Reflections on the 2012 Season

Sitting on the CS34 the evening before haulout looking at my sailing blog.

Here are some stats:

• 1645 nautical miles
• 4.9 knots moving average
• 334 hours of sailing
• 13.91 days of sailing

81 times off the dock:

• once on Sumac (Viking 33)
• once on Moonlight Mistress (Hughes 38)
• 4 on Coug (Peterson 41)
• 7 on Smart Move (Beneteau 473 in BVIs)
• 14 on Santeria (Evelyn 24)
• 22 on the CS34
• 33 on the CS22 (one shake down trip)

In January, we bare boat chartered a Beneteau 473 for a week in the British Virgin Islands with Walter and Colleen from WYC.  This was our first experience in the Carribean, and we loved it!


Racing on Coug was awesome; I learned a lot from everyone.  We really had a good race in the Susan Hood.  The 300 was a great experience, except for sailing into that hole in Rochester.  Mike, Carson, Chris, and Mark were great to sail with.

• 2nd in our fleet in the Susan Hood  (8th of 65 overall)
• 4th in our fleet in the LO300 (28th of 45 overall)

Racing on Santeria was awesome.  I love sailing with Neil and Peter; the three of us are better sailors because of the experiences we had together.  Santeria WON the overall title in Newcastle against some 35 ft boats in the fleet.

I was out racing on the C22 2 or 3 times a week.  I love sailing this boat, I know how to get her going, I know she can handle anything that Lake Ontario can throw at her.  John and I really sailed her well this season.

• Summer Singlehanded Series: first
• Series One: fourth
• Series Two: second
• Series Three: second
• Series Four: second
• Centenial Bowl: first
• Mayor's Cup: fouth
• Fall Regatta: second
• Stonehaven: second
• Fall Singlehanded Series: second
• Frostbite Series: second

Plans for the C22:

• new jib cars
• new jib tracks
• new turnbuckles
• new spinnaker track/car
• new tiller

Having said all this, I may sell her in the spring.  Fleet ownership is tough, and I can get my racing fix on other boats.  Would like to do some more cruising on the weekends on the big boat.

Rita and I were out cruising a lot on the CS34.  We slept aboard her a lot during the summer, as the boat is closer to work.  She is comfortable, sails well, and we are starting to get used to her.  She was a great hotel in Port Credit and Hamilton. Cruising to the 1000 Islands was awesome inspite of the motor problems we had. However, we didn't sail her too much after August.  Rita commented that we should rename her to "Part Time"; this is the nature of busy lives and weather for a cruising boat.

Plans for the CS34:

• Garhauer Rigid Vang
• replace all plumbing hoses
• replace all scupper hoses
• electric head
• re-upholster salon cushions
• new instruments on cockpit bulkhead
• new binnacle angle guard
• mount instrument pod
• install new VHF and remote mike in pod

Have a lot of work to do in the next couple of weeks after the boats come out of the water.