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There are small scuba tanks good for 5 to 10 minutes, I know a number sailing in southern locations with warm water will use them for a basic short dive to check out an anchor problem or prop...

Where are you planning to cruise, not just the lake in Ottawa I hope...... lol.

Forget the year of the boat, instead let the condition of the boat dictate your decision. A buddy just bought a 1990 Nordic Tug 32 (now called a 34). The boat is in very good shape and he did well in his purchase. So if you see a 1990 boat or earlier, check it out before you reject it...

During a heat wave with 90's during the day and 80's at night, it's nice to plug in and run A/C all day/night When I suggested the poll, I just assumed the PNW & coastal BC would win on boats at anchor. One reason is that we don't get much of a "hot and humid" summer. Most boats here don't...

Note: This is not my video, I just stumbled on this guy and I like how he video's. I love off season cruising. My marina has been closed for the last month, hope it's going to be over soon, its being dredged. This video starts in Campbell River over to Prideaux Haven and back, he does run...

We generally rely upon moorings over anchoring if possible. We find the average mooring where we cruise in CT, RI Ma to be $55 a night. The price is worth a good night sleep For many on the PNWET coast & coastal BC, the tendency is to trust the anchor more than the mooring. With a mooring...

Budget? Welcome.

My boat when purchased could go 11 - 12 knots or so on plane but not by much. The short story was I didn't know what I was doing put in a new Merc gasser thinking I might get to 18 knots but instead ended up at 30 knots. I like the speed, my most efficient cruising speed on plane is 22 knots...

Might help if you provide a range of price you are willing to pay. I can't help but others here most likely can.

Sunchaser, below is a link where I used to live in North Vancouver, bc. I lived in an area called Deep Cove. The Cove is quite well protected as it is in a fjord called Indian Arm. And wind behaves like water and follows whatever nooks and crannies in its way. So wind down and up Indian Arm...

Many with generators that emit a low hum consider them silent. Those who go into wilderness areas beside the guy with the generator do not consider a low hum as acceptable. I have spent roughly $15,000 or more so as to be silent. I have 6 fireflies, 210 Efoy, 3 solar panels, and add...

I am a little surprised that everyone on this thread has installed super premium Firefly, Victron and Lifeline batteries. Well I guess a comparison of super premium batteries was the premise of the OP. Sure those are very good batteries although I have some doubts about the first two until we...

Lyn and Larry Pardy sailed half way around the world in something like a 24 sailboat. When I get around blow hards who talk about not needing thrusters if you know how to drive your boat with just the engine. I say: "Look any woosie can drive a boat with an engine. Lyn and Larry Pardy went...

I don't pretend to know it all and I found this video helpful, especially discussing boat trim which is pretty much a non-issue for trawlers and the like, unless a fast trawler. Where they use their trim tabs, I'd probably use my stern leg adjustment up and down. And I post a lot of material...

Ya well who said anything about sleeping. Even at the dock I never got any sleep when the winds were 20-30 with 50-60 gusts. All I could think about was the damage, but she held up just fine. When I was first on a Canadian destroyer in quite bad weather as a junior officer in training. I...

We had bought a used 19' RIB in Florida and had it shipped up to NY - we used the Florida original manufacturers trucker who added our RIB to one of his 'unfilled' trucking trips. It was not an AB but all their RIBS were built in Florida. I once bought new cushions from Catalina for my Catalina...

In the price range, I'd be looking at a sailboat, preferably around 30 feet or more. The amount the guy wants to spend tells me he won't want to spend a lot on fuel.

So for your full displacement guys and galls, you can ignore this video though it might be helpful for dinghy driving. I found this video helpful with driving a boat through up sea, side sea, down sea and quartering:

I use easy off on my barbeques (weber) and all manner of things. It is also great for the smooth stove tops that crap up really fast. For your grill racks if you want to make them look like new. Get one newspaper, lay rack on the paper so you can close up the rack and there is newspaper all...

PS, If you ever need help with your boat, since I live in QB as well, I'm here to help. Also, interestingly the time difference between QB to Campbell River and QB to Comox isn't as great as would seem. To get to Campbell River is only 10 minutes more. When driving and I take the Courtney...

Originally Posted by rsn48 View Post what if you live in Deep Cove in North Van and you are lucky enough to have a jetty on your property, then what are you? Very, very lucky. In all of Vancouver and surrounding communities, Deep Cove is one of the few places to have some property jetties...

if US pleasure boats manage to head north to AK in the spring, will they be able to come back through Canada, in September? There were procedures in place last summer that addressed this, Americans did come through BC to Alaska. Basically the rule is come into BC, report to immigrations. Go...

But then you need to store a bail of coconut mulch stuff somewhere so how much room have you gained? Don't know where you got the "bail" thing. Each "brick" is slightly smaller than a loaf of bread. One loaf will last roughly for one month of full time use. Below is a link to 4 blocks in a...

You know how you can have an incredibly stupid moment? Well I went to the site and couldn't find the bed sheets.

So someone has to be the odd man out. For my black water tank, I have............... 0. I have an Airhead composting toilet. I got rid of my traditional Jabsco head which pumped directly into the salt chuck - old boat. I'm a big fan of "Gone with the Wynn's" and started watching them when they...