Our dedicated research vessel, Achiever, is a Transport Canada certified 68 ft, steel hulled sloop that operates seven months a year on the BC coast. We acquired Achiever in 2004 as a platform for our 10,000nm marine survey studying the abundance and distribution of marine mammals and birds. Over the last twelve years Achiever has performed countless trips as a research and education platform for Raincoast and many others across thousands of kilometers of coastline. With Achiever, Raincoast also has the capacity to access our commercial hunting tenures, and monitor areas otherwise out of reach.
Our dedicated research vessel, Achiever, is a Transport Canada certified 68 ft. steel hulled sloop that operates seven months a year on the BC coast. Achiever is...
A grizzly bears strolls an estuary walled by granite cliffs down which countless waterfalls drop hundreds of feet, as if straight from the clouds. The jet black dorsal fins...
The past year saw Achiever and crew as busy as ever with research projects, monitoring visits to our hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest, and playing a central role in our expanding program of youth education in the Salish …
Hakai Institute has been using our research vessel, the Achiever, for a fascinating project monitoring the flow of water from icefields to the ocean. They’ve been studying water flow to explore...
Our research vessel, Achiever, just returned from an amazing trip. Here’s an excerpt from Raincoast Education Associate, Nathaniel Glickman’s dispatch about the trip:
“Situated at the mouth of an unlogged watershed, Koeye camp is what I believe to be the …
While out with Hakai Institute on an oceanographic trip Raincoast Conservation research vessel Achiever meets up with a group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins. These incredibly active dolphins...
Over the past 15 years, the Achiever has helped to enable the research efforts many groups and performed extensive work ranging from population estimates and data collection of fin whales, killer whale ecotypes, and humpback entanglement probabilities. She has worked …
Winter maintenance aboard Raincoast Conservation research vessel Achiever continues with engine work on the 6 cylinder John Deere that propels the vessel all across the B.C. coast.
Since Achiever’s re-launch in 2006, our research vessel has traveled more than a hundred thousand kilometers, logging many of these hours on transect surveys for marine mammals and birds...
Afternoon lesson plan aboard @raincoastconservation research vessel Achiever was windward sailing in the Salish Sea. Plying the Coast Salish territory through the power of wind and tide.
2018 shipyard aboard Raincoast Conservation research vessel “Achiever” is complete! With coats of primer and paint applied, a few new ball valves, a shinned up prop and few other upgrades, Achiever is back in the water. A big thanks to …
Raincoast Conservation research vessel “Achiever” going through its annual maintenance period. Hauled out at Stones Marina and thank you Nanaimo Yacht Charters for paint and Transport Canada inspection.
Could you join Raincoast aboard our research vessel in 2018? “Over the past 12 years and countless nautical miles Raincoast’s dedicated research vessel Achiever has clocked in over 10,000 engine hours plying coastal waters to support our research, education and …
A snowy end to 2017! With Raincoast Conservation Research vessel Achiever tucked away for the winter, it was a pleasant surprise to see her decks white with snow instead of sea spray. Happy 2018!…
The Gulf Islands were abuzz today as #BCEX17 day one of two were taking place. The exercise is the largest in Canadian Coast Guard history. The Achiever was not invited to participate……
10,000 hours and going strong! Raincoast Conservation Research vessel Achiever hitting a milestone this fall from her tireless efforts of conservation science, youth engagement, media, and funder trips. Seems fitting to hit the milestone during a stormy fall day.…
Coastal wolves separated from their inland cousins thrive with the rich biodiversity that the ocean produces. Traveling throughout the Great Bear Rainforest aboard Raincoast Conservation research vessel Achiever I never know when I will catch a glimpse of these amazing …
She made the cover! Raincoast Conservation research vessel Achiever on the cover of this months Pacific Yachting. She is not a haunted ship of the Graveyard of the Pacific but does continue to ply coastal waters for Raincoast’s continuous efforts …
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