Getting Top Dollar When Selling Your Boat
A little effort will reap big benefits. Whether you are ready to upgrade to a larger vessel, or still happily enjoying yours, the time will come to consider selling your boat. This is a road map to help you prepare for selling your boat. It helps to pay attention to these items for your own […]
Spot Prawns – The only thing easier than catching them is eating them
Catching Spot Prawns Harvesting a seafood meal has always been a highlight of boating the British Columbia Coast. With a coastline indented by numerous majestic fjords, its deep inlets are a perfect environment for healthy populations of Pandalus platyceros, otherwise known as the Pacific or spot prawns. This Pacific coast delicacy is the rage of […]
“Boating Spirit” – How to Help Our Healthcare Workers to Fight against Covid-19
How to Help Our Healthcare Workers to Fight against Covid-19 As many of you know the spirit of the boating community is one of Comradery, Friendship and often Ingenuity. It’s in our nature to help one another. Be it a friendly hand when arriving at the dock, sharing anchoring advice (over a drink) or perhaps […]
Freedom Marine Response to COVID-19
To Our Freedom Marine Family We hope this message finds you and your family healthy and safe. In joining Canada’s fight against the Coronavirus outbreak, Freedom Marine has implemented a temporary “work from home” strategy for our staff. We are still doing business however, standing by to assist with your immediate boating needs as well […]
Freedom Customers Take Their Princess 52 Flybridge and Axopar 28 to Alaska
So you finally have your dream yacht, now your aspiration turns to where she might take you. The Gulf Islands? The San Juans? Princess Louisa Inlet? Maybe even Desolation Sound? Fine destinations all, but what about a true adventure? A journey. What would it be like to take your own yacht all the way to […]
DESTINATION: Tie Up in Port Moody Rocky Point
If you haven’t experienced Port Moody’s emerging craft beer scene that’s reason enough to stop at Rocky Point next time you’re out on the water, but if a hand-crafted cold one isn’t your thing, this oft-overlooked public dock and park at the end of the Burrard Inlet also offers an upscale seafood restaurant, a famous […]
Montague, Galiano Island: Three Mooring Options in One Harbour
For several thousand years, before recreational boaters discovered its nearly landlocked shelter, Galiano Island’s Montague Harbour was used regularly by Coastal Salish First Nation people as a fishing encampment. Today, beautiful Montague Harbour, located in the heart of the Gulf Islands, is one of the most popular cruising destinations. Many centuries worth of discarded […]
HOW TO: BOATER’S BEST FRIEND
Most dogs take to boating easily, while some require a little coaxing. Here are a few tips and tricks to make boating with your pup the best experience possible. Swimming Lessons Long before you embark on a boating trip with your pooch you should know if she or he can swim and whether they […]
Princess Y85
EXPERIENCE THE EXCEPTIONAL We invite you to take a tour aboard the all-new Y85 Motor Yacht to experience her contemporary design and modern living space. From her sociable flybridge to her expansive single-level main deck, the Y85 is the perfect vessel for entertaining and comes complete with accommodation for up to eight guests and three […]
Whale Watching : Tricks & Tips
How To: Orca and Whale Watching in the Salish Sea Our Salish Sea Orcas are a fascinating bunch and when we are lucky enough to watch them from our boats it is always a delight. Everyone knows Orcas are beautiful, graceful creatures — intelligent and storied hunters of the deep. But did you know that […]