MUMM36 ZAMBONI Kingston to National Delivery

We were up at 7:30am and some had showers.

Checked our fuel, and we had half a tank left.
That's about 30L of diesel, more than enough to motor back to Toronto the entire way if needed.

Here is a shot of Moxie beside us:

By 8am it was time to start our way home.

Kris had sent us off and took an Uber to the VIA station as he had to get back for work.

Here is a shot of Viking at the dock as we were leaving:

That is the breakwall for Confederation Basin in the background:

Jenny got lots of tiller time:

Once we cleared the shoals off Simcoe Island, we hoisted the A2 Tiffany.
Winds were 7-8 knots and a perfect wind angle to sail to Main Duck.

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After a while with wind built to 16 knots and we had to douse and hoist a headsail.
Winds clocked a little to the right and the headsail was getting blanketed by the main, so I pole it out to windward with the spinnaker pole:

Winds then dropped down to 10-12 knots and this sail config got us past Main Duck.

I ran an electrical circuit to the tiller auto pilot:

Michael had been replaced (it worked great as long as the waves did not pickup).

Jenny did get some more tiller time:

After gybing the main to head west, we hoisted our largest fractional symmetric chute "Big Blue":

Very chill with the autopilot steering:

We past Scotch Bonnet Island:

Military plane by Brighton:

Look at that the HDG and TWD were aligning AGAIN:

We just motor sailed with the main really close hauled (traveler up) to Cobourg under auto pilot.

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Track Odometer: 74.9 miles
Track Start: 11:06am
Track End: 11:51pm
Track Duration: 12:45:00
Average Speed: 5.9 knots

Another awesome sunset:

Winds filled in to 10 knots from the north we got an extra 2 knots of push from the main.

Cobourg lighthouse at 11:30am:

Mark met us at the reciprocal wall to help us dock:

We all went for a shower before bed.

Very calm north wind the next morning:

When we were coming in last night, I noticed a lot of smoke coming out of the exhaust.
Michael and I removed the engine cowling and checked the oil (added 1/2 liter), the alternator belt (was fine), and cleaned out the raw water strainer (it was partially blocked).   The restricted flow meant that the raw cooling water from the lake was turning to steam as it hit the hot motor.  We never overheated.  We have not run the motor this much in a long time.

The Lovely Rita picked up our next victim (I mean crew member) Dave from Newcastle and brought him to the boat.  We had a LOVELY breakfast at the Buttermilk Cafe in the downtown Cobourg.  Mark, who lives in Port Hope also joined us for breakfast.

Jenny went back with Rita and we were off:

Rita, Jenny, Mark

We hoisted A2 Tiffany after making sure we could clear Peter Rock:

Dave got some tiller time:

We sailed with the chute until almost Bowmanville.

Here is a shot from shore by Dave's wife from their balcony in Newcastle:

Amazing how big this sail is, and why we can't carry it in more than 12 knots.

Alas the wind had clocked forward and we were back to a headsail.

We had one problem: we were out of beer.
Made a call the Whitby sailor Andrew and he delivered a 6 pack in his Shark:

Mariners in Distress; Andrew suggested we do a Pan Pan on the VHF!

We did the transfer under main sail, slowing the boat down.
Had to bring the mainsheet in so the boom didn't clip his shrouds!

Motor sailing with main we passed the CBYC Tuesday race night:

Some inclement weather on shore:

Approaching Toronto:

Also the ABYC race night:

We dropped the sails in the eastern gap once the winds/waves lightened in the harbour.

Avoided at tug towing a barge:

Saw some diggers spreading sand on shore:

Took about half an hour to clean the boat up at the dock.
The drive back to Newcastle to drop Dave off was uneventful.

Thanks Dave for helping us with the delivery!

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Trip Odometer: 67.2 miles
Trip Start: 09:09
Trip End: 09:05
Trip Duration: 11:56:00
Average Speed: 5.6 knots