We had a nice sail to Matane, 48 51.16N 067 31.68W. The wind was behind us all the way and the
current was with us although nothing like as strong as we’ve been seeing
further up the river. We’re heading
around the north coast of the Gaspe Peninsula now and places to stop overnight
are few and far between, so the next few days are going to be long legs; 45 –
50 nm each. Today’s was 45nm, so we were
grateful to have enough wind to sail. It
was still pretty cold though and whoever was on watch in the cockpit had full
foul weather gear on including hat and gloves!
We docked at Matane and went for a walk around the
town. There was a talent show in
progress with a band playing Celtic music, (in French). We stopped and listened for a while,
continued our walk around town, then went back to the boat for dinner, where we
could still hear the music.
There was still a good breeze over the boat, but to our
surprise and pleasure it seemed considerably warmer. We had no need of our new cabin heater, went
to bed and we both remarked how warm it was.
Ron got up to check the thermometer and discovered it was 70F at 11pm! Go figure.
Ship’s Log: 3053.8nm, Today's log: 41.7nm, Season total: 599.9nm.
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