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07-11-2013, 10:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 4
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Hello from Canada!
Hello, I'm from Edmonton, Alberta, but moving out to Nanaimo, BC next year to buy a livaboard. I thought I would get a jump start on information and learn as much as I can before moving and buying. I am really enjoying the forum so far and cannot wait to finally have a boat myself!
Greetings, and thank you! 
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07-11-2013, 11:43
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Heathsville, VA
Boat: Gemini 105Mc 34'
Posts: 1,457
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Welcome aboard! We have great cruising friends from both Alberta and Nanaimo. Good luck with the boat search...you'll get lots of help here.
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07-11-2013, 16:07
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#3
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Everywhere (Sea of Cortez right now)
Boat: PSC Orion 27
Posts: 1,377
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Welcome Cthulhu, I'm from North of you (the Mac) and have a boat moored in Nanaimo. Still have almost 2 years before I move permanently. Plenty of liveaboard there.
Goat
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07-11-2013, 16:57
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#4
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Vancouver BC
Boat: Lagoon 380
Posts: 367
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Welcome. Maybe we'll see you out there
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You can sail anywhere on the planet and never be more than 7 miles from land - it might be straight down, but its never more than seven miles 
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08-11-2013, 04:28
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#5
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,368
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Cthulhu.
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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30-11-2013, 10:55
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#6
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Aloha and welcome aboard!
Good to have you here.
kind regards,
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John
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30-11-2013, 11:25
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Behind the garlic curtain - east central Saskatchewan
Boat: Baylurker 2755
Posts: 608
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Welcome, a little late I guess but welcome anyway. We're from Saskatchewan (you know, where the Grey Cup lives now). We spend about 4 or 5 months onboard Gray Hawk which is currently moored in Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island. Lots of liveaboards in Cow Bay if you find yourself looking for a place to call home.
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R.J.(Bob) Evans
2755 Baylurker plastic shoebox
previously M/V Gray Hawk, 43 Defever Offshore Cruiser
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30-11-2013, 11:54
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Rio Dulce, Guatemala
Boat: Robertson&Caine Leopard 38
Posts: 41
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Hey, welcome aboard from another Canadian crew, recent boat-owners. It was a major pain in the aft finding "the best boat", took us months driving around.
What boat are you considering?
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01-12-2013, 02:22
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 4
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Hello, and thank you for the welcome! I'm not looking for anything specifically yet, A sailboat 38-60 ft and up (previously owned) or possibly a cruiser of some sort. That's one of the main reasons I joined the forum was so I could ask around and see the pros and cons of different boats, and what liveaboard folks like.
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01-12-2013, 02:28
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#10
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 5,985
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Welcome form an ex-Edmontonian
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01-12-2013, 04:06
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#11
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Live-aboard Cruiser
Boat: Lagoon 450
Posts: 628
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Also...welcome from another Edmontonian! I'm presently living/working in Singapore where we have a 38 ft power boat and await our new Lagoon 450 in Feb 14 for Liveaboard/cruising. Eventually we'd like make it up to the Straits of Georgia and beyond.
Lots os success with your plans.
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Steve
SV Emerald Sea
L450
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01-12-2013, 07:57
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 95
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobofthenorth
Welcome, a little late I guess but welcome anyway. We're from Saskatchewan (you know, where the Grey Cup lives now). We spend about 4 or 5 months onboard Gray Hawk which is currently moored in Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island. Lots of liveaboards in Cow Bay if you find yourself looking for a place to call home. |
Bobofthenorth. How cold is it in cow bay in winter. What address do u use for residence. ?
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02-12-2013, 02:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 4
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Re: Hello from Canada!
How great Emerald Sea! And thank-you!
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02-12-2013, 12:39
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 6,252
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Welcome fellow Canuck and Albertan.
Nanaimo is a good jumping off spot for just about all of the PNW.
I have some contacts in Nanaimo.
I might recommend that you charter some boats with different layouts to see what suits you.
Jack
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IYT Yachtmaster Coastal Instructor
As I sail, I praise God, and care not. (Luke Foxe)
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02-12-2013, 15:38
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Edmonton, AB Canada
Boat: CSY 44
Posts: 22
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Re: Hello from Canada!
Hey!
We are a couple from Edmonton currently in Annapolis MD getting ready to make the trip around the continent for a slip in Victoria. You sure you know what your getting into? lol
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