, that’s two kilometres of docks,” Gloag said.

“Our public gangway is already completed. And we’ll be replacing 1/3rd of the docks each year over the next three.

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They will be concrete docks.”

“Did you consider using fibreglass mini mesh that many other marinas are now using?” I asked. “No,” Gloag said, “despite our breakwater, we are exposed to swells caused by southeast winds. The materials we use must be heavy enough to withstand those pressures. And we want our guests to be comfortable.”

The docks will be anchored to steel pilings with nine-inch, 18-inch, and 24-inch diameters depending on their location. They will be wrapped in heavy duty, non-conductible plastic to prevent electrolysis-caused corrosion. Pumps and fire extinguishers make up the fire suppression system.

The Marina will be reducing the number of slips, always a contentious issue but a necessary development. “The slips will be larger and fewer,” Gloag continued. “The time that many people owned a 28 to 30-footer is over. We now have a long waiting list for boats ranging from 35, 40 and 50 feet long. We’ll also have

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a handful of 60 and 70-foot slips, two 80-footers and we can accommodate a 100-footer as well.” The docks will be provided with 15, 30 and 50-amp power, with two berths offering 100-amp outlets. Free wifi and potable water are available throughout the Marina.

Fairwinds will continue to offer gas and diesel, has pump-out facilities and a kayak launch. The marina is part of the Fairwinds Oceanfront Community with its well-known 18-hole golf course. Marina guests who want some non-watery exercise, can rent their free clubs and catch a free shuttle to the golf course, and dine there as well.

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As she recounted in her memoir, Trade Secrets, Carney was born in Shanghai in 1935, along with her twin brother, James Carney. Her father’s prescience led to a permanent move back to Canada in 1939, before the family—now including three children and a fourth on the way—could be interned in Japanese camps. The family moved to a ranch in the Kootenays.

After Carney’s studies in economics at UBC, she became the first female business reporter for the Vancouver Sun. When the paper went on strike, she spent a decade in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon freelancing and then founding her own consulting firm in Yellowknife. She also pioneered the beginnings of distance education for the BC government while developing a passion for politics.

When she returned to Vancouver she ran for Conservative MP for Vancouver Centre. Elected after her second campaign in 1980, she joined the House of Commons and then, under PM Mulroney, continued her list of “firsts” in breaking glass ceilings—the first woman in every federal portfolio she held, including minister of energy,

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She’d made a home on Saturna Island, which, despite many years in Ottawa, became her principal abode for decades. She often sailed with her twin in BC’s waters. Health issues led to her retiring from Parliament, but she was called to the Senate in 1990 and served for the next 18 years.

As the federal government destaffed and automated lighthouses around Canada, many of these historic building began to suffer from neglect.

Carney saw this as a great loss to our maritime heritage. Her deep interest in coastal life led to her sponsoring a Senate bill—the Canada Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act—that would preserve lighthouses and other marinerelated structures that had heritage value. It was an uphill battle as the act was stopped many times and went through seven versions. It finally became law in 2008 after a 10-year struggle.

After retiring from the Senate, she returned to her life on Saturna Island and served as an active community member.

She received the Order of Canada in 2011. She wrote a best-selling romaná-clef book, On Island, a charming, humorous series of tales depicting her Saturna life and that of her neighbours.

Her deep affection for British Columbia, its farms, fisheries, islands and nautical heritage were in her bones and dominated her interests throughout her adult life. She was a trailblazer and role model for many.

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unshine, blue skies, fluky winds and a flood current set the stage for the 53rd annual Shaw Island Classic yacht race hosted by the San Juan Island Yacht Club on August 12.

This race is unique in that Shaw Island is the only mark and can be rounded in either direction. It is only a 13-mile course, but shifting winds, variable currents, narrow rocky channels, and ferry traffic often turn it into a nautical chess game.

Most of the fleet of 33 boats took a counter clockwise course betting there was enough wind at the start to overcome the flood current in the San Juan Channel. Theoretically, this course would allow riding the flood through the notoriously windless Wasp Passage.

This bet paid off with nearly all counter clockwise boats finishing the race.

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favour us.”, said Ben Colwell, skipper of the Formula 18, Rum Line, and firstplace finisher in the multihull division.

“We eventually caught Rum Line,” said Sam Richardson, skipper of Hydra and third-place finisher in the PHRF-A division, “but it didn’t last as they sailed impressively through the last third of the race with good speed and tactics.”

The Shaw Island racers know their competition as most have entered this race for many years and in some cases, over multiple generations. “I thought

it was the coolest thing to see my dad’s (Bryan Colwell) name on the multihull trophy,” said Ben Colwell. “I remember thinking to myself, as a kid, someday my name will be on that trophy.” He was right. Ben Colwell has placed first in the multihull division eleven times since 2006.

A shout out goes to RIFF, a J70 with the double-handed team of Boris Luchterhand and tactician Ryan Forbes for placing first in PHRF-B division and first overall on corrected time.

“Ryan made the bold decision to hoist a kite at the start that got us away quickly,” said Luchterhand. “We love this race and had fun every moment just like every year!”

Spirits were high and spirits were enjoyed as racers once again gathered at the lovely SJIYC clubhouse overlooking the harbour for post-race banter and a hearty lasagna dinner.

The Perseverance Award, in honour of Wally Lum, who skippered Marquita in the first Shaw and has competed in every race since, goes to the last boat to cross the finish before the deadline.

This year’s winner was Juans2B, a San Juan 21 skippered by Paul Von Stubbe, one of only two clockwise boats to finish the race.

Complete results and photos are posted at the club’s website at sjiyc. com/shaw.

—Peg Gerlock

Call for 2023 Rendezvous Info Our Summer Cruising Roundup feature is coming up in the December issue and we’d love to hear how you and your friends made the most of the cruising season. Information on rendezvous and boat meetups along with photos can be sent to editor@pacificyachting.com.

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t’s with great sadness that we have have reached out to our contacts in Lalearned of the fiery devastation haina, including the commodore of the of Lahaina, Maui’s main municiLahaina Yacht Club and members of the pality. The appalling death toll, Vic-Maui team, to offer our support and the obliteration of a historic town, and condolences.” the disappearance of the Lahaina Yacht And past RVYC commodore Vern Club are deeply shocking, especially as so Burkhardt, who’s completed 13 Vicmany Canadian sailors have built strong Maui Races and 13 returns said “I am bonds with Lahaina sailors and residents deeply saddened by the loss of life, and over many years when participating in the pain and suffering of the survivors the Vic-Maui Race, jointly sponsored by of this tragic event. The enthusiastic the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the welcome from Lahaina residents and Lahaina Yacht Club. As LYC’s Commothe Lahaina Yacht Club members have dore Dave Schubert wrote on consistently been one of the highlights Facebook, “I write this with of the Vic-Maui Race… It is almost bepure sorrow. Our beloved Layond belief that this charming town in haina Yacht Club and Lahaina paradise has been destroyed by fire.”

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Lahaina survivors will need our The entire town of Lahaina “kokua” (desire to help one another) as and our home is gone and is they cope with the future. It may seem now just ash and rubble.” trivial to wonder about the future of the Vic-Maui race coordinator Vic-Maui Race given the extent of the Jim Innes expressed his condodisaster. This 2,308 mile biennial race, lences on the RVYC website: which has run since 1965, is a part of “All of us at RVYC and on the Vic-Maui Lahaina’s history. We hope Lahaina will team are deeply saddened recover and the race will by the news of the Lacontinue. haina, Maui wildfires. We —Marianne Scott In happier times, boaters gather to celebrate in the LYC Clubhouse.

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The book mixes practicality and 51 excellent snorkelling sites with caution. Ellison is an astronomy professor at UVic—as well as a triathlete—and carefully documents her snorkelling locations and underwater discoveries while always pointing out when knowledge is incomplete, or that coastal conditions may change with tides and wave action and could differ from her descriptions.

Sea stars, anemones, nudibranchs and other critters are depicted in excellent colour photographs throughout the book. Her list is not exhaustive, she writes, but she has inserted photos of

different species likely to be found in the locations she describes. She also lists the best destinations to see different sea life species. As one example, she catalogues the coves and bays where some of BC’s 25 species of sea stars thrive.

The introduction offers specific details on what you need to snorkel safely.

Ellison describes what wetsuit might suit you under what conditions; gloves, boots, weight belts and fins are also covered. She provides tips on avoiding close encounters with sea lions, seals and various whales. Like whales and other creatures, you may get entangled by fishline, so don’t go snorkelling without a dive knife, she advises. And don’t get speared by urchin spines.

To encourage beginner snorkelers, Ellison outlines sites that are relatively easy to access, are often current free, and where enough marine life flourishes to entice snorkelers back for more exploration. The breakwater at Ogden Point in Victoria is one example of a great place to get started as there is a wall to follow.

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For each region, all colour coded, an accompanying map shows the best snorkelling locations. Ellison describes each site and its characteristics, followed by the signature species, and then the individual “critter” list. The spot’s accessibility is next, followed by warnings and tips about such things as boat traffic or heavy vegetation like bull kelp during the summer. Where appropriate, she also includes such fun items as the summertime food trucks at Ogden Point.

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BY ROXANNE DUNN

When Boat Dreams Die Turning trash to treasure

A As we come and go from our moorage, we pass a long-neglected boat. It makes me sad to see paint peeling from the cabin and growth hanging from the bottom. Once a source of pride, joy, and adventure, it appears to have become a burden. Someone’s dream has become a 20 - O C T O B E R 2 0 2 3

nightmare. And it is not alone.

All over the Salish Sea, ghost boats— abandoned, wrecked, sunken, partially sunken or about-to-sink vessels—create hazards to navigation and risks to the health of the sea and the creatures who live in it. Many contain oil and other hazardous materials. Hidden in some are the three big baddies: asbestos, lead and PCB’s. Paint and bottom paint flake off into the water. Sealants, adhesives, floor coverings and ballasts from light fixtures break down and release chemicals that endanger marine life.

The problem is, when boats become too costly or difficult for the owners to

maintain, there is no easy way to dispose of them. What can we do to fix this?

In 2019, Canada created the Clean Coast, Clean Waterways initiative.

Since then, dozens of derelict and abandoned vessels have been removed from British Columbia’s lower mainland, along with other marine trash such as mooring buoys, polystyrene foam and aquaculture debris.

In 2002, Washington State passed a law granting the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) the right to remove vessels up to 200 feet long when they are abandoned on public property. Since then, they have disposed Kim La Fave

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of over 1,000, ranging from a 12-foot skiff to a 185-foot former Russian fishing boat. Unfortunately, they generally exhaust their funds before more money becomes available in the next budget cycle. And they do not have jurisdiction over boats abandoned on private property.

In many communities, local governments and organizations are doing their best to prevent new wrecks and clean up existing ones, but it’s difficult to get ahead.

The problem is immense. Cleanup is costly, and there is much more to do.

Can we do a better job of preventing

dereliction and abandonment?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recommends teaching owners about the hazardous materials contained in boats, how to safely dispose of them, and how to recycle useful materials; also, about voluntary turn-in programs and salvage businesses that might take their vessels.

Better yet, perhaps we can find a way to turn potential trash into treasure.

A pilot study at Port Townsend, Washington, demonstrated that it is possible to make useful products out of boat parts. To make this financially feasible, we would need boat recycle

centres that are able to provide a regular, predictable supply of materials, and manufacturers would need to adapt their processes and find more innovative uses.

This is one possibility. We need to continue to find ways to solve the problem. But with public education and support for legislation that funds cleanup and recycling, we can reduce ghost boat hazards in the Salish Sea. Meanwhile, October is the month for two-legged ghosts and goblins who need regular care and feeding. Here’s a quick-cooking recipe guaranteed to bring them all back for more.

Stir-fried beef with green vegetables Notes: • This cooks quickly, so prepare everything before starting to cook.

•What makes this dish a success is crisp-tender vegetables and tender, just-cooked beef.

• Serves 4 INGREDIENTS

For the steak: •340-gram (12 oz) sirloin, flank, or other beef steak •2 teaspoons cornstarch •1 tablespoon soy sauce •1 tablespoon rice wine or dry white wine •1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil For the vegetables: Combination of green vegetables such as broccoli, broccolini, baby bok choy, green beans, asparagus—enough to make approximately 6 cups chopped •6 scallions, white part plus tender green tops •1 medium–large carrot •1/2 red bell pepper •1 tablespoon minced garlic •1 – 3 teaspoons minced ginger (It gives a nice zing to the dish, but 3 teaspoons might be too much for some.)

