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CANADIAN YACHTING WEST CANADIAN YACHTING OCTOBER 2013 OCTOBER 2013 WINTER HOT SPOTS • DESTINATION DRURY INLET • WINTERIZING CHECKLIST WINTERIZING WINTER ESCAPES HOTEXOTIC TONGA | A CANUCK IN CUBA PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS TESTED CANADIANYACHTINGWEST.CA •POWER: Sabre 38 DRURY •SAIL: Blue Jacket 40 INLET October 2013 | $6.95 CDN OFF THE BEATEN BROUGHTONS CANADIANYACHTINGWEST.CA LUXURY AT EVERY TURN. Acura innovation turns a new corner with the groundbreaking Precision All Wheel Steer™ system. Its design allows the rear wheels to independently adjust their toe angle by a small degree —a small degree that has a huge impact on handling, stability and maneuverability. It’s just one of the new standards set by the most powerful, luxurious, and advanced Acura yet, the 2014 RLX. Start your experience at acura.ca/rlx. acura.ca ACU12962B_RLX_YACHT.indd 1 2013-08-23 4:59 PM ACU12962B_RLX_YACHT 12962_21 1 4 12962_21 Bob 4C RLX Magazine 8” x 10.75” 100% ACU12962B_RLX_YACHT Aron n/a 08/23/13 Acura AJ 7.25” x 10.25” Canadian Yachting PMS PMS PMS PMS PMS FOIL Lindley 8.25” x 11” 100% CANADIAN YACHTING By Duart Snow CANADIAN YACHTING WEST October 2013 Tidelines PUBLISHER Mark Collett 250-706-0156 • [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR Andy Adams 416-574-7313 • [email protected] The View from EDITOR Canadian Yachting West Duart Snow 778-998-4618 • [email protected] ASSISTANT EDITOR Terri Hodgson 705-527-7666 • [email protected] Turnbull Cove ART DIRECTOR Petra Dueck [email protected] For as long as I’ve been cruising and contributing to boating magazines, PRODUCTION MANAGER Doug Blessin I’ve dreamed of filing a story from our boat in some out-of-the-way destina- 778-284-1067 • [email protected] tion. Well, now’s the time and the location couldn’t feel more perfect. We’re WEBMASTER Rory Green anchored in Turnbull Cove, a near-landlocked basin off Grappler Sound, [email protected] north of Queen Charlotte Strait. All around us, the slopes are steep and the CONTRIBUTORS Andy Adams, John Armstrong, Tim Ellis, Carol-Ann Giroday, Larry MacDonald, dense forest is broken only by a couple of dramatic landslides. In morning fog John Morris, Katherine Stone. and afternoon sunshine, life here is slow and easy. We feel many miles away ADVERTISING from the bustle of our city lives. There are fewer than a dozen boats in a vast Greg Nicoll 416-620-9373 • [email protected] anchorage that, south of the rapids, might harbour hundreds. Friends Leslie John Armstrong and PJ on Moodance are anchored a couple of hundred metres away, and we’ll 289-962-1310 • [email protected] join them for a little adventure this afternoon. Turnbull is the high-water mark John Avdic of our cruise, our farthest north, and an ideal spot to rest and recharge for the 604-312-0078 • [email protected] run home. Here are a few reflections from peaceful Turnbull… Ian Gilson 905-719-5152 • [email protected] Mary Nicoll STAY OR GO? 905-535-2866 • [email protected] We have the luxury of cruising for a month or so. That sounds generous until you Lynn Lortie venture into a cruising ground as rich as the Broughtons: so much to see yet so 705-527-9873 • [email protected] little time. Our plan was to get here as quickly as possible, but that meant we CIRCULATION Elissa Campbell brought our city fixation with schedules with us, at least on the way up. As we 705-527-7666 • [email protected] waited in Forward Harbour for the wind to ease for a short run up Johnstone Strait, ACCOUNTING Eleanor Campbell it occurred to me how misplaced my impatience was. We were on our boat, the sun 705-527-7666 • [email protected] was shining and, while most cruisers treat it as a way-station, Forward Harbour is a Canadian Yachting and Canadian Yachting West are published by ADASTRA MEDIA INC in truly stunning spot. How much better could life get? Clearly, it was time to chill… association with KERRWIL PUBLICATIONS LIMITED. WILD BEAUTY Johnstone Strait, where northwest winds routinely reach strong to gale force on EAST COAST OFFICE clear summer afternoons, is the last major challenge for Broughtons-bound cruisers 538 Elizabeth Street after the rapids to the south. But July’s unbroken stretch of good weather produced Midland, Ontario L4R 2A3 stronger northwesterlies more often, making the strait even less welcoming than Tel: 705-527-7666 Fax: 705-527-7662 www.kerrwil.com usual. So, cautious and apprehensive, we waited for the morning wind at Fanny WEST COAST OFFICE Island to ease and made a dash for it, bumping our way up the strait in 20-25 knots 2328 Stafford Avenue of breeze over a north-flowing ebb current.Thea took the conditions in stride and Port Coquitlam, BC V3C6K6 as we slowly relaxed, I