Meet up with Aissam and Salim

The weather looked good, but there was a chance of rain in the afternoon.  Joe saw thunderstorms and cancelled, saying it was too dangerous.

We agreed to start a little earlier at 10 instead of 11, which was a good thing.

We sailed from the club channel to Baie d'Urfé and returned. After the gut, storm clouds were maturing.  Soon I decided to start the engine and made it to the dock about 10 minutes before the rain at 2:15.

All was perfect.

Somerled called with the estimates for the brakes, and by 2PM, it was ready.  

My plan was to go anchor to watch the Perseid showers with the new moon, but the forecast was for showers or rain.

I sat around in the boat until 4, when I decided to go pick up the car and go home.

S3R6 - PHRF I & II Division - Tuesday Aug 11

Paul, Scarlett and Natalie raced with me in a tight, hard-driving race. Scarlett helmed.  Winds were good and relatively stable.

We worked hard to finish 9th out of 15 boats in our division.

Our track

Return to club

Monday with Eric Granny Alex Ethan and Leo, supper with Darla and brake failure

Eric and the family came out for a sail.  I biked to the club and got life jackets for the boy when they showed up.  

Motored to before the lighthouse, and we sailed north around the lighthouse foundation, and then the winds died.  We drifted back towards the harbour, and at 2PM I started the engine and got back to the harbour by 2:15, so they could return home before 4PM.

After Eric's departure, I did a major tidy-up of the boat and locker. I got drenched by a heavy shower. 

At 5, I departed for Canadian Tire and had supper with Darla.  She was very hungry, so I skipped Canadian Tire and went straight to the Manoir to meet her.  Nice supper.  She is travelling to Cancun and Dallas soon.

I went to Costco, and upon leaving Costco, the Honda brakes failed.  I stumbled to a gas station on Sources, put some gas in and topped up the brake fluid, but it drained out.

I drove down Sources and decided I could make it to Somerled Garage.  The brakes were very soft and failed to engage when the pedal hit the bottom.  But there was no pressure until it hit the bottom.  Downshifting showed the car quite effectively, so I drove down Highway 20, exited at St. Jacques, dropped off the keys in their mailbox, and started walking home.  I put on my AirPods, and only then did I realize I left my phone in the locked car.  I walked home, got the spare key and bike to the Somerled garage, and got my phone back.

WindMill Point Long Distance Race

Paul, Natalie D, and I did the Wind Mill Point long-distance race with the J24.

I had hesitation between the 150 and 135 headsail.  At the last minute, we switched to the 135, which was a good thing.

Nathalie helmed and set sail to the start near the lighthouse foundation.  The racing chart showed more shallow spots than I was familiar with, so I took the helm.  

We were badly positioned and took two minutes to cross the line.  Winds were over 15 knots.  We tacked to the Gut and to AD 28, then to SL 31, tacked to AD 28 and ran back to the club using the whisker pole, doing over 5 knots.

Starboard tack was not doing as well as Port tack.  Need to check/tune the rigging.

We came in last.

We had a beer with the fleet.  I gave Paul a tour of the Royal, had a nap and biked back home.

Single Handed Race - Abandoned

I took off for an 11:30 start of the Single-Handed Pursuit race.  Winds were light and I had the 150 on.  I was the third to start.  Watching Slow Dancer reverse to deweed.  I had problems filling the sail again after stopping the engine.  Eventually I did, but I missed the start by 40 minutes!  Seascan had similar difficulties but was 20 minutes ahead of me.  The problem was lack of wind and the current made it difficult to head upwind.

I had to remove the baby stay as it was interfering with the 150 tacking.

The 150 had developed a rip in the anti-chafe with the spreader and tended to get caught on the port spreader.

It did not take me long to pass Seascan, and I sailed most of the course without passing any other competitors.  

After PCYC, Fugu retired, and SeaScan was motoring back, so I called in that the three of us were retiring.

During the race, there were some arguments from PCYC on the VHF.  They complained that our race course was interfering with their J24 regatta.  They asked what buoys we were using, but RC did not have the race course. Pierre came on, saying that we were professional racers and would not interfere with their regatta.  Later, post-race, I suggested to Luc that he send tomorrow's Windmill Point course to Frank at PCYC, and he said loudly, "The lake is big, and he won't do it."  I shut up.

Later that evening, we had the White Gala.  I think I had too much sun and was probably dehydrated.  I spent the night aboard BELLUM

Friday Fun Race - NOT

Alex called and asked me to move my boat from PCYC since the J24's were coming in. I took the bus and Exo to the club and sailed back.  I had a problem with their Optis coming out of the harbour with me.

I sailed back to the club.

John, Shawn, Natalie L and Catherine from Persecco came out to race. Upon leaving the harbour, the RC returned, saying there was no wind and the race was cancelled.

We continued to have a great sail into the darkness and returned at 9:15, with the kitchen closed.

RC sucks.

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From Tufino Blue

GNS NOT

About 2PM, I set sail from Dowkers to PCYC and asked the crew to meet us there. A Squall warning was issued from Cornwall to Trois Rivières.  I motored the last mile to PCYC.  The Sqall warning was cancelled soon after.

 Natalie, Scarlett, John, Shawn and I met at PCYC, and we set sail in light winds to race.  Unfortunately, the RC cancelled the race before it even started.

We had a nice sail and docked beside Gennis, since the service dock would be occupied by the J-24 Coup Quebec.

Supper of Beef Burgeon and John drove me to Shana's birthday party at the Wheel Club.