It doesn't get much better than this

A beautiful weekend here in Toronto for sailing. Conditions were about perfect. Wind 12-15kts from the south and temperature hovering at 30C. We set sail from Port Credit to Toronto on a beam reach making 7.4kt SOG. Lots of boats on the water and a great ride. We sailed out past the island then started back to Port Credit. We had one lull where the wind dropped to 8kts, but after 10 mins or so we were seeing 13kts again. Not quite as fast a ride back but a beautiful day. Let's hope for a few more of these in September.

Cruise to Port Dalhousie - August 2010

The first picture below pretty much describes the sail over and back to Port Dalhousie. Motoring, motoring and more motoring. It was nice to be on the water but a little wind would have been nice. We managed to sail for a few miles at the start of the day going over and the coming back, but the wind on both days quickly petered out and we were on the engine. Dalhousie was nice. We had a nice dinner on Saturday night with friends and a BBQ on the Sunday.

Summer Cruising - July 2010

We managed to sneak away for a few days of sailing this summer to Fifty Point Conservation area and Niagara on the Lake. Sailing into the Niagara River you get a very nice view of Fort Niagara. We stayed at the Niagara Sailing Club on the Canadian side and met up with Vince Julie Wong and Dale & Carin Hamilton from the club. NOTL Sailing Club is a short walk from the town and tourist areaa. The sunrise is from the morning we left. With some thunder storms in the forecast we had to beat it back across to Port Credit. Too short a stay. We must go back.