Yacht Sales West

10/15/2026

Come see the range of Fountaine Pajot at the Annapolis show. We have the team there to help.

10/12/2026

New Listing Alert - 1970 Rhodes 65 - $USD225,000

Designed by Philip Rhodes, whose boat Weatherly won the America’s Cup against Gretel in 1962 among numerous international awards, Temeraire was part of a small series of large motorsailer ketches built around the same lines that produced the well-known La Belle Sole series, Temeraire shares her underwater shape with Rhodes' celebrated racer-cruiser Thunderhead. She is a hull built for good performance under sail and not just comfort at anchor.

This heritage is evident on the water: Temeraire points close to the wind and moves well off it thanks to a flat run aft that most heavy centerboard ketches of her era do not share. Her centerboard draft opens up gunkholing and shoal anchorages that a deep-fin cruiser of this size could never consider while still giving her the stability and load-carrying volume of a full-keel steel yacht. Her ketch rig adds to that same easy, offshore-minded flexibility: sail area is divided across three more manageable sails rather than one or two large ones, so reducing canvas as weather builds is quick work, and she balances comfortably, or heaves-to, under the mizzen alone. Temeraire’s main mast and mizzen were set up for modern reefing, including a new mizzen boom by professional riggers. This included new furlers for both the genoa and staysail and an electric winch at the bottom of the main mast for the halyard/furling.

At the same time new stainless steel fairlead blocks for the genoa and staysail, running backstays were lead back to the Barient coffee grinder 2 speed winch & a pair of winches on the aft deck for the staysail & running back stays.

There is an electric winch on the aft deck for handling the two furlers and the davits for the dinghy.

The current owner has carried out one of the most extensive, best-documented restorations of any yacht in her class: structural steel deck and hull renewal, a repaint with Alexseal, a fully rebuilt rudder, rudder post, and stern tube, an overhauled main engine and transmission, and a comprehensive 2025/26 electrical rewire, all carried out to a consistent standard and recorded in detail year by year.

Below decks, her raised salon and wide windows, reached entirely by stairs rather than ladders, are unusual in a boat of this size and era, and a world away from the dark, low-ceilinged interiors common to yachts of her vintage. The galley is located low and at the turning point of the boat to reduce motion while sailing. Four distinct sleeping cabins, a forward VIP cabin/library, a V-berth, an aft guest cabin, and a private aft master suite with its own ensuite, give her real live-aboard and small-charter flexibility alongside a genuinely comfortable owner's layout.

Currently lying at a desirable marina in Brentwood Bay, BC with assumable moorage.

An amazingly robust and comfortable vessel for adventures whether cruising the Pacific Northwest or heading further afield, Temeraire is a rare opportunity to acquire a rugged, unusually well-documented offshore ketch with real sailing pedigree behind her comfort.

A link to more details in the comments.

Listed by Max Shaw

10/08/2026

Do you want to see more of the Queenship 86 "Oregon Mist" ? Join the Max and Mike team on a guided tour ...

10/07/2026

New Listing Alert - 2000 Leopard 4500 - $USD225,000 - Sidney, BC

These catamarans set the standard for comfort, ease of sailing and performance when they were introduced. The layout allows easy movement about the boat from the spacious aft deck, a step down to the swimming platform, or relaxing on the foredeck trampoline. The innovative deck layout brings a host of features to make life and sailing simplicity itself. From the aft deck arch that puts the mainsail sheeting system out of harm's way, to the ingenious anchoring system, sailing the Leopard 45 is a breeze.

The Leopard 45 has robust shaft drives and skeg protected rudders, making it well suited to cruising in remote areas. ‘Triton’ has been continuously updated over the last few years and is well equipped with a watermaker, a lithium house bank, an extensive solar array, a Webasto diesel heater (2025), and a fridge/freezer and upholstery replaced in 2023.

US Flagged but Canadian Duty Paid

Assumable moorage at the desirable Port Sidney Marina

Full listing in the comments

Listed by Max Shaw

10/04/2026

New Listing Alerts - 2000 Queenship 86 "Oregon Mists" - Sidney, BC

The Queenship Caribe 86 is a rare, semi-custom Pacific Northwest motoryacht built in British Colombia with hull and superstructure lines adapted from a sleek Navy PT boat design. Her robust construction and owner-focused systems have made her a standout among BC-built motoryachts.

