Saturday, March 2, 2024

Monday, December 4, 2023

Deep cleaning - NOT

The LL promised to do "deep cleaning of the building in the upcoming days" due to the pest infestation.  

Two weeks later this is what the laundry room, garage, and gym look like























Sunday, December 3, 2023

mice infested building

 This summer and fall, the building has been infested with mice.

I saw my first one on November 8.  November 23.  Installed my own traps on the 24th.  On Dec 3, I caught my first mouse.





Monday, November 27, 2023

Water leak under vanity 6 weeks to fix

I reported a water leak under my vanity on Nov 27.  

They did not come to look at it until Nov 30.  

They told me they had to remove the vanity to fix the leak.  They removed it and it took six weeks - January 15 before they finally installed a new vanity.


That is seven weeks with a sink in my bathroom





Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Overnight at Sandbars - last trip

Last Sail

At 10:30, I winterized Tara II, I went with Sylvie to St. Lazare to borrow Patrick's Honda.  

I got back to the club at 7 PM, I motored the boat from the outside dock, out to the gut.  I was CS about trying to sail her to the gut.  It was almost a full moon, sometimes visible through the clouds

At the gut, I set sail in 12 knots of west winds, dying to 6 knots.  I could not make headway with 6 knots with just the 155.  The boat just did not handle well with just the jib and the winds were shifty.  So I started the motor, motoring to find a good shallow spot near the sandbars and anchored for the night.  Temperatures were down to 15.









Supper were the last ribs from St. Hubert with potatoes, onions and a roated garlic. 





Next moring, I sailed back close to the gut in a broad reach. Winds died and I motored through the gut and docked at my dock.

I picked up my remaining lines and started putting away stuff into boxes and bags I had. Norm and David helped me fold the main and 150.

Went downtown for my meeting by bus, but David gave me a lift to Montreal West, where I caught the 90 and 24 buses to my meeting.  Then off to see the presentation of PUSSY RIOT at the MAC.  I took the EXO back to the club, messed up with the 209  bus and ended up at the club 45 minutes later than expected.

I slept aboard and got up early for the haul out.

Went to the dock at 7:30, got a pump out, and unloaded a lot of stuff into the Honda and storage locker.  Winterized the boat, drove to Yoga, storage locker and home.





Haul Out early morning




Good to be out Friday, because Monday was snowing ... Redline haulout.

Saturday was nice and I installed the winter frame with help from Dine and Lucie.




The 155 had been installed since September 25.  Missed several opportunities to race due to difficulties in changing to a smaller sail in the last month.


October started out with 10 incredibly warm days.  Then we froze.


Summary of season

1241 nM

152 hours on motor




Garbage on Sunday morning

 Disgusting garbage on Sunday morning