tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91242046395293101702024-02-08T00:07:02.094-05:00Sea SpriteOur time with our Sirius 22 and other sailing adventures.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124204639529310170.post-51627137215676063622019-12-26T12:36:00.001-05:002020-01-16T14:01:50.347-05:00<span style="color: blue;">Sailing 2018</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Well no boat show again this year. Life is just a bit busy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Tough decisions were made this year. Due to family health issues and our sons impending Wedding we made the decision to leave Sea Sprite on the hard for the season.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> This of course doesn't mean we didn't get on any boats.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">As you can probably tell from these pictures we made a trip to London England. Anita won the trip from the Ingersoll Rotary Club. ( </span><a href="http://www.ingersollrotary.com/">http://www.ingersollrotary.com/</a> <span style="color: blue;">) So many things to see. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">And later in the year we found even more boats.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> SY NGONI was also hiding from the hurricane. This boat was just amazing. Check out this youtube link. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgYy-ZAbPM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgYy-ZAbPM</a><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">In July my Father passed away. Sadly missed but fondly</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> remembered.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> Okay to start I am not the best blogger. I do not update very often and have been even slower this time. I really have been putting this off.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> I broke one of the first rules of computers. Back up everything.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> I failed to do so and my hard drive failed taking most of my 2015 pics with it. LESSON LEARNED.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> We made our annual trip to the Toronto Boat Show. We went alone this year as we could not seem to set a date with the others.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> It was the SAME good show. We bought a few things but found ourselves looking at all the SAME things again. SAME vendors SAME boats. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> Perhaps we need to take a couple of years off.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> First Mate gave me my Tilley for my first Father's Day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> Anyone who has sailed or fished with me over the last 27 years or so has seen my Tilley. It has been a true friend for a long time. (Gord and Lorne know what I mean.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">As you can see after much use on Wildwood Lake, Long Point Bay, Florida Bay, Penobscot Bay and other rivers, ponds and lakes it has become a little worn. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> So as a surprise First Mate/Admiral had Tilley replace my hat with a new one under warranty for my birthday. (Seems like a way to cheap out of a gift.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> The new hat is clean but has no character. I plan to add some character in the near future. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">I hope to have Tilley replace this one 27 years from now.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> With advice from Gord, Les and Gerry and some parts from Gord as well, the First Mate (someone had to crawl under the boat) and I managed to repair the thru hull.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> As you can see above we moved across the Bay this year to try a new Marina. We are very happy here. </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">George runs a great place and has the cleanest washroom on the Bay. Wifi and security cameras are also great to have. The docks are tighter but we just had to improve our skills a wee bit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> We launched on May 7th. Always a challenge but things went smoothly and we had her at the dock after 2 1/2 hours work. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> As you can see the weather was great and this is a record early season night on the boat. </span>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><br /><br /> However the rest of May was not quite as good. Of course the long weekend was cool as usual. We only sailed 44 nm in May. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> With the poor weather and family health issues we missed most of June.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> In July we got back to sailing. Many good sails and some overnights. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> We anchored out near Rowan Bluffs on Canada day and watched fireworks all around the bay.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> By the end of July our mileage was up to 186 nm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">The Admiral celebrated a significant birthday this year and she chose to celebrate in Manhattan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">We also did Broadway shows, Times Square, Central Park. Empire State Building, Grand Central, etc, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">We did not sail that much in August but ended the month with a total of 220 nm. