April 7, 2010:
Deal Closed - I'm a Skipper!

April 24, 2010:
Launch Day

May 2, 2010:
Masting

May 8, 2010:
Sea Trial

May 15/16, 2010:
Sailing in Lake Ontario

May 21, 2010:
On the truck to Midland

May/June Weekends:
Weekend sailing in Georgian Bay - Crew Welcome!

June 12:
Dave and Sandra's Wedding - No Sailing

June 19/20:
Rock Lake - No Sailing

July 1-4:
New Liskeard Bike Rally - No Sailing

July - September, 2010:
Cruising (full time) in GB

September 7-17:
Haul out for bottom work

September 17, 2010:
Depart for Kingston

September 18, 2010:
Return to Midland with torn mainsail, waterlogged nav computer, and other stuff

September 19-26, 2010:
Stuck at the dock fixing stuff waiting for sail repair

September 27, 2010:
Depart for Port Colborne

October 6-16, 2010:
Moose hunting in Sioux Lookout - no sailing

October 18, 2010:
Sail to Tonawanda, navigate NY State Canals to Albany, enjoy fall colours in upstate New York

October 31, 2010:
Halloween in New York City

November 1-6, 2010:
Navigate the Jersey shore, Delaware Bay, C&D Canal, and Upper Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis

November 7-10, 2010:
Hang out in Annapolis

November 11 - December, 2010:
Navigate to and through the Intracoastal Waterway to Florida

December 6 (or so), 2010:
Pick up Dad in St. Augustine to join me for the last leg

December 24, 2010:
Pick up Jordi in Orlando

December 24-26, 2010:
Christmas in Florida with Mom, Dad, and Jordi

December 26 - January 11, 2011:
Sail to Bahamas for New Years and cruising with Jordi

January 11, 2011:
Drop off Jordi and pick up Brian in Nassau

January 11 - 16, 2011:
Fish and dive in Bahamas with Brian

January 16, 2011:
Return to Florida

Late January, 2011:
Haul out

February, 2011:
Back to Work :-(

I suppose this whole trip is going to be about dynamic planning. Turns out that I'm not going to be able to stay at MCC for long, so there's no point hanging around Toronto. That said, I've booked a slip at Doral Marine Resort in Midland. The boat will still be launched, masted, and sea-trialed as planned. However, now the plan is to pull her right back out, put her on a truck, and send her up to Doral. The weekends and summer will still be spent cruising Georgian Bay and the Great Lakes, however, now I will have a "home port". This just makes everything more practical.

So, here is the plan (so far)...
April 24 is launch day at Mimico Cruising Club. All the boats go in the water on that day, no matter what.
On May 2, the mast goes up, and Rui will show me how to rig it.
The boat gets sea-trialed on May 8, then that's it, she's underway!
I don't know how long MCC will let me stay in Rui's slip, but I'm hoping to stay there until summer. If not, I'll get some short-term dockage at one of the nearby marinas. During the spring, I hope to sail most weekends and would welcome anybody aboard who wants to help crew. I'll need a few hands on deck until I learn the ropes (literally).
As soon as summer arrives, the first order of business is to head up to Georgian Bay via Welland Canal, Lake Erie, St. Clair River. and Lake Huron. Again, the more hands on deck, the better. The Welland specifies that the vessel must have 3 crew.
The summer will be spent cruising around Georgian Bay, North Channel, and Lake Huron, working my way down toward Belleville for some last minute outfitting before heading south.
Sometime in September or October (depending on weather and hurricanes), I'll head down the ICW to Florida.
December and January will be spent cruising the keys and/or Bahamas.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do at the end of the trip, but the boat will likely go up onto the hard in Florida, awaiting the next adventure.