our last night at Gold River Marina, chatting with fellow boaters
our first trip out of the marina, we decided to only go to Round Island, which is about one hour away, it has a fantastic sandy beach with about 20 mooring balls .. since it was a Monday, it was not crowded
this 1923 50ft steel schooner Hershoff Design, built in New Zealand and represented New Zealand in the tall ship regatta …... came into a mooring ball next to us … " Perception ", they are from Martha's Vineyard, we made contact and he gave us his info, so we can connect when we head south
the fog was starting to roll in, love this picture
at low tide we went for a walk on the island, we had a Bald Eagle and Blue Herons fishing the shore,
2 Pilot Whales swam past
looking for sea glass
some sea grass
the next day we headed out to another island, this is the Tancook Ferry
the entrance to Deep Cove, this cove was formed by a cleft in the hills extending right into the 500 ft Aspotogan Mountain. The inlet extends almost a mile into the mountain and expands to a small basin at the head were we moored on Eric and Ellen Haynes mooring … they are good friends with Janis and Cam Albright, Annapolis Royal friends … both of them winter in the Bahamas … once again we got some good info of this area and Bahamas .. they also treated us to supper
our trip from Round Island to Deep Cove, we had full main up and reefed foresail, and it was just about too much ….. it took us 2 1/2 hours to cross the bay
our first sea glass collection .. the clear glass one looks like a sail boat
the view from Eric and Ellen Haynes home, looking out the channel
looking out the channel from the water view, we hear that Morgan Davis, blue's player lives in Deep Cove .. he is to be playing in Lunenburg this Sunday, not too sure if we can make it
laundry day on Modaki
the next day we are off to Sandy Cove, a beautiful horseshoe cove, lots of people swimming, the water here was ten degrees colder than Deep Cove … 11.8 C we put out 125 ft of chain, but in the middle of the night Joe got up to let the other 25ft down too … we are now looking for anchorages with wind, so the generator can supplement our power supply
our tack this day is the zig zag line .. we had a double reefed main and single reef foresail, on one of our last tacks the sheet hooked under the Whisker Pole (that is strapped onto the mast), and unlatched the bottom hook, thank goodness the top one stayed in tack … lots of lines got tangles and it was impossible to tack back so we did the next best thing … made out first 360 this year
to be continued …..
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