CS34 Toronto Cruise with Work

I have been working all week in our Etobicoke office on a new project to implement a software system.  To travel to Etobicoke for Whitby or Bowmanville is at least 90 minutes each way (even though is is only 45km) Damn traffic!

So, Still Time was my hotel, and 4.1km commute to the office was only a 10 minute drive INCLUDING a stop at Tim Hortons drive through.

I invited the guys I was working with out for a sail after work:

• Chris from our company
• Peter from EMC (Charlotte NC)
• Phil from BMC (UK)
• Derek from BMC (UK)

Winds were about 15 knots from the North (perfect).  

After some Scottish Tennants, we went out with a double reefed main and full genoa.

Got he boat going over 6.5 knots with little angle of heel.  I did not want to spook the guys who have never sailed.

The guys took; turns on the helm.

Derek had to catch a flight at 9pm, and Chris was going to drive him to the airport, so we headed back about about an hour of sailing to drove them off.  We heard later the Derek made his flight.

After dropping the guys off, we headed back into the city.

I had to goto ACE at National to retrieve my car keys that I left on the raceboat the night before.  The guys got to see the boat.

We headed into the harbour sans sails.  We parked just outside the exclusion zone and watch a couple of Porter planes come in for a landing just above the mast!

We toured a couple of the islands, but it was dark.  We passed Island Yacht Club and Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

We anchored on the other side of Ward Island and cooked up some steaks on the BBQ.  After about half an hour we headed back to tour the north shore of the Toronto Harbour.

We got in at 11:30pm.  

Good time was had by all.

Trip Odometer: 19.05 miles

Moving Average: 5.0 knots

Moving Time: 03:49:00

Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20140828.kmz