Needed to deliver ACE from National Yacht Club to Whitby Yacht Club for the upcoming Whitby 50 on the weekend. Met new sailor Scott at WYC and we drove to NYC. Traffic wasn't too bad.
In the NYC clubhouse, I met up with another WYC member Jim Upfold, who was visiting NYC after cruising across the lake in his boat. I asked him if we wanted to sail to Whitby on ACE. He said SURE!
We rigged the boat up and headed out:
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| CN Tower behind us |
ACE's folding prop is worn out, and doesn't deploy evenly, cause an imbalance, shaking the crap out of the motor and entire boat. We found that if we went into reverse slowly and slowly throttle down and back into forward, the blades would match up and minimize the shaking. We could motor along at around 5 knots with 2,000 RPM.
New prop was ordered 3 weeks ago, but hasn't arrived yet.
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| Other side of Toronto Island |
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| Pickering Nuclear Plant |
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| Jim on the helm |
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| Scott on the helm (selfie) |
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| Me on deck |
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| Main and light #1 |
About 8 miles from the Whitby, a pigeon circled the boat a couple of times, and then landed in the cockpit, COMPLETELY freaking Scott out!
It stayed here for the entire ride:
Wind died again by the Ajax Weather Buoy, so we dropped the sails and motored the rest of the way.
When dropping the main sail, we noticed that the top batten had come out of it pocket. As were were dropping it, the batten fell out and drown in the water. D'oh have to find a batten for the weekend!
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| Ajax Weather Buoy |
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| Lights off Whitby |
We parked ACE at the visitor's dock, and packed things away.
The bird was still there.
We disturbed it putting the sails away, and it flew around the boat, and landed on the spreader.
Scott drove Jim and Me back to National.
The next morning the bird was STILL on the spreader!
Trip Odometer: 31.05 miles
Moving Average: 4.9 knots
Moving Time: 06:18:00
Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2015/20150618.kmz
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