Just Pushed off PCYC for the Thousand Islands

 

Sunday Night 10:30 pm, just pushed off and on our way to the Thousand Islands.

We will travel over night as the kids sleep. We should arrive at our first port of call in Cobourg at about 8am in the morning. There we will meet friends who have spent the week-end making there way there.

We spent our week-end enjoying the festivities of the Port Credit Yacht Club’s 75th anniversary. As a director of the club, I was fortunate enough to partake in the ceromonies and got to meet Mayor Hazel of Mississauga. Probably the longest running and oldest Mayor in the world.

http://www.mississauga.com/community/article/1059834–sailing-away-on-memories

Part of the week-end was also spent preparing the boat, turning it into a cruise boat from a race boat, and provisioning her.

Fill Fuel tanks
Fill Propane tanks

I do these once a year for our vacations, then let them run down throughout the year for racing.

Fill water tanks
Pump out head
Install BBQ
Put on full enclosure
Cruising anchors
Dinghy
Motor
4 bikes

10 cases of water
12 cases of pop & juice

The list goes on… I posted an article on our blog on this subject. Just search Cruiser to Racer on our blog.

s/v Black Diamond

With almost 30,000 Nautical miles of experience and 1,800+ sea days and nights on the water. (1,800 sea days is like 5 years on the water, 365 days a year!) I am an RYA Skipper and ICC International Competent Captain, currently working on my RYA Yacht Master with a Commercial endorsement for a 200 ton vessel. My qualifications include; MED A2 Emergency Safety at Sea, Helicopter Rescue, Life raft deployment and use, Offshore Rescue and Fire Fighting at Sea, etc, STCW Code A-VI/1-3, Canadian Equivalent Marine First Aid and CPR/AED. I am an Open Water Certified diver and completed various CYA & Canadian Power and Sail Squadron certifications which include Power/Sailboat handling, Seamanship Sail, Piloting/charting, CYA Coastal Navigation, GPS Navigation, Extended Offshore Cruising, VHF Radio operation license and a Toronto Harbour License. I am now providing skippered charters and yacht deliveries globally, including crew positions for offshore passages. However, my specialities are the Bahamas, US East Coast, The Great Lakes, Welland Canal, Erie Canal and the Adriatic Sea, Croatia, looking to add Greece. Feel free to contact me at [email protected]

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