Days to launch

Haul Out

An intense cold front was coming in today.  Winds forecast was 60 km from the south.

I tried to get out yesterday but Dave did not get my messages in time yesterday.  I went to the club this morning to see if they could slip me out.  They did.  Norm came to help and we got hauled out by about 9:30.

November sailing !

I have never sailed in Novmeber .. until now

Norm and Patrick join me to sail from 1 PM to 5 PM.  Nice winds.  No 2 sial.

Packed the main away afterwards.

That is Flirtation behind us

Play Hookey

Last week Tuesday looked like the best day of the week.  16 degrees C.  It was wrong.  It wen to 18. Actually colder on the lake in the wind.  Winds were pretty wild in the morning, but the afternoon was pretty nice.

We did a quick seasons end pump out and gas up.  Put in 48 liters at 50 hours on Hobbs.  That comes out to 1.6 liters per hour.

We came out of the club.  The club windsock was showing winds from North.  I tried putting up the No. 3, but the winds were from the West and had an apparent component of 28 knots.  Took down the sail and motored to the Gut. Buoys were gone but a few spars marked the channel.

Nice beat towards Dowkers and a beam reach back..

Boat was doing 6.4 on No 3 and diesel conditioner was well shaken and stirred.

No Frostbite.

Boat vibration test with Maurice

I went to the club at 10:45 to help Redline haul out. 

I also scheduled Maurice to come have a look at the vibration with the engine.

We went out for a test run. 

He says it is "weird".  Not the kind of answer I want to hear from an expert.  Maybe the propeller is out of balance, maybe the propeller is not well seated in the shaft.  Maybe the strut is having problems. 

I am not eager about taking out the strut.  Let it wear out a bit before we go there.

Investigate further after haul out.

No frostbite

Jimmy cancelled for the Sunday race.

Winds were gusting to 27.

Angela never answered

Alain was not certain

Chris never commits

I decided not to race

Forecasted

Actual

I came to the club later and cover Cygnus and packed up some stuff to put into St Amboise Locker

Monday was much nicer and we sailed Redline at 11 and came back in light winds to do pumpout and take down head sail.

Pas de deux

Daniele was not feeling well so Norm substituted in for the PCYC pas-de-Deux race.

I came to the boat early to tidy up after Wednesday rapid departure after fuel filter change and bleeding and rigged the boat for the race.

Winds were light.  I took off the drum for the 155 sail and JP helped me fold and put away the 135 for the season.

We cast off about 10:15, our start time was 10 minutes 47 seconds.  We were probably 40 seconds late.  Nice sail.  7 degrees but nice and sunny. Everything on the lake looked much closer than during the summer.

Winds oscillated slowly.  Water was fairly calm or flat but the wind did keep us moving.

We came out 17th out of 27 and we sailed back to the club. 

Course was No 2

Wonderful afternoon of sailing with Patrick

18 degrees, 15 knots of wind, good beer,good company.

I replaced the fuel filter afterwards. Had to call Andre for help.  He had to come by bus because his wife took the car to Magog and I had taken my bike to the club. We took the bus back together.

Frostbite

I came to the club on Saturday to do some work on the boat. Checked the oil and drilled some holes on mast for Cunningham and pole down-haul and fixed up the trailer.

I decided to sleep aboard with two heaters.  One was more than enough.  Zig-Zag was entertaining with movie night.

Daniele was going to stay home, recovering from the strike and previous weekend. Chris never answers.  Andrea was too toasted due to conferences.

Jimmy showed up with a Egg McMuffin.  We went out and had nice winds.  Sailflow log seemed wrong.  Winds were more like 10 knots and shifting a lot.

Temperature went up to 16 degrees.  Nice.

Was too strong for Jimmy to handle the lines so he helmed I got my Calisthenics.  First race was three sausages and second race was two sausages. We had some traffic issues with RSL1 shark. 

We sailed okay but most others sailed better. Sailing was pretty nice.

Clam chowder at the club.

