So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

Over the winter we made the decision to move the boat to the Lakeshore Yacht Club, which is walking distance from our home in New Toronto.  Now that we are no longer working downtown and the commute by transit much longer than before, the trip to the island was becoming quite expensive and much less convenient.  We were surprised that we were able to get a mooring for the current sailing season, and I had to cut short my role as Past Commodore on the QCYC board.

It was a little sad to be leaving Queen City after 15 year, but we were looking forward to a new adventure.

We had quite a load atop the boat as we motored our way to LSYC. It's always amazing how much stuff one accumulates over the years, particularly with a convenient locker in which to store it all.  Sails, winter cover and frame, ladders, tools and various odds and ends - it all had to be moved.  Luckily we had a calm day with an easy motor to our new home.  Lakeshore had not yet stepped masts, so our boat was easy to spot.

Better Late than Never

Last ride down the railway

With waves of Covid-19 infection continuing, and vaccines only just becoming available, launch at QCYC was delayed until mid May and was conducted by a small dedicated team of experienced members using portable winches.  

I attended several days to drive the winch.
  

Prime Interest was launched on May 22, 2021, and the mast stepped a few days later.  We took the opportunity to do a little work on the teak toe-rail to get the boat looking her best for the season ahead.

2020 - COVID-19 year

In March 2020, Toronto went into lockdown, due to the rapidly spready and deadly corona virus, first identified in China at the end of 2019.  With the situation changing frequently, and a lot of uncertainty around how many people could safely gather at one time, we made the decision not to launch our boat.

Unfortunately, we couldn't really do much else either, as travel restrictions were in place at home and around the world.

Life opened up briefly in the late summer and fall, and we had one outing with Keith and Madeleine aboard Elan.  Their son, Jeremy and his partner Jamie purchased a C& C Landfall 38 to live aboard, and when disaster struck, Ed helped deliver the boat to Wigger's in Bowmanville, which is where we bought our boat.  The entrance to the channel is quite shallow late in the year, which made for some interesting video.

Sailing in Hawaii

We were lucky to spend four weeks on the Big Island of Hawaii in Feb 2020.  Corona virus was just starting to take hold, but not many cases world wide.  Ela joined us for part of our trip, and we enjoyed both the windward and leeward sides of the island.  We took a couple of whale watching excursions, and chartered a sailboat with a local captain near Kailua-Kona.  

We even got to enjoy both the Hilo Yacht Club (which has no yachting facilities) and the Keauhou Kona Yacht Club (which has no yachts, or clubhouse).

Air Show 2019

We had guests out for the air show this year.  Emily & Leigh came on the Saturday, so they could enjoy Pig Roast, and Paul & Helena came out on Labour Day Monday.  Paul and Helena are avid photographers, and showed up with a selection of fancy cameras.