CS34 WYC to EYC

I am racing on ACE in the Etobicoke Yacht Club Open Regatta.

Peter Smith is crewing with me too.

Peter and I sailed Still Time to EYC to use as a hotel for the regatta.

Since EYC will have as many as 100 boats to accommodate for the regatta, I decided to get a slip with the Mimico Cruising Club, which is in the same bay.

I was looking at the forecast, only 4 knots of wind from the NW and was thinking it would be nice to have an asymmetric spinnaker for this delivery.  As I came to the dock, Peter had brought his ASYM and sheets.  Great minds think alike!

We set out from Whitby with the 4 knots right on the nose.  We motored with just the main for a while, waiting to the wind to pickup or change.  After a while, the wind shifted a little more north, so we hoisted the asym.

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AWESOME

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Tack attached to bow roller

We got the boat moving about 5 knots for about an hour.
After a while, the winds died, so we doused the chute down the main hatch

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If only Rita saw this!

We hoisted a couple times when the winds picked up and ultimately died.

It was VERY foggy:

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After a while we didn't even bother with the main

We had to watch for salmon fishemen and dodge them coming out the fog.

We could only muster about 3 knots of boat speed with the chute, so we motor sailed along between 5 and 6 knots at a lower RPM.

Nearing Toronto, we passed the T2 Buoy off the Leslie Street Spit, which was also the turning mark for the Whitby 50:

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T2 Buoy

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Peter doing a Captain Morgan with a bottle of Goslings

Love this picture

Passing Toronto Island

FOG

Other than the fog it was an uneventful delivery.

The autohelm worked great!

We arrived a little after 8pm.

Still Time @ MMC the next morning

Trip Odometer: 32.12 knots
Moving Average: 6.0
Moving Time: 05:21:00

Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20140822.kmz

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