Keeping Busy on the West Coast

If you ask people on the West Coast, they will happily tell you it’s the best coast — and one of the reasons for that is the ability to boat for a longer season, if…

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Captain Highlight: Darin Alderton

Darin Alderton Windsor, ON Darin Alderton lives in Leamington, Ontario. He is captain of 15 other captains in Essex and Kent County areas. He says he’s “a water boy through and through.” A Huge Area…

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Sailing Magic Carpet: Choosing a Boat

Buying a boat is always a very personal matter. It’s a choice that reflects the way you live and sail, the way you want to see the world, the type of travelling you want to…

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Wayward Life Sailing: For All the Trouble a Boat is, is it Worth it?

Today marks the end of our fourth week with our boat in the boat yard.  We hauled her out expecting to have to do some fairly serious work, but that work soon turned into a…

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Navigating Toward 2022

Dear C-Tow community, However the festive season looks for you, we hope you find time to enjoy the days of winter with someone special — yes, that can be your boat!  We hope that you…

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C-Tow Connections – November 2021

As avid marine enthusiasts we always keep an eye out for informative and interesting news and advice from the global boating community! We’re pleased to share our favourite bookmarks with you, from online articles to…

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Tipsy Corner: Quick Winter Boating Tips

For some of our C-Tow members, winter is just another season to enjoy the water! Whether you’re travelling around the world like our friends at Magic Carpet Sailing, or live in a coastal area like…

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Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race and C-Tow: Challenge – Adventure – Teamwork!

Vic-Maui International Yacht Race is a proudly international race co-hosted by the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the Lahaina Yacht Club. First contested in 1965 and sailed every second year since 1968, Vic-Maui is the…

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C-Tow Captain Highlight: Max Quast

Max Quast Bobcaygeon, ON Max Quast is a lifelong mariner and part of a longstanding boating community on the Trent-Severn Waterway. C-Tow Kawartha is the next chapter of his legacy. Born to Boat I’ve been…

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Wayward Life Sailing: Boat Heating – What We Do in the Colder Months

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed or not, but temperatures have started to drop again. The days are shorter, nights are longer and winter is slowly working its chilly tentacles into our daily lives. For…

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