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Photos by Louise White, SN
THE WORLD BENEATH MY KEEL
- by Louise White, SN, Halifax Power and Sail Squadron
I am fortunate to have grown up around boats.
A rowboat, canoe and sailboat formed a big part of my
childhood summers at a lake in Quebec. I was happy boating
and swimming but leery of what lurked beneath the surface.
It was cold and dark. The fish my father caught were
brown. I wasn't really interested in exploring " the depths " .
As an adult, I moved to Nova Scotia and, for many years
since, have enjoyed sailing my boat around the east coasts
of Canada and the United States. I started taking trips to
warmer climes, some of which involved sailing charters, and
welcomed the variety of colour I saw when I went snorkelling.
However, I was only comfortable looking at things
from a distance while staying on the surface.
That changed when I was snorkelling in the Bahamas and
saw my first parrotfish. Wow...shades of pink, blue, purple
and yellow, all on one fish! I wanted to follow it but couldn't
as I was snorkelling and the fish swam deeper. But suddenly
I was aware of all I was potentially missing by relegating myself
to staying on the surface. I decided to take the plunge
(pardon the pun) while on a Caribbean cruise in 2014 where
PADI's Discover Scuba was offered as an excursion.
My partner, who had been diving for decades, accompanied
me for moral support, and off we went to Don Foster's Dive
Shop on Grand Cayman Island. A short classroom session
to learn hand signals and the very basic dos and don'ts of
diving, followed by donning the gear in the shallow end of
the pool and then sitting on the bottom of the deep end
to get used to breathing through a regulator from a tank,
and we were ready to explore a reef.
The reef was only 15 feet deep and we swam from shore.
36 CANADIAN YACHTING | APRIL 2023

Canadian Yachting April 2023

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Canadian Yachting April 2023

AT THE HELM: MORE SPECIALIZATION, MORE CHOICE, MORE FUN
FEATURE EDITORIAL: 27 UNDER 27’ – 27 BEST MULTI-USE DAY BOATS
POWER REVIEW: REGAL LS36
SAIL REVIEW: DUFOUR 37
SPECIAL FEATURE: AROUND THE WORLD ONE STEP AT A TIME
FEATURE: FAMILY WINS THE 2022 YACHT SOLUTIONS’ SCHAEFER YACHTS SUMMER EXPERIENCE
THE PORT HOLE: APRIL 2023
SPONSORED CONTENT: MARINE SCA – CANADA’S EUROPEAN BOAT LINE DISTRIBUTOR
DESTINATION: WINE & WATER DO MIX – A CRUISE THROUGH THE SALISH SEA’S WINE ISLANDS
CROSSING THE LINE: THE 2023 GUIDE TO UNCONVENTIONAL BOAT GUESTS
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - Intro
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - Cover1
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - Cover2
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 3
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - AT THE HELM: MORE SPECIALIZATION, MORE CHOICE, MORE FUN
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 5
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - FEATURE EDITORIAL: 27 UNDER 27’ – 27 BEST MULTI-USE DAY BOATS
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Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 8
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Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 10
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 11
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - POWER REVIEW: REGAL LS36
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 13
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 14
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 15
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 16
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 17
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - SAIL REVIEW: DUFOUR 37
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 19
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 20
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 21
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 22
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 23
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - SPECIAL FEATURE: AROUND THE WORLD ONE STEP AT A TIME
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 25
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 26
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 27
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 28
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 29
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - FEATURE: FAMILY WINS THE 2022 YACHT SOLUTIONS’ SCHAEFER YACHTS SUMMER EXPERIENCE
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Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 32
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 33
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 34
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Canadian Yachting April 2023 - THE PORT HOLE: APRIL 2023
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Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 38
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 39
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Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 43
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 44
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 45
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - SPONSORED CONTENT: MARINE SCA – CANADA’S EUROPEAN BOAT LINE DISTRIBUTOR
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 47
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - DESTINATION: WINE & WATER DO MIX – A CRUISE THROUGH THE SALISH SEA’S WINE ISLANDS
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 49
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 50
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 51
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 52
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 53
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Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 60
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - 61
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - CROSSING THE LINE: THE 2023 GUIDE TO UNCONVENTIONAL BOAT GUESTS
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - Cover3
Canadian Yachting April 2023 - Cover4
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