For the sauce: •1/4 cup chicken broth •2 tablespoons rice wine or dry white wine

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•1 1/2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil •1 tablespoon oyster sauce •1 tablespoon soy sauce •2 tablespoons water •1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper •1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch METHOD

1. Put steak in freezer for 15 minutes to firm it. Slice across the grain into thin strips.

2. Mix remaining four steak ingredients. Add steak strips and stir to coat.

Then set aside for 30 minutes at room temperature.

3. Start cooking rice somewhere in here.

4. Mix sauce ingredients and set aside.

(Mixing in a measuring cup makes this easy.)

5. Cut vegetables into five-centimetre (two-inch) lengths or bite-sized chunks.

6. If using bok choy, remove the leaves from the stems and slice the two parts separately. (Set the leaves aside to add at the end of cooking.)

7. Mince garlic and ginger.

8. Heat one or two teaspoons of olive oil in wok or heavy frying pan on medium-high and add the beef in a single layer. Brown without stirring for one to two minutes. Turn until browned on both sides. Remove to a clean dish.

9. Add one or two teaspoons oil to same pan, then the vegetables that will take the longest to cook. For tough vegetables such as broccoli and green beans, add 1/2 cup water or broth, cover, and steam for two minutes. Remove the lid and cook off the moisture (about three minutes) before continuing.

Add remaining vegetables. Move to side when ready.

10. In the centre of the pan, add one teaspoon oil, then garlic and ginger.

Stir for one minute or until fragrant, then stir into vegetables.

11. Whisk the sauce, add to pan. Simmer until it thickens. Then add the meat and toss to mix.

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Tony Grove Shipwright, artist

U Up to the age of fossil fuels born from trees and dead dinosaurs, wood was the most commonly used material for vessels crossing local waterways, and later, oceans. When recreational craft began using fibreglass and resin as its standard, wooden boats faded into the background, in part because of their vulnerability to rot and teredo worms. Tony Grove states it succinct24 - O C T O B E R 2 0 2 3

ly, “All wood eventually breaks down and reverts to its natural state to create new earth and new trees.” Despite wooden boats’ high maintenance, they continue to capture many people’s imagination for their individuality (no hundreds of copies made from the same mold), history and yes, romance.

Classic wooden boat shows continue to draw oglers around the world and owners continue to cherish them.

It’s in this wooden world that shipwright and artist, Tony Grove, a youthful looking 60, has been immersed for decades. His most recent project, which lasted on and off for more than a decade, was the rebuilding and restoration of Dorothy. Clocking in at 126 years, she’s Canada’s oldest floating sail-

ing yacht. In addition, Tony has constructed boats, restored other wooden vessels, built fine furniture, taught shipwright techniques and woodworking courses in many places, written articles on the finer points of woodworking and blogged while also painting portraits of wooden vessels of all sizes.

TONY BEGAN LIFE in Toronto but his parents moved to Vancouver when he was a few months old; he’s been a coastal resident ever since. “My dad was South African and mum was Australian, two countries bounded by oceans,” he said. “Dad often took me fishing up the coast in a small boat. That was my intro to boating.”

As a 17-year-old, he worked aboard

a freighter as a deckhand for three months. “We sailed from Tacoma to San Francisco, then LA and on to Japan and back,” he said. “It helped that my uncle was a captain on a Norway line.”

When graduating from high school, however, he was unsure of what was next. He liked art but decided he needed a real job. “In 1980, there was a boat building boom in Vancouver,” he recalled. “I looked at hands-on apprenticeships in woodworking and shipwrighting and joined Vancouver Shipyards in North Van in 1980.”

Some of the work was demanding.

Tony recalls having to quickly finish a repair on a damaged tug. “It was sloppy weather, I’m trying to clamp on a piece of metal, my feet are in the slush and I’m welding it all together so that the

tug could leave on time,” he said. “It was dangerous.

“After that event, I took off a couple of weeks so I could ‘adjust my attitude.’” Did I want to continue in this field? What’s good about this work?

What’s positive about this profession? Upon reflection, I decided that I’d look at the job, and life, with optimism and that’s what I still do. It’s a great cure for what might otherwise depress you. And thinking positively is also good for health.”

He completed his shipwright apprenticeship in 1986.

IT WAS TIME for his Grand Tour, but not the way stylish, young British aristocrats once travelled Europe as a rite of passage. In 1986, Tony went back-

packing for two years, travelling by land and sea rather than air. “Did you have trouble communicating with folks in those diverse places?” I asked. “Nay,” he said. “you can always find a way to communicate when you work at it.”

He sailed from Hong Kong to Shanghai on a small passenger ship dating back to the 1920s, finding its Art Deco style fascinating. He spent eight days aboard a train crossing the vastness of Siberia. He then headed south. He noted how in Lamu, a small port town and island on the Kenyan coast, south of Somalia, boatbuilding was done by eye, completely without ship plans. When he finally reached a South African marina, he began looking for a boat that would provide passage to South or North America.

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Tony’s Gabriola Island workshop with Dorothy inside.

“I was ready to be home,” he said, and those two years of backpacking got travel out of my system.”

ONCE HOME, HE looked for work and found a small boatyard on Mosquito Creek, run by a couple named Gar and Jean, who specialized in wooden boat restoration. “Not many people did these types of boat repairs,” he said. “I learned so much there—often about what doesn’t work, improper installations and bad products in inappropriate places.”

He found the workplace with four other staff congenial and family-like.

Once a month the fluorescents were turned off, a fire was lit and they’d sing Leonard Cohen songs accompanied by a guitar. “It was a special time in life,” he said. “It convinced me that I wanted to work in wood, not fibreglass.”

Step by step, he perfected his craft and even designed an interior for one of Cooper’s yachts. Eventually he opened his own small shop in North Vancouver, Seagrove Woodworking, building furniture, small boats and repairing some wooden boats. But when he got serious pneumonia with two years of work on the books, he had a reckoning.

“What else can I do?” he asked himself.

“How can I diversify?”

Tony had already built fine furniture in his spare time which sold at shows

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and in galleries. Then he learned that Gabriola’s Silva Bay Shipyard was looking for a second instructor for their wooden boatbuilding course.

The six-month hands-on programs were so popular that students came from the US, across Canada, even Europe. He was hired and Gabriola became his home.

He bought a house with a big barn that he transformed into a marine shed.

He developed such courses as ships’ cabinetry building, lofting a boat and making wooden blocks. He blogged about using modern adhesives in wood, replacing a rotten deck, and keeping a dry boat. Eventually, after Silva Bay closed, he ran his own woodworking courses. He was invited to teach seminars on woodworking in Michigan and New Zealand.

SINCE HE COMPLETED the structural revival of Dorothy a year ago—his longest-lasting project by far—he’s focused on his painting. Not hulls, but boats on canvas. “The shop is empty and I’m in the process of changing careers,” he said. “I’m shifting from wooden boat

building to wooden boat painting.”

A perusal of his paintings shows the vivid colours of small boats mostly settled ashore, on an alluring BC beach or balancing on a salt-washed twisty cedar log—perhaps inspired by the bright hues he saw while backpacking around the world. His work is exhibited at galleries and many art shows including the Sooke Fine Arts Show which exhibits original art from artists living on BC’s coastal islands. Will he go back to wooden boat repairs?

Perhaps, but only if the project is very, very interesting.

Looking back over nearly 40 years of loving wooden boats, Tony reflects that working in the craft takes persistence. “If you want a career in wooden boats, you must give it patience, take the time, and be willing to go through what I call the ‘Kraft Dinner’ stage when you don’t make much money.

Stick it out. I did and have had a satisfying career. And it’s not over. I plan to go on painting boats and to engage in more travel teaching on the special aspects of wooden boats and preserving their history and traditions.”

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Thetis Island The perfect autumn destination

By Cherie Thiessen

Transiting the Cut between Penelakut and Thetis islands.

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The mosquitoes flocked toward us as soon as we left the boat on this mid-June day. “Don’t know why, but for the past two years they seem to be bad in June,” a sympathetic neighbouring boater tells me as she flicks a mosquito off my cheek. We race back into our 25-foot C & C, Aquila, to slather ourselves in citronella so we won’tbe eaten alive. We’ve been sailing to Thetis for over 40 years, but have never had to withstand a flat-out winged attack like this.

I know starting a destination article in this negative way sounds ominous, and is an obvious ploy for attention, but all’s well that ends well. The citronella worked. So, there no longer being any reason to delay our annual island trek, we headed off.

However, there was another surprise in store. The lazy day we had envisioned for ourselves, wandering the quiet roads and checking out any changes from last year, was about to be seriously challenged and we were about to be eaten alive, but in the best possible way.

TELEGRAPH HARBOUR MARINA

One of the reasons I love this marina is the great warm water swimming right off the rocks and its proximity to the Cut, where everyone in a tender, kayak, or paddleboard loves to play. (Remember, however, that Penelakut Island is a First Nations reservation and off limits without permission.)

But today we have other priorities. We had heard that new owners had taken over this popular marina in early March so skipper, David Dossor, and I were eager to introduce

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ourselves and find out what changes were in the wind. Ergo, our first stop was the marina store where new owners Jaime and Jennifer White greeted us with delicious lattes brewed in their new espresso machine.

“We purchased the marina with old family friends, Calvin and Lisa Giesbrecht,” Jaime tells us as we get comfortable at the counter outside. “The four of us are all hands on and have a long history with the Pacific Northwest. I grew up on sailboats but went to the dark side and bought a trawler, a California Navigator.” The coffee is delicious and Jaime is so welcoming and so full of great plans that I decide to forgive him. “Covid presented us with an opportunity to re-discover all our favourite spots again. So, we started coming back to Thetis Island.

It’s a quiet island but there’s a lot going on with warm, inviting people.

Then, when we found out this marina was on the market and a deal had fallen through, we made an offer a few days later.” With a background in real estate development and environmental consulting, it seemed a good fit for the partners.

Jennifer has been called away so when I ask Jaime what changes they have made or are going to make to the marina I open a Pandora’s box as he enthuThetis Island siastically tells us of all the Marina Restauchanges and plans. When rant & Pub. Oppohe finishes, David and I site: Capernwray are both as excited as he is.

Harbour Bible We love the idea of mini Centre. rendezvous, for example.

“Maybe just three or four boats of friends coming in small groups. We’ll enable them to book space together at a discount.”

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ries, for example. We’ve already given thumbs up to the new espresso machine and are happy to see more flavours of ice cream. Breakfasts and hand-held foods are on offer again with possible plans to expand the menu and to keep the café open throughout the winter so that hardy boaters and locals can enjoy this piece of paradise year-round.

“We’re very sensitive to what boaters and islanders want.”

“And we have a relationTelegraph Harbour Marina at the ship with the Penelakut head of the bay has Nation. You can call us the a family-friendly day before and we can conatmosphere with tact them to see if we can plenty for everyone get some clams and oysters to do. harvested and delivered for you. Their prices are quite reasonable and they usually sell clams by the gallon and oysters by the five gallons and so getting a few boats together is a fun thing to do. It makes the whole experience here more social and fun. Consider coming in the fall as well—the community events really begin to pick up and there is so much to do on the island.”

With 3,000 feet of dock space, Jaime suggests that visiting boaters might even want to keep their boats here and fly in.

“Come for one night but consider touching base with the community,” is Jaime’s parting message to boaters, but at this point little did we know how soon and how much we would be doing exactly that.

David intercepts me as I head for the ice cream counter and instead starts to herd me out the door, where we bump into a man loaded down with fresh produce for the marina. “Noah and Elisabeth Bond from Jollity Farm supply us with the bulk of our fresh produce. You need to get up there.”

Good information. There’s time for ice cream later.

Cherie Thiessen

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Thetis Island Marina to the left.

THETIS ISLAND MARINA

Now, however, it’s time to head over to the other marina on Thetis for lunch. I love their restaurant patio and have heard the chicken fajitas are ‘hot’.

It being Saturday, the wee market has been set up in the outdoor shelter. It operates until Labour Day and the vendors here are fun. We fall into the chocolate chip cookies and pick up some locally made samosas as well. We may be having lunch at the restaurant but it’s always cookie time and samosas will do just fine in the 32 - O C T O B E R 2 0 2 3

icebox until tomorrow.

Wayne Proctor owns the property and his management team are very busy today, stocking up the store, getting the ice cream stand set up, and hustling to get the bustling resort ready for the day. The docks here look already full and the shelves in the liquor section of the store are well stocked.

What’s great about this full-service marina is that in addition to its popular restaurant, store, post office and liquor store, it offers fuel, holiday suites,

paddleboards and desalinated water, a costly addition added by an earlier owner, Paul Deacon. It’s also closer to the ferry terminal when we plan on a day visit to Chemainus. While swimming here is not as attractive amongst so many moored boats and a less than friendly shoreline, I love to don my bathing suit and walk the short distance to Preedy Harbour where a long pier extends to a lovely little dock with warm, deep water and a swim ladder.

