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Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 04-07-2021, 21:24
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Terri:

Scorpius speaks truth as he always does. Heed him.

If you do not want a sailboat but a trawler, then go join our sister forum here:

https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/

The people...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 04-07-2021, 17:45
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Oh Dear, Terri :-)!!!

You say: "[I] have decided a trawler is a better fit for me....the goal will be to venture down the west coast BC to Baja."

No, no, no, Terri! Do the math! How many...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 30-10-2020, 11:16
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Thumbs up to Jeepers :-0)!!

TP
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-10-2020, 10:24
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Yeah, but watch out for the RCSCC cadets during training camp. They can be really fierce :-)!

And never forget: It was the RCN that shaped Auntie Bonnie who's kept us all safe. There's a rumour...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-10-2020, 09:17
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

And, speaking of Comox, if you tuck in behind Goose Spit, you are likely to get the Royal Canadian Navy on your case. It's "sort of", "informally" conceded that that bit of water belongs to HMCS...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-10-2020, 04:53
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

I think you will find that in the eyes of the Attorney General of B.C. placing private mooring boys in BC Inland Water constitutes the criminal act of Trespass. After all, the seabed of all inland...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 12-10-2020, 14:26
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

And I see that T'bird is advertising a Cat27 with assumable moorage at 'Skeeter Creek for $9.5K The beast even has a diesel, tho it doesn't say what kind or how old. Put in a bid for $7K and see...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 12-10-2020, 13:00
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Ah! As I said before, you are learning :-)

That's very good! Read and cogitate on Stu's post. As you will recognize, he and I are coming at the same "problem" in different ways. The really...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 12-10-2020, 10:10
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Dmitry:

Yes and no. No boat is ever in "perfect" condition -whether old or brand new out of the yard. Where do you draw the line twixt "tidying up" and "repairing" :-)?

I am not aware of any...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 12-10-2020, 06:49
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Haven't asked any of them for years for the reason stated. Seven-eight years ago I asked Burrard Civic. The answer (then) was "about five years". Can't have gotten any better! The scuttlebutt I...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 11-10-2020, 19:57
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Dmitry:

WRT repairs: As I said, Dockmasters can often be bought. I also said in an earlier post that it helps - in that regard - if you "speak navy".

For some time into the future you, as a...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 11-10-2020, 19:25
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

You are right to continue to explore, and it is good to do it openly in this forum because we get a lot of people "just looking in" who can benefit from exchanges like the one we are having now.
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Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 11-10-2020, 16:46
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Quote: "...I would prefer not having to cross the strait frequently, but it might be an option once a month or so to stay for a week...."

I get in among the Gulf Islands MORE quickly by driving...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 11-10-2020, 15:45
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Kom:

Give the entire thread a thorough reading, and most of your questions will be answered.

As for Marina hopping: Yes you can do that, though not likely in the immediate Vancouver area. ...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 11-10-2020, 08:58
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Quote: "My insurance (here in BC) requires a survey every 10 years..."

Yes. Same experience as pelagia. However, OP is new to the province and new to sailing, so with the tightening of the...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 10-10-2020, 09:39
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Dmitry:

Ah! You are learning - you might not know it, but you are ;-)!

No marina worth the moorage it charges permits live-aboards, and no contract I've ever seen permits it. There are some...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-10-2020, 12:07
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

I noticed you said you have "the budget" :-)

Great! So for starters, consider that last summer a Fast Passage 39, not long home from a circumnavigation and all found ready to go again, sold for...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-10-2020, 09:15
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Quote: "Maybe it makes sense to find a marina for the first few months, until I get more used to this lifestyle. Doesn't have to be in Vancouver but should be within say half a day sail from it."
...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 04-10-2020, 19:50
Replies: 119
Views: 45,148
Posted By TrentePieds
Re: Liveaboard around Vancouver without a slip

Well, the old gray mare ain't what she used to be, but:

Provisioning: Dock at the Granville Island Market. There is a "visitors' pontoon" there, but there is a farily short time limit on it. It...
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