How To Call For Assistance On The C-Tow App

Connecting with C-Tow for assistance on the water has never been easier. With a number of resources at your fingertips, the C-Tow App is the essential tool to ensure smooth, fast help in an emergency…

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High & Dry in a Hundred Year Old Slipway

Floating in here at high tide is like drifting back in time… One of the last ‘ways’ off the coast of Vancouver Island, this old-school shipyard started up generations ago in the Finnish settler community…

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Canadian Companies, C-Tow & Wavve Boating, Join Forces to Expand – Support to the Next Generation: ‘Covid-boom’ Boaters.

C-Tow & Wavve Boating have announced a collaborative partnership targeting safety and accessibility for recreational boaters across Canada. By combining the largest on-water towing fleet in Canada, and Wavve Boating’s award winning navigation app, this…

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C-Tow Captains Call: Marine Assistance Above – and Below – the Surface

Some calls for C-Tow’s Canada-wide fleet of captains are routine, others, well, not so much. Regardless, its expert team has a solid track record of completing many forms of on-water assistance. It’s a service not…

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Staying Positive when Everything is going Wrong

Staying positive when nothing will go right can sometimes feel like the biggest hurdle to get past during our time as a sailor. It is easy to fall into the trap of getting down on…

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 Where Cruisers and Racers Unite in Ontario’s Sailing Paradise 

 Georgian Bay Regatta  | July 31 to August 4, 2024  Thrills and Tranquility: For racing enthusiasts, the Georgian Bay Regatta is the ultimate test of skill and strategy. From seasoned veterans to eager newcomers, sailors…

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C-Tow Captain’s Call: Last Minute Emergency on Lake Erie

C-Tow Marine Assistance is available to recreational and commercial boaters across major and rural waterways in Canada. I am just one of two captains on Lake Erie alone and based out of Port Rowan where…

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C-Tow Captain’s Call: A Combined C-Tow Effort in Vancouver Harbour

I have been working for C-Tow out of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, BC, since 2021. After several rescues, my most memorable was a call from an owner of a 1964 56-foot Monk motoryacht, explaining…

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Challenges of re rigging your sailboat

Being new owners of a 40 year old boat with original rod rigging meant we had to seriously consider a re-rig sooner rather than later. For us tackling a re-rig seemed like a little too…

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MUST SEE in the Southern Bahamas

With nearly 700 islands in the Bahamas it is easy to wonder where to sail to. There are just so many choices from inhabited islands to remote and wild islands. After sailing around the Bahamas…

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