A couple of better pix of Sea Saw.

At her mooring at Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club.

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I miss you so.


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Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Southwind....
Happy birthday to you!

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9 months ago, I blogged that I love my boat, but it's not a FLYING boat.

But huzzah!

My boat flies!


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With tears and heartache, we began putting Southwind to bed for the season.

But not without a final sail. She has to get from her mooring at the base of Jameson to her trailer at Humber Bay. A gorgeously sunny Sunday with a steady wind had her skipper and first-mate-once-removed cutting some waves one last time:


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I didn't get how this could work until I started sketching it out.

One of the things that absolutely requires two agile, strong people on a sailboat is raising the mast. Even at the best of times: on-the-hard, with no wind and two able crew, it can be a harrowing, often risky if not dangerous exercise as the mast wobbles side-to-side.

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