The weather has turned, the last long weekend is behind you, and somewhere in the back of your mind, the boat is already in storage. Mentally, you’ve closed the season. And that’s completely fair —…
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Our dinghy is our vehicle that transports us from our sailboat to shore and takes us on all our adventures. Without it we are stranded onboard with no connection to shore while cruising around the…
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Picture this: it’s the start of the season, you’re backing the boat down the ramp, and a marine officer asks to see your Pleasure Craft Licence. You hand over the document you’ve had since the…
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How the end of boating season quietly becomes one of the most dangerous times on the water Picture this: it’s a Saturday in mid-September. The sky is clear, the dock is warm underfoot, and the…
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There’s a moment every boater dreads: you’re out on the water, the sun is high, the cooler is stocked, and then — something feels off. The boat is sluggish. The engine is working harder than…
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“Off-grid” has become a popular buzzword both on land and on water. As a cruiser it is the dream you hope for, being self-sufficient on many levels; producing your own power, making your own water,…
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There’s nothing quite like a day on the water — until your engine decides it’s done for the afternoon. The good news? Most engine problems don’t appear out of nowhere. They leave clues. Knowing what…
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Every boating season, thousands of Canadian boaters find themselves in the same frustrating situation: stranded on the water with a dead battery, a sputtering engine, or a fuel tank that ran dry — reaching for…
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The forecast said “mainly sunny.” So why is that cloud bank rolling in from the northwest? Every experienced boater has a version of this story. You left the dock in perfect conditions, spent a few…
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It’s a beautiful, sunny day when I arrive at a blocked cruiser at a local marina to get started. I glance at the hull identification number and the pleasurecraft license, just to make sure everything’s…
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