It’s not suitable for young children or pets however.

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CAPERNWRAY HARBOUR BIBLE CENTRE

This Christian retreat relaxes on the choicest waterfront property imaginable. A long dock full of water toys stretches out into Preedy Harbour and the wide arc of the beach is seductively attractive. Happily, management of this venerable centre is as friendly as its surroundings, as long as visitors respect certain reasonable requests: “We welcome guests to walk on our property, however we do require them to check in at our main office and sign a waiver form prior to doing so,” receptionist Rebecca Thudian tells us at the main office. We think that’s very magnanimous. An additional treat is that it’s possible to book breakfast, lunch or dinner and join the guests.

We sign our waivers and taking advantage of the staff ’s generosity, walk

Howling Wolf Farm Market

across the spacious grounds to tiny St. Margaret’s Cemetery, tucked near Capernwray’s Bible Centre and overlooking Preedy Harbour. Many of the island’s pioneers like Henry Burchell (1859-1929) are buried here along with a well-known adventurer and philanthropist, Dan Culver, who died in 1993 while climbing K-2 and left part of his estate toward purchasing Jedediah Island as a marine provincial park, with considerable assistance from his family.

HOWLING WOLF FARM STORE

Any boater tying up at Telegraph Harbour Marina will be familiar with this honour market just a short walk away.

It’s a perfect spot to grab produce, seafood, baking or veggies on the honour system. Love it! This being a Saturday there are vendors about, selling cloth-

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ing and snacks and even an artist demonstrating his solar art; we admire it and buy one of his pieces.

I chat to the farm’s owner, Chris Pegg, and he tells me that Marylyn’s honour store has now become famous.

She has been baking prize winning pies and stocking the store for 20 years.

Open from Easter to Thanksgiving, the shop is a must visit. While David checks out the produce inside, I chat to Pegg, whose speciality sheep are the donors of the wool that’s used by local Cowichan knitters to make the cosy, warm products I admire here today.

Dora Wilson, who has been knitting since a child, is off today and Pegg is manning her table. He shows me how she finishes her pieces with barely a seam, knit from the bottom up in virtually one piece. Then he puts one of her blankets over my shoulders.

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Having recently visited Fort Langley’s historical fort, I know how long it takes to make a blanket like this!

But the helmsman returns and we’re off. Not, unfortunately, to nearby Pilkey Point Road to visit Nan Beals’s Pot of Gold for her delicious coffee— the roaster no longer exists. However, it may be that Beals has found herself another pot of gold. She has just opened The Goosey Gander, a consignment shop, in the same venue.

Originally built in the 1980s, the hall recently underwent a meticulous $2 million restoration and addition and was opened in September, 2021.

Islanders are proud that very little of the expenses came from taxpayers. If they are not yet ‘back in the black’ it’s not for want for trying and determination. We lucked out because today the island is celebrating Community Day, so it’s another serendipitous visit.

Above: We munch and chat with The Cut. Below: the various volunteers.

Howling Wolf Farm Store.

How can such a small population have such a great building and so many different groups and societies?

JOLLITY FARM

By the time we’ve wiped the mustard and relish off our faces we only have time to visit Jollity Farm and as we head out of the building wishing we had bikes so that we could get there quicker, an island car scoops us up—a very happy hijacking. Moments later, we’re admiring the sugar peas, the greens, the radishes and the flowers at Jollity Farm.

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AROUND THETIS ISLAND

TENT ISLAND On our Thetis bound sail north from Sansum Narrows and into Stuart Channel, we passed Tent Island, where we used to find a water pump, clams and the warmest swimming water anywhere in the Gulf Islands. That was when it was a marine park, leased for a time from the Penelakut First Nation to whom ownership has reverted. Now, however, going ashore and camping is not allowed as some visitors have left trash behind and even had fires in summer, putting the island at risk. It’s still a pretty place to anchor in settled conditions although completely exposed to the west.

TELEGRAPH HARBOUR is located across Stuart Channel from Chemainus, and shelter from southeasters is possible in the two wide bays just south of the Penelakut ferry dock, but both are open to wash from the ferry and from passing boats. Carrying on, the majority of the boats tied up here belong to locals but for visiting boaters who may be lucky enough to find a hole to drop the hook the anchorage is well protected. We prefer to support the marinas here, so it’s great to have a choice of two good ones.

THE CUT between Penelakut and Thetis was originally tidal flats between the two islands that were dredged in 1905. It was originally about two metres deep but over the years there has been the inevitable silting in. Shallow draft boats can come through at medium to high tides as it dries at a one-foot tide.

“We have been through, as has my brother recently with five-foot draft,” says Jaime White. “I would suggest only going at a high tide, and using the navigation markers posted. The shoaling section of the Cut entering Telegraph Harbour is slightly curved, and would be best run with local knowledge or prior scouting.

Nor th C PREEDY HARBOUR Leaving the ove marina and circumnavigating the island clockwise, we pass Preedy Harbour indenting the southwest corner of Thetis west of Telegraph Harbour.

Anchorage is good here and it is THETIS reasonably well protected by Dayman I SLAND and Hudson islands and sheltered from all but northwesterly winds. We usually drop our hook in the south corner of the cove, avoiding the reef extending off shore, alert to submarine cables.

No matter how you enter, be sure to Preedy check charts carefully to avoid the Harbour reefs. Lights, day beacons and buoys mark the three entrances.

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radishes as he outlines the farm tours he is doing for visitors and boaters, and tells us that boaters can call and order boxes of fresh produce that he will deliver to the boats.

We stumble back to the boat five hours after leaving, full to the brim with totally dressed smokies from the community hall, chocolate cookies from the Saturday market at Thetis Island Marina, hard ice cream cones from Telegraph Harbour Marina and chilled glasses of Pino Gris with entrees from Thetis Island Marina.and Our arms were laden with samosas and cookies from the market at Thetis Island Marina and local eggs and fresh radishes and strawberries from Jollity Farm. Eaten alive, indeed!

reef and Rocket Shoal when entering between Leech Island and Penelakut Spit, an effective breakwater in southeasterly winds and we favour the southeast shore of the bay in the lee of Penelakut Spit. Years ago, this option was not available when the locals had an active oyster farm in this area.

We’ve always found Clam Bay to be a calm and reliable anchorage over the years and enjoy swimming from the boat in warm weather.

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North Beach and the Surf Islands may be reached by dinghy from Adams Harbour. Uncrowded and pristine, in summer it feels like a Caribbean getaway.

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Mid-Coast Part 1: The Hakai Conservancy on the Outside Passage

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here is much that appeals about Puget Sound and the Salish Sea. For the weekend warrior and the one-week-of-leave crowd, that area offers a good variety of opportunities. But for those blessed with three weeks of summer holidays, or the retirement crowd, the rapids and the Broughtons are a worthy destination with more to offer. And for those who can enjoy a full season of cruising, BC’s mid-coast beyond Cape Caution offers everything you’ll find further south, with the addition of a profound wildness and emptiness that’s noticeably lacking in anchorages like Conover Cove or Prideaux Haven in August.

It’s worth repeating that coastlines around the world are under development pressure. In the past century entire shorelines, once wild and empty, have been subject to growth in one form or another. Indeed, today it’s very hard to find pristine sections of coast that haven’t been divided, modified or built upon. So, it comes as an added bonus to discover an entire coast that appears today almost as wild as it was when Captain Cook first approached it in 1778.

It’s true that a century ago our coast was humming with small communities.

Fishing, canning, hand logging, prospecting all drew folk to the region. But that was then. Today, much of the logging, nearly all the fishing and most of the mining is gone. As a result, the midcoast is a time capsule that has somehow survived into the 21st century untrammeled by the ravages of development.

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vessel and a modicum of navigational sense. So come on—cast off the lines, plow Johnstone Strait, transit exposed Cape Caution, and enter the misty, mystical, almost magical region of BC’s mid-coast.

1. CALVERT ISLAND

This is the start of the outer islands that protect the Inside Passage, and it’s where we should begin our exploration.

Right: Evening shadows lengthen over Pruth Bay ( foreground) and Kwakshua Channel (beyond). This is a popular and secure anchorage off Fitz Hugh Sound. Below: The main building of the Hakai Institute at Pruth Bay on Calvert Island. Cruisers are welcome to walk through the grounds to access First Beach to the west.

There’s an interesting history to the island’s name that bears repeating. Unlike many names along the coast, which were given by Cook, Vancouver or Richards as part of their Royal Navy survey duties, Calvert was named by a one-time RN captain, Charles Duncan, who had

taken up trade between China and the West Coast after Cook’s third voyage of discovery (which first mapped the BC and Alaska shoreline).

Being a navy man, and there being no charts, Duncan created his own and published them in 1790, a year before

George Vancouver set sail from Falmouth to survey the coast in detail. We know Vancouver had Duncan’s charts on board. Why wouldn’t he? Together with Cook’s short visit (with Vancouver serving as a lieutenant on that voyage) and the charts of the Spanish pilots OCTOBER 2023 - 39

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they were all that was known of the coast by Europeans—but Britain and Spain were at war. Captain Vancouver referred to Duncan’s charts in his diaries and retained many of the names that Duncan had assigned earlier. The name ‘Calvert’ was likely given by Duncan to honour the 17th century politician George Calvert, First Baron of Baltimore (in Ireland, not Maryland).

At the north end of Calvert Island lies sheltering Kwakshua Channel which leads to Pruth Harbour, a popular anchorage with plenty of space. At the back of the bay to the west is the red roofed Hakai Institute, the positive outcome from what was previously a fishing lodge not friendly to cruisers. The institute was the brainchild of partners Eric Peterson and Christina Munck. West coasters who were financially successful in Ontario, they returned to create the Tula Foundation on Quadra Island and the Hakai Institute on Calvert Island.

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The word ‘hakai’, by the way, means ‘wide passage’ in Heiltsuk.

In the early 2000s the institute became a centre where scientists could stay yearround. Prior to that, most mid-coast research was done in the few short months of summer, based much further south.

Now, science can be done locally, yearround. What a difference it has made to our understanding of the natural processes that take place along our coast!

Scientists from distant universities and institutes now visit to carry out research throughout the year.

about 15 metres deep. Be careful, the southeast arm dries, but the southwest arm has room at five metres—pay attention to a charted rock on the west side where the west arm narrows. It’s best to anchor beyond the rock. There used to be an old shack on the shore.

It’s gone now, but the road to the BC Tel microwave tower on the hill is still there (about one kilometre back) and the view from the top is surreal.

Since the Hakai Institute took over occupancy, cruisers are welcome. There’s a dinghy dock under the research labs

THE ANCHORAGE Large vessels drop the hook far out at the bend in Kwakshua Channel, but smaller boats have two options. Either anchor over sand in 10 to 15 metres with good holding close to the west end of Pruth Bay, or, for a less crowded spot, in Keith Anchorage on the south side about half a mile east of the institute. Keith is generally

Right Top: An interconnecting beach between two of the Surf Islands off North Beach provides access to outer, swell-driven marine life as well as protected, inner habitats. Right Bottom: Descending the stairs and boardwalks that provide access to Lookout Hill.

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and at the land end of the jetty there’s wifi—always welcome if you lack a satellite system. Entry to the grounds and buildings is by invitation only. From the jetty follow signs to a path that leads through to the west shore.

Science aside, Pruth Bay offers seven spectacular, west-facing sand beaches, each linked to the others by paths over the headlands. It’s worth a day to explore this treasure, plus there’s a trail midway that leads to the top of Lookout Hill up steep stairs, where the panoramic view is amazing. From First Beach you can also follow a trail north to North and Wolf beaches.

2. ADAMS HARBOUR

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pity as it gives easy access to the broad white sands of North and Wolf beaches.

The water depth opposite Odlum and Starfish is over 15 metres, but further south it shallows south of Sandspit Point to five to 10 metres. However, the Flat Islands (which are really just islets) off Sandspit provide less protection from the outer swell of Queen Charlotte Sound. Another advantage of Adams Harbour is its proximity to excellent fishing in Hakai Passage to the north. A number of fishing lodges occupy some of the nicer bays in Kwakshua Channel—their launches are often seen in the rollers out in Hakai Pass.

Take the dinghy to the white sand beaches to the south—Wolf on the east side, North Beach to the west. Sheltered behind the Surf Islands, North Beach has fine tombolos to sunbathe on and a thousand abalone shells to admire. We have seldom seen another person there, although once, when eating lunch, a

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raven arrived and came within a metre of us, clearly convinced it was due a handout. Up close, its black feathers had tones of electric blue and green in the full sun, making it appear most handsome. (We still didn’t feed it!)

