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B.C.’s San Josef Bay named one of the world’s best beaches Depending on the courses chosen, the run from Cape Scott to the entrance of Quatsino Sound is approximately 28.5 miles.  To [...]

Smuggler Cove has a narrow entrance through the rocks but opens to a beautiful anchorage that is protected from most weather.  We have received reports that the cove is not protected from north [...]

Though much of Canada’s west coast is temperate – never too cold, and rarely blisteringly hot – seasonal changes bring shifts in daylight, temperatures, landscape and wildlife each [...]

The Dashing Wave was one of seven clipper ships built by Fernald and Pettigrew at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Built for Samuel Tilton & Company she was launched July 15, 1853.  Ship-rigged, [...]

The coves that make up the area generally known as Prideaux Haven are the most popular spots in Desolation Sound, with several requiring stern-ties to increase the number of boats accommodated  [...]

Khutze Inlet stretches eastward from Graham Reach nearly 5 miles and rewards visitors with a stunning anchorage near the head.  From there you can look across the drying flats of the Khutze River [...]

Squirrel Cove is made up of an outer bay and an inner bay.   The outer bay provides access to the public wharf and the Squirrel Cove Trading Co. general store dock.  The Flying Squirrel take-out [...]

The day was sunny with only a gentle breeze, so we left the boat at the yacht club and motored the dinghy around Fleming Island.  The impossibly rugged shoreline is dotted with sea caves.  We [...]

Bute Inlet, approximately 35 miles long, is very deep.  Except in small areas near he mouths of rivers and at the head of the inlet, it is not good for anchorage.  Usually, the bottom drops away [...]

Beautiful Sechelt Inlet, with a few anchorages and limited facilities for pleasure craft, is often passed by especially with Princess Louisa Inlet at the end of the nearby Jervis Inlet.  Sechelt [...]