Pat Your Boat Day

This past Sunday was Pat Your Boat Day at The Royal Canadian Yacht Club. The day started about twenty to twenty-five years ago with a few members agreeing to meet one Sunday on the island and have lunch.
The RCYC has two club houses. The city club is at Bloor and St. George. This is were we play squash. Our boats are kept on the islands about three miles south of Downtown Toronto. Since our launches are not running we take the city ferry and walk the 1.5 miles or 2 kilometers to the club. Te following pictures are of the ferry ride and the hockey game on the lagoons we see along the way.

Some of the 80 to 100 participants

This is a picture of our island club house from the bay

Two pictures of the hockey game

When we get to the island we check on our boats ans lockers then have lunch. Traditionally the Cruising Sailors Squadron makes a thick pea soup and the marine yard staff arrange for a cake to be baked by the staff at the city club.

 Looking across the Lawn Bowling Green to our island club house. It was built in 1922

 Outside the wood working shop cooking lunch

 This is our old Irish Mist. Below is our new Irish Mist waiting for us in Rochester NY

Below is a picture of our dock waiting the arrival of the new Irish Mist in late April or early May