Slept soundly!!!
Quick shower, breakfast on the boat, got some coffee when Ontario Place opened at 10am.
I had got gas for the trip back last night before the concert.
Checked the weather on my phone, and wasn't supposed to rain, some chances of isolated thunderstorm in the late afternoon.
Went exploring on Toronto Island:
- Hanlan's Point (no comments please)
- Toronto Island Marina (went in for a coffee)
- RCYC (drove by)
- QCYC checked out all the slips
- Outer Harbour Marina
After about 10 minutes, it started raining, and the sky back torward Toronto looked terrible. We took the sails down, and bungeed the jib to the life lines. No sonner than that, BOOM, full on lightening all around us, could not see the shore, wind picked up from the North about about 40 knots. Autopilot was messing up, so I had to steer manually, and decided to head into ABYC until the storm was over. Things turned to worst when the bungee cords let go and the jib went up the forstay in the 40+ knots of breeze. I got Rita to steer the boat into the wind, let the jib sheet fly, and scurried up on the foredeck to wrestle the jib down and bundle it up, throwing in the port lazerette. I have NEVER seen that much wind and rain. We pulled into ABYC and tied up for a bit to get dried out. We decided to have diner there in the clubhouse. At 5pm, the skies were clear, and we headed out to Whitby under motor.
The conditions were perfect for sailing (10 knots wind from the N), but gusty, and the skies were threatening, so were didn't bother with the sails. In the mess the storm, the autohelm was not working any more, so I had to actually steer the boat the rest of the way for 3 1/2 hours.
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| Rainbow Off Scarborough bluffs (right at Whitby!) |
Trip Odometer: 37.96
Moving Avg: 4.9 knots
Moving Time: 07:44:48
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20110821.kmz
Interesting seeing the exploring we did of the Toronto Island AND the path we took after the storm hit!
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