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Summer of 2008: Lake Ontario 300, Friday July 19, From Doug S

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Lake Ontario 300, Friday July 19, From Doug S. Pre race crew meeting. Drove over to Port Credit Yacht Club to attend The Skipper’s meetings. Lots of people, very crowded room with a lot of guest speakers. Wxx briefing was good with a disappointing forecast. All in all it’s as one old timer said. “what you see is what you’ll get”. I can add to that , where you are is what you’ve got. CLICK HERE TO READ FALCON GT BROCHURE. BACK TO OUR HOME PAGE. Back to Home Page. Falcon GT Home Page.

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The Building of s/v Falcon GT

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The Building of s/v Falcon GT. Radford R14m pilot house design. READ FALCON GT BROCHURE. BACK TO OUR HOME PAGE. Specs of the Radford R14m. The R14m is designed for long distance cruising with an easily driven hull of moderate beam and displacement, long waterline and veed sections which ensures very good sailing performance and directional stablility. Lightship 10,720kg 23,600lb. Fully loaded 13,600kg 30,000lb. Main 56.91sq m 612.6sq ft. Jib 40.43sq m 435sq ft. Staysail 12.74sq m 137sq ft. Apr 04, 2002.

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Summer of 2008: Falcon files Thursday June 5, 2008.

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Falcon files Thursday June 5, 2008. Been a while since the last FF. Been a heck of a Winter here. It was long and cold, and I wasn't particularly in the mood for that weather- lots to do on Falcon GT. So what did we manage to get done. Relaxed a fair bit – 'it's too snowy to get out'. Visited Mum in Aus – very nice with Doug G. 4 of us now have ham radio licences. 2 of us know where the book is for celestial nav – great course at the National YC. Stuart is the medic. Brendan is the journo/photographer.

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Summer of 2008: Departure Day

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SV-Falcon GT motored away from Bronte Harbour. Tuesday Oct.14th at 12:30pm. With three of five crew members on board:. Captain John Gayford, Doug Gayford and Brendan Shadford. Remaining two crew members,. Stuart Hamilton and Doug Sandrin will join them in N.Y. On Oct. 30th ready to set sail Oct. 31st. A crowd of family and friends came out to wish the crew Bon Voyage and Good Luck on their adventure. Click here to view More Pictures. CLICK HERE TO READ FALCON GT BROCHURE. BACK TO OUR HOME PAGE.

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Summer of 2008: Crew Party

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Crew are busy packing up the boat ready for Tuesday's departure! Not much time left! Going through the lists, checking them twice and checking things off as they go.Fifth and final crew member, Doug G has arrived from Australia. The boat is looking more and more full but still lots of room for relaxing, reading and watching a good ol' sea flic. on the t.v. In the meantime, while still here on land, there's always time for turkey during Canada's Thanksgiving weekend! CLICK HERE TO READ FALCON GT BROCHURE.

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Summer of 2008: 15 DAYS TO BLAST OFF by Captain John

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15 DAYS TO BLAST OFF by Captain John. Monday 29 September 2008. 15 days to blast off – That’s 2 weeks from tomorrow . Times running out – kind of like the start of a sailboat race – when the start is less than 30 seconds that 30 takes about 2 seconds! Last Friday we hauled the boat to put on the final coats of anti-fouling, and tickle up the drive train. VIDEO TAKEN BY BRENDON). Popped it back in the water this morning, motored about at a range of rpms and all is well. VIDEO TAKEN BY DOUG S.). On Saturda...

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Summer of 2008: QCYC Trip by Doug S.

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QCYC Trip by Doug S. Thanks Brendon for photo's ('cause I forgot my camera). Brendan, John and I showed up around 2:00 pm and we were off. Nice reaching conditions with winds around 7 to 9 knots and the boat going 4 to 5. Oh if only the Lake Ontario 300 had been like this! As we got close to Toronto Island. A little excitement after all. We then motored through Toronto Harbour over to QCYC. (Queens City Yacht Club). After checking in and revisiting the sights from last year,. BACK TO OUR HOME PAGE. Back ...

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Summer of 2008: Summer of 2008

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Anyway this is the big year and it's time to get going. CLICK HERE TO READ FALCON GT BROCHURE. BACK TO OUR HOME PAGE. Back to Home Page. Falcon GT Home Page.

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Summer of 2008: Falcon Files Sept. 8th 2008 by Captain John Gayford

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Falcon Files Sept. 8th 2008 by Captain John Gayford. 37 days to blast off – Who’d of thought we’d get this far? Unbelievable - Starting to get kind of shivery nervous – what’s forgotten? What will sink the boat? So many seemingly small things to do that take way longer than expected. E.g. vee berth lights, installing the table, installing the rod holders. Your suggestions for music during storms, and harbour departures and arrivals will be welcomed. The installation of the main table and the cockpit tabl...

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Summer of 2008: Lake Ontario 300 By Doug S

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Lake Ontario 300 By Doug S. Photo's by Doug, Brendan and Stuart. Well here we go. The big shake down cruise. But with the wind forecast light and variable this is going to be nothing like the ocean. Set off around 7am with light mist over a glassy lake. No wind so far. We motor around 5 or 6 knots with the engine running at a quiet 1500 to 1800 rpm. All food and clothes are stuffed away and the crew is not real happy about the wind prospects. Nice morning though. As we come up to the first mark (Gibralta...