Fall Sailing - September 28, 2008

Sunday was a beautiful fall day with nice conditions on the water. Temperature in the low 20's and wind (at least when we started) about 10-12kts. We set out about 12pm and caught up with Julie and Vince Wong on Peas & Carrots who were on there way in. As Pea's & Carrrots pealed away Peter and Donna Howells on Cassis caught up to us and we sailed towards Toronto. The conditions were superb and we made good headway. We had a wind change and the wind gradually built to the mid teens with gusts into the 20's. We shot some video of Cassis healing in the wind. After a few hours and a building sea, we turned around and started back making great time. We had Victura doing 8.25 kts on the return leg surfing down some waves. When we entered the harbour, the wind was gusting to the mid/upper teens. A few of our neighbours were waiting on the dock to grab lines and we made it in without incident.

Last Day of Summer

Lsst day of the summer and it was a beautiful day for sailing. Temperature in the high 20's and wind blowing from the south west at 10-15kts. With Sara and Barbara busy with other things, I took Jamie and a couple of his friends from school for a sail on Saturday. Chris (far right in the first picture) is from Paris, France and is in his 2nd year at U of T with Jamie. Mike (in the middle) is a friend from high school. We sailed out past Toronto Island making great time in the strong winds. Lots of boats were out and we had a great sail.

Cruise to CBYC

This weekend we went on a club cruise to CBYC with about 40 boats from the club that headed across to CBYC. We club raced with a few other boats. Not a lot of wind for a race, but we had good seats for the air show as planes roared overhead from the Canadian National Exhibition. We made it over to CBYC by about 3pm just in time for the pot luck at 4pm. Had a nice dinner in the club house, and settled in for the evening. We had a late start on Sunday and headed back to PCYC around noon. The sail back was terrific as the winds were good at 10-12 kts and we had the wind on a beam reach most of the way. We again had good seats for the air show. We were back by 4pm and called it a weekend for boating.

Weekend Visitors

We had some visitors last weekend on the boat. Rick & Sue Silver some friends from the Bank that we've know for a very long time. We relaxed on the boat, had a few drinks and dinner on the boat. We hope to get Rick & Sue out sailing before the seasons over.