ACE Delivery from WYC back to NYC

WYC members Scott and Todd agreed to help me delivery ACE back to National Yacht Club.

We left the dock at 4:30.  Winds were forecast to be 11-15 knots from the NW all night, so we hoisted the main and the #4 jib as soon as we left the channel

With the NW wind, we were close hauled all the way to the Leslie Spit.  We had our boat speed between 6 and 7 knots the entire time.

The boys did well, taking turns on the tiller.

We tacked into the Toronto Eastern gap and into the North shore of the harbour.  We tacked to go west, but found the wind very puffing and changing direction all over the place, so we dropped the sails and motored.  We went out to the end of the Porter runway and watched a Porter plane come in just above our mast!

Route inside the Toronto Harbour
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We arrived at National at 10pm.
Michael Cullen met us at the dock and helped put the boat away.
It was nice that he also drove us home to Whitby.

Great night on the water, great sail!

Trip Odometer: 36.50 miles
Moving Average: 6.8 knots
Moving Time: 05:22:00

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2015/20150623.kmz