B.C. Canada Coast. Cruising at its best, well worth a watch........

Humm, visited Vancouver Island a few times and went Whale Watching whilst there, so never sail my own boat in those waters, but visited the Marinas and Boat Yards that we came across and spent time 'shore side' admiring the Craft there and the Wild Life, where seals would play in the waters around the Marinas. The water being incredibly clear, the deep waters often only being a couple of boat lengths from a Rocky shore line, all in all, sheer magic :-)
 
Ditto-sailed in Puget Sound and off Vancouver Island-spectacular.

Downside for the locals is a short season-4 months-and serious laying up skills.

It is so humid that boats quickly go green inside during the lay-up period unless the correct precautions are taken.
 
The music was awful.

Nice area Sherewater to K2. Seaforth Channel. Millbank, Lots of whales, beautiful Kirby Corp of Texas. just ran a tug and oil barge aground there last week, Tug sunk lots of diesel spilled.
 
rotrax said:
Ditto-sailed in Puget Sound and off Vancouver Island-spectacular.

Downside for the locals is a short season-4 months-and serious laying up skills.

It is so humid that boats quickly go green inside during the lay-up period unless the correct precautions are taken.
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I think most people round here keep their boats in year round. I know some people who race a 46' throughout the winter, and most are equipped with propane heaters in the cabin.
 
armchairsailor said:
I think most people round here keep their boats in year round. I know some people who race a 46' throughout the winter, and most are equipped with propane heaters in the cabin.
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Interesting-First Mate and I were guests at Maple Bay YC's season opening day in 2014.

For many of their members the mid May season opener was the first time their boats had been used since the autumn lay up.

The other experience we had was with an old ex-pat friend who lives on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound was helping him prepare his Spencer 35 for the season and sailing his West Wight Potter. He showed us horror pics of his boats interiors covered with green mould. He lays 3 boats up each year.
Coming from San Diago the humidity in Washington State caught him out big time the first winter.......................

Racing is of course different-many places have busy winter sailing competitions.

But I bow to your knowlege-mine is based on what we picked up in a five week visit May/June 2014.
 
Just in the process of laying up for the winter.
I may sail a bit. over the winter. Depends on a few things. My boat will go pretty green if I don't give it a bit of a scrub now and again. On the outside. She accumulate seagull crap.
If I cover with tarp, not so much. but taking tarps on and off reduce sailing.

Proper ventilation, now and again, if not condensation will make things smell a bit musty.
Last winter we took all the cushions home. will again this winter. Winter before left everything ready to go sailing. The weather was decreed to be to cold by my crew.

Really not much different to keeping a boat in the water in the UK. I would have thought.
 
Thats exactly what my mate Alan thought-it cost him a lot of cleaning time plus some new upholstery that had been left aboard.

Now he strips out ALL soft furnishing and mattresses, seals up all ventilation and has dehumidifiers on timers.

Two of his boats were kept at his property away from the ocean, the other at Annacortis in a Marina berth.
 
Rhyddid said:
For those who have not come across Alfy . Some really great vblogs of sailing the B.C. coast. This particular episode is halfway through his 2016 summer cruise.
Makes me want to rush out an book a charter!

https://youtu.be/L_r97usT-yY
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Had a 10 day charter in Desolation Sound couple of years ago; west coast of Scotland on steroids plus killer whales and grizzly bears, absolutely fantastic cruising.
 
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