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.
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…
Would you like to join us here this fall? Competition coming soon. Watch this space. Photo by @AprilBencze.
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.
Class is in session! Raincoast vessel Achiever is a floating classroom exploring the Salish Sea with conservation leaders of tomorrow.
Achiever heading south for her inaugural trip of 2018. This week we set sail with a lucky group of high school students from Victoria. Stoked to be helping to mentor the next generation of Salish Sea Stewards, and always an honour to share space with the legendary Raincoast team!
Could you join Raincoast aboard our research vessel in 2018? “Over the past twelve years and countless nautical miles…
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 conservation programs. 2017 was no different with Achiever spending 7 months during spring, summer, and …
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We’re grateful for many things – not least a fantastic staff. Pictured here is Nick Sinclair (@sinclairne on Instagram), skipper of our research vessel Achiever. From leading trips into the Great Bear Rainforest with research partners, media and guests to converting Achiever into a floating classroom for youth engagement, Nick keeps us safe, entertained and …
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We are grateful for many things, not least a fantastic staff. Pictured here is Nick Sinclair, skipper…
The work we do is inseparable from the ocean. Whether we are researching grizzly bears, coastal wolves…
Another day, another awesome anchorage in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Raincoast Conservation research vessel Achiever.
There’s a hole in the boat, Dear Liza, Dear Liza! Captain Nick Sinclair peaks out from Raincoast conservation research vessel Achiever…
Here is Achiever’s story, as published in Tracking Raincoast into 2016. It begins with a few short words in Tracking Raincoast into 2003: “We’re looking for a research vessel.” By 2004, we had found and acquired Achiever – a passenger sailboat built in New Zealand by Kiwi designer Bo Birdsall. Achiever spent her formative years …
Raincoast conservation research vessel Achiever at our first anchorage of this September Great Bear Rainforest expedition.
Underway on Raincoast conservation research vessel Achiever for September Great Bear Rainforest expedition.
Encountering more Great Bear Rainforest beauty on our trip on Raincoast conservation research vessel Achiever.
Our Raincoast conservation crew in the zodiac going back to Achiever after spending the day in a beautiful Great Bear rainforest watershed.