3. LEWALL INLET

Lewall Inlet in the heart of Stirling Island is a deep and narrow channel almost a mile long that leads west before turning north. It is a very snug spot, although a strong northwester can leak in at the southern edge of the anchorage, where the ridge to the west is low.

Anchor in five to eight metres with good holding.

The last time we were in there, a mysterious plastic box floated in the middle of the anchorage, moored to the bottom. Once settled, we took the dinghy over to examine it. There was a heavy plastic lid that wasn’t locked.

Inside were floats and lines—no doubt

the supplies for some fish boat.

While we went paddling, our sister boat went exploring in their dinghy in Edward Channel, where they witnessed a surprising drama. A sea wolf followed a deer into the water, swam after it, caught and killed it, all while being carried down the channel on a strong current. Exhausted from the effort, the wolf abandoned the deer and swam to shore, pulling itself out of the cold water after what must have been a long and chilly immersion. The deer drifted away. The light was failing as our friends turned for home, but we all wondered whether the kill was lost, or returned on a later tide.

4. UNDERHILL ISLAND BAY

Off Edward Channel on the west side of Underhill Island, on its northwest cor-

ner, is a small bay that can fit a couple of boats. It’s a good place to access Fitz Hugh Sound going north, or Hakai Passage going south. It’s well sheltered and out of the current that runs in Edward Channel. Take care when entering to avoid the charted reef which protrudes from the south side. Anchor in five to 10 metres with good holding.

A very funky islet topped by a bonsai tree is seen in a side channel to the south, which dries at low tide. The fishing is re-

Below: Deep and well protected, the last of the sunset paints the sky in Hurricane Harbour, near the southern tip of Hurricane Island.

ported to be good in Nalau Passage and Edward Channel, and there’s much to explore among the many islets, including Ward Channel just to the east, and Turnbull Inlet, which is long and narrow, and should be investigated on a rising tide due to drying narrows at about mid-length.

5. HURRICANE HARBOUR

At the southern end of the rather uninvitingly named Hurricane Island, this is another excellent anchorage that we have enjoyed many times. It’s located well inside the Hakai Lúxvbálís Conservancy, an area of land and sea that covers over 120,000 hectares, established in 2008.

To reach Hurricane Island from Hakai Passage (the usual approach) cut across Kildidt Sound to enter the Kittyhawk

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Group, where a well-established (but no nav-aids) route leads you east to west through a plethora of islets and reefs, all well charted.

Once in Spider Anchorage, angle northwest up the west side of Hurricane Island and turn into well protected Hurricane Harbour. The first few times we were there we anchored close to shore in 10 metres, but in reality, the whole of the mid-basin is 18 to 20 metres deep, and it’s much simpler to just let out more chain and anchor anywhere you like.

Iain Lawrence, who penned the classic Far-Away Places (Orca Books, 1995) which describes 50 anchorages up and down the coast doesn’t mention Hurricane Harbour, but instead describes an anchorage between Edna and Anne islands further southwest. We have paddled those channels several times, and feel the proximity to Queens Sound with its low swells, even in summer, make that choice less attractive than

Above: Powerful winter gales have shaped the trees and undergrowth on the southern edges of Ronald and Manley islands, which act like a breakwater for Spider Anchorage to the north.

Hurricane Harbour. However, as a keen fisher, you might choose the latter, as it offers quicker access to the outer shores around Breadner Point.

From a paddler’s perspective, there are numerous nooks and crannies to explore, including some shell beaches near the Stopper Group, and in the

lagoons at the south end of Spider Island. But a favourite site is a narrow north-south channel between Ronald and Manley islands to the south of Hurricane Harbour. In the shallows midchannel we have found five and six-pointed bat stars next to each other—Nature is always trying new designs.

The trees on the south end of both islands are spectacularly sculpted by the prevailing southeast winter gales, shaped like clay in a potter’s hands. Foresters would call it krummholz (from the German: krumm meaning crooked or twisted, and holz meaning wood).

To the north of Hurricane Harbour is long, narrow Spitfire Channel that can be enjoyed as a corridor to explore many side channels, or as a calm transit when heading north into Spider Channel and the exposed swells of Queens Sound, Superstition Point and beyond.

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THE LAST ROUND The 13th and f inal running of the Van Isle 360—an adventure to remember

BY ALEX FOX

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In early June, 42 boats and crews assembled in Nanaimo, the Harbour City, for “Van Isle 360, The Last Round.” Here’s a taste of this years’ race, during four very different legs, from my vantage point on board Suze Cumming’s Sabre 386, Reepicheep.

One of the very special things about the Van Isle, is being a part of the prerace dock scene. I love the diverse fleet of boats, flags and pennants proudly displayed and the wonderful frenetic activity as sailors and support crews load gear and perform final checks. For the racers, all the months of planning and preparation have culminated in the final box tick of a rigorous safety inspection. For the race owners/organizers, Jeff and Silvia Motley, along with their race management team, the daunting task of bringing all the small details together were coming into a final focus. With no race in 2021, it was a very long road since 2019.

LEG ONE TO Deep Bay/Comox begins with first getting out of the restricted waters of Nanaimo Harbour unscathed, that’s always a goal. A light air beat to the south end of Protection Island was the first challenge, then once around and heading north, the breeze

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gradually freed up and spinnakers began to appear. The forecast had been for lighter air, so what a fantastic gift when the breeze built into the low teens. As the fleet progressed toward the Southern tip of Denman Island and the Deep Bay finish line, the breeze began to lighten for the faster boats up ahead. We found ourselves in good company with Different Drummer and Eclipse. Unfortunately, our boat-speed dropped to under two knots, as we struggled to keep moving in whatever zephyr came our way.

Scanning the horizon for any sort of fill when Different Drummer, closer to Vancouver Island, was suddenly rail down and flying. The legendary Qualicum wind had filled! This local breeze sets up when the established north or south airflow dies, inviting the cold air from the mountain to literally fall down the hill, fanning out in quicklybuilding puffs from the west. It typically doesn’t last more than an hour or two, so we knew the game was to get to the pressure quickly, even sailing away from the finish, to get to the wind sooner. It was breeze on as we tacked back onto port, overpowered on a close reach! The cooler breeze was a welcome tonic as we blasted along at seven knots. As we broke this year’s virtual finish line, Suze, Becky, Renee, Adam and I shared a spontaneous cheer! Reepicheep’s performance had exceeded our expectations. That evening at the dock, we were visited by a few good friends, then off to bed for an early motor out to the Comox Bar start line. It was also my birthday and Renee baked me cake in a pan!

I’D LOVE TO recap every leg of this year’s race, but there’s just too many details to squeeze into one article. Instead, I’ll try to do justice to a few of

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my favourites. Skipping forward then to leg three: After a nice pub evening in Campbell River and a crew swap: super Dave in for super-sub Adam, it was early to bed once again, watches set for a 04:30 and a sunrise transit through Seymore Narrows and the Deepwater Bay start line. The forecast was a bit uncertain, ranging from 12 to 20 knots, and as we motored through the narrows it was already blowing 20, so we detoured into the lee of the last headland, changing down from our furled up #1 to the #3. Arriving at the start area, it had built to the mid 20s, with a good chop. The fleet scrambled to reduce sail, and we managed a nice start, only to be rolled a minute later

by the TP52 Smoke, then BANG! Their jib appeared to pull out of the head foil, flogging violently and shredding their main. Gear failure and boat breakages are every sailor’s worst fear.

This leg historically finished at the Hardwicke Island fish farm and with the many twists and turns of Johnstone Strait, geographic shifts were plenty. With changing times, this year’s leg was extended to the Kelsey Bay Pier at Sayward and aside from finding the right sail plan, helming was super critical, with lots of tough steering through the waves. The final 10 miles required some big gear shifting, the wind dropping to 12 knots at one point, before coming back with a venKathryn Huse

Spinnaker start from Winter Harbour to Ucluelet.

geance on the final five-mile dash to the finish. After a long hard day on the water, most of the fleet made its way 10 miles further upwind yet, to Port Neville. The Van Isle fleet anchored close together for the evening and Jeff and Sylvia turned up in the small committee boat, distributing some surprise refreshments to the fleet—a nice touch!

THE LEG TO TELEGRAPH COVE was another tactical experience and the stopover there was fun with the fleet packed into a very tight marina, another good pub night, a few boat parties and yet another early morning exit to get the fleet out on a falling tide. The Port Hardy leg is always

one of the most important, representing the midpoint of the nine-leg series.

The forecast was for a light downwind start, and we did our best to avoid getting stuck under the bigger boats or pinned in the wrong direction. Unfortunately, we got stuck on the wrong side of a tide line. At least we were doing two knots backwards in the right direction… The forecasted shift to the northwest did fill, but a heavy fog bank killed the breeze again and when it finally lifted we were in the company of a familiar group including Zen no Zen, Eclipse and Different Drummer.

Up ahead were Mist, Jam and Flash.

The breeze seemed to be filling more quickly closer to shore and our tactics became simple, put the bow down, and sail fast toward the filling pressure.

There are moments that come along in distance races, when you can’t really explain why or how things worked out so well, you just smile and enjoy the moment. The wind continued to build to the low 20s, and we crossed the line sixth—a great result and a nice way to finish off the inside legs. The competition was heating up, Division leaders were Mist, 65 Red Roses II, Different Drummer and Reepicheep.

Fast forward to the Winter Harbour to Ucluelet leg of the race. The morning forecast was for wind—lots of wind! This is when the Van Isle feels the most real to me. You’re in the ocean, often out of sight of land and exposed to the elements. It was a spectacular downwind spinnaker start in 15 to 20 knots of breeze so we hoisted the A4, with a single reef in the main.

About an hour in, some boats ahead were on their ear, and a couple of chutes had blown… “OK, let’s get her down.” Becky had already led the lazy sheet for a letterbox and as she spiked the tack Renee and Dave gathered the sail in like a well-oiled machine. Back Bay was surfing up from behind, still under chute until their spinnaker exploded, the upper half wrap around the headstay. Another good choice we made was opting for the larger genoa on the furler, providing more power in the lesser wind moments (high 20s), and the adaptability to furl in the bigger breeze (mid 30s and a high of 42). With good stability and a large rudder, Reep handled the big conditions well. Our most difficult moments came when the largest waves came in groups. These sets appeared a few times every hour, and pointing OCTOBER 2023 - 49

the bow down square to the waves was key. Equally important was heading back up as the wave passed underneath to prevent a round down. We kept the focus by rotating through four helmspeople and found that having a wave spotter really helped as well. Then, just after I’d gone down below for a break I heard: “Big wave, big wave!” The boat was laid flat and everything that was loose in the cabin was on top of me. I heard “Renee, Renee, grab her, grab her…Renee, hold on!” The boat sat there horizontal for what seemed like an eternity though it was probably only 10 seconds. I scrambled to the companionway as the boat came back upright, and there was Renee right in front of me dripping wet. Suze followed close behind, saying she had her. I clipped in and continued up on deck. Water was still draining out of the cockpit.

It turns out a huge wave broke over top of Suze, knocking her off the helm.

The boat was instantly laid flat with Renee floating over top of the lifelines but tethered to the boat. Becky and Suze quickly grabbed onto Renee and dragged her back on board.

As the boat righted itself, Dave took the helm. The power of the ocean is undeniable and we choose to go out there. The importance of adhering to strict safety protocols and practices really hits home after a situation like this. The harshest reality is that staying with the vessel is everything! Recovering a person-overboard in these types of extreme conditions is near impossible, full stop. Suze and Renee sustained some serious bangs and bruises, but both were able to recover and continue racing.

NOT LONG AFTERWARDS, Dave was still on the helm and Becky and I were in the cockpit when we hit something solid, not with a bang, but a thud, followed a second later by a lesser impact on the rudder. The boat really slowed, so my best guess is a whale or a sun-

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fish. As darkness came and the wind and waves continued, I felt a heightened sense of responsibility to get the boat and crew to the finish line safely.

As the sun kissed Vancouver Island, the unrelenting wind finally decided we’d seen enough, dying away to almost nothing. The remaining swells were all that remained to push us toward the Ucluelet finish. After a few painful hours of no air, a waft of an offshore breeze, and some positive words of encouragement from Skipper Suze prompted us to refocus as we surfed the last miles upwind, to a late morning finish off Amphitrite point.

On our lay day in Ucluelet, the wind absolutely howled, and I would say there was a shared sentiment amongst the fleet: Glad we’re in safe harbour.

