I had planned to do the delivery on Thursday, but the wind was going to be on the nose 12-14 knots with 3 foot waves. Wednesday afternoon looked better, 7-9 knots from the NW, so a comfortable spin ride to Whitby, switching to the south around dinner time.
- Me
- Michael
- Dave
- Rui
- Kamil
Dave and I took the GO train from Whitby and met the rest at the boat.
We left the dock a little after 2:30pm.
Because we left later, the winds had already swung around to the south.
We went outside Toronto Island, and tried to hoist the symmetrical "Frankenchute".
However, there was a twist the spinnaker (bad packing) and we to partially douse it to get it out.
Winds were from the south and 12+ knots.
We were too close to the wind, and the boat healed over.
We ended up losing the remaining masthead halyard.
In restrospect, we should have hoisted a headsail and wait until we got around the Leslie Spit before dousing to a spinnaker.
Once past the spit, we did hoist the fractional Evolution spin and sailed comfortably for a while.
Winds were dropping, so we did an outside hoist of the larger "Big Blue" and doused Evolution.
After a while the winds completely died, so we doused the spin and motor sailed for about 10 miles.
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| Dave and Michael |
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| Rui and Kamil |
About 5 miles from Whitby, the winds started up again from the North about 10 knots, so we killed the motor and sailed with a full main and #2.
We got into the dock at 8pm.
Trip Odometer: 28.2 miles
Moving Avg: 5.2 knots
Max Speed: 9.2 knots
Moving Time: 05:26:00
For some reason, I didn't save the GPS track.
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