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TomCat Tales: Dreaded laundry and other cruising delights
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Thursday, September 16, 2010. Dreaded laundry and other cruising delights. Watch your back bacon, Berkshire, there's a new pig on our plate: pata negra from Spain. Tuesday September 14 1300 hours. Fifty Point Yacht Club. Another sunny warm day with mid-day temps 24C in the shade. Breakfast is a Bright Brand cheddar cheese omelette with green onions and light caraway rye. For the past two days, we are the only visiting boat at FPYC. You just can’t beat of...Dinner ...
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TomCat Tales: Much ado about nothing at PCYC
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Thursday, September 16, 2010. Much ado about nothing at PCYC. Port Credit Yacht Club is an impressive, visitor-friendly facility just west of Toronto. At Last! Is docked in the center left of the photo. Always click on images in our blog for a larger view. Wednesday September 15 1400 hours. Port Credit Yacht Club. We clear Fifty Point Harbour at 1230 to begin the return leg of the Golden Horseshoe Cruise 2010. And the yacht clubs there. And smelly Limburger cheese.
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TomCat Tales: From bikini babes to great grilled cheese
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Saturday, September 18, 2010. From bikini babes to great grilled cheese. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit North it was not but a pleasant diversion nevertheless. Click on this or any image in the blog for a larger view. Saturday September 18 1000 hours. We wake up to another sunny day in paradise. Who’s that coming into the basin? It's a highly modified TomCat 6.2 sailing catamaran but unrelated, except by name, to our own TomCat 24. Catamaran means At Last! Has two hu...
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TomCat Tales: Lake Ontario how the Admiral likes it
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Lake Ontario how the Admiral likes it. Daily chores include window washing. Click on any image for a larger view. It’s a hot, sunny morning with clear blue skies on our mooring wall at Centreville. Before any run of more than one hour, we check the oil levels in our Yamaha outboards. We have lunch of the leftover lemon poach salmon with pita and cucumber slices. We are looking over our shoulders: Any toll collectors? We have several sl...
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TomCat Tales: Cruising little but eating well
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Cruising little but eating well. What with travel to British Columbia and Quebec on cheese business, it seems we have hardly left the dock this season. But we're eating well as witnessed by . . . Country Blue made by The Farm House Natural Cheeses. In BC, with Sandhill Cabernet Merlot. Our favourite west-coast red . . . Grilled lobster tails . . . Grilled scallops . . . Also from B.C. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Cruising by the...
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TomCat Tales: A bluesy, beersy reunion at the Lion
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Tuesday, September 14, 2010. A bluesy, beersy reunion at the Lion. After more than 40 years, Ron, Joe and the Captain, are reunited at the Saturday afternoon blues jam at the Lion in Port Dalhousie. Click on any image for a larger view. We wake and remember the ninth anniversary of September 11. It is such painful memory in history. We were all affected in some way or another. We pause for a moment of silence. Every Saturday afternoon at the Tavern is a blues jam.
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TomCat Tales: Indian Summer Cruise 2014
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Saturday, October 4, 2014. Indian Summer Cruise 2014. Click on any image for a larger view. It was already September when we finally got away for 10 days and headed for Toronto Islands. Our cruising destination when all other plans fail. The Islands are an excellent destination in their own right, only 25 miles from our slip in Frenchman's Bay east of Toronto. Fearless raccoons attempted to board At Last! But were foiled by much banging and yelling by the crew.
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TomCat Tales: At Harbour City Yacht Club, Toronto seems so far away
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Thursday, September 9, 2010. At Harbour City Yacht Club, Toronto seems so far away. The Toronto skyline appears in the distance as we depart Island Yacht Club for a cruise of the ponds and lagoons of the Toronto Islands. Tuesday, September 7. Harbour City Yacht Club. We depart Island Yacht Club. Our plan is to check out Harbour City Yacht Club. First If there were no slips available, we will head to Queen City Yacht Club. We register at the Toronto Island Marina.
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TomCat Tales: On the hook in Aquatic Park
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Saturday, September 18, 2010. On the hook in Aquatic Park. Soon after arriving in Aquatic Park, where about 100 boats are moored, the Captain enjoys an afternoon Newcastle Brown Ale while awaiting his grilled-Limburger sannich. Click on any image in the blog for a larger view. Friday September 17 1400 hours. The skies are bright blue this morning, a welcome sight after rainy yesterday. Which is on the north shore of the Leslie Street Spit. The Admiral has outdone ...
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TomCat Tales: Treadwell does brunch well
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Adventures of an original C-Dory TomCat. Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Treadwell does brunch well. P erfectly poached free-range eggs with Cumbrae pork belly, rosti potato and Hollandaise sauce is what Treadwell Restaurant calls eggs benny. We call it yummy. Click on any image in the blog for a larger view. We decide to stay for a third night in Port Dalhousie. We plan to do some grocery shopping and maybe laundry, maybe not. We brunch at the Treadwell Restaurant. Feta and a dill and hazelnut vinaigrette.