CS34 2020 Cruise East Day 09 - Collins Bay

Overnight, I had set the anchor alarm on the handheld GPS.

Anchor alarm sounded just before 8am, as the wind had swung from SW to NW, so the boat swung more then 100ft to sound the alarm.  No problem, it was time to get up anyway.

Dinghied over to the Mulcaster dog peeing station.

Quick breakfast of grilled cheese, and we hoisted anchor a little after 9:30am.

We were looking at the long term forecasts, and it looked nasty on the upcoming labour day weekend on Lake Ontario to be heading home.  We did not want to be pounding into 30 knots to get to Cobourg.
Looked into going to Waupoose (94 miles to Cobourg), or maybe Main Duck Island (70 miles to Cobourg), however, that would be too much for Rita and the dog.

We made the decision to start heading back on the inside route.

Rita and I have found that our CS34 is a great boat.
It sails well, has no issues, great electronics, brand new sails/canvas etc etc etc.
However, we do find it cramped below sometimes in the high traffic areas at the bottom of the companionway steps.  The V berth is a cramped also.
We find the boat lacks storage for extended voyages and gear.

We are always on the lookout for Still Time III.

I had found in my internet searches a Tartan 4100 for sale in Kingston.
I emailed the broker and arranged for a viewing for the next day.
So, we were underway to Collins Bay.

Half way to Gananoque

Winds were 6-9 knots from the west, so full main and jib.

Tried to sail where we could, but it was pretty much on the nose, so we motor sailed at low RPMs.

Pretty chill

Coming around Howe Island into the Bateau Channel, winds were shifting all over the place.

Furled in the jib and motor sailed up the channel tacking like we were on a Nonsuch

Used the autopilot to sail to 25 degrees apparent wind and autotacked when it was getting shallow.

We passed Kingston one more time:

At Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, we had to alter course around the windward mark of some Lasers

Always kewl to see!

We did get to do some sailing sans motor, but the winds were very shifty!
A little frustrating.

Winds did shift a little north and increased, so we did get some sailing in.

Motor sailing with main into Collins Bay:

We radioed in for a slip and had to report into the fuel dock.

Yellow is the fuel dock

Winds were from the NW 15-20 knots at this point pushing us into the fuel dock.
Rita did a great job with the lines.  Got registered ($68 for the slip).

Getting off the dock was challenging.  Got the marina crew to push my bow off the dock, but our dingy line had wrapped around the end of the dock stopping us dead.  Once we got that figured out, we left the dock as planned, and got into our assigned slip.

Very friendly people at this marina.

Trip Odometer: 30.60 miles

Avg Speed: 4.9 knots
Moving Time: 06:12

View from the stern:

Moon Shadow (Catalina 42) is a famous boat, as it appears on the cover of the Richardson's Chart Book:

We have this chart book (6th edition).

The 7th edition that I have seen has another nice boat on the cover:

None other than the blue hulled Tartan 4100 that we will be looking at tomorrow.

The boat was covered on the hard.

We talked to some dock mates about the boat.
The owner from Ottawa brought the boat up from Boston 5or6 years ago.
He and his wife actively sailed here out of Collins Bay as their forever boat.
When his wife died suddenly a couple of years ago, the boat was put away on the hard and neglected.  He had lost his passion for the boat and sailing in general.

We found boat covered under a custom frame and enclosure.

We noticed that the bottom was rough:

Micron CSC ablative bottom paint?

The boot stripe at the waterline was a mess, like it was put away without being cleaned.

The mast was on the lawn, and showed signs of saltwater abuse.
Major corrosion, would have to be repainted, something that would to be done professionally with epoxy paint by someone like Klacko Spars.

The zincs on the prop shaft and folding prop hub were almost non existing.

First impressions were not that good.

Couldn't wait until tomorrow to see the insides!