Okanagan Boating

06/14/2024

This might work for downriggers or stays as well…

07/25/2023

06/16/2023

But will it work...? 👀

06/16/2023

Cool…

05/05/2023

1956 photo of two of the race boats Miss Kelowna & Restless III owned by local power boating legend Art Jones. (photo taken at the corner of Leon and Abbott.) Jones (aka The Silver Fox) was born in England 1882, he moved to Kelowna in 1908 and opened A.J. Jones Boat Works. That same year, Jones appeared on the sports pages of the local paper by placing second in “the fastest gasoline launch race” in Kelowna. After serving in the Navy during World War I, Jones returned to Kelowna and carried on with building and racing boats including well-known crafts named Princess Pat, Yellow Peril, Thunderbird and Miss Kelowna. Then, in 1952, he bought a 225-class hydroplane out of California named Restless III. When Jones brought the boat back to Okanagan Lake he set a new Canadian speed record at 89.9 miles per hour. In 1956, Jones put Restless III in the water again and set another record traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour; the fastest Jones or Restless III had ever gone. That same year, he took his other hydroplane, Miss Kelowna, to a new record for its class at 80 miles per hour. This was at the age of 74! Above information from the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives.

03/22/2023

If you’ve ever dreamed of living on the water in a log home, look no further.

03/19/2023

03/19/2023

Stunning Kelowna Sunset ☀️

03/11/2023

02/04/2023

Cool

11/28/2022

The authorization and policing of private buoys on Okanagan Lake appears to be a bit of a Wild West.