CPS - ECP News
C/C Message 2021
Well, as 2022 is bearing down on us rapidly the pandemic is still with us - we have a new variant, Omicron, and travel restrictions are coming back. We currently have plans to hold the January ExCom Meetings face-to-face and the March Education and Board meetings likewise but as always with the health situation we will have to adapt depending on the infection numbers. But at the front of our minds safety must come first.
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National Office Holiday Hours
The National Office of Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons will be closed for the holidays between Christmas and New Year’s. The National Office hours during this time will be as follows:
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Editors Note
Joy to all
Looking at the editor’s note from last year, I see I wrote “it can only get better”. At this point, I am not so confident in my year end prediction acumen, but as we roll into the (constrained) holiday season and on to a new year it’s time to be optimistic.
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Late news
Toronto International Boat Show cancelled in person; going virtual for 2022
On Thursday evening, the Toronto International Boat Show (TIBS) has announced that the annual event, cancelled as an in-person show last year but scheduled to be held in-person this January, is again going virtual for 2022. Boaters, exhibitors, and everyone in the community had been looking forward to the landmark event, but the pandemic has once again forced the event online only.
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Technology
Candela - Swedish foiling boats get boost
Another innovative alternative boatbuilder is in the news. A venture capital arm is taking a stake in Candela Speed Boat AB, a Swedish startup making electric boats that rely on hydrofoil technology.
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Late news
Vancouver International Boat Show Cancels In-Person Event for 2022
In light of the Friday, December 17 announcement by the Provincial Health Office restricting capacity limits in venues of 1,000 individuals or more to a maximum capacity of 50%, the Board of Directors of Boating BC, owners of the Vancouver International Boat Show have made the decision to cancel the 2022 Vancouver Boat Show. The in-person show is Western Canada’s largest boating event and was scheduled for February 9-13, 2022.
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Nautisme Québec cancels the Montreal International Boat Show
Faced with the drastic rise of COVID-19 cases in recent days, the Alliance de l’industrie nautique du Québec - Nautisme Québec deems it preferable to cancel the presentation of the Montreal International Boat Show that was to be held from February 10 to 13, 2022, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
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Boat Shows
Halifax International Boat Show returns in February
After a hiatus in ’21, Atlantic Canada’s largest boating event is set to return to the Halifax Exhibition Centre, February 3-6, 2022. HIBS has been Atlantic Canada’s premiere boating show for over 40 years. Products typically showcased include the latest in runabouts, cruisers, motor yachts, pontoon boats, fishing boats, inflatables, RIBS and personal watercraft.
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Technology
Electric outboards rule Part II
Two years of COVID-19-pent-up marine-product introductions burst forth on the world’s largest marine-equipment stage — METSTRADE — two weeks ago in Amsterdam. Most significant were TEN electric outboard motors with stated horsepower from 1 to 267. None of the electric motors on display was from Canada or the US; as you might expect in Holland European electrical engineers and entrepreneurs dominated the show.
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Sneak peek
CY February - Fountaine Pajot Isla 40
In the February edition of Canadian Yachting magazine, Katherine Stone and her crew head out on a striking new cruising cat. You can read the full review in our next issue early in 2022, but here is a sneak advance taste: Think relaxing, mythical, harmony or pleasure and you invoke thoughts of a vacation on an island.
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Ask Andrew
What is the right battery type?
Most of us are familiar with the tried-and-true 12V lead-acid batteries that have been found in marine and auto applications for decades. There have been advances over time in the current output, the amp-hours and sizes available; no one can doubt that they do the job well. So why re-invent the wheel? Why confuse a proven technology with other types of batteries?
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Photo of the Season
We have had Christmas tree photos in years past, but this topper says it all. Like the traditional star atop the tree, this windex guides us in right direction all year long.
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News
Another Toronto waterfront bridge arrives
On December 8, Mayor John Tory, and Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher marked the arrival of a colourful new bridge that will become a landmark on Toronto’s skyline, connecting the future Villiers Island to surrounding revitalized Port Lands.
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Keven Talks Sails
Do you need a Spinnaker for cruising?
Do you really need a spinnaker for your cruising sailboat? Probably not, unless you are prepared to put it up some of the time. Half of cruising customers will never sail with a spinnaker, and that is fine. Spinnakers haven’t really been around nearly as long as mainsails and jibs, and really good asymmetric spinnaker designs have only been around for the last 25 years.
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Gear
Yanmar launches new SD15 systems
Yanmar Marine has announced the market launch of custom solutions to pair with the new SD15 saildrive by ZF, strengthening its comprehensive range of products for the sailing sector. The new systems for larger vessels up to 65 feet enables more boat owners and boat builders to benefit from the combined technology and efficiencies of Yanmar’s higher power common rail engines and compatible saildrive models.
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Book locker
Boaters’ best reads of 2021
There was lots of time for gathering nautical reads, but perhaps you missed a few. The bookworms at Nautical Mind looked through the past year’s publishing bonanza and recommend a baker’s half-dozen of their favorites.
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