Showing posts with label Boating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boating. Show all posts
Friday, May 24, 2019
Sold our C-Dory 22
Well, its been awhile since I blogged, I am going to try restart. |
| Tillicum is off to new owners |
First, last year October we sailed from Gibraltar to Canary Islands (Lanzarote).
The weather conditions were pretty rough, and we both did great. So with that in mind, the wheels were officially in motion to go back to sailing.
As much as I'd like, I cannot keep multiple boats, so the first item was to see our C-Dory. Luckily C-Dorys have quite the following and it was sold quickly to a great father and son team who do live fairly close by.
I miss her already.
Next, we are starting to shop for our retirement sailboat.
More about that in future posts.
Thanks!
Friday, March 2, 2018
Start 2.0 for couple who sank their dream
Well, all is well (I wont say end well yet), as the couple that sank their, and literally everything they owned a couple of weeks ago. |
| Happy family |
So generous soul who
sold them his cherished 1985 Cheoy Lee Pedrick 36-foot sailboat the Odyssey for $1 after reading they’d come from Colorado, like he and his wife, and had a 2-year-old pug, which reminded them of their old pug, Chow.
All the details here. Interesting article that also details what happened with their GoFundMe and Facebook pages. Let's just say people can be mean.
I am happy for them, but hopefully they are more careful this time, and hopefully they take some sailing lessons.
Cheers!
Monday, August 21, 2017
Sail-In Cinema in Toronto
Too bad its too far for me, but this is really cool. Instead of Drive-In theatres, in Toronto there's Sail-In theatres called Sail-In Cinema. Kewl eh? |
| Anchor Watch! |
From August 18 to August 20, audiences enjoyed Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Edward Scissorhands on a four-storey, two-sided, floating screen anchored to a barge in Lake Ontario.
The inaugural Sail-In Cinema™ was held in 2011 to mark PortsToronto's centennial year. The annual event attracts more than 10,000 people on land and 100 boats over the three-day period and is now a permanent fixture on Toronto's summer calendar.
Brings a whole new meaning to Anchor Watch :-)
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Homemade houseboat crossed the Atlantic
An interesting story really. A houseboat crossed from Newfoundland Canada to Ireland. |
| Rough looking, but strong enough |
There are a lot more details here and here.
The question is whether the builder Rick Small was in it. No one's sure. But his creation was strong enough to make it across, pretty amazing, really.
I suspect we'll find out soon.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Dry while on the water
Warning: another rant ahead! :-) |
| Result of mixing alcool and boating |
My rule is: if I am boating, I do not drink alcool, period. Exception are when anchored or docked for the night. If I know I will be boating, no drinks. I even buy de-alcoholized beers for that effect, as I really enjoy the taste of beer.
Its not even what I see in person. I do watch a lot of YouTube videos, and frequently I will see people on passages drinking wine and such. This is a no-no in my book. I praise my favourites world sailors Paul & Sheryl Shard of Distant Shores as NOT doing that.
Just yesterday, in the news, a bozo stranded his Mega-Yacht stranded on Beach at Palm Beach Inlet in Florida!
If you still want to drink, there is even a Boat Sober app which provides a Blood Alcohol Estimator that allows the user to estimate their BAC based on their gender, body weight and how many drinks they have consumed in a specific period of time. This tool is only that….a tool. Be aware though, that you can be arrested for a BAC less than the legal limit if you show signs of impairment. And it really is not about getting arrested, drinking while on the water increases the chances of an accident or drowning. And nobody wants increase those odds.
Cheers! (when anchored or docked for the day)
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Mind your wake
Warning: Pet peeve rant ahead! |
| Now, that's a wake! |
One of the things that frustrate me, is the wake that boaters generate. I should really take a picture of the "No Wake" sign on waterways that's being tossed around by someone's wake.
Where we are in the canals, for some reason, the boats most oblivious to causing wakes are....surprise...sailors! Yes, that is a surprise, as I was (still am) a sailor. So that really pains me.
I learned early in my sailing days about the damages a wake can create. Way back when I learnt sailing, I used to often take a Laser and explore little bays, go where other boats could not go. I just enjoyed being in nature, I would see big and small fishes in the small bays, and then as I was in a tiny bay, I would feel and see the effects of a boat buzzing by. I literally saw and felt the effect on the environment....motor boating is not natural and disturbs ecology.
And in the modern society, well, wakes also damage the shore walls. Requiring maintenance and update.
I am now, a power boating, tho I still sail occasionally, but I am probably anal about looking behind me to make sure there is no wake to disturb nature and boats docked.
Take to extremes, it can caused a lot damage, such as what happened last week Italy (on Aug 28, 2016).
So, yes, please mind your wake.
