Eve and Sylvie came. We sailed through Valois Bay to the Gut and around, meeting the fleet, with Just Now and Air Mobile blocking us from the Compromise.
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| The Blue Shit |
We got back to the club, had some blue shit and got my 20-year pin
Andre invited me to sushi and dessert aboard Ballade.
Sunday was going to be wet, so I decided to bike home. Made it just before the rain.
On Thursday, I tried to get to the club by bike, but my backpack was too heavy, and I locked the bike at Ville St. Pierre and took the BMW to the club.
I took off for PCYC to pick up the Thursday GNS race, which was cancelled due to lack of winds. We had a crew supper of roast chicken with Natalie and Maud.
I gave a donation to the club and had a good chat with Alex.
Spent the night at the dock. The next morning, there was a squall warning, and I was comfortable at PCYC. It was very pleasant at the club. I took a nap in the afternoon.
Shawn, Johnny and Natalie went out for a good sail in 15-22 knots of wind. Lots of swearing!
We missed the windward mark and did the gybe mark by mistake and we decided to abandon the race.
We saw few boat out there.
I spent another night, and at 8 in the morning, I sailed back to the club for a sail past.
There were almost no winds. Natalie was invited to cancel, and she did.
Shawn and Alex were there, and Johnny was looking for a boat, so he joined us. Pierre had not agreed to crew with Shawn on Espresso, but it seemed Pierre was single-handed, so Shawn chose to go with Pierre.
There was almost no wind. We put our head sail up before the gut and sailed past the gut and then drifted back through the gut.
The race was cancelled, we had a beer and then motored back to the club. I noticed the fridge was not working. It turns out I had pulled the connector off the circuit breaker while I was working on the bilge blower earlier in the day.
We got our 15 points.
The old bilge blower started complaining and eventually failed about two years ago.
I finally decided to change it. Although it is not necessary for a diesel, I figured I should fix it since I had all the parts that I bought in Florida on my way back from the Bahamas. I got a new SeaFlow blower and some new 3-inch hoses.
The old blower was under the starboard gunwale and not accessible. I installed the new one under the port gunnel and reversed the direction of the blow.
Now it was time to wire it up, and this should have been an easy job. It took 6 hours. The wiring behind the main DC panel had not been seen for a couple of years, and my memory of it was poor.
It was wired with a Manual/Auto switch, with Auto using a thermostat to cool the engine and providing feedback if the engine compartment was hot.
I could not figure out why the thermostat circuit was not working. Eventually, I determined the DPDT switch was broken. I found a replacement in the storage locker, fixed it, closed the DC panel, and replaced the trim just before the FFR.
After the race, I noticed the fridge was off. I accidentally pulled the spade from the fridge circuit breaker. Fixed it after the race and gave the boat a good soaping to try to get all the shad fly cadavers off. The fourth time I washed her since Sunday's episode.
Scarlett came late, and we rushed to the start line.
Not many boats from the Royal, and we finished last.
We could not get a good start timing. There was a general recall. We did not have good timing on the second start. Messed up the first windward mark, and we tacked too far. Too bad because we were just catching up to Slow Dancer.
I got to the club for the Lakeside Chat on Emergencies on the Water with Michael Martin. It was pretty good.
I tried to reassemble the Johnson motor, but I had a few issues.
Lounged around, visited Sonic, which was pretty sad.
Cleaned up the locker a bit. Set up a shelf in Norm's locker.
I made myself Conard Confit and went to bed about 10. It was a rocky night.
Got up at 8 AM, and there were thunderstorm warnings, so I headed back to the club. Had breakfast and drove home
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| Homeward bound |
I got back to the club, washed the deck and dressed the ship. Eve and Sylvie came. We sailed through Valois Bay to the Gut and around, meet...
