we left Digby when the last of the tide was coming in … in the Digby Gut, we had to fight the tide and current, it knocked us down to 1 knot and in a one 30 second period we stood still …. normally you wait until the tide is going out, but our day trip to Grand Manan was going to be 9 hours, so we had to leave at noon
part way across the Bay of Fundy is the traffic lanes, on our Chart Plotter we saw 3 freighters, when you enter the traffic lanes you have to radio Fundy Traffic and report your lat and long, speed, and course, so they can keep track of you …. it took us one hour and 6 miles to get thru the shipping lanes …..this is the first day that we had no fog
one of the freighters from Singapore heading to St. John , New Brunswick
we had to keep a good lookout for floating logs, most of them had a bird resting on them
it took us 8 3/4 hours to do the crossing, motor on, sails up and pushing it at 5.5 knots all the way … the tide gave us a boost of 1 - 2 knots only about 1/4 of the time …. it was getting late, 8:30pm and we anchored out side the harbour for the night … these green fishing boats about 10 all came into the harbour at once … they work at the salmon fish farm
our crossing 48 km
a nice sunset
in the morning it was so foggy we decided to put away the Nova Scotia charts and pull out Maine to New York charts
this is Grand Manan Island, (Queen of the Fundy Isles)
Joe got the dinghy blown up again, while the fog loomed overhead
this is a whale watching sailboat, called Whales n Sails Adventures, the captain Sarah McDonald has worked the Bay of Fundy since 1996, there is a marine biologist and a naturalist on board too
this is the Grand Manan Aventure arriving with cars and passengers from Blacks Harbour New Brunswick …
we asked a local fisherman if we could tie up in the harbour and we were told that this boat was not leaving the harbour … this is at high tide
and low tide …. 25 ft tides … we are climbing a very wet, slippery ladder to access shore
we got a quick road trip to the south part of the island
the east coast of the island is low and the west coat is 100 ft basalt columns
Bradley Small, cousin of Janise Green Albright (Annapolis Royal), drove us around the island, which is 15 miles long and 7 miles wide population is 2,650
the old post office and customs building
this is where we are getting our wifi from, about a 10 min walk from the boat
a good sea glass beach
we are starting to find glass a lot more rounded here
a power skiff helping a barge dock
we bought cod tongues in Digby and had to give it a try … not bad … the left overs I made into fish cakes
harbour at low tide
Joe was a long way down … the ladder is sure slimy
…. to be continued
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