began to appreciate what an utterly wild and beautiful place PUBLISHER/COO Mark Collett Johnstone Strait can be, pure BC coast and even more so in a blustery mood. It VICE PRESIDENT Greg Nicoll CEO John Kerr was thrilling to watch the wind tear droplets of spray from the bow pulpit and fling DIRECTOR Brad Marsh them aft past our windows. Still, it was a relief to reach the shelter of Havannah Canadian Yachting is published eight times a year. Channel. Johnstone Strait is one of those waterways that will not be tamed—show Subscription Rates: 1 year $32.00; 2 years $48.00 respect, negotiate an uneasy truce, and you may live to fight another day. Outside Canada: 1 year US $52.00 Prices include GST Registration #815362504RT0001 The contents of this publication are the property of Kerrwil Publications REMEMBERING BILL Limited and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without prior Like many visitors to Lagoon Cove Marina this summer, we approached in a sombre written consent. We encourage letters to the editor, submissions and query letters from writers and our readers. For material to be returned, mood after the death last spring of Bill Barber, whose charm and hospitality put the please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Occasionally, we allow the use of mailing lists to firms offering products and information marina on the map as a must stop in the Broughtons. Bill left big boots to fill, and that we feel may be of interest to you. If you do not want your name his wife Jean and longtime staff Pat Kukuruz and Bob Ness have done a superb job made available, please return your mailing label to us marked DO NOT RELEASE. in his absence. At each happy hour, Jean described Bill’s gratitude for a great life We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, that allowed him to live his dream of running a marina. She made us feel we were through the Canada Magazine Fund toward our editorial costs. honouring Bill’s memory simply by making our way back to Lagoon Cove once again. Send all address changes, post office THANKS, ECHO BAY! returns and subscription enquiries to: Finally, sincere personal thanks to Pierre and Tove Landry—and 100 or so of their Canadian Yachting 538 Elizabeth Street guests at Echo Bay—for making my 60th birthday among my most memorable ever. Midland, Ontario L4R 2A3 I’m not big on birthday celebrations and we had planned a quiet gathering with T: 705-527-7666 F: 705-527-7662 E-mail: [email protected] friends. But I didn’t reckon with the inventive Landrys: Duart Snow Day, indeed! Canada Post Mail Agreement 40065481 [email protected] ISSN 0384-0999 Return postage guaranteed canadianyachting.ca 3 oncord 65’ C CanadaYacht560ad.indd 8 4/17/13 12:58 PM Contents Volume 42 • Issue 7 SPECIAL FEATURE Chasing the Sun 43 Escape winter in these tempting tropical cruising grounds. 43 Provisioning and Planning By Andy Adams 44 Bahamas By Andy Adams 72 By Boat to Havana By John Morris 79 Tonga By Larry MacDonald Features Destination: Drury Inlet 19 This Broughtons backroad rewards There is one small beach bar on this amazing cruisers with a taste for adventure. stretch of fine white sand, and the water gleams “in every shade of blue, turquoise, and emerald. “ We can see the breakers crashing on the reef hundreds of metres off shore, but inside the reef… the water is calm—a lagoon. 19 CANADIAN YACHTING WEST OCTOBER 2013 Boat Reviews 87 Sail: Blue Jacket 40 OCTOBER 2013 91 Power: Sabre 38 Salon Express WINTER HOT SPOTS • Departments DESTINATION DRURY INLET • 3 Tidelines: View from Turnbull Cove 8 Scuttlebutt: Saving Howe Sound 16 Messing About: Oar & Sail to Desolation WINTERIZING CHECKLIST WINTER p. 43 29 Club Profile: Humber Sailing ESCAPES TESTED p. 91 p. 44 | A CANUCK IN CUBA Sabre 38 and Powerboating Centre HOTEXOTIC TONGA •POWER: p. 87 p. 72 PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS •SAIL: Blue Jacket 40 39 Electronics: Volvo Penta Glass Helm | $6.95 CDN October 2013 p. 79 CANADIANYACHTINGWEST.CA DRURY 84 Engine Room: Greener Anodes INLET OFF THE BEATEN CANADIANYACHTINGWEST.CA p. 19 BROUGHTONS 114 Crossing the Line: End of the World… On the Cover: SV Distant Shores II is Sheryl and Paul Shard’s shoal-draft boat, seen here beached in the Caribbean. Explore our October “Waypoints” edition of Canadian Yachting and plan your own trip…or watch the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series on WealthTV in the USA and Caribbean. Don’t get the channel? These shows are now available online for HD digital download or order through their Online Store. www.distantshores.ca Photo by Sheryl Shard canadianyachting.ca 5 H15 Unlike the weather, n M the quality, value H18 n and performance H22 H40 n of a Hunter sailboat H27 is perfectly predictable.