Sailing needs wind

We finally pushed away from the dock at 11:45 with some help from Charles and Mom. We did a little coordination over SMS to wave at Sam who was biking on the Toronto Islands and waved at us from the rocks at Ward’s Island Beach.

We got the sails up just past the Toronto T2 buoy, and made A beam reach at a stately 4 knots for an hour or so. As the light winds came around behind us, our speed dropped to 3 knots. Wanting to arrive in Whitby before 10pm, we decided to turn on the iron genny.

Tomorrow is a longer haul to Cobourg, but we’ll set off earlier than we did today. I really want to get the auto pilot working tomorrow particularly if the entire crew goes off for a few hours of naps…again.