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Tawera Wins

A good start to 2016! “Tawera” wins Millennium Cup in New Zealand. The 92 ft LOA Ron Holland Design Ketch Tawera’ wins a close Millennium Regatta in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands with 2 wins out of 3 races. Built by... Read More

History

Following Captain Cook, Hawaii 2015     and Captain Vancouver, London 2013    ... Read More

Northwest Passage

Vancouver Maritime Museum exhibits the ‘St Roch’. This ship, successfully crossed the top of Canada, by way of the Northwest Passage, in 1942, following Amundsen’s ‘Goja’ the first ship to make the transit in 1903. “St Roch” is now displayed... Read More

Living the Dream

As Mark Twain said, ‘Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did’. But maybe not in the case of Discovery owners, two of whom completed epic circumnavigations earlier... Read More

UBC Launching ‘Ada’

After a huge team effort over many months the University of British Columbia Trans Atlantic Sailbot Challenge Team launch the Robot Sailboat “Ada” into Vancouver waters, October 2015.   “Ada” in the Water   UBC Sailbot on Maiden Sail  ... Read More

Christopher in the Pacific

Sailing Yacht “Christopher”, cruising in the Pacific, accompanied by dolphin. Photo courtesy of Aaron O’Grady... Read More