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">We did manage to visit the Sailing Club for a dinner and a poker run at the end of August. Had a great sail with the gang and ran into many old friends. Alway fun at the Club.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Bayfest weekend (Labour day) The Marina had a pork BBQ. We met many boaters (even some sailors) while enjoying the meal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">We anchored out for the night and watched great fireworks from Port Rowan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Chris and Les also came down for a sail and swim. Gerry and Sophia met us at the dock to check out the marina.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Good food, good friends fireworks makes a great weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">The next week Paul Carter came down for a visit and a sail. He seemed to enjoy the Bay and the Marina. (Wildwood sailors don't seem to show up until their boats are put away.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Later in the month our good friend Cathy joined us for a sail, BBQ</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">We got in a few somewhat cooler sails this month. We even sailed on Thanksgiving Day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Pulled her out October 19th. A new late season record for us.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">We ended the year with a total of 346 nm sailed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">LAUNCH - Rowan Bluffs Marina</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">As predicted this made it much easier to secure the front stay. (First mate wants to know why it took seven years.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We also added this custom made carpet ( imported from the Bahama's ) to keep our toes warm in the morning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We had a wonderful sail over with a following wind. However by the time we entered the harbour we had six foot following waves. A bit much for our boat. We decided to stay the night and wait for calmer seas for the sail back. Had a great Perch dinner down on the beach (Callahan's Beach House Restaurant) while watching the waves crash in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Investigation led to the conclusion that we failed to leave the sea cock open last winter. This has always been enough to prevent freeze damage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Griping that we needed to pull the boat back out the First Mate told me to put a cork in it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I don't think she meant the boat. However that was the best solution and saved the summer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">It was not the best summer weather wise but we still managed to sail quite a bit and slept on the boat 19 nights. (16 at anchor) We hauled Sea Sprite out on the 27th September. No casualties reported.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I really hate Canadian winters. This one was very cold with lots of snow. It came early and stayed long.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Our only respite was a trip to the Toronto Boat Show with Les and Chris and an all too short trip to Freeport to see Gerry and Sophia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">At the boat show we attended seminars by Paul and Sheryl Shard (http://www.distantshores.ca) and Michael Leahy (http://www.great-lakes-sailing.com/). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Both were great seminars. The four of us all learned things.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Grand Bahama is wonderful and warm and Gerry and Sophia are great hosts. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Gerry managed to find a Blue Hole for us to snorkel many fish were seen. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">It was another great trip to Freeport. Swimming, snorkeling, sailing, jeep tours, Count Basie Square, rum, wine, the game and good friends. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">It was over too fast and there was still a lot of winter left when we got home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">LAUNCH 2013: Long Point Bay </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Sea Sprite sitting at her new very </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">well protected dock at Rowan Bluffs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> LEARNING YEAR: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> We had never sailed Long Point Bay before and even though we had boated here with our old Crestliner (stinkboat) years ago, a sailboat is quite different. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> The inner bay is very shallow in spots and a swing keel becomes your friend in a hurry. The weeds became a challenge later in the season. Larger waves (4-5 foot at times) and stiff winds had us reefing quite often. We even used the second reef on the main once.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> We also had to use the GPS (chartplotter) as intended. First Mate became very good at this. Buoys and lights became important aids.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">LIGHTS AND MARKERS AROUND THE BAY:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> Port Rowan Harbour </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">Light</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Port Dover Marina Light</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Port Dover Harbour Entrance</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394;">We started sailing early in May and as you can see the air was cool. