Boys weekend to Hanlan's Wall in Toronto. This is the fourth year we have done this trip. Normally, I would usually go with WYC friend Chris on his Albin 41 trawler called "Wanderer". However, Chris already had the boat in Toronto for the week.
I sailed with Dave on his CS36 Merlin called "Skana".
We got to the club at the crack of 10, and left the dock by 10:30.
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Winds were 12-18 knots from the SSE: just aft of the beam, so we furled out the head sail and were skipping along at over 5 knots. Just past Pickering, the winds swung to the SW, so we motor sailed close hauled to keep our speed up.
The plan was to meet WYC sailors Mark and Peter at Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club at around 2:30pm, and head into Toronto.
Dave and I got to within 1 mile of CBYC, and we heard a sharp quick grind from the transmission. We no longer had forward or reverse propulsion. Getting into CBYC is a challenge because of the shifting sand bars and narrow channel markers of the entrance. We DID NOT want to try this under sail.
We decided to sail back to Whitby. On headsail along with 15 knots winds on our rear quarter, we sailed the 13 miles in 2 1/2 hours (averaging over 6 knots).
We got our shore crew (Mark and Peter) to mobilize the WYC workboat. Once we were close to them in the harbour, we furled the jib and were towed to Dave's slip.
We were safely docked by 4:45pm.
I made the decision to head to Toronto on Still Time.
No GPS track.
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