Peter Vassilopoulos

Peter Vassilopoulos has been writing for Pacific Yachting Magazine since 1974. For 12 years he produced a power boating column called Power Pitch. His many published articles includes powerboat reviews and Pacific Northwest cruising trips and destination stories.

Based on extensive coastal cruising, in the past 18 years he has produced cruising guides including his popular Docks and Destinations, Anchorages and Marina Parks, and three coffee table styled books, Broughton Islands Cruising Guide (formerly titled North of Desolation Sound), Cruising to Desolation Sound and the Gulf Islands Cruising Guide.

He also authored a coffee table art book titled Mariner Artist John M Horton and a book on a collection of classic yachts, Antiques Afloat.

Vassilopoulos is the founder and former publisher and editor of Canada’s Diver Magazine and was formerly involved in radio and television news production in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa.