Dan (on Pineapple) and I left Port Credit Marina around 9:30am. Dan sailed and I motored. I was still pretty tired from the trip to this date. This was a very cool segment of my journey. The Toronto skyline and CN Tower were visible as soon as we got out on the lake. The wind was blowing about 10-12 knots and Pineapple was clipping along at 6-7 knots the entire way. I had no trouble keeping up and took multiple photos of Pineapple and the Toronto skyline.
We entered Toronto Harbor through the eastern passage.
This was very exciting for me to see the city from this perspective, plus the wind was blowing a good clip and there were dozens of sail and power boats zipping around. Dan led the way to enter the Toronto Islands at Hanlan’s Point. He showed me where the mooring wall was and then led me to the Centre Island Marina where I could get the holding tanks pumped out and the fuel tanks filled. After the tanks were taken care of I moved over to the Hanlan’s Point Wall, picked out a great spot with a view of the city and tied up for the night.
By the time I had my supper completed it was dark. The Toronto skyline and CN Tower looked magnificent and I spent at least an hour enjoying the view. About 10:00pm the boat was boarded by an intruder. This startled me and I was not sure what to do. I could hear movement on the back deck so I thought I would shine a bright light through the window to scare him off. When I turned the light on I found the intruder staring right back at me, daring me to come outside. I’ll never forget that face—whiskers about 3 inches long, black nose and black eye mask. Height about 18 inches (on all 4 paws) and weight about 25-30 pounds. You guessed it, a raccoon! Anyway, we stared at each other for a minute then he got bored and moved on. Hopefully he will be the only uninvited guest who ever comes aboard.
Dan (on Pineapple) and I left Port Credit Marina around 9:30am. Dan sailed and I motored. I was still pretty tired from the trip to this date. This was a very cool segment of my journey. The Toronto skyline and CN Tower were visible as soon as we got out on the lake. The wind was blowing about 10-12 knots and Pineapple was clipping along at 6-7 knots the entire way. I had no trouble keeping up and took multiple photos of Pineapple and the Toronto skyline. We entered Toronto Harbor through the eastern passage.
This was very exciting for me to see the city from this perspective, plus the wind was blowing a good clip and there were dozens of sail and power boats zipping around. Dan led the way to enter the Toronto Islands at Hanlan’s Point. He showed me where the mooring wall was and then led me to the Centre Island Marina where I could get the holding tanks pumped out and the fuel tanks filled. After the tanks were taken care of I moved over to the Hanlan’s Point Wall, picked out a great spot with a view of the city and tied up for the night. 
By the time I had my supper completed it was dark. The Toronto skyline and CN Tower looked magnificent and I spent at least an hour enjoying the view. About 10:00pm the boat was boarded by an intruder. This startled me and I was not sure what to do. I could hear movement on the back deck so I thought I would shine a bright light through the window to scare him off. When I turned the light on I found the intruder staring right back at me, daring me to come outside. I’ll never forget that face—whiskers about 3 inches long, black nose and black eye mask. Height about 18 inches (on all 4 paws) and weight about 25-30 pounds. You guessed it, a raccoon! Anyway, we stared at each other for a minute then he got bored and moved on. Hopefully he will be the only uninvited guest who ever comes aboard.