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Do you have a dinghy? Are you in open water a lot or boating mostly close to land?

I'm not stupid enough to try and pilot *anything* across the Atlantic myself, First you have to get to the Atlantic.... lol. I'm not sure what the average age is in the Trawler Forum but I suspect it is higher than what you are (poll anyone?). Before you go all over the planet on your boat...

The reason I asked about an upper helm only boat is that in the PNW it is less desirable assuming you want to use the boat beyound seasonal use. But down south where you are an upper helm only probably is just fine.

This is just me, but I'd upgrade the radar to the new Garmin Fantom radar, you only need an 18 inch. I'm not getting a hit on the Garmin 948V but I am getting a hit on the Garmin 948sv (the more letters the better). I'm assuming your Garmin is that model. If it is then I think it is NMEA 2000...

Where is Winston? The reason I ask is "It only has an upper.... helm." I am assuming this one, since the equipment seems to match up: https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1987/vista-38-motor-yacht-3800628/ Always dangerous to judge from pictures, but the boat looks like its in decent shape for a...

There is competition for which is the "greatest." Now we have the Iditarod but there is also the "Yukon Quest." Many argue the Yukon Quest is harder. This article from the Washington Post: FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — The battle wounds incurred over nearly two weeks in the Arctic wilderness were on...

What time of year, there is a tidal ebb and flow to the life of TF, its seasonal.

Pacific NW tides are NOT semi-diurnal because there is a high high and a low high and a low low and a high low, and those effects are magnified by phase of the moon (neap tides and spring tides). The PNW doesn't always have two complete cycles, here is a link to Comox - Tides, Currents and ...

Seller is Campbell River, boat is in Sidney. Chris Craft Catalina 42: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/398788987865012/?ref=category_feed&referral_code=marketplace_search

1997 40 Carver: (Richmond) $120,000 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/659720154962655/?ref=category_feed&referral_code=marketplace_search You are better to go with a cheaper than $150,000 boat as this one is and spend the remaining $30,000 on engine service, newer electronics if the...

I'd suggest you look at a sailboat and a popular brand. Catalina is the Chevy of sailboats but there are thousands of them all over. And getting a popular brand, an older popular brand will mean that support on the internet is strong. Here is a good example of what I'm talking about, a 1985...

We may end up in Qualicum but French Ck. is not where I'd like to leave the lump as there is minimal security and lots of rafting. If you do stop by at FC, send me a message and I'll buy you a beer. PS: Never been on a custom 50 boat. FC is a harbour really for the commercial fisherman and yes...

Boats will be abandoned for eternity. The problem is the expense. I had an older Catalina sailboat I threw a bit of money at, but ultimately it was futile. I didn't know what to do but I knew doing the right thing was going to cost many thousands of dollars I didn't have at the time. I...

. In my travels see about 10 Rocna per 1 Mantus on the bows of both sail and power. You will most likelihood never take an anchor apart. There’s little or no real world reason to do so I love universal blanket statements, invariably they are wrong for one reason or another. I have a Rocna 15...

Good article but the cover picture is of Vancouver, no Olympics ever run in our Atlantic provinces. I have a number of pics of that same Olympic flame statue.

I don't know how much boating you have done but just in case you discover you want to do overnighting, more than one overnight and you might do that at anchor, you will be better of with an internal engine, not an outboard. A swim platform is ideal for dinghy storage. If you definitely don't...

I have no idea where Pittwater is so I am assuming not the PNW, definitely not BC. So our tides here (PNW and higher) are mixed, not semi-dirunal, we get the occasional 1 1/2 cycle instead of two. Semi diurnal is two highs and two lows of almost equal height in a 24 hour period. Diurnal is one...

I found this: Boating Signals in Poor Visibility In addition to these, there are sound signals for specific use in conditions of low visibility. They are as follows: Powerboats or sailboats under power must give signals of 1 long blast every 2 minutes to indicate their changing position as...

When my boat was in refit, I replaced the old dated VHR with a black box Icom. One of the features I like, and the reason I chose the radio, is the automatic fog horn option. I knew I'd never manually blow a horn every two minutes.

I have a gas boat, phone and increase your credit card limit.... lol.

Realize that in this area, a major retirement center, the population is good about social distancing etc. The area I live very close to French Creek is elderly from the young old, middle old and frail old. Its us that will die off if things go bad. You just have to stay in your car, most do...

Weathermen and women over the years have talked about how difficult it is to provide accurate weather forecasts in coastal BC. The first problem is that the forecast covers such a wide and long area. And the forecast announces the worst, even though the worst is often a significant smaller...

Situation pretty much normal on BC's north coast, except that the pussy willows are 4 weeks late showing up this year despite hardly any snow being on the valley floor. I don't use pussy willows as my spring/summer harkener, but instead crocuses and they are late this year. By this time, I...

If I got the flu, I had an over 99% chnce to recover from it] Do yourself a favour and research post covid medical problems, about 30 % experience problems, sometimes big problems after they had covid that didn't really hit them that hard. Here I'll see if I can find something for you...

For those that don't know, winds in the Qualicum Beach area even have a name - the Qualicum winds. If you just do a basic google map of Vancouver Island, you will see the closest point, the shortest distance is from Port Alberni (in a valley) to Qualicum Beach. That means when winds blow down...