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12/25/2023
Soon to be arriving in BC, Haisea held a naming ceremony in Turkey for its new all-electric assist tugs and dual-fuel es...
03/11/2023

Soon to be arriving in BC, Haisea held a naming ceremony in Turkey for its new all-electric assist tugs and dual-fuel es**rt tugs.

Subscribe to our e-newsletter All five tug boats were named by the Haisla, Gitxaala, and Gitga’at Nations and carry connection to the cultures and regions of BC’s North Coast   March 9, 2023, North Vancouver, BC – HaiSea Marine, majority owned by Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC...

03/10/2023

Canada's Transportation Safety Board has released its final report into the sinking of Wainwright Marine's tug Ingenika near Kemano on February 10, 2021, which resulted in the death of skipper Troy Pearson and deckhand Charley Cragg.
The report makes several recommendations to help prevent similar tragic incidents from happening in the future.
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/2021/m21p0030/m21p0030.html

If you're near the Cowichan Valley this weekend (July 9-10), stop by Maple Bay Marina to see artist Christina Morrison's...
07/09/2022

If you're near the Cowichan Valley this weekend (July 9-10), stop by Maple Bay Marina to see artist Christina Morrison's West Coast Tug Project gallery display. www.christinamorrisonart.com

Memories of 1975 - a "Beachcombers"-themed advertisement from an old copy of Pacific Yachting found at Tradewinds Boater...
06/24/2022

Memories of 1975 - a "Beachcombers"-themed advertisement from an old copy of Pacific Yachting found at Tradewinds Boaters Exchange, which is located behind the Canoe Cove Marina boatyard in Sidney.

Have you ever seen seen slow-motion footage of a loaded mooring line parting and snapping back? Some seriously frighteni...
02/25/2022

Have you ever seen seen slow-motion footage of a loaded mooring line parting and snapping back? Some seriously frightening forces at work there ...

Case Study Video: BHP - a global mining company and port owner – asked us to develop a test set-up to see what happens during a snapback event and evaluate t...

An interesting find in a box of old papers, going back to 1971 ...
01/22/2022

An interesting find in a box of old papers, going back to 1971 ...

Here's a fascinating video from the mid-1930s showing the construction of the Lions Gate Bridge. Even better, the photog...
01/17/2022

Here's a fascinating video from the mid-1930s showing the construction of the Lions Gate Bridge. Even better, the photographer pays as much attention to passing marine traffic as they do to the bridge construction.

Construction of Vancouver's Lion's Gate Bridge 1936-38.credit: Vancouver Archives/open sourcehttp://www.oldtorontoseries.comOriginal film touched up for deta...

Merry Christmas everyone!
12/25/2021

Merry Christmas everyone!

06/27/2020

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06/27/2020

Hodder's River Rebel on the North Arm of the Fraser River.

06/27/2020
The Unwritten Law of Tonnage

A nice little video that commercial mariners can share with their friends and acquaintances who operate small pleasure boats. TimBatSea is an eastern seaboard tug skipper who runs a YouTube channel including some split-screen barge-handling videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XGv842n66s

This week we look at the unwritten law of tonnage sometimes known as the tonnage rule. I also give you three ways to avoid getting run over while out on the ...

05/30/2020
Safety board wants more oversight, training in wake of 2019 tug sinking on the Sunshine Coast | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tsb-report-training-tugboat-sinking-sunshine-coast-1.5590940?cmp=rss&fbclid=IwAR02pi4Sa6qopzSDX-TX7wubQP1FtJKo-Nl-4fKMiSDlBJ7nCeFuNugCmOE

The Transportation Safety Board says the sinking of the Sheena M tugboat and its barge on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast in October 2019 highlights the need for increased oversight and certified training for captains.

03/23/2020
Harmac cranking out pulp used to make surgical masks, gowns

At Harmac they make a type of pulp called K10S. The mill is known worldwide for this product. It is 100 percent western red cedar chips and is used strictly for hospital clothing and products of all types -- bedding, gowns, scrubs, face masks and others. The mill just got a double order for delivery as soon as possible, as there's a big need. Other similar orders will no doubt follow.
So remember it's not just people on the front line that are going to work to keep this world rolling, and don't forget about our local logging industry. We need to keep local mills running because health care systems around the world depend on it.
https://biv.com/article/2020/03/harmac-cranking-out-pulp-used-make-surgical-masks-gowns

Harmac has received double order for pulp used in medical supplies

03/17/2020

If you have any unpublished photos, taken since about late February, of commercial marine/fishing activity going on in the Comox/Campbell River area, Western Mariner magazine would be interested in publishing them in our upcoming two-part "Waterfront: Comox and Campbell River" feature in the May and June issues.
Normally we go out stomping the docks ourselves, getting photos of the vessels, activities and mariners in the region, but in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the government request to minimize travel, we'll be doing it remotely this year (we therefore also request that nobody makes any special trips to take photos -- we're looking for pics strictly from folks who are already on the docks for work or what-have-you).
This isn't a paid thing, but if we use your photos you'll get your name in the magazine as a contributor. If you have recognizable people in your photos, make sure you get their permission and correctly-spelled names. For marine activities and vessels, include as much of the who-what-where-why-how info as you can (rough bullet-point notes are fine).
Photo submissions or questions can be sent to the editor at [email protected]. The deadline for contributions is Thursday March 26.
Thanks, and stay well out there!