The next morning, we were headed home to Victoria with a forecast for a light southwesterly, shifting to the west and building. The fleet enjoyed some champaign sailing with a mostly windy spinnaker run down the Juan de Fuca, building to 20 knots at Race Passage. We finished just after sun-

Coming into the finish at Telegraph Cove.

rise at Clover Point.

That evening’s barbecue and festivities, hosted by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club were a fine send off before the final leg. A nice southwesterly greeted the fleet at the start line off Clover Point. It was a reaching start with the fleet spread out, some choosing the high road outside Trial Island while we and a dozen others popped chutes, heading inside through Enterprise Channel. The low road was the clear winner and that gave our group a big jump on the fleet. The wind picked up to high teens for a while as the fleet made exceptional progress north to Nanaimo.

Then, you guessed it, the wind went away. The faster boats ahead slipped away, as a northeasterly puff filled off the shore of Galiano Island. For half an hour we sat, every so often getting a sniff of the breeze before it finally got to us. Coming up fast behind was the Double handed J-111, Raku.

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Normally well ahead, they’d parked up inside Moresby Island off Sidney.

We were both on a tight timeline to get through the pass. By our figuring we were close to an hour later than ideal, but there was enough breeze for us to maintain a couple of knots over ground through the gap. I’ll admit there was a little breath holding, and I didn’t feel we were truly through until we got the chute up again in the light southeasterly. A quick survey to the South and the only boat in sight was Strum, and they were well behind. Much to our surprise, three boats snuck through Porlier after us.

As we came around Entrance Island nicely powered up under A2 spinnaker, we could see that the fleet ahead was taking a wide route in order to avoid the lee side of Gabriola. Following suit, was an easy decision and we tacked upwind toward the spar buoy at the south end of Protection Island.

Sailboat racing is so rewarding and yet so punishing at times. The wind went forward and in one final test, went onto our nose. The good news was we had a knot of positive current pushing us toward the finish line. “Come on Reepicheep!” Came the hooting and cheering from our fellow racers on the dock. A small zephyr filled the genoa and buoyed our spirts. Then we heard, “welcome to Nanaimo!”

There were hugs all around and the celebrations went on through the night as I think most every racer in the fleet found their way onto Reep at some point. We cheered the other teams across the finish line. The Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race is about the people, the boats, the places, the challenges and the adventure.

These things are the essence of what makes this race so special! Twentyfive years, 13 editions. The Last Round? I sincerely hope not! Full results can be found at vanisle360. com.2023-results.

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So, You Want to Work in Boating?

Training for a career in the yacht and small boat industry

BY MARIANNE SCOTT

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any young people find themselves in a quandary trying to decide whether to study at a college or university or pursue an apprenticeship in the trades.

Their high schools usually offer career counselling, and many include some introductory courses in trades like woodworking, automotive repair, hair styling, health care or cooking.

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pert—all port cities. Each school offers some trade/career courses, but none mentioned careers in the marine industry, although some include electrician and plumbing courses that may translate to working on boats. One exception is Sidney’s Parkland High School and its Marine Academy.

Their website points out that scientific marine centres, marinas and 60-plus marine employers operate on Vancouver Island alone. They introduce teenagers to such courses as marine sciences (with experience on the water) and marine trades. Students can gain work experience credits by working locally at a marine service company.

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Quadrant grad KEITH HICKE first worked as a roofer, then found a job at Philbrooks in Sidney, where his dad works in the canvas department. “I was 18 and started scraping hulls, detailing boats and working in the paint and finishing department,” he said. “After a while, though, I knew working in these three departments alone wouldn’t advance my career. I had to get my Marine Service Technician certification.” Keith enrolled at Quadrant, where, over his fouryear apprenticeship he “learned about everything above and below the waterline.”

Having earned his “wellrounded” MST, his confidence has soared. “I know how to solve most boat problems,” he said. “I now understand the whole vessel.”

He also believes the training has translated into “outside life.” The 30-year-old is married and has a three-year old daughter. “The analysis and problem-solving skills I’ve developed through work make me a better husband and father,” he said.

SARAH WHITE worked as the service manager for Specialty Yacht Sales on Granville Island when she decided to enroll in the MST program. “I completed the four-year apprenticeship along with the crew working for me,” she said. “Quadrant gave me a holistic overview of boats and their intricacies. I also spent 14 years rebuilding a classic wooden boat and thus I gained expertise in wood, metal and fibreglass vessels.” That experience, along with her offshore voyages and a master’s degree in surveying, led her to open her own company surveying yachts up to 150 feet.

She’s also skilled in the use of non-destructive testing equipment for small craft inspections, such as thermographic imaging techniques. Along with her active surveying work, she teaches new Quadrant apprentices marine business practices and marine electrical.

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Hands-on learning is a crucial part of the MST program.

THERE IS GREAT demand for people proficient in marine service technologies and those earning, or having earned, Marine Service Technician (MST) certification during a fouryear apprenticeship. In our province, Quadrant Marine Institute is the Skilled BC-designated trainer for MSTs. Many graduates later specialize in certain areas of marine service, like rigging, metal fabrication or electronics. There are jobs waiting to be filled.

In 2018, I spoke with Vector Marine’s Willi Fahning, one of the most accomplished propellor specialists in British Columbia. At the time, he was 77 and almost desperate to find someone who

wanted to learn his craft of giving props a complete makeover. No one was applying for this marine apprenticeship, which pays well and offers a rewarding career. In August 2023, I asked Todd Koroll, Vector’s general manager, if the propellor specialty job had ever been filled. “No,” he said, “and we have searched internationally. Willi will be retiring soon. No one is interested in this specialty despite our offering enticements, good wages and benefits. So, our company won’t be able to offer this special prop service in the future.”

It’s likely young people aren’t aware of the many marine-related job opportunities ranging from boat detailer to Quadrant Marine Institute

ship’s master, but there are numerous ways to build a career in this wideranging industry. Besides specializing in yacht and small boat building and repairs—the careers this article focuses on—you can work in shipbuilding and repair. You can earn certifications and mariner tickets that lead to working on ferries, fishboats, tugs, coastal freighters and cargo ships. You can learn marina and yacht club management. Both the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard offer a variety of career-building training programs and the Coast Guard is looking for deckhands right now. For these mariner careers, the website program listings at BCIT, Camosun College, North Island College, Western Maritime Institute, and a Transport Canada list of Recognized

Institutions and Approved Training Courses can steer you on your way.

THE JOBS IN the small boat/yacht building and repair industry require broad knowledge as well as highly specialized skills. You can learn to apply paints and gelcoats, work in metal fabrication and welding, develop skills in electronics and their integration, design, electrical, plumbing, fibreglass layup and repair, rigging, woodworking, engine installation and repair, travelift operation, detailing—the list goes on. As boats can be floating homes with engines, toilets, fridges, instruments, furniture and canvas, they provide an array of diverse tasks requiring skills that never get boring.

Troubleshooting and problem solving

also become intrinsic parts of working on boats. Marine industry employment can get you out of the gig economy and into full-time, rewarding work. And although automation and AI will increase, it’s unlikely you’ll be replaced by a robot climbing a mast or squeezing into an engine compartment—at least not any time soon.

A couple of full-time job descriptions offer an idea of what marine companies are looking for. Titan Boats in Sidney provides this partial task list for a marine systems technician: “Installing engines, windows, bilges, arches, fuel systems, decks, Ttops, batteries, pumps, tubes, safety gear, and other components; troubleshooting issues and solving problems; and preparing vessels for sea trials

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Another MST earned at Quadrant, GAVIN JOHNSTONE, has turned his training to entrepreneurship with his company Ocean Performance Technologies, which specializes in high-end marine electronics and electric refits. As a kid, he spent much time boating on a northern BC lake and liked mending outboard engines. But while majoring in psychology at UVic, he took a summer job at then charter company Cooper Yachts. “I loved being outside and on the water,” he said. “I started with boat cleaning, but it was boring.

I wanted to do mechanical work and with mentors, I started to check in and check out the charter boats’ engines.”

After graduation, he joined Raven Marine in Sidney and gained more mechanical and electronic skills. “At first I resisted enrolling at Quadrant and found the first year too elementary,” he recalls. “I thought it wasn’t very relevant but the next three years showed me the holistic picture.” He also worked on electronic problem solving. “Everything is integrated on boats today,” Gavin continued.

“Even when you install a new electronic system, you may have to bore holes, install custom panels and then paint. You must be inherently knowledgeable and understand all the risks of the tasks, like installing a transducer.” Gavin enjoys being in the driver’s seat of his own company.

He now teaches for Quadrant.

“Covid forced the organization to adopt new ways,” he said. “It’s easy to enroll and stay the course.”

ERIC PEARSON, also a Philbrooks staff member, has spent the last nine years in “The Bottom End Department.” “Is that a nickname,” I asked.

“No,” said Eric, “it’s what we really call it. It’s everything below the waterline. I’m part of the haul-out crew.

We clean hulls, remove barnacles, apply bottom paint, inspect and repair thru-hulls, wax and polish. Soon Eric enrolled in the apprentice program. “I never pictured myself in the marine business,” he said. “Quadrant taught me to get my hands and brain about the whole vessel and all the systems,” he said. “I got a feel for everything and gained confidence.

And I liked having teachers who work in the trade. They tell the stories not in the books. I say, ‘give the marine industry a chance.’”

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and deliveries. Salary: $25.00-$34.00 per hour/plus dental care, disability insurance, extended health care, life insurance, on-site parking, tuition reimbursement and vision care.” Titan requires the applicant to have gained certification including a minimum two years of recent experience in marine systems/electrical systems.

Loki Boats in Gibsons is looking for a fibreglass composites technician. This custom boat builder designs, builds and markets adventure boats and touts “a relaxed production schedule allow[ing] us to focus on fun, quality, innovative construction techniques and the further refinement of our product.” They are seeking “experience building components with fibreglass and composites.”

These and other online job offerings all state that works starts “ASAP,” “tomorrow,” and “immediately.”

Like any profession, marine service jobs require both theory and hands-on practice. But you don’t have to have experience messing about in boats to get started. You may have a mechanical bent tinkering with engines, maybe

you like wood working, or know how different kinds of software can communicate—talents that can help you to become a certified marine service technician. If you’ve sailed, fished, kayaked or paddleboarded with family or friends you may have developed a feel for water and weather conditions.

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operates a four-year MST certification program with courses and hands-onwork in the small craft/recreational marine industry. Hundreds of industry partners on Vancouver Island, around Greater Vancouver and across Canada participate in the program. It’s an “earn while you learn” program. To enroll you must be employed by a marine service company.

The certification program began in the mid-90s when Campbell Black of Canoe Cove-based Blackline Marine banded together with other marine service companies and launched what would eventually become Quadrant.

The goal was to develop an MST certification program that would fill the need of employers for competent staff Quadrant Marine Institute

and employees with a good, steady career. An apprentice program was born, where employers provide the hands-on work experience, while students also study theory through Quadrant’s curriculum. “We wanted to develop and deliver training in the recreational marine industry and provide pathways for employers to find, train and keep good employees,” Black told me. “They, in turn, found a long-term, full-time, varied career.” MSTs receive a Provincial Certificate of Qualification, also called a journeyperson credential or ticket.

Quadrant, with its slogan “We Float Boats” and its mantra “It’s all about boats from stem to stern,” was soon recognized as one of the most innovative apprenticeship programs in BC. “We work closely with employers who are also our teachers,” Black continued.

“The training is broad in scope. Marine tech is a relatively small market, but it’s very diverse in its skill building.”

The program has been highly successful and has spread. Starting on Vancouver Island and then expanding to Vancouver, the concept and curriculum have been licensed to the Nova Scotia Boatbuilders’ Association and to the Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County, in Bellingham, Washington, thus making it an international program.

The Covid-19 pandemic increased Quadrant’s scope dramatically. Managing director Shelley McIvor said the apprenticeship has expanded to include all of Canada through online courses. “We didn’t want the pandemic to shut us down,” she said. “So, we are now using Zoom to offer live classes and anyone

who qualifies can enroll. Students don’t have to move. We have students as far away as Quebec. And it’s good for our students who don’t have to drive out to a classroom after a full day’s work. Our instructors, who have many thousands of hours of experience, can teach from anywhere and with closeup cameras, can show in detail how to tackle a repair or troubleshoot a problem. For example, we just focused on a sampling of repairs at the Heiltsuk-operated Shearwater Marina on the central BC coast.”

“The MST program is specialized and like the other trades must meet industry standards for quality, timeline and budget,” said Campbell Black. “Customers must be happy with their work. By the time graduation rolls around, our apprentices are fully qualified—they’re shipwrights in the modern world.”

