Aboard Oasis

Fred and Dave both crewed on Caleidoscope and now crew on Blueberry Hill and Spellbound. They have a 42ft Catalina docked in Hamilton and invited the rest of the crews out for a sail. Rick and I and Mark and Angie took them up on it.

Oasis is a beautiful cruising sailboat with comfortable sleeping for 4

 

and a spacious cockpit.

We motored up Burlington Bay

with greenery and expensive homes on one side and

massive industry on the other.

We paused, waiting for the lift bridge which opens every half hour (unless a "laker" needs to go through then its on demand)

Under the Burlington Skyway (QEW), the lift bridge, past the old lighthouse

and out into Lake Ontario.

We sailed for a while in light and shifty winds. For a large boat she sailed surprisingly well with little wind. A furling Jib and a Mainsail that furls into the mast makes choosing to sail or not very little work.

A Catamaran club on the beach. The Skyway was backed up and crawling the whole time we were out.

We snacked, anchored and swam (Lake Ontario is colder than Lake Erie!)

and watched a float plane doing circuits (landing, taking off and circling around to do it again) 

We headed back under the bridge, totally relaxed. Angie on "the best seat in the house."

Closer to the industrial side of the bay this time, past the Haida

HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943 to 1963, participating in World War II and the Korean War.^[2] She was named after the Haida people.^[3]

The only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels constructed for the RCN, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945, Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship and as such is commonly referred to as the "Fightingest Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy".^[4][5]

Designated a national historic site of Canada in 1984, she now serves as a museum ship, berthed next to HMCS Star, an active Royal Canadian Naval Reserve Division, in Hamilton, Ontario.^[6] In 2018, Haida was designated the ceremonial flagship of the RCN from Wikipedia.

We were out on the water for about 5 hours. Lovely boat, tasty snacks and good company.