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I had a blast. Thank you. I go to New Brunswick yearly. We canoe on the Miramichi and Restigoushe rivers. Love New Brunswick. I also have a contessa 26 in Nova scotia where I hope to sail the south coast for a few years. I drive back and forth from Montreal. I just bought the boat last year and now have to repower the original diesel engine that died for good. Going electric. Now I look at what I’m going through and am thinking that my original idea to trailer my CL 16 to different waters was the best idea to simply get me in the water. But whatever, once installed, I’ll sail Nova Scotia in the Contessa and around Montreal in the CL 16.

I would like to trailer my CL 16 south in the winter months and hit some lakes and coasts. I’ll look at Lake Norman. Thank you.

@@spirosailingtime NC coast is awesome, perfect for your boat. A lot of water but not real deep. Check out all the cruising around Palmico Sound, Beaufort, Cape lookout national seashore. I'm headed out next week in my Catalina 22 somewhere not sure yet which direction.

Hi, thanks for watching. I need to sleep with my CPAP all the time. I always have it with me wherever I go. Canoe trips, van trips, sailing trips….. I have a battery that is made specifically for CPAPs, that lasts for two nights. It’s a Medistrom battery. I paid about 250$ for it 4 years ago. In the CL 16, I had a marine battery, kept charged with a 10kw solar panel. I had a cigarette lighter plug hooked up to the battery and plugged my CPAP into a 75 watt (I think) inverter. It worked for 8 nights. Not sure if I ever depleted the marine battery and if the panel was actually charging, but my marine battery kept my phone, watch, hand held gps, cpap going for 8 days. When I’m on my Contessa 26, I now use an EcoFlow pro battery to run my CPAP. That’s a little more expensive. I paid about 800$ for it, but I can run my cpap for a week or more and you can easily charge it up in 2 hours on shore power. But I would not take that battery on the CL 16 because I wouldn’t risk getting it wet. Hope this helps.

@@spirosailingtime yes thank you that does help. I will investigate that. I also as a video editor love the way you put this series together. I would encourage you to continue making more videos if you want my help I would be glad to give you free food for thought and guidance, but I definitely like the storytelling Avenue you went down. I could watch your stuff all day and that’s saying something for somebody that has watched footage for . I also teach Sailing One to adult. Would love to know more about your story in your journey. Could you make a video telling us about how you got into sailing how long you’ve been sailing and have you ever raced a sailboat?

Thank you. I had a blast. I subscribe to your channel. Really good stuff.

Thank you for watching. It was the last week of July. Apparently after June 15th, the wind is steadily from the west on the Saint Lawrence. The time that I was on the river I hit a few days tacking up wind.

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Maybe the CL 16 I bought for parts from l’école de voile de Lachine is one that you sailed on. On sait jamais.

Go for it. They are great boats. You can trailer to areas you want to explore and go anywhere once you’re in the water.

I use the same Bimini on the Contessa. Works great. I bought the Contessa last March. Sailed it for a week and the engine died. I’m replacing it with an Electric Yacht QT10 motor soon. I live in Montréal and drive between the CL16 and Contessa. Would like to have some ocean sailing adventures as well.

@@spirosailingtime that is some distance to travel to spend time on a larger sailing vessel.

@@m.bernard7017 yes. Sometimes I question my decisions. But I really like Nova Scotia. I hope to sail to Newfoundland one day. It’s a 13 hour drive. I’ll go for 2 weeks at a time. And maybe I’ll find that I can’t handle solo ocean sailing and just trailer the boat to Montreal.

@@spirosailingtime We sail in protected bays off the Northumberland Straight near Shediac/Cocagne NB - you could make it here in about 11 hours from Montreal. Would be a good experience to sail from Mahone Bay to here before the Magdalen Island and or Newfoundland

@@m.bernard7017 my friend has a cottage in Burnt Church NB. I’ve promised him I would sail to his place. Your area would be a nice stop on the way. But I think I’ll have a couple of years of sailing around Nova Scotia before I venture further.

Merci. J’ai eu beaucoup de plaisir en CL 16. J’ai aussi un Contessa 26 à Nouvelle Ecosse. J’aimerais un jour naviguer à Gaspé.

