Wanted to get to West Marine, so I confirmed online that they opened at 10am and was 10.4 km from the boat. However, when we got out of MMC, there was a marathon on, and Lakeshore was only one lane. I thought, oh, we only have to go four blocks to get on the Gardiner. Well those four blocks took over half an hour!!!
We picked up some West Marine foulies for both Rita and I, then headed back to the boat.
Quick check of the engine oil, and we casted off.
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| Leaving Mimico 12:22pm |
Once past the Leslie Street spit, we made a direct bee line to Whitby.
Flat water, no wind; we were making 7.4 knots on the knot meter, and 6.9 knots on the GPS with the engine running maxed out @3300 RPM. It was surprisingly quiet. We burned a 1/4 tank of diesel.
Off of ABYC, I opened the engine compartment to check for leaks and found nothing.
The autohelm and GPS kept on cutting out, and I determined that it is a shorted wire on the GPS.
I disconnected the GPS and the autohelm worked fine. When I giggled the disconnected power connection for the GPS, the autohelm cut out. So we have a loose wire in the binacle.
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| Off Whitby Yacht Club |
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| Coming in harbour |
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| Thanks Rich for these shots |
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| Arrive Whitby 5:07pm |
We had all our club friends from Whitby and Newcastle meet us at the dock.
It was a nice reception. We even got a blast on an airhorn (found out later it was Tony).
Pretty uneventful. Big Still Time performed admirably.
Had a wonderful BBQ with over a dozen of us.
Trip Odometer: 34.31 nautical miles
Moving Avg: 6.9 knots
Moving Time: 04:55:17
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120506.kmz
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