02/24/2020
Global Diving & Salvage - ROV Recovery of Tug Samantha J

A short video showing Global Diving & Salvage's ROV placing the slings to lift the tug Samantha J from the bottom of Northumberland Channel (Nanaimo Harbour). Read the full story of the salvage in Western Mariner's March 2020 issue, in our South-Central Vancouver Island Waterfront feature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoSj9I_cZAU&feature=emb_logo

Global used a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to recover the 35’ steel-hull tug Samantha J after she sank in 230 feet of water near Nanaimo, BC in 2014. In t...

10/16/2019

A concise and powerful new video from the TSB on the risk factors that can lead to girding, and actions mariners can take to help prevent and/or recover from a girding situation (click the link text, not the preview image).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWHdg917hZ0

07/22/2019
CBC News

CBC News

A Toronto marina is using new technology to keep the water clean. It’s one of the first places in Canada to get Seabins.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.5215763

05/30/2019

BC Coast Pilots welcomes a new pilot boat for Port Hardy.

This week we welcomed the newest member of our team - a brand new pilot boat! This boat is set to join the Pine Island boarding station. Welcome aboard!

04/04/2019

Sunshine Coast BC Canada

: Gulfstream salvaged, at least two other derelict boats slated for removal from Porpoise Bay on Sunshine Coast BC. A boat that came to symbolize the derelict and abandoned vessels issue in Porpoise Bay has now been hauled from the water for salvage.

The Gulfstream II, a 30-metre (100-foot) cruiser, was one of the boats the District of Sechelt named when it applied for and received $70,000 to assess derelict and abandoned boats.

The boat sank last September, at which time Sechelt officials said it would be up to either the owner, the coast guard or Transport Canada to take the next steps on dealing with the wreck.

In a statement to Coast Reporter, Transport Canada confirmed it had the Gulfstream II removed under the Navigation Protection Act, “as it was determined to be an obstruction to navigation.”

Late last year, the district and Transport Canada advertised for the owners of six apparently abandoned boats in Porpoise Bay to come forward. The Gulfstream was not one of them.

Sechelt communications manager Julie Rogers told Coast Reporter that of those six advertisements, they got responses from four boat owners who will now have to work with federal agencies to deal with their vessels.

The district, meanwhile, said this week that it continues to work with a group called the Dead Boats Removal Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to clearing away derelict vessels, to file paperwork to take possession of the other two boats so they can be removed.

According to a presentation the group made to the qathet Regional District in Powell River last month, it has already removed 26 boats in the Gulf Islands and Victoria areas.

Rogers also said the district has had one owner come forward to voluntarily sign over possession of a boat in Porpoise Bay.

PHOTO
The Gulfstream II was hauled ashore for dismantling and disposal in late March, after sinking last September in Porpoise Bay. - Sean Eckford Photo

© Copyright 2019 Coast Reporter

– With files from Powell River Peak

Sean Eckford / Coast Reporter

April 2, 2019

04/01/2019
Acorn To Arabella

Acorn to Arabella traces the ongoing story of two young Massachusetts residents building a 38-foot wooden ketch from scratch: From the seeds of an idea, to harvesting the timber, to pouring the lead keel, to making copper rivets. Thanks to reader Terry Mills for sending the link.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAiDWnTP0WB1xCp6uuUo0VA/videos

We are building a 38’ sailboat from stump to ship, once complete she will take us around the world. We hope to inspire and educate as many people as possible...

02/27/2019

Save the Date: The Maritime Museum of BC is hosting their big marine garage sale in Victoria on April 13.

07/01/2018

In a bit of a teaser for Western Mariner's upcoming August "Working in Wood" and "Waterfront: Southern Vancouver Island" features, here's a beautiful shot of the classic whale watching/charter vessel Gikumi (1954, Bisset & Gilstein) off Victoria's Oak Bay Marina, with the sail training vessel Pacific Grace (1998, Sail And Life Training Society) in the background.

02/19/2018

You might think it's cold on here the West Coast, but it's nothing like as cold as Kingston, Ontario. MetalCraft Marine's Jay Milner sent these photos of Vancouver's new Fireboat No.2 undergoing pump testing at -30 degrees Celcius shortly prior to loaded onto a truck for delivery to Vancouver. "As we were testing," he notes, "the Kingston Fire & Rescue guys came out and did an ice/water rescue drill in the little open water we'd created."

02/04/2018

Regular readers of Western Mariner magazine knew editor Rob Morris as a marine history buff and a tremendous source of marine knowledge in general. Sadly, Rob passed away on January 3rd 2018. In place of Rob's usual Editor's Log, the February 2018 issue has this tribute from publisher David Rahn.

12/20/2017

Joey Eilertson -- owner of Air Cab in the town of Coal Harbour on northern Vancouver Island -- with the 1917 woody "Unc A Dunc", which he restored in 2017 together with shipwright Ernie Rose and local volunteers. See the full story in the December 2017 issue.

12/19/2017

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