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">We really enjoyed the long spinnaker runs. We had some last over two hours without touching anything.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">We also enjoyed what the First Mate calls destination sails. We sailed to Ryserson Island, Pottahawk sandbar, Bluffs bar, and to the tip of the point. We also sailed to most of the Towns and Marinas around both the Outer and Inner bays.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Pottahawk Sandbar.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Our two biggest sails were to the tip of the point and a sail to Port Dover.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The trip to Dover and back was done over two days. We rented a transient slip for the night. We sailed a total 36 nautical miles from our dock back to our dock.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> Sea Sprite looked a bit small</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> beside </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">some of the boats in Port Dover.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The Trip from our dock to the tip of the point and back was done on one day. We sailed\motored a total of 41 nm. It was a long day. Left our dock around 10.am and returned 12 hours later.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">Anchored near the lighthouse</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> at the end of the point.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The tip of Long Point. Nothing </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">but Sea gulls and sand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Several friends and family members came down to check out Rowan Bluffs and the bay. Here are a few pics of some of them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">We slept over 26 nights and sailed a total of 620 nm.</span></div>
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The First Mate and I both consider the season a success and are making plans for Rowan Bluffs again next year.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Another long cold winter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We got to the Toronto boat show again this year. Les, Chris and Hans from the </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">It was great to be around boaters and boats again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I did the normal tiller and rudder revarnish this winter. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Our personal carpenter ( Thanks George ) also made us a spare rudder blade. It is not on the boat yet but our old blade has considerable rot around the pivot hole and won't be with us much longer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Well don't we look happy. No this is not Sea Sprite. This is Ramblynn. We are sailing off the coast of Grand Bahama Island and having a ball.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ramblynn belongs to our friend Gerry from the Club. Gerry and Sophia graciously invited us to spend a week with them in Port Lucaya at the end of January. Being boat people we felt right at home moving onto Ramblynn. I always sleep better on a boat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We met a number of wonderful people who all made the trip a success. The coffee group welcomed me and had many insights into island life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We especially enjoyed the company and generosity of Ken and Joanne. We also met a cruising couple from Canada (Ralph and Wendy) and enjoyed their company at the fish fry and at happy hour.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ralph and Wendy (Sailing Altona) and Sophia's blogs (Life is Good) can both be found on my blog list. Have a look you will enjoy them both.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Winters are just too darn long. Yes it was a mild winter with very little snow but still winter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The first mate and I spent more money than we usually do. Fenders, mast head\deck light and other small parts and oh yes you guessed it more shoes........</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">In the early Spring we also made a trip to Port Credit and visited our favorite stores. ( Mason's, Genco and HMP ) We picked up a wind indicator, VHF antennae and an anchor light. We had to order a new main halyard block as no one had it in stock.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I was very busy in the early spring installing all these new parts. In fact I ran out of time and had to launch without refreshing the bottom paint. ( Must do that next Spring. )</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We launched on Sunday May 5th.***** Lets get the season started.****** First sail was on May the 8th.</span><br />
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We raced again and again no wins. We finished 5th in June and 2nd in July. We always enjoy the challenge and learn more each time. We really enjoyed dicing with Chelsea and her crew aboard Trinket.</div>
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On the 14th of June we where sitting around the fire about 10 PM. We both saw a fire ball (large meteor) travel from one end of the lake to the other. It disappeared over the dam. It was green and white in colour, very large, very low and very bright. Did not hear any sound from it. I'm sure I will never see another one. </div>
