we left Mahone Bay at 7am, and waved our good byes to some great friends, Peter and Mary for the use of their mooring ball, Christine and Gregg Little for dinners and getting me hooking again, Don and Trisa Barr, for use of their mooring ball, Jo-Anne for the fine food from her deli …
we toasted the Sea Gods Neptune, for a safe journey this sailing season … a little bit of rum !!!
the weather turned really cold the closer to the ocean we got …. 3 layers on the top and 2 on the bottom, and socks for the first time this summer
we started with a reefed main and foresail but had to furl in and down the main, as we rounded the corner to the ocean, the wind was on the nose, as usual … we passed some beautiful homes on the rock cliffs, and as we sailed past the big ones we looked back and tucked into a cove was one even larger
we entered the LaHave River, oh my what a winding path we had to follow to keep in the middle of the channel .. thank goodness for red and green bouys ….. we passed the LaHave Bakery .. little did we know we would be on their dock 3 days later, waiting out a thunder storm
the LaHave Ferry has the right of way and we had to power back, to let her cross … last year we took this ferry with our car, on our way home to Ontario …. the cables extend out the front and back, and once it is passed the cables drop to the bottom of the 30 ft channel, so it is safe to go ahead
we put the foresail out and had a great sail up to La Have Yacht Club where we anchored for the evening …. this was a beautiful church from the water
our days log was the outside line, from the top of the screen, Mahone Bay to West LaHave, the other line was last years when we went into Lunenburg
we are seeing lots of loons here, and listened all night to them, so nice
also had a half a dozen seals looking us over as we passed by them
this is Ruffian 34 ft .. Fiona and Iain Lewis, they have sailed all the way from England, to the Caribbean, and worked their way up to Nova Scotia, and are now heading back south … their wind generator is interesting .. when they came to anchor they put it up, but when they crossed the ocean, they dragged it behind the boat and it produces (I might get this wrong) one watt/one mile … we met again in Bridgewater and again soon I hope … also they met our friends Paul and Sheryl Shard on Distant Shores in the Caribbean ….
I guess I should say what our plans are for the next month … the line shows what we hope to accomplish … sail from Mahone Bay, LaHave River, Liverpool, Lockport, Shelburne, around Cape Sable Island Yarmouth, Brier Island, Digby, Annapolis Royal …. then cross the Bay of Fundy to St. John, New Brunswick, down to Grand Manan, N.B. .. then Sept cross to Maine, U.S.A. and head south ….
what we love to do the best is after a long day of sailing, make popcorn and have a good game of Crazy Eights (with our Nova Scotia paying cards) Joe won this game .. "what the heck "
to be continued ….
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