Frost Bite 2015

Overall

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Ratings: Custom, Entries: 25, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Fleet	Boat	SailNo	Club	HelmName	Custom	R1 October 4, 2015 10:10	R2 October 4, 2015 11:43	Total	Nett
1st	Laser 28	Blue Nuit	121	RStLYC	L.Farmer	1.074	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.0
2nd	Laser 28	Decompression	214	RStLYC	P. White	1.074	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
3rd	Laser 28	Andanzas	211	RStLYC	E. Bastet	1.074	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.0
4th	PHRF		Can 558	PCYC		1.086	4.0	4.0	8.0	8.0
5th	PHRF	Allegro	CAN 956	PCYC		1.086	5.0	5.0	10.0	10.0
6th	PHRF	D'Adlib	42345	PCYC		1.086	6.0	7.0	13.0	13.0
7th	PHRF	Chimere	935	BYC		0.939	8.0	6.0	14.0	14.0
8th	Whitesail	Chaos	42982	RStLYC	Wisenthal	1.104	7.0	8.0	15.0	15.0
9th	PHRF	Limoncello	115	RStLYC	J. Lombard	0.958	10.0	9.0	19.0	19.0
10th	Whitesail	Dazzle	84184	RStLYC	McGee	0.986	9.0	12.0	21.0	21.0
11th	Whitesail	Espresso	50347	RStLYC	McBride	1.070	14.0	10.0	24.0	24.0
12th	PHRF	Therapy	404	RStLYC	K. Grassie	0.962	11.0	13.5	24.5	24.5
13th	Whitesail	Amalia	19	BYC		1.057	12.0	13.5	25.5	25.5
14th	Laser 28	Capt. Haddock	115	RStLYC	Campbell	1.074	16.0	11.0	27.0	27.0
15th	Whitesail	Dissidence		RStLYC	E. Idziak	0.982	15.0	18.0	33.0	33.0
16th	Whitesail	Airway	52590	RStLYC		0.996	19.0	16.0	35.0	35.0
17th	PHRF	Karina	USA 745	PCYC		1.086	17.0	19.0	36.0	36.0
18th	White Sail	Bellum	34379	RSTLYC	A. Wong	1.015	18.0	20.0	38.0	38.0
19th	Whitesail	Solo	1799	RStLYC	Flaherty	0.920	13.0	26.0 DNS	39.0	39.0
20th	PHRF	RSL4		RSTLYC		0.942	26.0 DNS	15.0	41.0	41.0
21st	Whitesail		58	BYC		1.022	20.0	22.0	42.0	42.0
22nd	Whitesail		CAN 148	PCYC		1.061	26.0 DNC	17.0	43.0	43.0
23rd	Whitesail	Fugu		RStLYC	Taylor	0.965	21.0	23.0	44.0	44.0
24th	Whitesail	Drifter		RStLYC		1.082	22.0	24.0	46.0	46.0
25th	PHRF		RSL 3	RStLYC		0.942	26.0 DNC	21.0	47.0	47.0