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Many of our friends joined in the flag flap this year.<br />
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Thinking of adding one of these to help deal with the odd stink boat. It just might fit in the anchor locker. The half million dollar price tag may be a bit steep though.<br />
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We missed the August race because we where in Halifax to visit our son. We had a great time and even managed a day in Lunenburg.<br />
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We arrived just in time to see the end of a sailboat race.<br />
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We finally got to see Bluenose II. She was in dry dock and would be relaunched within weeks.<br />
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The Farley Mowat was also in Lunenburg. This ship has an interesting history with the Sea Shepherd Society. (see Wikipedia)<br />
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We also spotted the Spirit of Canada.<br />
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We attended the Port Credit in the water boat show with some of our sailing friends in late August. Gord helped us pick up several bargains. Always take a Scot when haggling over prices.</div>
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Upper Thames had to lower the lake early this year to do some "planned" dam maintenance. It would have been nice to know this when we bought our pass for the "planned" full season. We had to start pulling boats in mid August. Upper Thames had to close the lake to all boats at the end of August. </div>
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We sailed 288 nautical miles up and down the lake and we reached a maximum speed of 6.5 knots. (this is according to the GPS)</div>
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This was a difficult decision as we have made many great friends at the Club and have enjoyed the racing, dinners and even the Peanut Gallery. (which we joined in from time to time) </div>
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We have been exploring the idea of taking Sea Sprite to Long Point Bay on Lake Erie. I spent a lot of time there when I was younger. My grandfather always had a boat on the Bay. When our son was young I have to admit we also owned a stink boat which we used on the Bay a lot. We spent many afternoons at Pottahawk swimming eating and fishing. After a lot of looking around and many different thoughts we have decided to move Sea Sprite to Rowan Bluffs for the 2013 season. </div>
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We hope this will extend our season next year.We also look forward to spending nights anchored out on the Bay and sailing from Port to Port. I should also be able to do a little more serious fishing with all the weeds and sand bars.</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124204639529310170.post-76386150779222026512011-01-09T10:07:00.000-05:002011-01-09T10:07:19.129-05:00Sailing in 2010It was a long winter again................ The only break in the cold was a trip to the Toronto boat show with several of our friends from the club.<br />
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Launched in early May. This year Anita and I managed to launch on our own using a mast raising system I built. Prototype needs improvement but we were successful.<br />
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We spent all our vacation (5 weeks) as well as weekends on or around the boat and club this year. This made for a very relaxing and rewarding summer. <br />
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Over the winter First Mate made a quilt to fit the V berth. Should make for warmer nights.<br />
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No this is not Sea Sprite it is Victory Chimes a three masted schooner that the First Mate and I happily celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary on. She sails off the coast of Maine.<br />
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Hopefully the wood in this picture looks better than last years. I used Sikkens Cetol Natural Teak coated with Cetol Marine Gloss. This product was recommended by a friend of ours at the Club. (Thanks Gord) It was easy to work with and looked as good at the end of the season as it did in the spring. I also refinished the tiller with Cetol. The only varnish I used went on the mahogany rudder blade.<br />
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We were one of the first boats in the water in the spring. May can have some cool evenings but the winds are great. According to the repaired knot meter we sailed a total of 316.82 nautical miles over the season.<br />
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We happily celebrated Canada Day at our favorite place with great friends<br />
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We participated in three races this year with better results. June race we placed 4th, July race we placed 3rd and in August we placed 5th.<br />
