Sailing Vessel Still Time: CS34 2021 Cruise East Day 15 Cobourg to Whitby

Monday, August 16, 2021

CS34 2021 Cruise East Day 15 Cobourg to Whitby

Taking the dog for his morning walk I saw a CS36 called HMP from Holland Marine Products in Mississauga:

Also saw another CS34 called "Foghorn Lullaby".

Owner Shane keeps an excellent blog website:

https://www.foghornlullaby.com/

The boat was spotless!

Here are some of things I liked about this CS34:

Solar Panels
out of the way

Davits
Atkin & Hoyle?

Flush deck scuppers

The baby stay is disconnected and
has a line run back to the cockpit

We decided to forego the usual trip to the ButterMilk Cafe for breakfast, and head out.

See ya later Cobourg!

The winds were 12-15 knots from the SE, but it had been blowing 15+ knots from the east all night.
This means the 2-3ft waves were from a different direction than the current wind, and made for an uncomfortable motion. Rita was feeling a little queezy.

With the motor off it really wasn't that bad, but Rita didn't want to do this 32 miles.
The dog was a little spooked with the noises.

I made a couple of calls, and got our friend Christine from Port Hope to come to Cobourg and pickup Rita and the dog. Turned the boat around and headed back to Cobourg.

Trip Start: 09:41am
Trip End: 11:09am
Trip Duration: 01:28
Trip Length: 6.9 miles
Average Speed: 4.6 knots

We had only gone to just past Peter Rock:

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We pulled up to the fuel dock and Christine was there to meet us.
Little did they know, because of some lanes closed at the 401 at Newcastle, it took them almost 2 hours to get back to Bowmanville!

I would be singlehanding Still Time back to Whitby.
I promised Rita I would not fly the chute.

Getting off the dock singlehanded with a 15 knot breeze was a bit of challenge.

Once underway, I sailed the entire way wing on wing: