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plourde.jeff
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Initially Posted - 11/03/2014 :  22:32:30  Show Profile
Hi All,

I will be in Toronto this weekend and looking to hookup with a fellow Catalina owner for a hardy sail. I'm not sure if "winter sailing" is as popular in Toronto as it is on the west coast, but thought I would throw it out there...
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 11/04/2014 :  07:18:35  Show Profile
Toronto? 11/8? Hardy indeed! (42F)
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capelyddol
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Response Posted - 11/04/2014 :  09:58:54  Show Profile  Visit capelyddol's Homepage
Bloody 'ell! This guy's not an Icelandic fisherman by any chance, is he?
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OJ
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Response Posted - 11/04/2014 :  19:02:30  Show Profile
We'll be there the weekend of 15Nov14 in case someone is available
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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I'm planning on Feb. 7...
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hewebb
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Response Posted - 11/05/2014 :  06:17:34  Show Profile
I got a chill just thinking about Toronto in November.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 11/15/2014 :  21:59:51  Show Profile
Downright balmy I say!
The temps were way up in the high 40s with 30 kt winds and light rain.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  08:41:53  Show Profile
It's 38F at my marina, and I'm hoping to get out there in the next couple of hours. You just need appropriate gear to make sailing in the cold fun.
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capelyddol
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  10:00:18  Show Profile  Visit capelyddol's Homepage
Where I am you'd need an ice yacht!
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  13:08:31  Show Profile
Sailing in the cold is never fun. I got hypothermia once...now any temp below 70 is not acceptable.
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plourde.jeff
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  13:29:59  Show Profile
So, after scouring the marinas and charter businesses in Toronto, I can report that there doesn't seem to be much appetite for "winter sailing" there.


This might sound crazy, but I very much enjoy cold weather sailing on the west coast. Very few boats to contend with through the passes, anchorages all to yourself and a different kind of solitude felt while underway.

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islander
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  14:42:06  Show Profile
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Very few boats to contend with

Yea there's a reason why!
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different kind of solitude felt while underway.

Sure...Its the only thing you can feel
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Jan Briede
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  14:50:26  Show Profile
Some of us sail season round here in the lower Chesapeake. I was out on Tuesday, it was great.
Jan
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capelyddol
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  15:35:50  Show Profile  Visit capelyddol's Homepage
Last year in Marquette the marinas closed at October's end and didn't reopen until June 4th due to Superior being iced over.
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Akenumber
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Response Posted - 11/16/2014 :  20:04:37  Show Profile
Jumped off the boat and went for a swim today.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 11/17/2014 :  11:06:57  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by plourde.jeff

So, after scouring the marinas and charter businesses in Toronto, I can report that there doesn't seem to be much appetite for "winter sailing" there.


Yep, the only two sailboats we saw this past weekend were traveling east on the Gardiner Expressway.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 11/17/2014 :  18:43:51  Show Profile
We hit a high of 87° in Miami today, but tomorrow's expected to be around 76°. This won't last much past Dec for me but I'm soaking up as much warm weather as I can before having to settle back into the deep freeze.Short
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islander
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Response Posted - 11/18/2014 :  06:55:40  Show Profile
Enjoy it Bruce, Not so nice back home.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 11/18/2014 :  09:43:29  Show Profile
That looks like great sailing weather to me islander. It's above freezing, nice stout breeze, though a little damp (it'll make it feel colder).

I had a great sail last Sunday in Seattle (temp was in the upper 30s to lower 40s, about 15 knots of wind). We don't pull our boats out, last year I sailed on both Christmas and New Years.
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islander
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Response Posted - 11/18/2014 :  11:09:33  Show Profile
Your a better man than me, The real problem is the waves...
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 11/18/2014 :  20:24:36  Show Profile
5.5' - 9.5' at 5 seconds is going to be a little more than "damp"! My 27' boat has a windshield, wipers, hardtop and side curtains... I'm staying home!
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