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Prospector
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Initially Posted - 02/24/2012 : 13:52:38

Iris is no longer a Lake Simcoe boat. We are now members of a Lake Ontario club. Now we just need to figure out the logistics of relocation.

I may need to change my signature now.

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Take a minute to register your boat with the association!!
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 14:47:20

Now you'll get to experience sailing over the horizon (if you haven't tried it)! I know Simcoe isn't a pond, but the Great Lakes are "real water"--and a "big easterly" will have a whole new meaning! (It might start you thinking about a bigger boat...

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Where's the club and what's it called?

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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 15:16:14

Welcome to the Sweetwater Sea. I think you'll love it

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 16:44:25

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 Now you'll get to experience sailing over the horizon (if you haven't tried it)! I know Simcoe isn't a pond, but the Great Lakes are "real water"--and a "big easterly" will have a whole new meaning! (It might start you thinking about a bigger boat...

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Where's the club and what's it called?
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On Simcoe we could sail over the horizon, and it was cool, but as soon as you reached the dead centre of te lake, you could see 270° of shore, which was also cool.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 16:52:00

Chris -
Congratulations! Are you located downtown somewhere? Up in Frenchman's Bay? Down by Humber Bay? or out in Oakville?

Don't forget to move your "pin" on the C25 map page....

Now you've got major adventures ahead. I was up in Watertown NY kayaking last summer and headed in and out of the bays, and the next day we launched in the 1000 Islands area - AWESOME! It's a beautiful lake - you're going to love it.

Now do you have all the necessary nautical charts? You can start with NOAA's GeoGarage to scope it out. No problem with skinny waters off the GTA.

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zeil
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 17:12:18

Congratulations... lucky people... is Port Hope now your home port or perhaps Cobourg or which other of the fresh water ports?

You'll have a lifetime of exploring.

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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 17:51:14

I'm loving watching all the guesses. Once someone gets it, I'll let you know.

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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 19:06:33

So what are we supposed to go on... "club" and "Lake Ontario"? I suppose we can guess it's somewhere in the Toronto area of the lake... Ashbridge's Bay? (Cool place!)

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 06:25:22

OK - what was I thinking!?!?

Knowing the general bent of the group - I googled "Affordable Toronto Yacht Club" and viola!

Up came: http://mooredale.com/cm/index.php
"Affordable, addictive, ..... a location ten minutes from Downtown. Welcome to the best kept secret in Toronto! "

It looks like a fun spot...

This has got to be it!

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 08:33:28

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 So what are we supposed to go on... "club" and "Lake Ontario"? I suppose we can guess it's somewhere in the Toronto area of the lake... Ashbridge's Bay? (Cool place!)
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Yeah you deserve a hint. Its someplace between Niagara Fals and Cornwall on the Ontario side

Closest guess so far would be Frenchman's.

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 08:35:17

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Voyager
 OK - what was I thinking!?!?

Knowing the general bent of the group - I googled "Affordable Toronto Yacht Club" and viola!

Up came: http://mooredale.com/cm/index.php
"Affordable, addictive, ..... a location ten minutes from Downtown. Welcome to the best kept secret in Toronto! "

It looks like a fun spot...

This has got to be it!

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Mooredale does look cool - I had never heard of it. Too bad its a dinghy club

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 11:34:26

Okay... I get it... Frenchman eh? How about Gananoque, ON, Canada, or Kingston the military and prison city, or Prescott with its gateway to the USA, or Village Quay Marina 541 Thousand Islands Parkway, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, ON K0E 1L0, Canada... anyone of them would be fine

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 13:15:12

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by zeil
 
Okay... I get it... Frenchman eh? How about Gananoque, ON, Canada, or Kingston the military and prison city, or Prescott with its gateway to the USA, or Village Quay Marina 541 Thousand Islands Parkway, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, ON K0E 1L0, Canada... anyone of them would be fine

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Further west than Kingston and the 1000 Islands.

