Boating

The file photo shows a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft launched from Goose Spit in Comox. On Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, a hovercraft was used to located a drowned person off the coast of Vancouver. (Photo submitted by Kris Trudeau)

UPDATED: Bystander pulls body of tugboat operator from Vancouver waters

Man made mayday distress call earlier in day, but wasn’t found in time

 

The Canadian Coast Guard was called after a sailboat sank at its moorings in Nanaimo over the Labour Day long weekend. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Sailboat sinks at its mooring in Nanaimo’s Newcastle Channel

Coast guard will work with owner and marina to have craft removed

 

Classic boats sail past Ogden Point during the 44th Victoria Classic Boat Festival Sunday (Sept. 3). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Victoria Classic Boat Festival floats on for 44th year

Boat enthusiasts flock to annual event

 

Mariner Bill Noon’s Messenger III is among the century-old wood boats on display during the annual Classic Boat Festival at Victoria’s Inner Harbour on the Labour Day weekend. (Photo courtesy of James Holkko)

VIDEO: Vintage hospital ship among classic showpieces docking in Victoria

Victoria Classic Boat Festival runs Sept. 1 to 3 on the docks of the Inner Harbour

Mariner Bill Noon’s Messenger III is among the century-old wood boats on display during the annual Classic Boat Festival at Victoria’s Inner Harbour on the Labour Day weekend. (Photo courtesy of James Holkko)
A fishing boat is seen speeding towards Comox Valley Marina on Saturday, Aug. 19. Two boats collided on Monday near the marina, sending two people to the hospital. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)

T-bone boat collision sends two to hospital in Courtenay

Impact happened in the evening of Monday, Aug. 21

A fishing boat is seen speeding towards Comox Valley Marina on Saturday, Aug. 19. Two boats collided on Monday near the marina, sending two people to the hospital. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)
Jessica Hirschbold from the Royal Victoria Yacht Club has previously trained in this boat, known as a 29er. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hirschbold)

Victoria sailor to represent Canada at 2023 Pan American Games

Jessica Hirschbold has eyes on the Olympics one day

  • Aug 7, 2023
Jessica Hirschbold from the Royal Victoria Yacht Club has previously trained in this boat, known as a 29er. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hirschbold)
An RCMP boat circles the wreckage of a commercial fishing boat in Okanagan Lake, where the captain has not resurfaced or been found since overturning Monday, July 24. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Boat recovery underway one week after B.C. man presumed drowned

Travis Van Hill has not resurfaced, family frustrated over time it has taken for recovery

An RCMP boat circles the wreckage of a commercial fishing boat in Okanagan Lake, where the captain has not resurfaced or been found since overturning Monday, July 24. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
An RCMP boat circles the wreckage of a commercial fishing boat in Okanagan Lake, where the captain has not resurfaced or been found since overturning Monday, July 24. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

B.C. boat captain remains missing in Okanagan Lake 4 days later

Vernon Search and Rescue continue looking for missing person presumed drowned

An RCMP boat circles the wreckage of a commercial fishing boat in Okanagan Lake, where the captain has not resurfaced or been found since overturning Monday, July 24. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
Emergency crews responded to a boat fire in Cadboro Bay. (Oak Bay Fire Department/Twitter)

Oak Bay boat fire in Cadboro Bay has now been contained

Residents can now return to the area

  • Jul 18, 2023
Emergency crews responded to a boat fire in Cadboro Bay. (Oak Bay Fire Department/Twitter)
Cargo containers are unloaded from the Maersk Stockholm ship with gantry cranes while docked at port in Vancouver. (Black Press Media File Photo)

UVic is working on Canada’s first zero-carbon emissions shipping corridor

‘This project will be contributing to the global discussion of where shipping is going’

Cargo containers are unloaded from the Maersk Stockholm ship with gantry cranes while docked at port in Vancouver. (Black Press Media File Photo)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters bring a small sailing dinghy ashore after retrieving its occupants from Diver Lake after the craft capsized Tuesday, July 4. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Couple rescued after dinghy capsizes on Nanaimo’s Diver Lake

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters called to incident July 4

