Wow just back from the marina  and its cold down there. But managed to get the mast put back up, thanks to Tim, Dave and Peter.
All went well all the lines are in the right places etc.  It will need tuning and I have to pick the sails up from the sail loft. Not sure if the fridge is working,  another job on the list of things to investigate.
But I am in the water and I am a happy boater.
Oh one more thing, the wind interments and the VHF work well. Match on the VHF is 1.5-1 and I was talking to Thunder Bay radio from the stepper slip. :)

Who said sailing is easy, today's job list.  
Check the bilge for leaks at the stuffing box.  done
Check the cooling system on the engine for leaks.
Build a spacer for the VHF antenna mount.  done
Attach the new mount to the mast head. The old location was too unstable.  done
Re-seal the compression post at the deck. done
Mount the new BBQ.
Clean all the turn buckles and rigging on the mast.  done
Check the standing rigging for breaks.
Get the dingy off the deck and in the water and then on the davits.  done
Bring the dingy motor down and put it on and do a test run with it. (need gas I think)
That  is it for now I think.
well more to do tomorrow

Well after a crap day at the office I thought I would take a little time and head to the boat and fix the drip from the stuffing box. One quarter turn and I think that may have done it. Repeating the tissue under the stuffing box to see if it is still leaking. Other than that everything looks the same. Lots of cleaning to do and still have the mast to prep and step.
Day at the office was awful, all kinds of BS going on including the work from home day, which by the way  is the only way that I make it through the week.
But good news, just sat down at my desk after the morning meeting from hell and my personal phone rang. A call from Cogeco. They may have a position for me. That would be great. Get out of the big red saggy company full of doom and gloom and on with a new fresh optimistic company. Fingers crossed.
Tks Workopolis  :)

Launch day went well as you can see from the videos.  I removed all the water from the bilges and returned tonight to see if anything was leaking. The bilge was still dry and and not one of the thru hulls were wet. Before i left I did place some paper napkins under the stuffing box and well it is leaking slightly. Just another thing to do, added to the list.

I did manage to get the spacer for the new VHF antenna mount started. I picked up a 1 inch think block of aluminum today. I will be prepping it this week, round off the edges and drill three holes to accommodate 1.5 inch #8 stainless steel screws. I may even put the equivalent of a pennant on the antenna.  A pennant was originally used on sailing vessels as a wind instrument to determine what the wind speed and direction was at the masthead. The decision to put it up and what to use for material will be decided later in the week. I will need to ensure that it will not slide down the antenna and interfere with the modern day wind interments. It may be simply a short piece or rip-stop nylon or maybe 2 who knows.

Show you what I come up with later this week. Any ideas just post them here.

Launch day videos
 You can almost hear the splash when she goes in  :)

Today's job list keel maintenance... checking the torque on the keel bolts ...110 ft/lb complete.

Well launch date is April 25th 9:30 AM

I will do lots of video for the blog

A view of the boat yard from above ....

Good Morning just back from town and about to clean up and put stuff away for tomorrow. I just finished the first coat of wax and will be starting the second tomorrow. The next one is easier and is put on by hand. Makes things very shinny for a few days and way :). So the jobs in the boat yard / on the hard continue.......  Next job will be keel maintenance. I will post pictures etc after its complete.

A little more video from that same area ...just me trying to be creative and again note the lack of motor noise in the back ground.  (Tim)

Additional video from the Magnetawan Ledges July 2011

So I finally decided to create a blog for my sailing adventures around the sixth great lake Georgian Bay. On here you will find all kinds of interesting stuff to keep you entertained. Links to some interesting articles web pages and some great photos from around the bay and of the anchorages we visit. Of course all this would be possible with out my best friend Dragonfly. Shes a great sail boat, stable, easily handles the weather and waves of the bay and is really comfortable for spending quality time on.

This years holidays on the bay will be 5-6 days around the July long weekend and 2 weeks at the end of July and first week of August.
The link is to Google Earth with a rough plot of the trip for the 2 weeks vacation CANT GET THIS TO WORK
Plans for the long weekend will be heading north to the Parry Sound area, maybe stop at the Western Isl group for a day. There is an interesting anchorage there.

view of Penetanguishene and the destination 

The Western Islands

The out bound route to South Bay Mouth

So that is this years plans, but first there is boat yard work to do. The bottom paint is OK for another year. I have one of two coats of wax on the side of the hull. I hope to get a second one put on by hand this weekend.

We have a brand new BBQ to install and I have 5 of 7 coats of varnish on the cockpit table and companionway handholds. They will  be re-installed after launch day.
So heading down to the marina Saturday morning to get some work done and arrange for a launch day.

Well for lack of content here are some of the short video clips form last years sailing vacation to the North channel

Somewhere near the Magnetawan River / Bing inlet Georgian Bay

Note to Tim notice the lack of diesel noise in the back ground :)