Long Weekend at Fifty Point

Over the August long weekend we sailed Victura over to Fifty Point on a club cruise with our friends Peter & Donna who sailed on Cassis. Conditions on the trip over were ok. We started out with very little wind and were motorsailing for the first few miles. The wind built as we crossed and we soon found ourselves with enough wind to sail. After 10mi or so of sailing, the wind shifted right onto our bow making it impossible to continue on our course under sail. The winds were now gusting to more than 20kts so we decided to motor the last 5 miles or so. ALthough I wouldn't call it rough, we had water splashing on the decks making it a bit of a rough ride. Getting landed into our slip was a bit of an adventure with the high winds, but we had lots of help on the dock (thanks Martin, Roseanne & Trevor). We stayed over on the Sunday as the weather was a bit off with rain in the forecast. We had a nice dinner in the restaurant and some pleasant walks around the conservation area. Our trip back was a good sail with wind around 10-12 kts most of the way. As was the case when we sailed over, the wind built as we got closer to our destination Port Credit reaching into the 20's. Again it was a bit of an adventure getting the boat docked back in our slip, but we had lots of help on the dock. A nice weekend that ended all too soon.