Windsor Power and Sail Squadron

#OTD 15/2/1965 #RememberRCN -Canada adopts a new national flag. The White Ensign, in use since 1911 & Blue Canadian Naval Jack, in use since 1957 are hauled down & replaced with the new #CanadianFlag. The new flag was used as both Jack & Ensign on #RCNavy ships.

Take On Head Seas More Smoothly | Boating Safety tips from USCG https://buff.ly/2NyhpCh

#TGIF love is in the air!

Difficult days but as any sailor know, constant attention to the sails will get you there in the end. Trim away, summer's coming.

The first show of the year! Registration is free.

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Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning | America's Boating Compass tips here https://buff.ly/3lA7g4c

5 things you can be fined for when driving your boat | Cottage Life story here https://buff.ly/30mpMEK

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"Their lifejackets were stowed and they couldn't get to them". ALWAYS have your PFDs available, or better yet wear them. It isn't called a Planned, it's called an Emergency.

NW Quadrant of a hurricane/tropical storm. From the mast!

MAUMEE RIVER DRAINED! Have you ever seen the Maumee river near Perrysburg and Maumee look empty like this? Sunday's windstorm and sustained southwest winds pus...hed the water out of lake Erie's western basin toward Buffalo in what is know as a massive "Seiche"! The water level as measured at the mouth of the Maumee River on Lake Erie rapidly dropped nearly 7 FEET essentially draining the Maumee River. : Dena Sibbersen VERY COOL!

Iron Guppy - Toronto Harbour - in front of Redpath Sugar plant - 1200x900 px, 668 kb, 300 dpi ( The name was selected from the many proposed by a group of stud...ents attending the city’s waterfront schools ) From Wikipedia The Iron Guppy is a tugboat, built in 2016, and owned and operated by Ports Toronto.[1][2]or agencies, since 1961. The Iron Guppy has very similar operational characteristics as the William Rest, however, with modern electronics. The Iron Guppy is a single screw tug, capable of breaking ice up to 6 inches (15 cm) thick. The vessel was designed by Robert Allan Limited, ship architects, and built by Hike Metals of Wheatley, Ontario. Type: Single Screw Tugboat Year Built: 2016 Builder: Hike Metal Products Ltd., Wheatley, ON Engine: 1 Cummins QSK19-M Horsepower: 750 bhp from https://www.cummins.com/case-stu/versatile-tug-port-toronto When the Port of Toronto’s 45-year-old single screw tug, William Rest, got some hull damage while breaking ice, the incident lent new impetus to plans for a new boat. Like the original, the new boat would do a variety of tasks from tending to dredging, and icebreaking as well as assisting the Toronto Police and Toronto Fire Service marine units. Ports Toronto issued a call for tenders with a budget and set of requirements. Well know Ontario-based builder Hike Metals, approached the Vancouver-based naval architect firm of Robert Allan Ltd for a design. It was this design that helped Hike win the bid. It was specified that this boat, like its predecessor, should have a single engine. While the older boat was not designed to break ice, the new one will have ice-breaking capabilities. With an overall length of 19.8 meters and, as a single screw tug, a beam of only 6.4 meters the design had to accomplish a variety of tasks. Although ice breaking will only occupy the new vessel for a part of the year, its consideration contributed some interesting details to the design. Robert Allan harbour tugs have a distinctive stern shape that gives then good performance in reverse. However that same taper could force ice to go under the hull and possibly damage the rudder. To prevent this, an ice knife has been added midships below the transom. This will effectively cut any ice and push it to either side. As some ice may reach the 54-inch (1.35-meter) five-blade propeller, it has been designed with the extra blade thickness carried out to the tips for additional strength. Modifications to the bow are more significant. In addition to heavier, more closely spaced scantlings, the bow is designed with a cut away starting at the waterline and angling aft. This allows the boat to ride up on the ice. However, unlike a dedicated icebreaker, the shape of the bow is left narrow to provide efficient passage through the water in the many months that the tug will not be functioning as an icebreaker. This, in turn, gave the designers another challenge as the beamier bow on a conventional ice breaker also provides stability when riding up on the ice, the narrow bow would not provide the same lateral support. To safeguard against the boat riding too high on the ice and tipping or also pushing the stern under water, the design includes an ice stopper, a sort of skeg, set well back and under the bow. The single engine propulsion for the new tug will be an inline six-cylinder Tier 3 rated Cummins QSK19-M producing 750 HP providing six-tons of bollard pull. Hans Muhlert of Robert Allan Ltd. explained that the firm chose the ABS Ice Class C0 standard to meet the ice breaking requirement, This will allow the boat to break six-inch ice continuously and up to ten inches of ice by ramming and riding up on the ice. The tug, named in a competition by Toronto school children, Iron Guppy will carry the distinctive Robert Allan style wheelhouse structure that has been proven to provide excellent 360-degree visibility. As a day boat, it has no sleeping accommodations but does have a comfortable and spacious crew lounge and pantry. A knuckle boom crane is mounted aft of the deckhouse with a tow hook aft of that.

CHECK THIS OUT! Here is Ethan standing on the bottom of Lake Erie near the docks at Kelly's Island. The intense sustained winds pushed the Lake Erie waters to t...he eastern basin of the lake. Lake Erie dropped an incredible 7 FEET as measured near Toledo. : Eddie Ehrbar

How I spent my birthday this morning. Outbound trip on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. Always feels good to to have a safe trip out and put Cleveland in the rear view. #VTB #LauraLVanenkevort #greatlakes #tugboat

7'6" change in water level from the storm. Buffalo, NY