Wednesday I got dressed up for a meeting on Trans Canada in Dorval. Took the car in as it looked like a risk of rain and may not be back home until after Redline's return, The meeting was quick and I did some errands on Doneganni and got some food from Adonis.
I emptied the boat of extra sails and other stuff. I put the battery charger on Cygnus, She is in pretty bad shape. Dirty and very wet.
On Thursday I lounged around, setting up the big clock on Perception, waited around for Patrick to finish his meetings so we could look over Cygnus. He was discouraged too.
Winds picked up a bit, it was hot so, at 4PM, I motored out, ending up at the west end of the bay beside the club. I anchored and went for a swim and nap. About 5, a hovercraft came by to inspect the groundings reported to them near AD14.
The winds picked up, I sailed south and then tacked towards the gut. I almost hit a powerboat that was being boarded by police. They were in my blind spot behind the sail. Pretty cool collision avoidance by the cool captain. Not even a blink.
I passed or was passed by Ghost Owl, Erindale, Chaos and Gaucho on the way to the race. I decided to race so I put up the main and raced to the start but was too late and it was too crowded to have a have respectable opportunity to start so I just sailed around the windward and gybe marks watching and avoiding the competitors.
Later I sailed to Ile Perrot and decided to dock at IPYC at 9:20 because the forecasted winds were high overnight. The gate was locked.so I did not / could not check-in.
Nice evening, heavy rain overnight. Left at 10 back to the club in a broad reach and run. Arrived at the club at about 12:40.
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