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 17:20:56

guess... somewhere east of Cobourg and west of Kingston... presumably with a marina close-by or in town and on the lake... where could that be but Trenton, Picton, Belleville, Brighton... all wonderful places, not densely populated and with great sailing at your doorstep. We have family in Kingston and Port Hope and like the surrounding cottage, lake and recreational areas

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 17:30:08

Ok, ok, ok.....
Whitby Harbor is talking it up: " ...idyllically situated between a safe harbour and the sandy shores of Lake Ontario. WYC has active social, racing and cruising programs enjoyed by kids, teens and adults ... "
Sounds great!

Lake of Bays Sailing Club in Oshawa looks like a fine spot as well.....

Both of which are not far from Simcoe. Chris - is there a water route between Simcoe and Ontario? Like somewhere around Trenton and the Murray Canal?

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 18:49:40

THE TRENT-SEVERN WW traverses Simcoe. We made that incredible trip several years ago starting from Lake Ontario.

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 19:24:00

Guess that answers my question.

As I recall, it connected Lake Ontario with the Georgian Bay. There were locks along the way, as well as lift sections where somehow the boat is lifted out of the water, and carried overland for some distance (?) somehow.

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 19:36:00

The Big Chute Marine Railway -->> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Chute_Marine_Railway

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 19:52:44

And the Peterborough Lift Lock. The entire tub of water that you are floating in goes up or down.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmklGExZwM

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 20:36:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Voyager
 Ok, ok, ok.....
Whitby Harbor is talking it up: " ...idyllically situated between a safe harbour and the sandy shores of Lake Ontario. WYC has active social, racing and cruising programs enjoyed by kids, teens and adults ... "
Sounds great!

Lake of Bays Sailing Club in Oshawa looks like a fine spot as well.....

Both of which are not far from Simcoe. Chris - is there a water route between Simcoe and Ontario? Like somewhere around Trenton and the Murray Canal?
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So hot you are on fire. Less than a mile from Whitby harbour. (Ok, actually in the same hatbour as Whitby Harbour.)

And yes, we could transit the Trent canal to get to Lake ontario and our new club. I am weighing the pros and cons of shipping the boat vs taking the canal. Mostly it depends on how the sale of the house goes and what kind of a moving day we end up with. If we move quickly I will have to ship the boat. If we move anything after June, the canal makes sense.

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 20:39:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by zeil
 
guess... somewhere east of Cobourg and west of Kingston... presumably with a marina close-by or in town and on the lake... where could that be but Trenton, Picton, Belleville, Brighton... all wonderful places, not densely populated and with great sailing at your doorstep. We have family in Kingston and Port Hope and like the surrounding cottage, lake and recreational areas

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We looked closel at Port Hope and Cobourg but decided the commute was just too long. There are some beautiful historic properties out that way though and property is cheap. The PHAI is pretty trumped up from all the info I could find. Maybe we'll keep it in mind for retirement in another billion years.

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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 21:06:32

Congratulations!....looks like some blue water sailing in your near future.

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Response Posted - 02/26/2012 : 06:47:36

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by glivs
 Congratulations!....looks like some blue water sailing in your near future.
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Its bluer the farther you get from Toronto/Buffalo from what I hear... and the very bluest on the Canadian side

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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 11:53:23

Last night I got a very pleasant call from teh Rear Commodore at Whitby Yacht Club telling me my references had checked out and I am welcome to join them for a new members orientation. What a pleasant call to get. A far cry from the current club's policy.

Anyway we get voted in alongside 4 other new members in a week, and then the club will never be the same again. He he he... I think there is even another C-25 on their race results from last year.

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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 13:38:24

A few more lifts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boat_lifts

This is huge one ;-)

https://picasaweb.google.com/101655918019986321929/KrasnoyarskDamSBoatLiftFunctioning

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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 18:05:57

Awesome... i've been on late ontario since 2008 and I absolutely love it and don't have any plans moving just yet. Yes 25 is bit small, but it's been great for me... and I had an opportunity to sail in all kinds of weather.

i'm based out of west end.

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