She is finished throughout in book-matched fiddleback English sycamore, black Uba Tuba granite, and shoji screens, with commissioned artwork placed throughout the vessel. The current owners operate her themselves, without crew, a considerable step up from their prior experience on a small lake boat.

She carries real systems for extended, self-sufficient cruising: three generators, a full inverter bank specified to run independent of shorepower, Naiad stabilization, and a range of over 2,200 nm. The Pacific Northwest, Alaska, or a run south to Mexico are all comfortably within reach.

Currently lying in Sidney, BC, with assumable moorage at the desirable Port Sidney Marina with rare 100 amp shore power.

Link to the full details in the comments.

A Mike and Max Production ... listed by Max Shaw and Mike Carkeek

10/02/2026

And good timing as we have two aluminum centreboarders available at our Sidney, BC location: a Garcia Exploration 45 and a Via 42.

Are you hopping on the adventure-yacht bandwagon? Having covered 100,000 miles in his aluminium centreboarders, Jimmy Cornell explains why he rates them highly for adventure sailing.

Read more here: https://www.yachtingworld.com/features/jimmy-cornell-aluminium-centreboarders-explorer-yachts-128465

09/30/2026

New Listing - Osprey is a fine example of the Legendary Grand Banks 42 Classic. Her brightwork is in impeccable condition (redone in 2026) and her interior shows pride of ownership with re-upholstered, colour coordinated settees, cabin mattress and curtains. All the beautiful rich teak joinery is in excellent condition. She is in an above average condition for a vessel of this age.
Visit our website for full specs:
https://yachtsaleswest.com/brokerage-yachts-for-sale-vancouver-bc/make-grand-banks/
Listed by Mike Carkeek

09/26/2026

If offshore sailing is in your veins, specifically high latitude expeditions, then this Garcia Exploration 45 should be seriously considered as this vessel has sailed through the North West Passage and spent two months in Antarctica. True, tried and tested in every way.

“Balthazar” was formally called “Aventura IV” which was Jimmy Cornell’s personal sailboat that he completed the Northwest Passage in. It was designed by him in collaboration with Olivier Racoupeau and Garcia Yachting.

The current owner purchased her in 2018 and completed a major refit in 2022 before sailing Balthazar to Antarctica and on to the South Pacific. She then sailed north to the Pacific North West and cruised our beautiful BC coastline this summer. The boat is now on the hard locally in Sidney BC, undergoing further inspections and refit to ensure she is ready for a second trip through the North West Passage or to sail elsewhere with her new owners.

Every inch of this vessel was thoughtfully designed for long expeditions in high latitudes and cold climates. But the current owner went one step further and modified the boat again increasing storage and reducing the number of berths from 10 to 6. This incredible vessel is in excellent condition and will be in even better condition and ready to go for her next owner to take her around the world in any direction

Full Specs: https://yachtsaleswest.com/brokerage-yachts-for-sale-vancouver-bc/make-garcia/

Listed by Mike Carkeek

09/23/2026

Impeccable condition and offered at a fantastic price. $799,000
1996 Forbes Cooper 73, located in Genoa Bay, Vancouver Island
Full listing - https://yachtsaleswest.com/brokerage-yachts-for-sale-vancouver-bc/make-forbes-cooper/
Listed By Mike Carkeek

09/20/2026

Max being interviewed about racing and cruising by Black Wolf Racing.

Episode 8 of Salty Dips is live! 🎙️🌊

In “Racing and Cruising with Max Shaw,” we explore why cruisers should try racing, what racers can learn from cruising, and how distance racing becomes “an amazing leadership laboratory.”

Max also shares insights on crewing on other boats, double-handed sailing, racer-cruiser boat choices, offshore safety, inspections and risk management, the duct-taped boom on board Tuna, and a Force 12 North Atlantic crossing, with an important lesson about avoiding the wrong part of the ocean at the wrong time of year.

“At the end of the day, this is a recreational activity... We sometimes lose sight of that. We're all doing this for fun.”

Listen now:
https://www.blackwolfracing.ca/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/salty-dips/id1875585264
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DKogiSFwwGtYJcnhhijYt
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4cd129fd-9547-4890-b98c-3cf750e570d1/salty-dips