Douglas Hunter

Last summer, Ken and Angela Westheuser added a Harris FloteBote Sunliner 220 pontoon boat to the small fleet at their cottage on Salerno Lake in central Ontario. They’ll make a pot of coffee in the morning, go into a bay and...

In December 2010, the Canadian Red Cross Society and Transport Canada’s Office of Boating Safety released a paper chronicling 16 years of recreational boating fatalities in this country. Boating Immersion and Trauma Deaths...

Unless you’re relying exclusively on oars, paddles, and sails get around on the water, your boating habits can be a significant factor in the life and death of cottage-country ecosystems. From its impact on water and air...

Engines Consider buying a low-emission engine Match the engine power to the boat size Keep it tuned up, all summer long Operating Save fuel by using your trim tabs Respect no-wake zones in your area Avoid...

“The best analogy I can offer,” John Hayes tells me, “is that it’s like canoeing without a paddle.” He says this as we cast off from the dock near Lock 36 on the Rideau system on Newboro Lake. Greenhorn I, his...

1. A race course The shorter the better, so you can run more races in a given amount of time. And short, quick races keep the fleet packed together, making it more interesting. The simplest courseto create is a...