All hands on deck for Victoria Classic boat festival next weekend!
Happy Sunday from Dorothy HQ! Do you love classic boats, want to spend all day in the sun on Labour Day weekend ogling them, or would simply be happy to help out the Dorothy Documentary and restoration...
View ArticleWhirlwind Victoria Classic
Over at Dorothy HQ, we are all about classic boats: wooden boats… mainly sailboats, with some love for beautifully designed powerboats too. Appropriately enough, after our adventures at the Classic...
View ArticleDorothy through your eyes
Dorothy is not only a fast-sailing little yacht, she also happens to be very pretty boat with a striking design, both structurally and sculpturally beautiful. Many of you have said in interviews about...
View ArticleSailing out of boat show season
Boat show season is finally – and sadly – over for us on the West Coast. With the trio of shows in Vancouver, Victoria and then Port Townsend lining up classic boats like wooden ducks in a row, it’s...
View ArticleRemembering John West: yachtsman, historian, boat encyclopaedia
On May 17, 2017, the Victoria community, the yachting community and his loving friends and family lost a great friend, John West. He was a beloved husband to Bonnie, step-father to Sean and a friend...
View ArticlePort Townsend Boat Show Photo Round Up
Hi Dorothy fans, Having just got back from the 41st Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, I can’t wait to show you some of the beauty. I have to say: a weekend is not enough time to see and absorb all...
View ArticleVictoria Classic Boat Festival Memories
It’s been a month since boat show season ended in the Pacific Northwest. Some of you are hopefully still on the water, while others are buttoning down for the winter. Wait, did I say winter? It can’t...
View Article40th Annual Classic Boat Festival: Here we go!
We (as in, Tobi Elliott in her ’67 classic red Volkswagen bug, and Tony Grove and Dorothy-in-spirit) are on our way down to Victoria from Gabriola to celebrate the 40th annual CLASSIC BOAT FESTIVAL!!!...
View ArticleVictoria Classic Boat Festival Memories
It’s been a month since boat show season ended in the Pacific Northwest. Some of you are hopefully still on the water, while others are buttoning down for the winter. Wait, did I say winter? It can’t...
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