Good Saturday morning
Day 7 of my vacation from hell (no wind). Sitting in a bay in Shawanaga Inlet trying to determine what to do next.
Weather is suggesting a very wet week with high winds and lots of rain.(tue, wed and thur) so what to do???

So from no wind to winds with gust to better than 30 kn. not fun and I will need to be in a well sheltered bay or at a marina.maybe head to Britt Monday or early Tuesday.

Post my decision later

73s

And for the teckies out there. A report on my new battery bank. I am very pleased with its performance. Four days out and only a little motoring and the Volts never went below 12.5. Solar and a sip of diesel kept them well charged.
Very happy with their performance and FYI they were abused,  because of the late nights and lots of movies lol

73s

Well what an interesting long weekend. First off did a considerable amount of sailing but really didn't go anywhere lol.
Started out heading to Little Sandy bay on Christian, seen Windsom 2 and Casa Mia there, They left Sunday and I headed north to Parry Sound. Got about a hour out and the wind died, so decided to motor over to The Tomb. The wind picked up again so I sailed past the Tomb to Methodist bay. Surprise showed up and we partied on Dragonfly for the evening. Monday morning moved back to little Sandy bay with Surprise. Did a dingy trip to the Maple Dawn with the group...I was the guide,  a couple went in Snorkeling the wreck, but it was way too cold for me. lol
The amount of tree pollen out on the bay is amazing. When we first arrived at the wreck site is was really thick. So we had to wait for about 45 min while the wind moved it north of the site.

Also took a trip by Big Sandy bay on the way back to the boats.

Tue AM rain and a long lie as my Ex uesd to say. The sun came out and the wind came up and I enjoyed a down wind run to the bottom of the tomb before the wind quit again. Motored back to the marina and un-packed and headed home.

Heading out again this weekend, again over to Hope or Christian, or maybe  Indian Harbour.

73s

Sunset after the storms rolled through on Sunday at Methodist Bay

Good morning from cedar springs our first overnight and all is well. The new battery bank preformed well, chart plotter is working well. Checked the temp of the newly packed stuffing box on the way out and it was good, so closed up the bildge and Robin made up the aft.

Just fired up the solar panel and it is producing energy.

So as I mentioned all systems are working well.  Now it's just clean up and wax on wax off. Lol

Looks like they
are rebuilding the Toby dock again.

Fyi I think its a bad year for bugs we had several mosquitoes in the boat last night,  which is unusual

Oh did get my plotter back form Raymarine... working OK so far but really haven't stressed it yet :)

Well the to do list is shrinking. Today was remove the old battery and measure for the new ones. I have room for 4 6v batteries and should have them installed by the weekend. Found a good price at the battery house on Ferndale Dr. $135. per battery
So two in series and two pairs in parallel to produce a 12 volt system with 500 amp hr.

Instillation is scheduled for wed and thur. this week.

Will pick them up tomorrow at lunch

73's

Well winter is over and it's time to prep the boat for the season.

New equipment or repairs  

 Raymarine E7 GPS new last year... re-call due to problems with the touch screen. Sitting at west marine in Barrie where I purchased it from.
Also want to connect the wind instruments to the GPS so a little wiring to do

New house batteries  I Surrett 2000 lead acid to be replaced with 3 AGM group 31's  $250 each. A good price from the battery House in Barrie.

Wash and wax

Bottom paint is still in good condition and needs zero attention.
drain and refill the transmission.
Check the condition of the heater hoses going to the hot water heater and replace if nessary
Pay my dockage.

See the list isn't that bad lol
Washed last weekend  will be waxing this weekend.. Also on standby, so I hope it's quiet so I can get some work done.