Wrapping it up

It's still freezing out.  Decided I better go check on 'er at the club.  As suspected, she was full of water and leaves.  After draining the water, I wrapped her up tight until the nice weather.

Sleep tight.  See you in the spring

Phase 2: Delivery of the vessel

A cold Saturday in March (St. Patrick's day) and she's making her voyage from the CL Shop to Ashbridge's Bay.  Dave V dropped the boat off and we put together the trailer.  After a couple beers we called it a day.

The Arrival!

Dave & the CL - it's freezing out

Phase 1: Transporting the vessel

After going through various options of towing this back to Toronto (since I have no car, we thought of the UHaul, flatbed, etc) - Reached out to CL Boatworks (the manufacturer) and spoke with the president, Dave V.  Dave was super helpful and answered a lot of my questions.  He also took a look at the trailer pics and warned against it. Dave agreed to pick up the boat in Guelph, tow it to his shop, and give it a once over for  [note: he ended up tightening the exit block and halyard cleats for me and throwing in a drain plug & mast safety line]  

From CL I also purchased:

• Aluminum Dolly
• Trapeze Kit
• Forestay (and turnbuckle)
• Gull Harness (XL - winter weight)
• Spreaders (for the trap)

At this point, it's March and I can't wait to get this sucker in the water.  

The next step is for Dave to tow the boat up to Ashbridges Bay for me in Toronto.

Leaving Guelph

The CL14 @ the CL Shop