Tsawwassen marine author Peter Vassilopoulos’ latest book covers his travels on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
“I felt I had to do something on the west coast to share the joy of it and also the fact that you can get there more easily than you realize,” says the longtime boater.
Adventures on the West Coast of Vancouver Island is not a guide book per se but a journal of some of the trips Vassilopoulos and his wife Carla have made to the area over the years.
“It is a compendium of places they have been to, how they got there and what they undertook to ensure safe and comfortable travel by road and passage by sea,” the preface reads.
Vassilopoulos notes there is little bit of history thrown in along with information about local people and places.
The remoteness of the area is one of the reasons it’s interesting to explore, he adds.
“And being remote, towns like Tofino and Bamfield are more isolated from each other and other places. When you get there, you find interesting people and interesting things,” he says.
Vassilopoulos, a native of South Africa, came to Canada in 1973 becoming a freelance writer for Pacific Yachting Magazine. He founded DIVER Magazine and also has a series of boating cruising guides to his credit.
The book will be available at local book stores, including Albany Books in Tsawwassen and Black Bond Books in Ladner.
The local author also recently released his first novel, Turn of the Tide, an adventure tale about a plan to free political prisoner Nelson Mandela in the 1960s.
He’s also published a book by Ken Burton titled Canada’s Artic: A guide to adventure through the Northwest Passage.