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters bring a small sailing dinghy ashore after retrieving its occupants from Diver Lake after the craft capsized Tuesday, July 4. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Crew members of Unfinished Business celebrate their completion of the 750-mile Race to Alaska in Ketchikan on June 16, 2023. (Photo from R2AK’s Facebook page)

Pair of Vancouver Island residents complete Road to Alaska Race

The crew completed the 750-mile race in a little less than 8 days

Crew members of Unfinished Business celebrate their completion of the 750-mile Race to Alaska in Ketchikan on June 16, 2023. (Photo from R2AK’s Facebook page)
Kelowna’s West Coast Marine Safety team is ready to keep boaters safe this summer. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

VIDEO: Kelowna RCMP boost presence on Okanagan Lake

The West Coast Marine Service will be checking boats around Kelowna for required gear this summer

Kelowna’s West Coast Marine Safety team is ready to keep boaters safe this summer. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
The crew of the Shadow II smile aboard their racing yacht parked at Ucluelet’s 52 Steps on Tuesday, June 13. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Van Isle 360 Yacht Race speeds out of Ucluelet after two-day break

Racers heading to Victoria en route to finish line in Nanaimo

The crew of the Shadow II smile aboard their racing yacht parked at Ucluelet’s 52 Steps on Tuesday, June 13. (Andrew Bailey photo)
The Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race began from Nanaimo today, June 3. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Sailors off to the races at Van Isle 360

International yacht race started June 3 in Nanaimo

The Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race began from Nanaimo today, June 3. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
The Van Isle 360 yacht race begins Saturday, June 3 in Nanaimo and concludes Saturday, June 17. (News Bulletin file photo)

Van Isle 360 sailors ready to race around Vancouver Island, starting in Nanaimo

After a COVID-19 cancellation in 2021, race resumes regular course starting June 3

The Van Isle 360 yacht race begins Saturday, June 3 in Nanaimo and concludes Saturday, June 17. (News Bulletin file photo)
Racers cruise by as their sails catch the wind Saturday, May 27 at the start of the 2023 Swiftsure International Yacht Race off Clover Point in Victoria. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Yachts set sail for 78th Swiftsure International Yacht Race

Crowds lined the Clover Point waterfront to watch more than 100 vessels set off

Racers cruise by as their sails catch the wind Saturday, May 27 at the start of the 2023 Swiftsure International Yacht Race off Clover Point in Victoria. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
The Swiftsure International Yacht Race had a slow start in 2019 due to light winds. (Black Press Media file photo)

World’s largest yacht race of its kind splashes back to Victoria for 78th time

More than 100 boats will take part in this year’s Swiftsure race

The Swiftsure International Yacht Race had a slow start in 2019 due to light winds. (Black Press Media file photo)
Whale watching boat captain Rodrigo Menezes was presented with the Royal Lifesaving Society’s Silver Medal of Merit award for rescuing two men after their canoe capsized in Dodd Narrows. Menezes was recognized in his absence when he could not attend the event Saturday, April 1. (Photo submitted)

Island whale watch boat captain recognized for rescuing paddlers who flipped canoe

Rodrigo Menezes receives Lifesaving Society’s Silver Medal for Merit for rescue operation

Whale watching boat captain Rodrigo Menezes was presented with the Royal Lifesaving Society’s Silver Medal of Merit award for rescuing two men after their canoe capsized in Dodd Narrows. Menezes was recognized in his absence when he could not attend the event Saturday, April 1. (Photo submitted)
Members of a ground search and rescue team walk along the shore of the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S. as they look for five fishermen missing after the scallop dragger Chief William Saulis sank in the Bay of Fundy, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. As Canadian fishers continue to die in frigid waters when their boats capsize, a debate is surfacing over why clear rules aren’t in place to ensure basic stability of vessels that face ocean storms.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Amid fishing deaths, calls rise for Canada’s small boats to have stability checks

Transport Canada: Regulation would be ‘functionally challenging and prohibitively expensive’

Members of a ground search and rescue team walk along the shore of the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S. as they look for five fishermen missing after the scallop dragger Chief William Saulis sank in the Bay of Fundy, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. As Canadian fishers continue to die in frigid waters when their boats capsize, a debate is surfacing over why clear rules aren’t in place to ensure basic stability of vessels that face ocean storms.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan