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Arriving by boat is always a delight; whether you cross the Strait of Georgia and enter via Gabriola, Active, or Porlier Pass or come north from Seattle and the San Juans. As soon as you enter our shetlered waters, the weight of the world lifts off your shoulders. You're in Nirvana, with good fishing waters, sheltered anchorages, marine parks and
marinas close at hand with all amenities. The clouds part, the wind blows you on to your first magical destination, the fish jump, and rainbows appear.
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Are we waxing too enthusiastic? Why else do our American neighbours, Vancouverites, fellow Canadians and international travellers return again and again to charter, borrow or buy a boat and sail or cruise through, around, and up and down in the Gulf Islands?
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What are they all after? Maybe ...... Salmon. Fishing is "hot" in many Gulf Island areas such as Sansum Narrows and Active Pass.
Protected anchorages. A boater never has to go far to find the perfect spot to spend the night.
Beautiful scenery. Where else will you find white shell beaches, green waters, pristine forests, weird and wonderful sandstone formations and conglomerations, distant snow capped mountains, oak meadows and twisted arbutus fringed headlands?
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Sailing
posters
Books about cruising in the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands
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Marine parks. From the most popular parks of Montague and Sidney Spit to the quieter anchorages in places like Prevost and Rum Island, there is a park for every tired boater.
The good weather. The Gulf Islands lie in the rain shadow between Vancouver Island and Vancouver and subsequently have many more hours of annual sunshine and many less inches of annual rainfall.
Or maybe it's the great boating. With generally gentle seas and predictable winds, usually the only reason to not put your sail up is because it's just too much trouble. There is limited fetch between islands, the temperature is usually moderate, and the summer winds kindly.
Six Weeks Aboard "Lady Fox", a Tanzer 26 - By Bob Johns
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