Ontario Sailors Rendezvous 2014

[beene]

Leon from SFO has booked his flt

Starsloop (Cat) says she wants to come and looking fwd to it

Rocky

Highlander

Beene

Tom

All good and hoping for great weather with some nice warm water for swimming vs the cold temps of Lake Ontario water.

Anyone heard from Ross? Seems to have dropped off the planet. I know he was selling his house....

G

[Tomfoolery]

I logged in just now to ask you that very question, being that he or the admiral took that twin spinnaker shot I used in the spinnaker thread that's running now. He hasn't posted since late last year. I hope all is well with them.

[Catigale]

I'm still 50-50 on this one due to busy summer schedule.

[Highlander]

Yep gotta get my boat ship shape , spent two days running around trying to find what I need to finish off my existing mods so was not a happy camper, my phones & internet went down again fri wasted alot of time with Bell trying to fix that Sat afternoon & then the bell guy was here all day Sun & eventually found the problem , so this was a wasted wk-end basically for trying to get crap done on the boat ,also had to remove a thirty foot tree root that was trying to get under my swimming pool lucky for me it went around it so that saved me alot of work but now have to clean up that mess ,LOL Rocky showed up to check out my newest Mods so we took time to shoot the breeze & have a beer so at least something went well Sat morn
Oh yeh rocky I have not had time to look for that ss piano hinge for u if I get a chance I'll have a look Tues morn or this wk-end

J

[dreamer]

No worries john I actually had a brass one and used that. Yeah seeing what you've done had me working on my boat saturday when I got back home. I'm hoping to be out on the water again next weekend.

[beene]

Sorry I missed you guys.

Next time

[Crikey]

I logged in just now to ask you that very question, being that he or the admiral took that twin spinnaker shot I used in the spinnaker thread that's running now. He hasn't posted since late last year. I hope all is well with them.

Not looking good this year.... The ice storm of 2013 hit us with both barrels.

Just bought a new mast extrusion from Dowsar today for $900. It's gonna take some time to get our act together, and given the state of our car, Simcoe's going to be too big a haul to pull off this year.

R

[Tomfoolery]

Wow, that stinks. I hope you get her back up and running soon.

But at least you and yours are alright. I get nervous when folks drop off the face of the planet.

[dreamer]

Wow that's bad luck Ross. It was quite the winter this year. I'm sure you have quite a bit of work ahead of you. Well if you can't make it to MMOR I'm sure we can meet up again in Port Credit later in the summer.

[beene]

Ouch

Good to hear from you Ross

Do you still have the same cell num?

Tried to reach you via text...

Glad you were able to get a mast from Dowsar, he is handy yo your locale

Just an fyi.... I found out that Uhaul will rent you a pickup for less than 20/day and can tow up to 6500lbs.
Comes with all you need to tow

Hope you can make it, but totally understand if you cant

Any luck with the house sale?

G

[Highlander]

Hi Ross
Glad to hear u r all ok yes was a brutal winter this yr shoulda seen my heating bills
Hi did u try giving ur mast some of ur vgra-xd just a thought u never know it might just straighten it right out
Only kidding just trying to cheer u up lucky it did not hit the boat & do even more damage
If u can get ur boat up to my place I could help u change it out does the new mast come predrilled if so it will be a piece of cake changing over if not will take a little more time let me know if u need some help with that ok it'll cost u a couple of glasses of Scotch or I could come down to ur place for a day & getterdon
I will be going down too HMP in Mississauga soon so I would be basically half way there so call me on Fri morn I'll be home all day working on the boat or text me on my cell Sh_t does happen just grin & bare it , coulda been worse
J

[Crikey]

Hi all!
Yes, we have gone to ground over the last bunch of months. Last years Real Estate agent blew the one offer she produced by not informing the municipality of their permit distance error when they hoped to build a new structure in the previous location of the massive barn we were force to take down (also storm damaged). This years new listing (with another company) seems to be producing much better action - so the game begins anew. We've recently been up to our favourite Washago/Black river area to examine some potential properties but will refrain until this one's in the bank. Who knows - maybe we'll sail down from Couchiching to meet up if things work out in time. Property sale means new vehicle too.
Our youngest daughter picked us up in TO international on Dec 28th, after six weeks in Thailand (where the oldest lives) and Myanmar, and on the way home asked us if we wanted to hear the good news or the bad news first. The good was only partial basement flooding because of a nine hour power outage, the bad was the ice storm/mast damage which would have not occurred if the trailer has been parked six inches further forward. The Thai's have a saying for it 'Mai pen rai', which is like John saying sh*# happens - so true. To add insult to injury our water supply pipe burst halfway from the well (600' from house) and we flushed with snow water for just over two months until it thawed enough for digging. Things can only get better.
It'll be about a month before I can pick the mast up and I'm not clear about it being pre-drilled. I'd gladly lay on some Scotch for you John but it's a little uncertain, at this time, how things are going to pan out. Could make a good modding post!
Perhaps crewing for a day/night would be a thing?

R.

[Highlander]

Hi Ross , Let me know when u get ur stick & we'll work something out in helping get her ship shape ! OK
Yep I'm sure we can all work something out for crewing / overnighting , maybe I'll let U wear my kilt & be my cabin boy !!

J

[dreamer]

maybe I'll let U wear my kilt & be my cabin boy !!

J

Crikey Ross, now that's an incentive to get your boat ready in time.

[Crikey]

Ell's Bell's!