David took Joan and cousins visiting from Syracuse, NY, Denis and Lindsay Sullivan and their son Luke out for a sail through the harbour and around the island. With wind out of the ESE, we motored through the western gap until we could deploy the genoa in the harbour. It was a tight squeeze, but with Luke at the helm, we made it through the eastern gap on a single tack. Then, with Otto at the helm, fell off to the SW in gentle swells and brilliant sunshine. The wind died before we reached Gibraltar, so we
ployed the jib and fired up the grey rocket, returning to the club for a late lunch. Good weather (max wind 13kts), good company, good food -- what a fabulous way to enjoy a summer weekend in the city!
1500-2000HRS Onboard: Eric, Terry, David & Keith Beveridge When I arrived at the boat, I put fresh Alkaline batteries in the Handheld VHF. When David and Terry Arrived, they took me up the mast and I switched my old wind transducer for the one
1530-1715HRS Onboard: Eric Terry and I went to Canadian Tire today. While there I picked a 12V car vacuum on sale for $14.99. I tried it when I got to the boat. It is not great but it is functional enought to be useful. [Image: 2006-08-02 15-18-12-1
1500-1900HRS Onboard: Eric I took care of a few issues on the boat. I have noticed a bit of increased friction in the steering, and a slight groaning sound near the limits of it's travel. It has been a year and a half since I last lubricated the rud
1530-2000HRS Onboard: Eric Terry and I went out at lunch to get some aligator clips to make cap straps and to get a DIN pin for the free wind transducer. When I got to the boat I made nine new cap straps. THen I went sailing to escape the heat of t
1300-1600HRS Onboard: Eric As a postscript to yesterday's drenching sail, when I got to the boat today, I found that despite our efforts to keep it dry and vertically oriented,Terry's PFD had inflated. [Image: 2006-07-30 16-03-16.jpg] There was a r
0530-1900HRS Onboard: Eric & Terry I arrived at the club at about 5:30. I emptied the water out of the dinghy and rowed out to Arioso. The engine was started to make sure that the batteries were charged, and I rigged the fenders and mooring lin
Work done by: Eric I went to West Marine today to buy a replacement gas cartridge for my auto inflatable PFD. While I was paying for it, I noticed a Raymarine wind instrument transducer laying on the counter. I made a joking comment to the girl at t
1700-2030HRS Onboard: Eric & Terry On my way down to the club I stopped at West Marine and purchased a chart of Port Dalhousie. When I got to the boat I put 21L of fuel into the tank. It is now full. I also pumped out the freezer and put two blo
1530:1900HRS Onboard: Eric, Ian& Jean Malloch, Jim & Anne Cormack, Ian & Margaret Dale The Dales were visiting Mom & Dad Malloch from Scotland. Uncle Jim and Aunt Anne were also in town to see them. They all came down to go sailing.
1000-1430HRS Onboard: Eric Started out with a clear blue sky under main and No.1 jib. The wind was light out of the south. I headed out past the Leslie Street Spit intending to make a day of it. Then I looked aft and saw what was coming out of the
Onboard: Eric, Terry and his friends Blair & Louise and their children Giles and Jillian 1200-1300HRS Terry and I went out to Canadian Tire at lunch and bought 2 60-90 lb Mustang Children's PFDs. I need these because Cece and her friends are now
I put 21 liters of fuel in the tank, pumped out the cooler and put 2 blocks of ice onboard. I was going to repair the small tear in the jib, but the wind was out of the east and Arioso was directly in line and very close to the boat on the next moori
Onboard: Eric 1600-2000HRS Wind was SSW at about 10 knots. Sailed on about bearing 150 under No.1 jib (I noticed a small tear in the jib right around spreader level. I will have to fix this) at 5 knot fro six nm or so. Came about, and headed back ho
At about 10:00- 10:45PM, some severe thunder storms ripped through the area. Environment Canada reported gusts of over 100 km/h (55 knots). After the weather passed, I drove down to check on Arioso and Avra. As far as I could see, they both appeared
1430-2030HRS Onboard: Eric, Terry and his Sisiter-in-law Karen Terry and karen arrived at about 5:00PM. There was no wind at all in close to shore. However once we had motored about 3nm south we picked up a steady SSE wind blowing 10-12 knots. [Imag
Onboard: David, Terry and Jon Terry, Jon and David arrived at the club about 4:45 and with no plan, or pressure to be back early, David took Avraike out to Arioso in case the taxi was not running when we returned. Meanwhile, Jon and Terry learned f
Onboard: David, Joan, Richard and Daniel Igra David & Joan took their friends Linda, Richard and Daniel Igra out for a sail around the island on Canada Day. With a SSW breeze of about 15 kts, we motored into the harbour with Daniel at the helm
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