Single handed afternoon

I slept aboard and got up early for a pump-out, gaz up and clean the windex of the bothersome spider's web.  All single handed.

There was a Sabre and two Chris-Craft cruisers at the fuel dock  Nice boats.  We think they were part of the wedding Saturday night.

I lounged around, did not find any crew and took off at 1 for some single handed sailing in 12 to 18 knots of west winds.  Gaucho and Chaos were out there.  Did several circuits checking out the SLVRA marks and played with new Axiom software.

I decided not to anchor out since the temperature was dropping to 12 C.

Came back about 5.  Dropped in on Redline and had T-bones (steaks).

Later I biked out to check the scene at Kelly's Orchard and come back to sleep aboard.  Next morning, I took off for Museum Day and Diana's Porch Fest.

Last FFR with Shelley, Karen, Peter and Carole

T;s the last Friday Fun Race of the season.

Shelley showed up then Karen and Peter was walking to the dock with his wife.  I invited her to join us.  She accepted.

There were only four boats Airway, Slow Dancer II and us and Globy arrived late - one start.  One long triangle.  Marks were far and a little hard to find.  Carole surprised me in that she had raced in a past life.

We did well, but came in a second.  We had several sailing handling issues with an inexperienced crew - especially with releasing and removing the winch handle that caused us to move from first to last at the windward mark.

Nice evening.  Nice sail back with drinks and chips.

Gaucho Thursday

I needed to go sailing so I joined Audrey.  DNF - did only two circuits. 

Audrey, Johnathon, Daniel and Sola

Everyone departed immediately after the race.

GNS 5 R4

Last race of this series.

Winds were from the south and fluky.

Last week Peter asked me if he can come race with us and I said yes.  Peter has never raced before.

Norm and Maud also joined us.  We got out early and sailed to the race area on a beam reach.  Windex was fouled with spider webs.

I took the helm.  I misjudged where the pin was and I tacked into the wind heading for the start line.  Tacked and tacked again.  We were over a minute late. Also, there was no Orange start (fireballs, dinghies) so our start was earlier.

There was only Chaos with 9 crew members and Bellum.  We came in second !

The wind picked up for a nice run back to the club.

BNI Challenge

Karen cancelled. Pierre O was supposed to come but had not responded to our emails, but he did show up.  Jimmy made it - borrowing a car from Pina.  Chris came late and we had to set up the 150 and take off for the race.  So tough to get crew at last minute.

We hastily removed the drum and set up the 155.

Pierre O had never been on a sailboat before, but he was a donner, so that was a good thing.

We had a good race in light winds, which shifted from North West to South East so it was almost all beating except for approaching the windward mark when the winds shifted.

BC44 was not where it was supposed to be or where we thought it was.  Many boats passed BC45 thinking it was BC44.  I think the replaced BC 44 with BC 45 and place BC 44 further north west of the old BC 44.

Supper with a very nice duck leg.


Photos

Bellum passing Adlib  https://photos.app.goo.gl/JFcJaTFV3n9RSEmx6

Came in 12th out of 23

Forecast winds in the morning

Actual winds

Friday Fun Race

Diana, Karen and Deva came to race the Friday Fun Race. 

Jimmy could not make it. Car problems.

Good race.  We had fun.  Nice sunset.

Fireballs

Shana, Renee, Evelyne, Nathalie and I came out for a sail and to observe the World Fireball championships hosted by PCYC.

We got off late because I biked there and had strong headwinds.  Everybody else got there early.

David met me on the lawn saying my dock is repaired and ready.

We quickly packed up the boat and took off to the open lake, but did not see the fireballs.  They were on the west end of the lake running back.

We sailed around, had a couple bottles of Rose (wine).

RC was setting up for another race, but that never happened.

We sailed around and came back to the new dock, packed up and Shana, Rene and I went to Demetre's for a fantastic BBQ.

Renee drove us back home.

GNS 5-4

Bob, Norm, Maud and I raced Tuesday night.

I got to the club early to set up the new Bellum dock that was temporarily assigned to her.

We left the harbour just before 6 in good winds.  Before the race, the winds started declining.  Norm took the helm.

We started about 40 seconds late, but we beat the crowd.

Raced the new course.  Not many boats were in our fleet.

Winds died near the end of race.

Broad reached back to the club as winds picked up.  Sun setting early now.

Actual winds

Forecasted winds

Soledad

Train tracks in Laval, beside bike path

Friday morning, I biked to Raytech to pick up my Torqeedo battery after a very long wait for inspection.  Then I dropped by Abra Electronics to get some replacement switches for the ones that blew out.  Turns out the LED's were supposed to be 3 volts.  I needed 1000 ohm resisters.  Maybe 2000 ohms as the light was very bright.

Norm up the mast

I arrived  at the club, pulled Norm up the mast to inspect the Raydome since there was water leaking from it the night before.  The gasket was a little worn and need some reseating.  Good Luck!

Sunset at Valois Bay

I cleaned the dingy and inflatable kayak.

I waited around for the FFR but it was not happening due to lack of winds.

I motored out towards the sandbars but decided to anchor outside of Venture. 

Norm was out at Grand Anse.

The next day Sylvie was trying to get us to go to Soulanges as planned.

Rain in Kingston, coming this way

There was rain coming in from out west, near Toronto.  But the forecasts out west (Ottawa) seemed to indicate it was just rain and no significant winds so I sat it out.  Sure enough the rain dissipated near Valleyfield and nothing happened.










At 3, I pulled the hook and motored to Kahnawake.  Anchored outside and had supper, then dinghied in to the marina for a beer.  Met Loraine there, drank and danced to midnight and then dinghy backed to the boat.

O'Keefe ?

Traffic near Kahnawake

Sunday I set off to Chateauguay to meet with Tony and friends.  While playing with the MFD, I strayed off the seaway and hit a rock.  The Axiom was acting strangely, not be able to zoom into where I was.  It took about a minute before it could get my location.  I reversed and was able to get out.

Club Nautique - Chateauguay

I tried to get to the centre nautique but it was too shallow so I anchored about 1 1/4 miles away north of Ile St. Bernard and dinghied in with the kayak in tow.  While anchoring, I snagged the dinghy painter on the prop. Jumped into unfoul it.

Rented a Hobbie cat in light winds with Karen and Rafael.  Karen and Rafael were invited to sail on Bellum next Friday.

Came back to the club Sunday evening, washed the boat and cycled home.

Restful, sort-of

Full moon race followed by BBQ

Thursday night was the full moon. 

We were supposed to race with Chris and Norm and have a BBQ. 

The sky was clear but there was no winds so we took Redline out for a sail and anchored at the sandbars for a delectable mid-eastern supper of Barvette and other Akarvan delicacies.

Chris drove me and my bike back home.

GNS 5-3

I rode the bike to the club and got there about the same time as the others.  Same gang of Maud, Norm and Bob.

We motored out and had a reasonable start.  Boat handled well.  Should have been 3rd since Borean did not do the proper course.