another night in Tadousaac - gusting to 35 miles/hr August 3/12

August 2/12

• Joe keeping the boat clean
• how the hydro is supplied to the docks
• leaving Port of Refuge
• a bit of fog
• we plotted a course and had radar on and knew we where out of shipping lanes, but out of the fog came this barge with a tug pushing her
• then the fog settled in for the last 2 hours of our arrival to Tadoussac .. thank goodness for auto to keep us from going in circles and the radar and Joe's knowledge, everything worked out fine
• coming into Tadoussac
• this sailboat anchored too close to shore for the out going tide
• entering the marina
• our walk around town
• the water here is 8.9 degrees
• sprinkles of rain but nothing really

August 2/12 Port of Refuge - Tadoussac

August 1/12

• with the help from our rafted boat friend, that got up early to see us off at 6:30, we slipped out of our spot and headed out to sea
• we set a track to avoid the worst of the current, we had enough water to be able to do this
• lots of hills, becaused we are now on the north channel, ski hills
• the next port of call is noted for not knowing English, so Joe is looking up the words, 30 foot sail boat, with 5 foot draft wanting to stay the night, will you have someone to direct us to your slip,   etc.   (it worked)
• this marina is very different than the rest, large granite rocks with marine growth on the rocks
• the gas dock is only useable at high or mid tide , even at high tide it would be risky for a 6 ft draft boat
• the boat ramp is beside the gas dock and is out of water, at low tide, 15-18 ft tide
• we heard a waterfall when we docked and found it behind the boat
•  WHEN WE LEFT THE LAST MARINA, the water temp. was 24.6 temp and 2 hours out to next port it dropped to 11.4  
• THE BOAT FOR THE FIRST TIME HAS SWEATING FLOORS
• The beer will now stay cold in the bilge

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli - Cap a l'Aigle (Port of Refuge) Aug 1/12

wording July 31/12

• we passed beautiful farm land, it was hard to take the best picture because the eye sees more then a camera
• splitting screen, figuring out where are are going
• not too many boats on the south channel , this guy sure was plowing his way up stream against the currant
• it was a rare day, we had the foresail out
• day track
• inside Saint-Jean-Port Joli , the buoy's kept you out of the silted area, at low tide, unfortunatly it was at 9:45 pm, and could not take pictures, we sat on the bottom for about 3/4 of an hour ... the sailboat skipper that we where rafted to told us to keep the rudder straight because this was to happen ... and it did  we could not believe that the marina would be so dry ... since then we heard of another marina that at low tide the basin is completely dry.
• they turn no one away, we are rafted to another sailboat, the water colour
• we did a walk around town and stopped for fries
• a home made boat
• when we got back from our walk, more boats had been rafted together and we where packed in like sardines, it was just the way it was here ... no one had a problem with it
• we had quite a wind storm, but no rain here,... just a rainbow that stayed for about 1/2 hour