R1 - October 4, 2015 at 10:10

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	SailNo	Club	HelmName	Custom	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	Laser 28	Decompression	214	RStLYC	P. White	1.074	10:10:00	11:00:57	0:50:57	0:54:43	1.0
2	Laser 28	Blue Nuit	121	RStLYC	L.Farmer	1.074	10:10:00	11:01:19	0:51:19	0:55:07	2.0
3	Laser 28	Andanzas	211	RStLYC	E. Bastet	1.074	10:10:00	11:01:36	0:51:36	0:55:25	3.0
4	PHRF		Can 558	PCYC		1.086	10:10:00	11:03:21	0:53:21	0:57:56	4.0
5	PHRF	Allegro	CAN 956	PCYC		1.086	10:10:00	11:03:52	0:53:52	0:58:30	5.0
6	PHRF	D'Adlib	42345	PCYC		1.086	10:10:00	11:03:56	0:53:56	0:58:34	6.0
7	Whitesail	Chaos	42982	RStLYC	Wisenthal	1.104	10:10:00	11:04:23	0:54:23	1:00:02	7.0
8	PHRF	Chimere	935	BYC		0.939	10:10:00	11:14:28	1:04:28	1:00:32	8.0
9	Whitesail	Dazzle	84184	RStLYC	McGee	0.986	10:10:00	11:14:04	1:04:04	1:03:10	9.0
10	PHRF	Limoncello	115	RStLYC	J. Lombard	0.958	10:10:00	11:16:13	1:06:13	1:03:26	10.0
11	PHRF	Therapy	404	RStLYC	K. Grassie	0.962	10:10:00	11:16:12	1:06:12	1:03:41	11.0
12	Whitesail	Amalia	19	BYC		1.057	10:10:00	11:11:11	1:01:11	1:04:40	12.0
13	Whitesail	Solo	1799	RStLYC	Flaherty	0.920	10:10:00	11:22:55	1:12:55	1:07:05	13.0
14	Whitesail	Espresso	50347	RStLYC	McBride	1.070	10:10:00	11:13:46	1:03:46	1:08:14	14.0
15	Whitesail	Dissidence		RStLYC	E. Idziak	0.982	10:10:00	11:19:48	1:09:48	1:08:33	15.0
16	Laser 28	Capt. Haddock	115	RStLYC	Campbell	1.074	10:10:00	11:13:55	1:03:55	1:08:39	16.0
17	PHRF	Karina	USA 745	PCYC		1.086	10:10:00	11:14:26	1:04:26	1:09:58	17.0
18	White Sail	Bellum	34379	RSTLYC	A. Wong	1.015	10:10:00	11:20:05	1:10:05	1:11:08	18.0
19	Whitesail	Airway	52590	RStLYC		0.996	10:10:00	11:21:53	1:11:53	1:11:36	19.0
20	Whitesail		58	BYC		1.022	10:10:00	11:23:46	1:13:46	1:15:23	20.0
21	Whitesail	Fugu		RStLYC	Taylor	0.965	10:10:00	11:28:49	1:18:49	1:16:03	21.0
22	Whitesail	Drifter		RStLYC		1.082	10:10:00	11:23:35	1:13:35	1:19:37	22.0
23	PHRF	RSL4		RSTLYC		0.942	10:10:00		DNS		26.0
23	Whitesail		CAN 148	PCYC		1.061	10:10:00		DNC		26.0
23	PHRF		RSL 3	RStLYC		0.942			DNC		26.0

R2 - October 4, 2015 at 11:43

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	SailNo	Club	HelmName	Custom	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	Laser 28	Blue Nuit	121	RStLYC	L.Farmer	1.074	11:43:00	12:19:39	0:36:39	0:39:22	1.0
2	Laser 28	Decompression	214	RStLYC	P. White	1.074	11:43:00	12:20:55	0:37:55	0:40:43	2.0
3	Laser 28	Andanzas	211	RStLYC	E. Bastet	1.074	11:43:00	12:21:05	0:38:05	0:40:54	3.0
4	PHRF		Can 558	PCYC		1.086	11:43:00	12:21:02	0:38:02	0:41:18	4.0
5	PHRF	Allegro	CAN 956	PCYC		1.086	11:43:00	12:21:41	0:38:41	0:42:01	5.0
6	PHRF	Chimere	935	BYC		0.939	11:43:00	12:27:52	0:44:52	0:42:08	6.0
7	PHRF	D'Adlib	42345	PCYC		1.086	11:43:00	12:22:29	0:39:29	0:42:53	7.0
8	Whitesail	Chaos	42982	RStLYC	Wisenthal	1.104	11:43:00	12:23:13	0:40:13	0:44:24	8.0
9	PHRF	Limoncello	115	RStLYC	J. Lombard	0.958	11:43:00	12:29:26	0:46:26	0:44:29	9.0
10	Whitesail	Espresso	50347	RStLYC	McBride	1.070	11:43:00	12:24:53	0:41:53	0:44:49	10.0
11	Laser 28	Capt. Haddock	115	RStLYC	Campbell	1.074	11:43:00	12:25:19	0:42:19	0:45:27	11.0
12	Whitesail	Dazzle	84184	RStLYC	McGee	0.986	11:43:00	12:29:30	0:46:30	0:45:51	12.0
13	PHRF	Therapy	404	RStLYC	K. Grassie	0.962	11:43:00	12:30:46	0:47:46	0:45:57	13.5
13	Whitesail	Amalia	19	BYC		1.057	11:43:00	12:26:28	0:43:28	0:45:57	13.5
15	PHRF	RSL4		RSTLYC		0.942	11:43:00	12:32:26	0:49:26	0:46:34	15.0
16	Whitesail	Airway	52590	RStLYC		0.996	11:43:00	12:31:36	0:48:36	0:48:24	16.0
17	Whitesail		CAN 148	PCYC		1.061	11:43:00	12:28:47	0:45:47	0:48:35	17.0
18	Whitesail	Dissidence		RStLYC	E. Idziak	0.982	11:43:00	12:32:32	0:49:32	0:48:39	18.0
19	PHRF	Karina	USA 745	PCYC		1.086	11:43:00	12:29:31	0:46:31	0:50:31	19.0
20	White Sail	Bellum	34379	RSTLYC	A. Wong	1.015	11:43:00	12:32:50	0:49:50	0:50:35	20.0
21	PHRF		RSL 3	RStLYC		0.942	11:43:00	12:36:49	0:53:49	0:50:42	21.0
22	Whitesail		58	BYC		1.022	11:43:00	12:32:57	0:49:57	0:51:03	22.0
23	Whitesail	Fugu		RStLYC	Taylor	0.965	11:43:00	12:38:00	0:55:00	0:53:05	23.0
24	Whitesail	Drifter		RStLYC		1.082	11:43:00	12:35:25	0:52:25	0:56:43	24.0
25	Whitesail	Solo	1799	RStLYC	Flaherty	0.920	11:43:00		DNS		26.0

