Sunday Was Beautiful

We took the boat out on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was a beautiful day, but there was basically no wind. We motored about trying to find some wind, but eventually gave up. Sunday was a much better day, with a steady 13-15 knots of wind from the east.

A New Bird on "K" Dock

We have a new neighbour at PCYC. The boats name is SEABIRD and it's a DUFOUR 32 Classic owned by Chris Ouellette.

Welcome Chris to "K" dock!!!!

The Stacks Come Down As Promised

As promised the 4 sisters came down at 7:31 on Monday, June 12th. The video was shot from Port Credit Yacht Club.

Last Weekend for the Four Sisters

This is the last weekend for the 4 sisters in Mississauga.

The power generation Plant beside our club: Lakeview Generating Station (LGS) is being demolished. The 4 smokestacks, known locally as the "4 sisters" are coming down tomorrow morning at 7:30am weather permitting. Each stack is 146 mitres tall (493 feet) and built from reinforced concrete.

LGS and the 4 sisters have been a fixture on the Mississauga waterfront since 1962 when the plant opened. LGS was a 2400 megawatt coal-fired generating station and in the 1970s supplied 17% of Ontario's power. Demolition starts with the 4 sisters coming down tomorrow, followed by the power house later this summer. By this time next year all that will be left is a field.

We're told we won't see any condos being built here any time soon. The site is zoned industrial and will likely end up being reused as a power facility, likely natural gas fired.

Although I not sorry to see this source of pollution gone, we're going to miss the stacks for navigation on the lake.


We sailed on Sunday afternoon. Weather was sunny, and the strong winds that we had on Friday and Saturday (gusts to 40 knots) had settled down. Although conditions were a little unsettled with the wind changing directions and periodically disappearing altogether, we finally found 10-11 knots wind and got VICTURA going over 7 knots (Not bad).

I'll post some pics tomorrow of LGS with the stacks gone tomorrow.

Not a Great Weekend for Sailing

It wasn't a great weekend for sailing. Saturday it poured rain all day. Sunday things cleared up and the sun came out, but not very much wind. We went out Sunday afternoon for a sail. Wind was only 5 to 8 knots, so it wasn't very exciting, but nice to get out anyway. VICTURA performs well in light winds and we saw 5-6 knots in 8-9 knots of wind which is pretty good.