CBYC to WYC on Impromptu

Michael Cullen is a friend I have know since my time at Newcastle.  He is part owner on the ACE syndicate, and was part owner of Coug.  He had won the Lake Ontario 300 on his 1970 Ericson 35 called Impromptu. He keeps Impromptu at National Yacht Club (NYC).

Since we could not get winter storage at NYC for ACE and Impromptu, they are both being wintered at the Whitby Yacht Club.

Haulout is Saturday, so Mike had to get Impromptu from NYC to Whitby.
We will be delivering ACE on Sunday.

Mike set out after lunch singlehanded from NYC.

Mark Backman and I borrowed a trailer from a club member, and drove to Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club to meet Mike.  We load Impromptu's cradle into the trailer, and Mike and I headed to Whitby, while Mark delivered the cradle to WYC.

There was only about 6 knots of breeze from the east (right where we wanted to go).

It was very foggy, reminded us of Route Halifax Saint Pierre.

We motored out at 5 knots into the lake until we had enough angle to bring the sails up and turn the motor off.  We sailed for about half an hour at 4 knots.  The wind had dropped and shift a little north, so we would have sailed into the shoreline before Frenchman's Bay.  We tacked in about 35ft of water, and dropped the sails and motored the rest of the way.

Mike on the phone

On the way to Whitby, we completely de-rigged the boat, only leaving the upper shrouds connected.

We got to Whitby a little after 6pm, and went right to the mast crane and dropped the mast.

We put Impromptu in a slip on dock 7 beside Moonlight Mistress.

Sent Mike back to Toronto on the GO Train.


Trip Odometer: 17.32 miles
Moving Average: 5.1 knots
Moving Time: 03:25:00

Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20141015.kmz