IYC Weekend - July 3 to 5

We were glad to finally get away from our dock (yes, farther than the pumpout) and take a break from working on the boat. We had a nice sail from LSYC to IYC on the Toronto Islands on July 3 where we spent 2 days with freinds on their boats Sin Cera and Chi Chi Maru.

We took the IYC tender to downtown Toronto and walked to the St. Lawrence Market. I needed to stock up on my favorite pot scrubbers and the little housewares booth in the St. Lawrence Market is the only place I have seen them sold. They are small rectangles (about 4" x 6") of colourful terry towelling coated with something that makes them hard and scratchy. They work great on everything from BBQ grills to non stick cookware. A must for the galley!

The grand finale of the season's fireworks displays happened on Saturda, July 4, in honor of our neighbours to the soouth. We loaded the trhee dinghies and went across the beach on the west side of Hanlon's Point. From there we had a great view of the fireworks as they were set off in front of Ontario Place. It has become a tradition for the kids to gather scraps of wood on the beach and build a bonfire.

On the way home Sunday we picked up a passenger from Harbourfront for the sail back to LSYC.