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Folks here are talking about a dog being more work on a boat than not having one, they are absolutely right. But having a dog at your land locked home is also more work. You clean up pee, barf and poo. You have to feed them twice a day. You are responsible for their happiness and health, vet...

You also understand the grip Alaska has on a person. Robert Service said it best in "The Spell of the Yukon" That same Robert Service wrote the majority of his stuff in Cowichan Bay BC, not exactly "there are strange things done in the midnight sun....." There is a commemorative plague to him...

Moral of the story, don't get a large dog. Why I posted the video of the Nova Scotia Duck Toller, they are around 30 - 35 pounds, the perfect size for dogs and boats. If you start them off as pup, what you present them with is "normal." Present an older dog with boat life and he/she may or may...

Thought I would throw out a dog breed you most likely have not heard of, they kind of look like a downsized Golden. They are a sporting dog, Canadian breed, kind of happy go lucky dogs. Below is a short video of the Nova Scotia Duck Toller breed:

Interestingly, my first two Springer's loved the water and like labs, I'd be dragging them away from the ocean. My second one loved to go on long solo ocean swims. My third one is almost aloof to the water. Mostly she will go in if playing with other dogs that go in for play.

A note about Springer Spaniels, I've owned three of them. First this dog is not a "dominant' breed in the States and Canada. This is a good thing as they aren't overbred by crappy dog breeders. But here is the important bit I want to communicate. There are two types of English Springer...

Just blanked out on the name of the marina but for anyone who has visited Victoria and is a boat owner, you've stared at this marina while on your walking tours. You can moor at said marina in the off season - Oct - end of May - then you get the boot. Now the chap in this video is living...

Even pivoting an outboard a la Seawise wasn’t appealing to me. I installed a Dinghy Butler, which let’s me launch in 15 seconds and retrieve in 30 seconds. If I use a cordless electric drill with the proper sprocket mounted, I can get the Seawise down in 15 seconds, just have to pay attention...

the transom-mounted boat name/hailing port blocked or covered on the transom of a documented vessel is a REAL rule or one of those official things that are overlooked. It may be a real rule that isn't enforced. I don't even know if it is a rule for us in British Columbia but I don't care as so...

I got a laugh out of this one. My take is exactly the opposite! I think electrics are for those folks (like me) that are convinced that something will always go wrong with an gas outboard motor] For my dinghy I seriously looked at all three options. But to add in one more factor to the...

In my opinion, bilge pumps should be able to be tuned on either automatically or manually. I am of the philosophy if it can go wrong, it will go wrong. If you have a switch to turn the bilge pump on and off, you have the potential to have the switch thrown to the off position by mistake, and...

And now for the dissenting opinion. Your bilge pumps should not be on a circuit breaker, to use Jeff Cote's language, a bilge pump is an "unswitched" installation. The purpose is that your bilge pumps are always "on," that is ready to be activated if necessary. Below is a short video (4 1/2)...

You may not like my suggestion, but I put it out there for you to think it through. The reality for us older farts is that whatever is heavy now is going to get heavier in the future. I see a motor that isn't to bad in weight now, becoming a sea anchor in my latter years as I drop it...

I have an AGM battery power inverter. The inverter is good to a thousand watts, it has jumper cables for starter duties, USB ports, and a couple of AC plug in's. I bought the biggest one I could. This is the second one I've owned. And it has a air pressure motor to blow up my car and bike...

Hey rsn48, I’ve been rafting up at your local marina for 10 years and have not suffered any damage, just a few streaks of dirty bumper crud that cleans off easily. Marinas such as this are not for boaters that stress over a scuff on their gel-coat or dirty boot prints on deck. Then I have...

The reason I raised this topic is though my boat is in Comox BC, I am a French Creek Marina groupie, this was especially true when my boat was in for a nearly two year refit. French Creek is just a five minute drive from my home. The French Creek Marina is primarily a commercial fishing dock...

If money is no object, there is always Slow Boat, a commercial enterprise providing flotillas to Alaska from Washington state. I will link their home page below but if you go into the webinars sections, they have great videos prepping for trips to Alaska. https://slowboat.com/

I kind of have a basic mistrust of rafting up in marinas when visiting. I'm always wondering about the damage done to my boat if I'm away from my boat when the inside boat owner decides he wants to leave. Have any of your experienced damage to your boat due to others moving your boat around as...

I was an early in with hydrogen fuel (believer that is, not a user). In the gas "crises" in the eighties hydrogen was lauded as the next great solution. Needless to say, it wasn't. Fast forward to 2010 and the Premier of British Columbia (American translation: the Governor of BC) worked up...

There was a stacking up of freighters in Vancouver in July due to rail problems with forest fires. Here is an article about this scenario, but note this article is dated July. I searched for anything about Vancouver port congestion with a recent 2021 date and nothing...

There are some boats that are far, far beyond anything I could hope to afford that I wouldn't mind attempting it on. No need for expensive boats, just get an older Tayana 37 also know as a CT 37. Here is one advertised in BC for $88,000 and with your 20 % American dollars discount, a bargain...

You can start calling it the NT 34 as the newer 34's are the same length as the 32's. Buddy just got a NT 32 and loves it, bought in mid-summer and he has roughly 150 hours on it so far.

MV Freedom: They are fine. On Instagram recently as well. She started a job so apparently quite busy. Good to hear. The Eric and Christi Grab video is interesting, especially in light of their lack of experience. Can you imagine if either of them had posted on the trawler forum: "Hi folks...

I haven't read all the posts so this might be a duplicate. Here is a video of an ocean crossing by a Nordhavn armada, the smallest being 40 feet. It's long at one hour plus but if you want to see the 40 footer having problems you can jump to the 45 minute section, the problem occurs just after...

Although not commuting as far as you are contemplating, my boat kind of worked in the same manner serving as a cottage in a great location. I lived in North Vancouver and right beside it is West Vancouver, the wealthiest community in Canada. Two million will buy you a nice fixer upper in West...