Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Latitude 43.95689 degrees North, Longitude 78.16592 degrees West
We left the marina at Port Credit Tuesday morning at 6:45 am. The sail from Port Credit to Cobourg yesterday broke down like this:
Hours 0-3, motoring past Toronto as wind built.
Hours 3-6, flew just the genoa with 10-15 kts of wind (almost on the stern) and a bit of a following sea. Wind moved a bit more to the SW which was perfect for our point of sail.
Hours 6-11, we stayed with the genoa as the SW winds built to 15-22+ kts and as the day progressed following seas built significantly. Boat speed was 5-6+ kts, but SOG was 6-7.5 kts. Fortunately, the wind direction never really shifted to the West, as forecasted, so we kept the same point of sail for a very long period of time. We saw 1.0-2 kt SOG boost from the following seas for most of the afternoon.
Just as we approached the entrance to the breakwater at Cobourg the wind was 21-26 kts and large waves were rolling across the very narrow entrance (rocks on both sides of course) which made for an exciting transit. I used nearly full power on Yani to punch through and prevent from being pushed onto the rocks. Once inside, waters were quite calm and we relaxed a bit.
The Cobourg Village Marina is reasonably nice marina ($56/night for us). There are quite a few sailboats (unlike most of the marinas we have been in so far) and the downtown are is very nice town with all the amenities.
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