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Temperament and Tempo The challenge of effective communication

I I’d like to talk a little about the importance of onboard communication in our sport. This is not a small topic, and for anyone who races, finding that right balance is an ongoing explora58 - O C T O B E R 2 0 2 3

tion and journey. Having raced for over 50 years, I have many thoughts on this subject and can say with certainty that this pursuit is never ending. Human interaction is a complex thing, but that’s also a big part of the appeal and at least partially why most of us choose to compete in a team sport.

Positive, interactive communication can be a magical thing when everything’s clicking. The challenge is to sustain that state, plus know how to reset and right the ship, figuratively, when communication goes a little bit

sideways. Fair warning, this may hit a little close to home. Here we go.

IF THERE IS indeed a next life, I think it would be fascinating to come back as a psychologist. The inner workings of the brain; reason, logic, emotion, rational and irrational thought—tricky stuff ! I’ve chosen to use the word temperament in the title and I think that’s a good place to begin this discussion.

Nature or nurture, we are who we are, to a large degree. That’s our temperament. Now, here’s the lovely part, we’re

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all different. I can’t change your inherent nature, nor you mine. This doesn’t mean we have no control over our immediate interactions with others. Our own disposition on the other hand, the mood and attitude we choose to bring to that party, we can control.

How we temper our reactions to any given situation, call it self-control or governance, that’s something we do control. What better test than to jump onto a boat and to compete in a sailboat race with and against a bunch of like-minded, yet completely unique individuals. It’s a wonderful experience and an interesting experiment…

So, one of the great pleasures I draw from sailboat racing is competing with different people on different boats. I

love to see the variety of crew dynamics at play. There isn’t necessarily a right and a wrong way to organize a crew, it’s ultimately very malleable, and it may indeed take some time to sort out everyone’s roles. There’s quite often an evolution that takes place over time, sometimes gradual, perhaps even a bit unplanned.

The skipper often sets the tone, other times it’s someone else, maybe a leadership block. Experience, expertise and yes, temperament, are factors in who’s voice gets heard during this process.

Inevitably though, a structure or pattern will emerge; a hierarchy in decision making, communication, crew responsibilities and actions will establish.

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slowly turns head to wind, checking its direction, the line favour and position of the weather mark. The tactician comments, “there’s a slight pin favour and the weather mark is way to the right.” The helmsman falls off onto port, the jib trimmer backs the jib slightly to assist the bear away.

The boat continues on for a few boat lengths beyond the committee boat end. “Tacking.” Back on starboard, three minutes to go, the crew sights the line for a transit. “It looks like the chimney on the white house.” “Copy.”

The bowman gives a thumbs up. Sailing back to mid-line, the helmsman again turns head to wind. “Same.”

Then he falls away on port and bears off well below the committee boat.

The crew adjusts the sails and moves weight in board appropriately. The timer calls, “one minute” and the helmsman turns the boat upwind.

“Tacking.” The crew trims for maximum speed and hikes to flatten the boat. “Thirty, 25, 20…” The bowman holds up two fingers and the helmsman calls for a “light kill.” The jib and main trimmers ease slightly as the helmsman heads up a bit. “Fifteen…”

The crew moves in board. “Ten…” One finger from the bowman (no not that one) and the helmsman puts the bow down. “Speed,” he calls as the trim comes on and the crew moves to hike. “Five, four, three…” Hike hard!”

The bow comes up, “All clear!” says the bowman.

The key things here are that the crew has been through this scenario many times before. They know the drill and are all fully engaged in the tasks at hand.

There was no extraneous conversation, except for the, “hike hard,” which still served a purpose, to encourage that little bit of extra effort. The verbiage used was clear and concise, including the non-verbal hand signals, between the bowman and the afterguard. This start gets a gold star.

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NOW, WITH A less experienced crew, there of course needs to be more communication and prompting from the helmsman or another member of the afterguard. The important thing here is that there also needs to be an understanding of who is giving the direction—one clear voice. Confusion will often ensue when there are multiple voices painting different pictures. Effective communication is always a two-way street, that works best when there’s an acknowledgement of the direction or information being shared.

This can take the form of a verbal response or an action. With experienced crews, there may be less verbal, only because everyone knows the drill. With unpracticed crews, that synergy hasn’t yet evolved to the point where less is more. For that simple reason, I would strongly suggest that more direction and prompting will always work out

better, at least in the early days of team building. Again, the thing that makes it all work, is that two-way element.

Now onto the slightly touchier part of this conversation. I think we would all agree that words and language matter in our everyday lives and that is also true when we’re competing in sport. I would also suggest that in the heat of competition, depending on the venue and the circumstance, the guardrails will move a bit. There is a reason why professional athletes are not microphoned up during games (for the most part). Physical activity is often accompanied by grunts, groans, screams, words of encouragement, perhaps the occasional expletive. Another example would be using changes of inflection, both subtle and forceful, to stress a level of importance or urgency. If used sparingly, with the right intent, this language tool can contribute to bring44Cup/ Nico Martinez

SHOP B.C. BOOKS ing about the best results. There is of course the danger of going too far, and crossing that line can have a negative effect on performance. Too much critique, too loud, too often, and it just becomes background noise, or worse, it gets interpreted as criticism, scolding or chastising. Communicating any message depends on more than just the words alone. Presentation is everything as they say, and that includes the tempo and cadence of your delivery.

Bluntness has its place, but there will be times when the message needs a softer wrapping. An example would be saying to the helmsman: “We’re really slow right now.” That statement makes a clear point, but also carries with it some negative inferences. The better delivery could be. “We seem a touch slow, try a little ease and I’ll bow down, maybe?” This identifies the same problem without implying fault, then redirects to a positive outcome. There will be instances of course, even among the very best of friends, when words get said, misunderstandings occur, and feelings get hurt. That is a part of sport, and dare I say a part of life. Each of us has our own thresholds, tolerances and buttons that get pushed. It’s how we deal with, resolve and move past those moments that allow us to continue enjoying the experience.

IN CLOSING, THERE is one very hard line that needs to be drawn in any team sport communication. That is never insult, name call, or bring someone’s character into question. These things can be terminal and tough to come back from. Bottom line, good communication should be a priority in every race program, whether casual or professional. I know it’s a work in progress for me. How fortunate we are though, to have the opportunity take part and compete in the sport we love.

Enjoy your time on the water and see you sometime soon!

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It’s been an interesting season for southern BC’s saltwater salmon anglers. The early summer fishery remained constrained by a fifth consecutive year of chinook-non-retention regulations to protect Upper Fraser River chinook stocks. However, the scientific basis for this sweeping non-retention strategy has come under increased criticism from angling representatives, who had jointly developed a number of mark selective

fishing proposals (MSFs) with Fisheries and Oceans stock assessment staff.

The basis for a mark selective fishery is the retention of at least one hatchery chinook. They are easily identified by the missing adipose fin which was removed at the hatchery of origin.

Other criteria necessary for developing MSFs included absence of stocks of concern and/or a high rate of adipose clipped hatchery chinook in the proposed fishing areas.

Unfortunately, senior Fisheries and Oceans staff seemed to come up with ‘after the fact’ reasons to reject many of the proposals with either no rationale given, or reasons that were divulged after persistent questioning.

Some proposals were accepted.

However, they were small and short

term, or located in remote areas. The MSF development process has led to a commonly heard sentiment that fishing regulations, which include closures to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales, are based on politics and not the best data available.

This has come to a head in Port Renfrew, a tiny community which is highly dependent on recreational tourist angling. Members from Renfrew’s business community have formed the BC Recreational Fishing Association.

They are currently examining options for a lawsuit against Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) based on loss of economic revenue and lack of appropriate consultation with the local community. A Go Fund Me campaign has already raised enough money to

Some Port Renfrew charter operators are considering a lawsuit against the DFO.

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As the peak fishing period approached it seemed 2023 would mirror previous years. Basically, anglers could still fish, including angling for chinook, but they were not allowed to retain any between April 1 and July 15 or longer in some important fishing areas, with the exception of a handful of approved marked selective fisheries.

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The vast majority of saltwater salmon angling is done to put fresh-caught, high-quality salmon protein on the table, not to catch and release as many fish as possible.

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in 2023, particularly since they had been absent in appreciable numbers since the mid 1990s. This provided the impetus for anglers to take to the water. Only hatchery produced adipose clipped coho could be kept, but keeping a few salmon was the real key to kick-starting the fishery. Angling blogs were alive with reports of coho filling both sides of the Strait of Georgia. This volume of late spring and summer resident coho was something that recent generations of anglers had never experienced before.

So, why did these coho overwinter en masse in the Strait of Georgia for the first time in decades? Retired DFO scientist and Order of Canada recipient Dick Beamish proposed some possible scenarios. He points to good foraging conditions that probably existed in early 2022. This may have occurred exactly when baby coho entered the strait to begin the marine portion of their three-year life cycle.

If enough food is available they stay, if not they migrate to offshore waters. Other factors could be improved adult escapement during the brood year and better freshwater survival rates which increased the number of juveniles in 2022. Scientific data, collected from trawl surveys in the strait, is currently being analyzed and the results should help pinpoint the reasons for this unexpected coho abundance.

PINKS, PINKS AND MORE PINKS

Odd numbered years produce dominant Fraser River pink salmon runs. However, by angler accounts, 2023 seemed to be off the charts for pink salmon abundance. These observations and fishing success stories are supported by test fishing results which show the highest pink abundance since data collection started in 1991. As of mid-August the Pacific Salmon Commission upgraded the Fraser pink run size estimate from 6.1 million to 11.6 million fish based on test 64 - O C T O B E R 2 0 2 3

fishing results.

The definitive reasons for this pink bonanza are still unknown. Alexandra Morton, BC’s most vocal anti-fish farm campaigner, credits Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray’s decision to remove the farms from the Discovery Islands in 2022 as the most significant contributor to this year’s unanticipated pink returns.

Murray’s decision meant the Discovery Island farms were not operational during the juvenile pink salmon seaward migration. Pinks only live for two years and the 2023 adult return is based on fry production from the 2021 brood year, which migrated to the sea in the following spring.

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A pink smolt loaded with sea lice.

tion to Atlantic salmon farms being allowed to locate along salmon migration routes. She believed disease transfer from farmed salmon to wild salmon smolts existed using sea lice as the transference vector, and that lice loading on wild smolts in these confined migration routes were major contributors to wild salmon declines. Morton eventually received broad support from other scientists.

Other factors, like improved ocean survival rates, are potential contributors to this year’s pink salmon bonanza.

Whether the connection between the farm removals in 2022 and the impressive pink return in 2023 is real or coincidence is sure to re-ignite the debate about open net pen salmon farming in BC’s marine waters. Farm opponents

will draw a direct causal link between the two, while farm supporters will point to ocean survival and other causes as the reason the 2023 pink return was so strong.

Chinook salmon have also been reported in large numbers in southern BC waters so far this year, while sockeye and chum estimates for the south coast are uncertain at the time this article was written.

THE FRASER RIVER Pink run has always been important for the public fishery. However, pink angling effort peaks after the non-retention regulations end, and it only occurs on the odd calendar years. So, it’s not really a replacement for chinook retention fisheries, rather it’s an added bonus that happens biannually.

The appearance of massive numbers of coho in the Strait of Georgia from May throughout the summer is a much different story. If this pattern continues it could revitalize early season fisheries that previously depended on chinook retention, while focusing fishing effort on hatchery coho and not chinook.

WHO GETS TO catch these fish?

There is a salmon harvest allocation process that has been followed since the late 1990s. It prioritizes access to each species. For all salmon species, conservation comes first followed by First Nations food, societal and ceremonial requirements. The remainder is shared between commercial and recreational fisheries as follows. Chinook and coho are allocated placing recreational fisheries harvest above that of commercial fisheries. That is reversed for sockeye, pink and chum salmon with commercial fisheries given priority harvest access. The allocation process is up for review this year so anglers should be watching these deliberations carefully.

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Coastal Craft 45 ExpressFish A striking new offering from a BC builder

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It’s always great to get out on the water, even if it is only for a few hours, and my romp around Howe Sound with Jeff Rhodes aboard Coastal Craft’s impressive new model, the 45 ExpressFish, was as good as it gets.

Gibsons, BC-based Coastal Craft was founded by Jeff Rhodes in 1996. He started out building aluminum workboats, but soon moved into the realm of luxury yachts. Since then, his company has grown into what is arguably the finest builder of medium-size aluminum yachts in North America. The company owes its success to its beautifully faired hulls, sweet sweeping sheer lines, raised bows, attention to detail, top shelf workmanship and high-end luxury appointments.

