Category Archives: Columbia III

I putter along on the Columbia III all winter. Some projects are for fun, some are to make the boat more efficient, some make the boat safer and some are simply repairs keeping a 56 year old boat in tip-top … Continue reading →

I say this every year, but really, it is true. We toil diligently, doggedly all winter long on the mothership and the business. We pay great attention to tiny details guests will never see or realize, but all the efforts … Continue reading →

After working alone the whole winter on the Columbia III, installing a new radar, electonic compass, fuel transfer system, satellite phone, and zillions of small upgrades and minor maintenance details  (some one has to change the water filters), the crew … Continue reading →

Every year the COLUMBIA III starts her season “all spruced up” . . . And last year was the first spring maintenance done under cover of the new floating shed. In 2011 we took the opportunity to paint the ENTIRE … Continue reading →

The years seem to fly past. And the years in groups for 4 seem to fly past as well. Every 4 years Transport Canada requires all passenger carrying vessels to undergo an extra thorough underwater inspection. The rudder comes off, … Continue reading →

So this is the first winter for the Columbia III to be under cover in her 56 years of life on the coast. Here we are in sleet and snow and rain and the mothership is snug in her home. … Continue reading →

From December 1st onwards, we worked at getting the boat shed built. Virtually everyday we welded or nailed or measuered trying to get the building up in time for the spring painting of the Columbia III. We finally got the … Continue reading →

After years of planning and saving and working, we finally slipped the COLUMBIA III into her new home!!!!!!! Two days ago after our delay with the shipyard haulout, we were eager to get back to work. The fabric was stretched … Continue reading →

Each spring it is one of our “traditions” to run the mothership 12 hours south to the nearest marine haulout for our annual inspection and painting of the hull. Here Peter, the yard foreman greets us early in the morning … Continue reading →

After years of dreaming, months of planning, zillions of phone calls for quotes and innumerable diagrams and faxes and measuring. Yes I measured everything 3 times. We ordered the covering and after 6 weeks it arrived in Campbell River, 3 … Continue reading →