FYI

Looks like it will stay south of the bay for most of the weekend.

 So be careful and have fun out there  :)

Sweet way to handle your Asymmetrical Spinnaker. Check out the video.

I think the price is similar to a sock

Profurl

Had a great weekend of boating with old friends. I do mean old, we have know each other since the 70's they were throwing around 40 years but I refused to believe them. Anyway had some great weather and an awssum sail back to the marina on Sunday, with 10-15 knots of wind and lots of tacking. Didn't take any time at all to train them to grind and trim lol.
Looking forward to additional time off when rogers decides to walk me out because I am now employed by their competition. I will head back up north for a few days of R and R. Today would be a good day to provision and tomorrow would be a great day to head out on the next adventure. :)

73's

Well the last leg of the journey 2 weeks apx 300 nautical miles and lots of sailing and fun. A good vacation overall

Nice end to the vacation two days of rain and motor sailing for an additional two days to get back. But one good thing not one problem with the boat other than a few loose threads. Had a great time but need more time as always. Next year maybe a 3 week vacation :).

Well does it just figure no rain and hotter than any summer yet and on my vacation I am stuck in Britt for a couple of days because of a monsoon that's heading our way. Guess its time to get the 1tb drive out and watch all the movies I downloaded and ripped :) I'd rather be sailing in the sunshine :(

Stopped in Killarney yesterday to pick up some fresh fish and a order of fish and chips and was pleasantly surprised to discover new public docks ..... brand new this year by the looks of them and it's about time. Dockage in Killarney was difficult to find at the best of times, the only one available up until now was the LCBO dock. Total number of new slips, 12. They were busy and that was to be expected. They are located next to the general store, so that's convenient and are a short walk to the LCBO and Herbert's fish&chips. They have 15+ ft of depth, so you non shallow draft SV (Dallis & Amy not a rock in sight :) ) can get in there as well.

Todays position report

Weather seems to be clearing ???????

Tegan from Hindsons shared the anchourage

Good Morning from Haywood Isl, nice rainy morning, but radar says it should be ending in an hour or so and it looks to be clearing form the west as predicted. Will head out to Killarney today for a lunch of fish n chips and then on to the Bustards. Winds look good so far, will let you know on the next post. Oh one additional item we had a visit from a large loon this morning always nice to see them or in this case hear them he was the wake up call today :)

Wind report for the last two days at a shore side slip in the Gore bay municipal marina.
Sat winds max speed 28.9 knots SW, Sunday max speed 27.2 knots NW.

Heading back home today as soon as the service docks clears and we can get fuel and a pumpout. Today's destination is Haywood Isl  about 10 nm past little current. Tue on to the Bustards isl group in Georgian Bay for two days of R&R

Today's location Aug 4th Gore Bay. Time to head home, will be staying for a couple of days till the front rolls through. The weather looks good for the remainder of the week to head back south. Killarney, Bustard isl group, Britt, Parry Sound then home :(

Left croker island this morning heading to Gore bay..flew the kite again today until the entrance to gore bay when the wind died and then changed direction to the west and blew the kite in my face  :) so motored in the remaining 3 miles. Settling in at Gore bay marina waiting out a big storm system that is expected tonght/tomorrow. Winds up too 40k I will leave the nav instruments on and check the max wind speed and post it here, should prove interesting. Doing laundry and cleaning up the boat, doing a little provisioning and then starting the trip back down south. Vacations are always too short :(

Present position

 A couple of good looking boats sharing the Club Isl anchourage

Sunset from Club Isl.

A couple of pictures form the Lions head area. 

Always wondered how the tree survives on solid rock

Spent last night in James Bay. Great spot similar too Hope Island good hold in sand and with the right conditions a great anchorage. But as the wind turn to the south the roll began, it still wasn't bad only a half foot or so. Left there this morning with thunderstorms in the area and a SW wind at 10-15 knots. Once out in the open bay the the waves built to about 1 meter or maybe a little more on the stern not a comfortable ride at all. The wind did move more to the south,  gibe and headed to little current with a reef in the Genoa and no main. At one point and I think this may have been an error on the display but I did see 50 knot winds as I said it was probable an error because it sure didn't feel like it  Arrived in LC for the 3 pm bridge and then off to wally's for fuel and a pump out. Sitting at the west end in a finger slip near Boyls marina with free wifi  :) . My brother and his wife, who are on their way to the east coast to find a new house dropped by for a beer and dinner we had a nice visit.

Some video from the trip to Wingfield Basin from Lions Head on Monday. Nice weather for flying your kite.