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Message From The Editor
Fair winds Christopher Pratt
One of Canada’s most esteemed painter and printmakers, Newfoundland’s Christopher Pratt died last week at 86. In addition to his artistic talents, Pratt was a boater, and his love of boats and in particular C&C sailboats informed his work.
A fiercely proud Newfoundlander, Pratt famously designed the province’s flag, and was named to the Order of Canada in 1983 and awarded the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2018.
Pratt’s highly distinctive work is widely celebrated but as a person who loves boats rather than an art critic, I was knocked over his takes on the series of C&C boats he captured.
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John Morris
Online Editor
Canadian Yachting Magazine
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New Boats
Wellcraft unveils new 355
Wellcraft teamed up with American naval architect, Michael Peters, and talented yacht designers, Pawel Denert and Camillo Garronni. This winning team created this outstanding design to offer a fast and sea-worthy American outboard commuter for those looking to push their limits...
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SailGP
Four Canadian cities shortlisted to host SailGP event
SailGP could be coming to Canada in 2023/2024 as part of Season 4. Following a very competitive domestic bid process, with interest from ten potential host cities, SailGP has announced that the following four cities are on the short list: Halifax, Kingston, Montreal, and Victoria.
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What's News?
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Calendar Dates?
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Racing
Sarah Douglas the top Canadian in ILCA 6 at the World Sailing World Cup
Toronto sailor, Sarah Douglas, recorded Canada’s best performance in ILCA 6 at the second World Sailing World Cup of the season that ended on Sunday in Almere-Lelystad, Netherlands, as she finished in 13th position overall. Douglas, who won the gold medal at the first World Cup...
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POTW
June 9: Trent traffic
Things are busy on the Trent already and it’s barely June. Mike Gridley sent us this shot last weekend when a glitch created a bit of a lock-through backlog. “Much better day on the Trent Severn Waterway today. A hydraulic pump operating the lock doors a Lovesick Lock...
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Boat Gallery
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Ports
Updated Lake Ontario PORTS Guide underway
Scheduled for Winter 2022-2023, Canadian Yachting Media is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the PORTS Cruising Guides Lake Ontario & the Thousand Islands 2023 Guide. CY Media added the PORTS Cruising Guides to their library of boating publications in 2019...
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Gear
Luxor Aqua Series Indoor touch dimming products
Luxor Marine & RV products offer boat owners an innovative architecturally pleasing range of interior fixtures to refresh the decor their cabins lighting. From wall mounted fixtures to surface or recessed mounted fixtures Luxor offers a complete product offering.
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Smartplug cordsets: easier, more efficient
When the twist-type connector was invented in 1938, production boats were made of wood and didn't have power-hungry electrical components. In today's vessels, utilizing state-of-the-art materials and technologies is the norm, including the revolutionary SmartPlug Dual Configuration Cordset.
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Boat Gallery
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Canadian Yachting One Design
Send your ONE DESIGN news, results, pictures and everything else to cyonedesign@kerrwil.com.
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Ask Andrew
The great bilge oil discharge conundrum
I’ve always thought that where safety is concerned aboard, it should be the same whether the boat is a commercial, passenger-carrying vessel or a privately owned sail or power boat. In most cases, safety requirements in terms of construction and safety-gear is comparable...
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Sail Techology
Slugs, Slides, and Boltrope
Sails are attached to the sailboat rig using several different systems. Let’s begin with mainsails. The most basic attachment is with a boltrope that fits into a mast groove. This is very secure, and the sail is very well supported along the luff edge.
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Plugboats
Electric hydrofoiling speedboat unveils water taxi version in Venice
Candela, the Swedish company that is revolutionizing electric boating with its hydrofoiling speedboats, has unveiled the P-8 Voyager, a water taxi/ferry version of its C8 model at the Venice Boat Show that ran May 28 - June 5. For us in Canada taking a boat out for family outings...
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News
New digital boat sharing service is coming to Canada
Following success in the Nordics and New Zealand, Skipperi is coming to Toronto with 15 new, fully equipped shared-use boats. Plan is to grow the service up to 430 boats across Canada by 2025. The Skipperi Fleet is a modern and fully digitized boating service...
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CPS - ECP News
Trent-severn waterway draft management plan consultations
Parks Canada is currently seeking feedback on a new Draft Management Plan for the Trent-Severn Waterway and Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Sites. Your input is important for a shared vision of the next 10 years. From April 4 - June 30, we're asking the public to read our Draft...
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Cruise news
Scrub Island to add new petrol station for island-hoppers
Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina has announced plans for the addition of a new petrol station at its 55-slip marina. Opening in fall 2022, the new station will offer a capacity of 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel to both leased and transient dockers.
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