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Meet up with James and Ellie

On Monday morning, they were forecasting 31 mm of rain.  By Monday afternoon, that went down to 80% of about 5 mm of rain.  I figured it would start lightly at 2 and get stronger.  I planned to be back by 3 or eearlier if we saw rain clouds.

Several people cancelled.

James did not have Internet at home I had had to stay in contact with him by phone as to if we go or not.  Ellie showed up a little later.

Jame had never been on a boat.  He had told me that he was a pilot, but later said that he never did it because his wife got pregnant. Some other strange stories, but he was really an odd-ball and did not enjoy the trip and complained a lot.

The winds were excellent and there were many signs of the sun giving us a very warm day.

We put up the sails as we left the harbour about 10:20.  We had a tight tack to get through the Gut, sailed to Dowker back about 3 times.  No signs of rain, got back about 2:30.

Leeway with Michael and Scott was coming out of the club as we were coming in.  

James left without helping to tie up the boat.  No thank you.  Ellie and I tied up the boat.

Peter was supposed to be having a coffee with Angela at the club at 3PM, but he did not show up.

Rain started at 4

I did an oil change and washed the boat and got to the clubhouse for a beer just as the rain came in.


Overall a nice day.  I deserved a medal.

The warmest September on record: Environment Canada

Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips says the average temperature in the city this month was 18.8 degrees — well above the seasonal norm of 15.5 degrees.
The hottest day of the summer was on September 7th when the temperature hit 31.8 degrees.
In addition, Phillips says there were only seven days of rain this past month.
Phillips says even with a forecast high of only 13 degrees today, September will still end up being the warmest September since the weather office began keeping records at Trudeau airport in 1941. The record high average for September in Montreal was the 18.6 degrees recorded in 1961.
And the country's top weather forecaster has even more good news — he says there will be an Indian summer in October, and that this coming winter will be warmer than the last two.

Weekend

Daniele was supposed to race the Myrtle Cup on Saturday, but she started getting a cold.

I had lent the trailer with the car to Chris so I biked to the club on Saturday morning, went to the boathouse and got a charger, LED anchor light and a few other things.  No new anchor.  Elizabeth came to the Boathouse to drive me back to the club with the stash.

I had lunch with the Myrtle Cup crowd and then Keith came by to measure and photograph the spinnakers that Peter had given him.  They fitted very well on Bellum.  I should buy them.