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Another fine suggestion from our friend Captin Gord.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124204639529310170.post-10681270590192729682008-10-27T17:16:00.028-04:002008-10-31T21:44:52.645-04:00The Rest Of 2007<div><br /><br /><div>So new boat in the water, many new gadgets to play with and only a few weeks to make the most of it.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5Xb9t-g3jd1G5KA1QO_zMB7ujiBwYLKx1lgQhFOiC7zguziCzpYDk_gQEgCmnpMRo2LmTsEVXUUuYGL27_s0FP9wn-qQcv30bBeF0oCraXImPpOWxSa28V9A3ez5yTctrTF2QJGnQ8U/s1600-h/100_1418.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261954291033284882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5Xb9t-g3jd1G5KA1QO_zMB7ujiBwYLKx1lgQhFOiC7zguziCzpYDk_gQEgCmnpMRo2LmTsEVXUUuYGL27_s0FP9wn-qQcv30bBeF0oCraXImPpOWxSa28V9A3ez5yTctrTF2QJGnQ8U/s320/100_1418.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Took Pam and Lorne out on the boat. Pam was able to get Sea Sprite going faster than we had yet. Lorne had many fine suggestions for improvements.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT3djhHsee36BXK0zE_9ECZBrvmx6DWYCOlPZ0QcKFD_3mPhhU4KnhYmlUGDyl6kyi9OD0QEpkzawxCaKnHqXgV88ZjXURlYDIOZVXRfXIicKHDueb8hIrMREGubAJqxZ5M5NiMVsZHo/s1600-h/100_1397.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261958154704427058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT3djhHsee36BXK0zE_9ECZBrvmx6DWYCOlPZ0QcKFD_3mPhhU4KnhYmlUGDyl6kyi9OD0QEpkzawxCaKnHqXgV88ZjXURlYDIOZVXRfXIicKHDueb8hIrMREGubAJqxZ5M5NiMVsZHo/s320/100_1397.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Our son came home from Newfoundland ( he's in the Navy ) and went sailing with us. He really enjoyed the boat. 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She has however left me in charge of the<br />spiders.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7ABE8hC2bRiGe3R22qMRIT5wD9EF0L5YFKVvN3nlrIu7IRVCYA24XDr-ibPd-UFs73UpLkNsW6mz2umtBHf0geHhvumQPz8LUTf677Roqpis_hv8qlJtwEyz-LkeuCAg9hseqDzVCbM/s1600-h/DSC02545_00_00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262744689435237282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7ABE8hC2bRiGe3R22qMRIT5wD9EF0L5YFKVvN3nlrIu7IRVCYA24XDr-ibPd-UFs73UpLkNsW6mz2umtBHf0geHhvumQPz8LUTf677Roqpis_hv8qlJtwEyz-LkeuCAg9hseqDzVCbM/s320/DSC02545_00_00.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We even raced Sea Sprite. (only our second race ever) We discovered that the boat was more capable than we were. More practice required for next year.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8svFcKqFRj59OfhRSwfX_LLHIhMeYg6JBhgg2P-sYbACE4ikKj0ulUnWuAY3XhCaM2JZwNFETZ7edxauSDnUhOjzM7UDDq3t7uiNd9-7q73LFenCUWiCZsevRQjpxFvZQRCCgPcGYVBk/s1600-h/100_1403b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262892740169527474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8svFcKqFRj59OfhRSwfX_LLHIhMeYg6JBhgg2P-sYbACE4ikKj0ulUnWuAY3XhCaM2JZwNFETZ7edxauSDnUhOjzM7UDDq3t7uiNd9-7q73LFenCUWiCZsevRQjpxFvZQRCCgPcGYVBk/s320/100_1403b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As can be seen in this picture the woodwork needed to be redone. This included the hatch slides, door slides, doors and the tiller and rudder. Kept me busy over the winter.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif37xZ7WsAGLAgRdrW7BLx_yo0xIj1Zdy3mSKE_zt_fhpBMK9WP4wPWyGCZ5Xt7QIOBRepn2kZ-8pu9X4F60LeVH8WzrPETb5AdUBxf09laYIOz16zQnn37qUWweRdqhim08ALt6WQo2w/s1600-h/100_1841_00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263498669842253554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif37xZ7WsAGLAgRdrW7BLx_yo0xIj1Zdy3mSKE_zt_fhpBMK9WP4wPWyGCZ5Xt7QIOBRepn2kZ-8pu9X4F60LeVH8WzrPETb5AdUBxf09laYIOz16zQnn37qUWweRdqhim08ALt6WQo2w/s320/100_1841_00.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Ever notice winters are longer when you own a boat? </p><br /><p></p><br /><p>Not real happy with the tarp. Changes to come. </p><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124204639529310170.post-24062253618076406672008-10-26T12:24:00.001-04:002008-10-31T22:12:38.059-04:00New Boat<div>Sea Sprite is a 1986 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Vandestadt</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">McGruer</span> Sirius 22 that we where lucky enough to take ownership of August 1'st 2007. We sold our Siren 17 (Short Escape) just a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sho</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbjTnQZePritXMkb3hlU6TczYLPrCPuD2gAKx84fyC_PCT7PfBxTvWyBNlo4JxLMlAZT9cfdQUHS1PrqAu8w9bhzRTtP8MJ3IBPs25-m-Ms1oK97uXYRUwpJIKSEJZDAPC_5rZdvaNkXk/s1600-h/100_1251.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261512512368699618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbjTnQZePritXMkb3hlU6TczYLPrCPuD2gAKx84fyC_PCT7PfBxTvWyBNlo4JxLMlAZT9cfdQUHS1PrqAu8w9bhzRTtP8MJ3IBPs25-m-Ms1oK97uXYRUwpJIKSEJZDAPC_5rZdvaNkXk/s320/100_1251.jpg" border="0" /></a>rt 3 days earlier. As I was on vacation it was very important to find another boat. My Wife (Anita) and I delivered Short Escape to her new owners on Saturday and on Monday we bought our new boat Sea Sprite. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>On Wednesday the 1'st my Father and I took his trusty truck north to pick up the new boat. It took us most of the day to take her out of the water pack everything up and tow her to her new home at the Club. By the time we arrived at the Club it was too late in the day to do anything except go home.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnotI-5q9qdV8MkRvKbNxH3JGmvBBOBPfD4mhf2AfXTheac8feexdFBiqJp6CQ3F3M0SNlCgcjGQqGOUI_mha83WNeENaSpQfZJUnCpFH9yZnFw_HA5vlx3sg7zmjn5h-Zl4gpFaOxCE/s1600-h/SS1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261523801866685554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnotI-5q9qdV8MkRvKbNxH3JGmvBBOBPfD4mhf2AfXTheac8feexdFBiqJp6CQ3F3M0SNlCgcjGQqGOUI_mha83WNeENaSpQfZJUnCpFH9yZnFw_HA5vlx3sg7zmjn5h-Zl4gpFaOxCE/s320/SS1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The following day I worked all day long and finally with the help of good friends George, Les and Lorne managed to launch and dock her at the Club.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0