Living under the radar in Victoria's Inner Harbour
Mere metres from an airport is no place to call home, according to one recent resident of the Wharf Street marina.
Elena Yovovich and her partner first moored their boat in the marina in the summer of 2008.
“(We moved in) because there was nowhere else to go and I did not know how bad it would be,” she said.
Noise at the marina, wedged between the Hyack Air and Kenmore Air terminals and Harbour Air and West Coast Air terminals, never ceased for more than 10 minutes at a time, she said.
“You can’t actually breathe outside,” she said, demonstrating how she used her sleeve to filter the fumes created by the float planes.
Yovovich’s complaints have sparked a series of reactions, including an investigation into live-aboard vessels at the marina by the City of Victoria and a review by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority.
Yovovich is not opposed to the working harbour. But the harbour authority needs to better accommodate residents at its marinas, who are charged a live-aboard fee, she said.