I installed the charger on Saturday and commissioned it on Sunday.  Norm came by and suggested supper at the club.  I was supposed to have supper with Elizabeth. 

About that time Anne Marie came by to visit Cygnus.  Looked interested.

We all did supper at the club.  Nice evening with a wine down on Redline.

Sunday morning I got up in the dark with a flashlight and finished the charger installation and it all worked fine.

Daniele felt better and came to race the first Frostbite.  On the way to the boat she "dumped" the cart with all our clothes and food into the lake.

I had decided to change head sail as winds were supposed to be light.  All this caused us to get to the starting area late. But as predicted, the race was postponed.  We put up the 155 and she sailed quite well in very light winds.  But about 11:30, the race was cancelled.

We sailed to the sandbars and anchored.  The winds wen to 12 knots.  We put the drum back on while Daniele napped.  We sailed for a couple of hours and the winds died down and we drifted for a while.  Eventually we motored to the bay beside the club and had an Asian Rub Pork tenderloin as we watched delicious sunset on one side and a super moon on the other side.

We came back to a rough dockage and came home to Daniele's and tried to set up her new brother printer to her Mac without success.  The printer was very poorly designed.  Sometimes even the power button did not work.

Nice weekend.

Forecast for Sunday (from Friday)

Actual winds - Race canceled 11:ish, wind came up noon

Western Sunet

Eastern Moonrise

James and Laura

Daniele left about 11.  James showed up at 12 sharp. :)

It was supposed to be cold but it got up to 20.  Quite a difference from the 28's we have been used to.

There was also a decent wind, unlike what was forecast on on Friday.

We set off, motoring to the gut and set up the sails.  Laura wore gloves though out the whole trip !

Nice tacking in a west wind. 

We came back at 3:30 and I left to see Monique with the new laptop.

Easy weekend with Daniele

Daniele need to rest and sleep well this weekend.  I had invited Chris and Jame sailing on Sunday

Weather was nice on Friday so she decided to come sailing.  I did the groceries at Akavan. 

I came to the AQVA meeting on Thursday afternoon.  Had the meeting and had a few beers with Manon and decided not to go out by myself.

Friday I washed Bellum, Pax and a good cleaning on Cygnus.

Cut out the toe rails on Bellum.  Got a little agressive.  Dremeled the outboard motor mount to fit better.

I moved stuff between the locker and rigged the starting of a cunningham and an outhaul.

About 2, I was exhausted and sat at the lawn with Scott and Jean-Louis of Malin, a 26 ft Grampian sailboat.

Daniele showed up about 4, just before Redline. Chris writes to cancel Sunday to go apple picking.

There was no wind. We got a pump out to get rid of the vinegar I used to clean out the holding tank. We motored to Dowkers, towing a Shark with JP to Pointe Claire church, and in the end decided to Le Baie Aurmais, even with the south winds. There was just Redline and Bellum.  We started Friday with 12 year old Glenlivet and a Tandori chicken.  A very nice evening,

Next morning we got up late.  Daniele relaxed.  Redline took off.  We decided to take off about 1ish and reached to the gut and tacked around

a bit when it looked like the cold front was coming in with some rain.  We headed back to the harbour since there were supposed to be strong winds with the cold front.  We go in just in time to avoid the rain about 4.

BBQ supper was difficult in the rain and winds.  It was gusting to over 20 knots and the BBQ kept going out.  Eventually the pork tenderloin was delicious.

Got up the next morning to change crew. 

Daniele slept well on the weekend. Mission Accomplished.

Tuesday Meetup

It was a lousy weekend.  Rain Satuday, Sunday, Monday. 

I called Peter about having a sailing meetup on Tuesday.

I got there at 2, talked with Patrick, power washed Cygnus.

Winds were very good, a nice sail.

3:30 departure, everyone took the helm.  Sailed to 7 PM and went out for Italian at Natalino. 
Very good day

Friday evening sailing

Daniele and I went out in the afternoon after doing a little extra groceries (veggies) to supplement the food I bought.

Dropped off a memory chip that I restored some deleted photos on for Rick.  Left it with Lise at home.

