Category: Captain’s Log
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The Engine Starts. I Actually Cried a Little. | Captain’s Log #3
The Engine Starts. I Actually Cried a Little. Saturday, 31 January 2026 — Port Whitby Marina, Whitby, OntarioWind: SW 14 knots. Air temp: −4 °C (warmest we’ve had since Christmas). Lake Ontario: 0.4 m swell, occasional whitecaps beyond the harbour mouth. Thin ice on inner basin, breaking up. She started. Persistence — our tired, neglected,…
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First Full Assessment: The Good, The Bad, and the Bilge | Captain’s Log #2
Sunday, 4 January 2026 — Port Whitby Marina, Whitby, OntarioWind: W 8 knots. Air temp: −11 °C. Windchill: −18 °C. Lake Ontario: calm inside the basin, ice forming on inner dock fingers. Happy New Year. We spent it on a boat in −11 °C weather taking things apart. Port Whitby Marina in January is a…
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She’s Ours. God Help Us. | Captain’s Log #1
Saturday, 29 November 2025 — Port Credit Marina, Mississauga, OntarioWind: NW 22 knots. Air temp: −3 °C. Water temp: 5 °C. Lake Ontario: building 1.2 m chop, whitecaps visible in the outer basin. I have owned a sailboat for exactly four days and I am already lying awake at night thinking about impellers. The listing…