Today, the company offers models from 33 to 45 feet (10 to 14 metres). While, initially, Coastal Crafts featured workboat-like forward-sloping windshields, in recent years they have introduced models with sleek, frameless, aft swept windshields and tinted windows that wrap around the house for a super cool look.

The 45 ExpressFish is a two cabin, one head model, powered by twin 480-horsepower, six-cylinder Volvo-Penta 650 IPS pod drives that can move the 45 along at top speeds of 35 knots. It is the successor to the 42 ExpressFish with the same Damon Berryman

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The stylish saloon has a clean, modern and uncluttered look.

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interior layout, but with a three-foot longer cockpit for even more room for serious fishing (or just hanging out).

However, while Coastal Crafts have always been known for their great performance in all sea conditions, the inhouse aluminum hull design for the 45 is brand new, with a wider beam and wider chines, two sets of lifting strakes, a deeper V and slightly more deadrise than previous models for a softer ride.

ON DECK Despite being aluminum, the hull and cabin sides are faired and painted to a mirror finish. Rhodes says that there were 8,500 man-hours put into the construction of the vessel with fairing and painting being approximately 22 percent of that time.

The partially covered 144-square foot (13.38-square metre) cockpit is huge and uncluttered, with durable, no-maintenance synthetic Flexiteek on the sole and bulwarks. Entry is via bulwark doors on either side. The concealed second steering station with throttles, joystick and a chart plotter is a real bonus when fishing and docking. An abundance of lockers for fishing gear and a bait/cleaning station with great tackle storage aft will suit even the most dedicated fisher. Versatile, high-end Burnewiin bulwark mounts combine with adjacent power-points for gear such as electric downriggers, a prawn puller or a barbecue. A large hatch in the sole provides complete access to the diesels.

Flanking that are two insulated fish boxes. Cockpit seating consists of a mezzanine seat (with insulated cooler and rod storage underneath) as well as two folding double seats in the transom. The test boat was equipped with a pair of Gemlux Bluewater outriggers with 18-foot (5.5-metre) carbon fibre poles. The outriggers will hold up to two lines per side adding arsenal to the spread when hunting albacore tuna offshore locally or any Pelagic

species in warmer waters where trolling up to 10 knots is desired.

The side decks are wide enough for easy passage forward, with well-placed welded rails on the cabin sides. I like the styling of the outside handrails and the way they curve gently down at their aft end. The decks are solid with no flex whatsoever. And like the cockpit, the side and forward decks are clean and uncluttered. The anchoring hardware includes a Lewmar windlass, 55-pound Ultra anchor and more than ample rode, with 100 feet of chain and 300 feet of anchor line.

INTERIOR An integral door/window system from Diamond Sea Glaze consists of a bi-fold glass panel door and a

hinged electric bulkhead window. The arrangement eliminates the need for a support post between the two and makes for a cleaner, more open transition between the cockpit and saloon.

The stylish saloon is highlighted by clean, squared off furnishings. Loads of dark grain-matched black walnut woodwork and teak plank flooring, combined with beige Ultraleather upholstery, gives the interior a very modern, uncluttered look. The fit and finish throughout is flawless. A curved, one-piece windshield (by Coastal Curved Glass) combines with expanses of bonded and fritted side windows by Diamond Sea Glaze to provide almost 360-degree views.

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sunroof provide ample natural ventilation. Headroom is a surprisingly lofty, at 7’ 2” (2.2 metres).

Immediately to port, steps lead below to the surprisingly roomy guest cabin. The black walnut panelling, teak plank flooring and vinyl foam wrapped ceiling and wall panels create the sweetest aft, under-saloon berths this reviewer has seen. The two single bunks can be combined to create a berth that is just shy of a queen. A hanging locker provides good storage.

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vacy and is nicely separated from the master stateroom.

A long, linear galley to starboard offers tons of counter space. Appliances include a three-burner electric Force 10 cooktop, under-counter convection microwave and side-by-side stainless Isotherm fridge and freezer. A cavernous storage “basement” under the saloon floor offers extra storage.

The U-shaped dinette to port has plush seating for six and is fronted by a beautifully crafted high gloss hi-low table that can double as a queen berth.

Forward of this is a double compan-

ion seat. The helm station to starboard is made comfortable by a helm seat mounted on a Shockwave S5 suspension base. The Volvo joystick/autopilot control is built into the armrest. Twin Garmin 8617 (17-inch) touch screen displays are complemented by the Volvo engine management panel and various rocker switches and of course, the dual electronic engine controls.

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The belowdecks area is again luxurious with the extensive use of grainmatched black walnut veneers and Damon Berryman

teak plank flooring. Headroom here is a generous 6’ 4” (1.9 metres). One feature I really like here is the shower and head compartments which are separate and across the companionway from each other. The shower is enormous—megayacht size and is constructed from Corian “Wet Walls” with Corian tile floor panels. It was here that I first noticed the excellent caulking by Len at Coastal Craft. I soon discovered that wherever there was caulking in the 45, it was perfect—the smoothest I’ve ever seen.

The four walls of the adjacent head compartment are all of grain matched black walnut.

A queen-plus island berth is fitted with teak planked step platforms on

either side as well as port and starboard full height lockers and separate dressing tables. Four drawers under the berth provide even more storage. Sideboards to either side of the berth have recessed storage pockets and charger outlets. While bow masters are generally quite similar due the shape of the bow, the belowdecks of the 45 are outstanding in their innovative details. Once again, the extensive use of wood gives the interior a rich, opulent look.

SYSTEMS Onboard AC power is provided by a Phaser 8 kW generator. The main shore power is 240V/50A with an optional auxiliary 120V/30A to provide charging capabilities to the

500 Ah Battle Born lithium house battery bank. The ship’s 12V DC system provides power for all low voltage onboard electrical requirements. A Victron 5 kW Quattro inverter/charger can produce up to 5 kW of AC limited power to the 110V electrical components while underway or at anchor without running the generator. The 240V/50A shore power cord is neatly stowed on a Glendinning cable reel.

Espar D5 and D2 Airtronic diesel heaters provide heat while a Webasto 25K reverse cycle air system provides both cooling and heating for optimum comfort. A Hurricane hydronic system provides hot water. A Spectra 340C water maker assures owners will never run out of water.

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UNDERWAY It’s always enjoyable to ride with Jeff Rhodes. He has no qualms about putting his yachts through their paces and doesn’t shy away when it comes to rough handling and letting me make high-speed manoeuvres. This day we were fully loaded with fuel and water which gave us a total displacement of 35,000 pounds. With a combined 960 horsepower, the 45 climbed onto the plane in just over six seconds at 13 knots.

At a displacement speed of 8.4 knots (1,370 rpm) we were sipping 5.5 gallons per hour (20.8 lph) of diesel.

On the plane, at a slow cruise of 14.6 knots (2,150 rpm) our fuel burn increased to 18 gph (68.14 lph). At a fast cruise of 25.3 knots (2,920 rpm), we were burning 32 gph (121 lph), and at a faster planing speed of 29.3 knots (3,180 rpm), our burn increased to 37 gph (140 lph). Speeds of between 25 to 30 knots seemed to be ideal cruising speeds with a consistent distance of 0.79 miles per gallon (3.8 litres).

This translates to a range of 430 miles

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(with 10 percent reserve)—enough fuel to travel from Vancouver to Prince Rupert on a single tank. Wide open throttle (3,520 rpm) took us up to just over 34 knots. Overall, the ride was excellent, the steering precise and we leaned nicely into sharp turns at speed. Bow rise was minimal when coming up onto the plane and visibility through the single-piece windshield was excellent. When set to auto, the Humphries trim tabs worked extremely well to keep us on an even keel. The engines, under the cockpit, are well insulated so engine noise in the cabin was minimal.

Coastal Craft 45 ExpressFish would serve equally well as a luxurious coastal cruiser. The test boat was selling, as equipped, for US$2,059,300.

CONCLUDING REMARKS The Coastal Craft 45 ExpressFish stands out for its styling, quality of build, fit and finish and fishing amenities. The Volvo-Penta pod drives performed as expected, were fuel efficient, and provided plenty of get-up-and-go.

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BAVARIA C45 – ON OUR DOCKS - $ 763,000

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BAVARIA C38 – ON OUR DOCKS - $ 533,604

2021 BAVARIA R40 COUPE ASKING:$845,000

SAIL

ASKING $119,000

43’ Young Sun | 1981 .................................. 143,900 42’ Custom Steel Sailer | 1982 ..................... 49,900 40’ Island Packet | 1995 .............................. 235,000 38’ Baltic 38DP | 1983 ........................118,900 USD 38’ Blue Water | 1980 ................................. 115,000 38’ Hans Christian 38T | 1980 NEW PRICE149,000 38’ Hunter | 2005 ........................................ 169,000 34’ Catalina 34 Mark LL | 1997 .................. 113,000 34’ Marquis Coast 34 | 1988......................... 90,000 34’ C&C 34 | 1980 ......................................... 39,000 31’ Contest HT AC | 1981 ............................. 39,000 29’ Bristal Channel Cuter | 1979 ..........48,000 USD

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DUFOUR 390 – ON OUR DOCKS - $ 583,665

1979 CUSTOM VIC CARPENTER 45 1981 CONTEST 38S, 38FT

ASKING: $250,000 USD

BAVARIA VISION 42 – ON OUR DOCKS - $ 572,595

IN STOCK

BAVARIA C42 – ON OUR DOCKS - $ 613,384

1980 TOLLYCRAFT SEDAN ASKING: $159,000

IN STOCK

DUFOUR 360 – ON OUR DOCKS - $ 421,057

2002 FORMULA 400SS ASKING $135,000

1997 FARR 60 PILOTHOUSE ASKING $443,500 USD

2007 NAJAD 355 ASKING $290,000

2007 CATALINA 310.

ASKING $109,000

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92 Custom Paddle Wheeler | 1985 ............ 595,000 57’ Carri Craft Passenger | 1972 ................ 119,000 50’ Gulf Commander | 1980 ....................... 225,000 42’ Universal Marine Europa | 1982 .......... 173,000 41 Meridian 411 Sedan | 2006 .................. 329,000 34’ Uniflite Sport Sedan | 1974 .................... 44,900 31 Boston Whaler Sport | 1989.................... 75,900 30’ Sea Ray 300 Sundancer | 2004 .............. 84,900 29’ Ranger Tug | 2010................................. 205,000 26’ Wellcraft 260 | 1998 ............................... 89,000

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44' Catalina 445 2014 $399,000

48’ Kadey-Krogen AE Wide Body '14 $1,195,000 USD

Moorage Available!

41’ Beneteau 41 Gran Turismo 2022 $985,000

Moorage Available!

40' Trojan 12 Meter Motor Yacht 1987 $199,900 Moorage Available!

37' Sea Ray 370 Sundancer 1998 $129,900

40' Fathom Expedition 2008 $529,000 Moorage Available!

35’ Pursuit OS355 2023 $969,000

30’ Cutwater 30 Command Bridge 2016 $319,000

Moorage Available!

30' Parker 920 Explorer Max 2020 $230,000

30’ Sea Ray 3000 Sundancer 2002 $79,900

29’ Ranger Tugs R29 2013 $239,000

28’ Pursuit 2870 Walkaround 2006 $159,000

26’ Cutwater C-26 2015 $144,900

22' Chaparral 225 SSI 2014 $59,900

Moorage Available!

