On August 3rd, HYC held a send off party for the "Pirates of the Caribbean". Three boats are leaving HYC this summer to venture into the unknown (to us) waters of the south, Blair and Edith Gyde on Kind of Magic, Gil and Diana Duquette on Serenda and Jorge and me on CS'ta Time. The clubhouse patio was alive with members socializing, (eating and drinking to be more accurate!) It was a great time.

 

Note the picture of the pirates in the background on the post,

Gil and Diana, Jorge and Kim.

 

 

Here we are with CS'ta Time ready for the adventure.







 
After a week of enjoying lunches and suppers with friends and family, we were ready to leave, on schedule on August 6th. We had to leave. Jorge was complaining if we stayed longer and continued to be wined and dined, he would need a new liver! We left HYC at 7 a.m. The trip across Lake Simcoe could have been better. There was a lot of wave-action and higher than anticipated wind but once we were along side Thorah Island the water calmed and remained so for the rest of the day. We traveled through the first six locks of the picturesque Trent-Severn and onto Balsam Lake where we found a nice anchorage.  It was an early night, the months of working on the boat had taken their toll!