The one night in Sorel it was blowing pretty hard and I didn’t lose my tarp. So yes. I guess and I could always add more if I needed. Thanks Mike.

My mother makes the best dolmades. She made me a container full that lasted me 3 days. Plenty of good Greek recipes out there. Hope you get to try them someday soon. Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, a cotton tarp would have made a difference for the noise. I was originally going to use the pickup tent every night but it was too difficult to put up when in the water and with a bit of wind. With more practice, I will be able to do it. You’re right, you don’t need much to get onto the water and go places. Thank you.

Yes she is. I hope to sail around the coast of Nova Scotia and eventually make it to Newfoundland.

Yes. I still have it. I’ll be heading back to Nova Scotia in May to pull out the diesel engine and install a QT10 electric yacht motor. I the Contessa 26 is definitely a safe blue water boat. I also can’t wait to go out in bigger seas. I sailed it for a week and the diesel engine died for good on me. It’s an original Feryman 7, very hard to get parts. Thank you.

Yes. I found that out when I sent a picture to my sailmaker of my reefing job. He put in the reefing points on the main for me and pointed out the mistake to me. I learn as I go. Good thing it wasn’t blowing to hard. Thanks for watching.

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Hi. Email me at spiro.petra@sympatico.ca

Wow! That’s quite a collection of boats. The Norseboat looks perfect to for a nice dinghy cruise. Go for it. Thank you.

Yes. I had a blast. Keep it simple and just get out on the water. Thank you.

Yes. That’s my plan. I’ll trailer to Kingston. Sail through 1000 islands and will have to pull out at Iroquois locks and put back in past the locks to make it to Valleyfield. Going to be a beautiful sail. A lot easier than sailing to Quebec. Thank you.

J’ai vu sur votre TH-cam que vous avez déjà navigué jusqu’au Lac Ontario. C’est fantastiques. Ça m’encourage de le faire cet été sur mon CL16.

@@spirosailingtime Je crois que c'est plus facile vers l'ouest, plus d'infra disponible, pas de marée et des îles en quantité. Il faut cepandant prêter attention à la frontière et ne pas jeter l'ancre au USA par inavertance ( à moins d'avoir régler les formalités ). Si vous partez de Kingston, vous pouvez pousser un peu plus vers l'ouest vers la baie de Quinte, il y a de la belle voile à faire. Ensuite le retour vers l'est se fait avec le courant, d'une ile à l'autre. C'est possible de camper sur certaines iles ( Parc Canada ) mais c'est très populaire. Bon vent.

Yes. That’s what makes it fun to sail and go anywhere. It was still a struggle to get it off the sand loaded with all my gear. Thank you.

I almost did that when I launched my Contessa 26 for the first time. The crane guy noticed that I hadn’t put it in as they were lowering it.

Yes. My original plan was to make it to Rivière du Loup, but I quickly realized and was told by many local sailors not to go past Quebec City.

My go to meal on the water. Excellent cold, on bread with butter. Gotta keep the calorie intake up…

They are 8 feet oars. I wanted longer but couldn’t find any. Turned out fine. I rowed a lot with the current but also against the current as well in Montréal other times. Also, anything longer would be more cumbersome on the boat. So 8’ is good for me.

Thank you for this information. Most helpful. Cheers. Rick @@spirosailingtime

Yes I do. She’s in Nova Scotia. A 13 hour drive from where I am. I’m about to head out there to replace the diesel engine with an electric motor. Sailing season gets good in June there.

Baie D’Urfe.

@@spirosailingtime Awesome I am in Brossard. I have been thinking about sail from Montreal to Toronto what is your view on that? Have you done that trip before?

@@robboss5144 I want to go from Toronto to Montreal. Or at least Kingston to Montreal. The only thing is that you can’t go through the Iroquois locks. There’s a 20’ minimum. You would have to get out there and trailer your boat to the other side. But it’s doable. Especially sailing through 1000 islands.

I have a 22 foot Tanzer so I should be allowed through the locks right?@@spirosailingtime

@@robboss5144 yes. I thought you had a cl16 like mine. Yes. Over 20’ with a motor you are good to go. And you can go back and forth. I was going to trailer my CL to Toronto and sail back to Montreal. Take advantage of the slight current.

Go for it!!!

I’ve been watching your clips. They are great. Thank you.