We set off about 4ish, single handed departure.  Fugu came out behind us with the family.

We motored to the gut and sailed.to Dowkers.  Winds were supposed to be 2-3 knots.  So we sailed to the sand bars to settle for the night.  (damn Wind Guru, it was maybe 10 knots)

We polished of the remaining  Glenlivit 12 year and had a Costco NY strip supper inside, as it was pretty dark.

The night was pretty rocky with East winds meeting the West current of 10 knots in the morning.  At 8AM, the rain started drizzling and we decided to come in.

We pumped out, washed the deck and had bacon and egges and chicken livers.  I had the chicken livers.  We decided to skip the last Friday race.  Apparently 9 boats sailed for about 50 minutes in drizzly weather.  I head it was a nice course.

In the drizzle I installed an engine comportment light, battery operated v-berth light and fixed the 12 volt cockpit outlet.








Daniele and I went to MAC to see theDavid Altmejd and Jon Rafman exhibits where we met Yves,  followed by supper at Le Jardin de Panos and then watched Next on Netflix.

Wednesday race with Rick and Lise on Naomie

Weather was rainy and storm watch in the afternoon.  It was scheduled to be over by 7PM.  Manon cancelled again in the last minute.  So it was just Jimmy and myself.  We decided to take Naomi.  Rick came by as we were leaving and I invited him.  We were short handed.

Nice race.  Came in forth in the dark after a very nice sunset.  We had trouble finding the finish line.

Jimmy had no beer, but I was well stocked and it was appreciated !

Supper at the club

Installed new stern line on dock

Awesome labour day weekend and Monday sailing

Daniele and I went to Access Electronics on Friday to get some batteries and wires to fix the navigation lights.  The old wiring was a mess.

We got groceries for the long weekend.

We had planned to go explore the Chateauguay river with the Kayak since the wind forecast for Friday and Saturday was calm.  When we got to the club, there was a decent East winds so we packed up and headed to Dowkers South in a run / broad reach.  Anchored and had a nice supper of Salmon.  BBQ worked okay.

Envingo was there too.

Night was rock and roll with the east winds, but it was okay. Redline spent the night at the sandbars.

Saturday was dead winds and hot so I fixed the navigation lights and we went and kayaked a bit. Swam a lot. Enjoyed a good afternoon nap. Redline went to Soulange.  Talisman VII was kayaking round in their new inflatable kayak    Supper was Portuguese flat chicken.  Nice.


Sunday was windless or not windy enough to sail. We kayaked around Dowkers.

In the late afternoon, Redline came up with the hailer as we were napping on the cockpit.  Traffic at Soulange in the lock was getting crazy so they left.  Norm was telling me the winds were going to be crazy from South West, so we moved to Dowkers bay.  We had hot Italian supper aboard Redline and I left him with one Kayak.  so we did not have to tow two in the strong winds forecasted.

Monday was windy - up to 18 knots from the west / south west in the bay.  Redline left and shortly afterwards, we left.  We put up the reefed main and full jib, but eventually rolled up the jib too.

Nice sailing doing up to 7.2 knots.  We circled around the lake several times and then came back, exhausted and happy.  Saw Naomi come out as we were entering the gut.

Supper at Danieles.

Wednesday race in light winds

Norm, Jimmy and Daniele came to race this second to last Wednesday race.

Winds were light and went to very light.  Norm took the helm. Steered very well and delicately.Eight eyes on the wind shifts.

Great start, close to the start line with Chaos coming up fast behind us, close to RC.  We tacked shortly after start to avoid the dirty airs.  We made it to the windward buoy on that tack, with very  little pinching.

Winds died on the downwind and race was shortened.

We came in fourth.  Last in our fleet. 

Daniele and Norm stayed for supper.  I just had a beer after a large lunch with Jean B.

Nice sunset, but too intense for pictures.

Les Beaupres

Marie-Frederique, Benôit and Alain came out for a Sunday sail.

Nice winds.  Sailed around the lake a few times and had a Hamburger BBQ in the bay beside the club and motored back to the club in time for 7 PM termination.