27’ Monaro 27SE 2003 $130,000

26’ Weldcraft 260 Cuddy King 2017 $254,900

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88' 1980 Whangarei Engineering EX NZ Navy Vessel - $998,000 USD

80’ 2007 Ocean Alexander $2,495,000 USD

80' 2023 Princess X80

75' 2005 Custom Canoe Cove Boat House

74' 1996 Hatteras Sport Deck Motoryacht - $799,000 CAD

65’ 2006 Marquis 65 $1,150,000 USD

60’ 2018 Azimut 60 Flybridge $1,850,000 USD (CAD DUTY PAID)

60’ 2010 Viking 60 Enclosed Bridge $2,299,000 USD

59’ 2004 Marquis 59 $945,000 CAD

58' 1982 Custom Pilothouse Trawler LRC $400,000 CAD

57’ 2005 Carver 560 Voyager $749,000 CAD

112’ 1995 Tarrab Raised Pilothouse $1,795,000 USD (CAD DUTY PAID)

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57' 2005 Nordhavn 57

56' 2019 Custom Boathouse $295,000 CAD

55’ 2011 Custom Boathouse $115,000 CAD

55' 2022 Princess V55

54’ 2007 Meridian 490 Pilothouse $370,000 USD

54' 2015 Belize 54 Sedan $1,250,000 USD

54’ 2019 Cruisers Cantius FLY $1,449,800 USD

52’ 2020 Sunseeker 52 Manhattan $1,949,000 USD

50’ 2021 Princess F50 $1,998,000 CAD

50' 2018 Princess F49 $1,749,000 CAD

50’ 2020 Princess F50 $1,998,000 CAD

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50' 2018 Princess F49

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48’ 2006 Sea Ray 48 Sundancer $595,000 CAD

48' 2017 Princess V48

47’ 2011 Sea Ray 470 Sundancer $599,000 CAD

47' 1997 Bayliner 4788 Pilot House Motoryacht $319,000 CAD

45’ 2007 Formula 45 Yacht

45’ 2005 Tiara Sovran 4000 $379,500 CAD

45' 1987 Bayliner 4550, 4588 Motoryacht $228,000 CAD

45’ 2024 Axopar 45XC Cross Cabin $1,211,564 CAD

43' 2017 Galeon 430 Skydeck $949,000 CAD (DUTY PAID)

43’ 2012 Fathom Fast Trawler $568,800 CAD

42’ 2011 Regal Sport Coupe $448,000 CAD

40’ 2018 Princess V40 $829,000 CAD

39’ 1995 Bayliner 3988 Command Bridge $169,000 CAD

39’ 2019 Nord Star 36 Patrol $588,000 CAD

38' 2008 Cabo 38 Express $379,000 USD

38’ 2003 Meridian 381 Sedan Bridge $265,000 CAD

37’ 2023 Brabus Shadow 900XC $1,145,483 CAD

37’ 2018 Axopar 37XC Aft Cabin, Day Cruiser $329,800 CAD

37' 2022 BRABUS Shadow 900XC Aft Cabin (No Luxury Tax) Inquire for Price

37’ 2006 Sea Ray 340 Sundancer $155,000 CAD

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37' 2019 Axopar 37 Cabin with Aft Cabin $369,000 CAD

37' 2022 Axopar 37XC $481,900 CAD

37' 2007 Sea Ray 340 Sundancer $158,900 CAD

37' 2022 Axopar 37XC Aft Bench

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37’ 2021 Axopar 37XC Wetbar $468,000 CAD

37’ 2001 Maxum 3700 SCR $159,500 CAD

35’ 2017 Boston Whaler 345 32’ 2000 Regal 3260 Commodore Conquest Pilothouse $629,900 CAD $79,000 CAD

28’ 2021 Axopar 28 Cabin $248,000 CAD

28’ 2023 Axopar 28 Cabin Wetbar $305,000 CAD

36’ 1989 Trojan 36 Sedan $85,000 CAD

36' 2006 Chris-Craft Corsair $225,000 CAD

31' 2018 Boston Whaler 315 $465,000 CAD

30' 2012 Back Cove 30 $365,000 CAD

28’ 2019 Axopar 28 Cabin Aft 28’ 2019 Axopar 28 Cabin Day Cabin BRABUS Trim $244,900 CAD Cruiser Aft Cabin $210,000 CAD

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28’ 2004 Pursuit 2870 w/twin 300HP 28' 2023 Axopar 28 Cabin Twin Engine Wetbar $336,989 CAD Engines $149,000 CAD

28' 2023 Axopar 28 Cabin Single 300 Aft Cabin $336,525 CAD

26’ 2022 Nimbus Commuter 8 $249,000 CAD

26’ 2002 Strike Cuddy Cabin w/diesel $79,500 CAD

25’ 2020 Cope Quatsino Sound 25’ 2005 Albemarle 248 Express $104,900 CAD Dutch Auction – Call for Details $59,900 CAD

25' 2022 Axopar 25 Cross Top $189,700 CAD

25' 2023 BRABUS Shadow 300 $279,000 CAD

22' 2022 Axopar 22 T-Top $147,300 CAD

27' 2013 Ranger Tugs R27

22’ 2021 Axopar 22 Spyder with Custom Bimini $108,000 CAD

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54’ Hanse 548 Orders Available

54’ Moody 54 DS Orders Available

51’ Hanse 510 Orders Available

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46’ 2024 Hanse 460 Orders Available

45’ 2014 Beneteau America Oceanis

48’ 1998 Custom Yachtwerft Luetje

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42’ 2022 Lagoon 42

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42’ 1990 Catalina MKI

SOLD

42' Dehler 42 Orders Available

41’ Moody 41DS Orders Available

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38’ 2006 Sabre 386

38’ 2020 Hanse 388

36’ 2009 Jeanneau 36i Performance

46’ Hanse 460 Customization Available

38’ 2024 Dehler 38SQ Orders Available

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34’ 2024 Hanse 348 Orders Available

45’ Moody 45DS Orders Available

28’ 1982 Bristol Channel Cutter

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RIVIERA 5800 SPORT YACHT, 2013 - This high performance cruiser has a comfortable 3-cabin layout with room for your whole family to explore the coast!

Highly optioned, this yacht is a must see! $1,499,000

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

NAVIGATOR 48, 2006 - This Navigator is clean, highly upgraded with new electronics, hurricane heat, water maker, and so much more. Ready to cruise! $530,000 CAD

RIVIERA 46 SPORTS MOTORYACHT 2023 - This is a stunning example of Riviera’s new 46 flybridge model.

Twin IPS 950 volvo with D11’s, Hydronic heat, fully loaded electronics and much more. $ 1,849,000 USD

SOLD

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

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 $329,000 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

KINGFISHER 3025, 2019 - This Kingfisher comes fully loaded with twin Yamaha 250’s, trolling kicker, comfortable enclosed cabin and an espar diesel heater. $299,000 CAD

BY APPOINTMENT

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

AT OUR MARINA

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

SEALEGS 7.1M RIB 2018 Lightly used with very low hours $ 194,000 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

OSPREY 24 2002 - 2020 Pod conversion with a 2020 Mercury 300hp and 2020 Mercury pro kicker both with warrant for 4.5 years. Trailer included. $84,000 CAD

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 $1,259,000 USD

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80’ KELLY ARCHER/CHUCK PAINE KETCH ’03

LAGOON 55'

$1,495,000 USD

NEW MODEL

$875,000

’46 BENETEAU 461 ’00

53’ PETERSON/JESPERSEN ’88

$239,900

SAIL 80’ Kelly Archer/Chuck Paine Ketch ’03 US $1,495,000 53’ Petersen/Jespersen ’88 ......................................... $499,000 52’ Santa Cruz ‘93 ...................................................US $269,000 48’ Grainger Catamaran ’06 ..............................US $399,000 47’ Beneteau 47.7 ’00 .................................................. $159,900 46’ Beneteau 461 ’00 .................................................... $259,000 46’ Lagoon .................................... NEW MODEL - INQUIRE 46’ Nautor Swan ’90 ..................................................... $249,000 45’ X-Yachts XC 45 ’11 .................................................... SOLD 44’ Lagoon 440 ’10......................................................... $650,000 44’ Jeanneau 440............................................NEW - INQUIRE 42’ Lagoon ’20 ................................................................... $875,000

41' HANSE 418 ‘21

$499,000

42’ Lagoon ’24 .................................................NEW - INQUIRE 42’ Brewer Aluminum Pilothouse ‘91................... $210,000 41’ Hanse ’21 ..................................................................... $457,000 41’ Jeanneau SO 410 ‘24 ...........................NEW - INQUIRE 41’ C&C 41 ’84....................................................................$84,500 41’ Riptide ‘12 ............................................................US $499,000 40’ Beneteau 40.7 ’01 ................................................... $149,900 40’ X-Yachts 4.0 ‘24 ......................................NEW - INQUIRE 40’ Jeanneau SO 409 ’12 ...................................................SOLD 38’ Hunter ‘05 .................................................................... $159,000 38’ Jeanneau 380 ’24 ..................................NEW - INQUIRE 38’ Catalina 380 ‘98 ........................................................ $129,000

45' NC 14 ‘14

NEW

$649,000

$497,000

37’ Hunter ’87 ..........................................................................SOLD 36’ Jeanneau 36i ’12 ..............................................................SOLD 36’ Beneteau 361 ’00 .................................................... $124,900 36’ CS Traditional ’79........................................................$54,900 35’ Niagara ’80 .....................................................................$37,500 34’ Jeanneau SO 349...................................NEW - INQUIRE 34’ Beneteau 10R ’07 ...........................................................SOLD 33’ C&C 33 ’76....................................................................$10,000 28’ Hunter ’92 ......................................................................$29,900

28’ PROTECTOR ’03

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POWER 60’ Azimut 60 Magellano........................... NEW - INQUIRE 53’ Azimut 53 Flybridge ............................. NEW - INQUIRE 45’ NC 14 ’14.....................................................................$629,000 43’ Grenfell ’66......................................................................$69,900 38’ Silverton Sport Bridge ’06 ..................................$279,900

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38’ Carver Supersport ’06 ......................................... $274,800 37’ Carver 370 Voyager ............................................... $149,900 35’ Tiara ’00 ......................................................................... $119,900 31’ Camano Troll ’96...................................................... $139,900 30’ Rinker 280 ’08 ........................................................... $115,000 30’ Neptunian ’21 ............................................................ $349,900

28’ Protector ’03 (diesel) .............................................$114,900 28’ Boston Whaler 285 Conquest ’13 .................$279,900 21’ Thunder Jet ’14 ................................................................SOLD 19’ Nordic CC ’23 .................................................................$89,900

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2018 | BOSTON WHALER 345 PILOTHOUSE 2010 | 34’ BOSTON WHALER CONQUEST 345 AVAILABLE NOW | 604.692.0333 $562,000 CAD | KOLBY VAUGHAN | 236.888.5544

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48’ TOLLYCRAFT - $309,000

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42’ UNIFLITE $129,000

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2008 DEFEVER 50 PH $895,000

2000 OFFSHORE 54 PH $825,000

2002 GRAND ALASKAN 53 $775,000

2000 BAYLINER 4788 $334,900

1976 GULF MARINER 50 $295,000

2001 FIRST 47.7 $229,000

2008 BACK COVE 29 $185,000

1997 OCEANIS 461 $179,000

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and heavier boat. With stars in our eyes limited only by our budget we were struck by two-footitis more times than we care to admit. Finally we acquired a proper little yacht, a made in Canada Tanzer 26, which featured a small cabin suitable for longer adventures. It wasn’t long before there were three similar Tanzers on the lake and the race was always on whether declared or not.

But the call of the ocean was deafening and in 1985 we trailered Great Expectations to Semiahmoo, Washington and never looked back. The ocean was alive, endless and bountiful. We never crossed vast seas or went very fast but we explored the San Juans and Gulf Islands and much of the BC coastal waters for the next 30 years and still have yet to see it all. We have sailed and boated in many corners of the world from the Mekong Delta in Vietnam to the Lakes District in the UK and agree there is nothing comparable to home.

In 2002, after six sailboats we bought our first powerboat, a Canoe Cove 42, and this time had it trailered from Toronto to Vancouver Island. It was like learning to boat all over again and even though we had years of basic boating experience the captain and crew were once again properly challenged.

The “captain” always said that docking the Margoletta was like coming into dock with all sails up. We are armchair boaters these days and look back on a lifetime of nautical adventures and mishaps with few regrets about slowly going nowhere at great expense in one of the most beautiful spots in the world.

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BY SY LV I A L I N D

I I suspected boating would be in the cards and I married him anyway. From sailing a rented dinghy on Dows Lake in Ottawa during early courtship years to canoeing in Jasper during our honeymoon in August, 1973, boating quickly became a central theme in our lives. We had been married less than a year before we found our first boat, a sturdy 15114 - O C T O B E R 2 0 2 3

foot Albacore sailing dinghy. We had to dig it out of a snow bank in Quyon, Quebec but soon had it shipshape and Bristol fashion for spring boating on the Ottawa River just a block from our home in Aylmer, Quebec.

Our first sail was wild, the captain and crew clearly out of their depth. After a wild and wet sail across the river in which we could do little but hold on and stay the course we approached calmer waters on the Ontario side. I hollered at the captain to “do something!” and he hollered back to cast out the anchor which would allow for a brief respite and regroup before heading back. The anchor was quickly dispatched only to realize we had forgotten to fasten the bitter end.

Gone was our brand-new, orange Canadian Tire anchor! As luck would have it, we had used bright yellow polypropylene floating anchor rode so we were able to paddle to rescue and retrieve the anchor.

Incidentally that would not be last anchor we would lose over the years, but our anchoring did improve.

Our next sailing playground was on beautiful Harrison Lake in BC. With an exciting move west we trailered a newly purchased Siren 17 across Canada to a new home and new jobs in BC. The lake scenery was breathtaking and the winds strong and predictable, so naturally we soon required a bigger Continued on page 113

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