Friday 24th July.

Another lay day at Baddeck and a few jobs completed.  Ron cycled out to the bus depot on Teresa’s bike to pick up his bike tyre, only to find that Henry also drove out to pick it up.  Never mind – it was only a couple of miles away and a nice day for a ride.  And the bike is now fixed.

Brenda and Vin had a suspected problem at their masthead, so Ron volunteered to be pulled up in the bosun’s chair.  Didn’t find the suspected problem, but found another problem instead – with the genoa halyard sheave.  Probably not a big deal since, these days, with roller furlers, genoa halyards are not in frequent use. 

Teresa defrosted the fridge, cleaned and vacuumed the boat and we both went grocery shopping. 

Teresa and Ron spent several hours at the Alexander Graham Bell museum.  He was an amazing man, well know of course for inventing the telephone, but he did in fact invent a lot of other things.  He started out in life teaching deaf people to speak, and married one of his students – Mabel Hubbard, who lost her hearing at the age of 5 after surviving scarlet fever.  She was also an amazing woman, learning to speak fluently not only in English, but also in Italian, French and German.  He also built the first Canadian plane, a hydrofoil boat that at one time had the world water speed record of over 100 mph (in 1919). 

On the way back, we saw Julia, a beautiful yawl owned by Toy and Jack.  She’s on the BWSC cruise and so we snapped a photo. 

In the evening we all (Brenda, Vin, Barbara, Mike, Teresa and Ron) went to a play at the museum about the Bells life together. 

Thursday 23rd July.

A few weeks ago in a pub called the Red Shoe in Mabou, Ron had the best pint he’d tasted in a long while.  It was brewed by Big Spruce brewing which happened to be 10 miles from Baddeck.  So the bikes were prepared for a ride to the brewery.  Ron’s back tyre was flat so he pumped it up and it exploded with a sound like a gunshot.  Disaster!

Henry was on the dock so we asked him if there was a bike shop in town.  “Nope, the nearest one is in Sydney”.  (Sydney is 50 miles away).  Henry then called the bike shop on our behalf for a new tyre, and said they’d be able to “put it on the bus” and we’d get it tomorrow.  Long story short, the bus didn’t work out but the bike shop have a customer coming from Baddeck who will return with our tyre!  What service.  More tomorrow on this story!

In the meantime, Vince offered to lend Ron his bike, so the immediate disaster was averted.  

We had an upwind ride to the brewery.  The rain held off, and we sampled their offerings.  All were delicious (well, perhaps the raspberry beer was an acquired taste!).  We had excellent sandwiches at the Choked Herring bakery for lunch and then an easy downwind ride back to Quinita.

A walk around town was followed by showers and dinner at the Inverary Resort, (which also happens to sell Big Spruce Ales). 

Wednesday 22nd July

We headed for Baddeck, 46 05.75N 060 45.21W, at 8:30, planning to get to Barra Strait Bridge before the foul tide.  After a lumpy beat into choppy seas, we did (arriving at 10:42am), but there was a problem with the railroad bridge and it couldn’t be opened.  So we doodled around and eventually picked up a mooring at Barra Strait Marina until they fixed the bridge problem.  We got the all clear at 12:30pm and passed through the bridge.  By this time the wind was up to 15 – 18 knots, the tide was against us and the seas were even lumpier.  We reached Baddeck at 2:15pm and tied up in front of Dragonfly who had left a couple of hours before us. 

We started tidying up the boat, then the heavens opened and it rained and rained and rained for several hours.  Once again we were lucky to get settled just before it really started pounding down! 

It was still raining hard at 5:30pm when we went next door to Dragonfly for dinner.  After dinner, Teresa went back to Quinita for some tea bags and bumped into Mark and Nerine from Rudder Nonsense.   (If you’ve been paying attention to this blog you’ll know that we last saw them in Sydney).  So she returned with teabags and 2 additional guests.  Such is the cruising life in these parts. 

Ships Log: 4819.1, Todays Log: 25.5, Seasons Total: 371.2

Tuesday 21st July

The Blue Water Sailing Club cruise, of which we were guest participants, had arranged a dinner at the Cape Breton Smokehouse at Little Harbour (Malagawatch), 45 51.13N 060 58.46W this evening.  So we headed that way and had a very nice sail to Little Harbour.  Little Harbour is an excellent anchorage;  it has a very narrow entrance and is virtually a small lake with protection from every wind direction. 

A few days ago we had been invited to a BBQ hosted by the club.  We, (Teresa, Ron, Barbara and Mike) thought that we’d like to offer a small thank you to the club, so we invited all the cruise participants aboard Quinita for a pre-dinner champagne reception and we ended up with 16 people in the cockpit of a 32’ sailboat.  A good time was had by all, we didn’t sink, and at 6:30pm we adjourned to the restaurant by dinghy. 

The restaurant was a beautiful log building overlooking an equally beautiful seascape.  The food was excellent, but they were a little overwhelmed by having 16 of us arrive at once! 

After dinner, everyone took their dinghies back to their respective boats.  It was a very dark night, and Toy and Jack had the toughest trip since they were engineless and rowing against a decent wind back to their boat which was the furthest away. 

Ships Log: 4793.6, Todays Log: 18.1, Seasons Total: 345.7

Monday 20th July

Dragonfly had gone to Barra Strait marina, 45 57.36N 60 47.66W, yesterday for a pumpout so we agreed to meet at a midway anchorage.  Blues Cove, aka Orangedale, 45 54.03N 061 05.28W , was chosen since the weather was forecast to be dreary again, and Orangedale has a railway museum and general store. 

Light headwinds to start so we motored for the first hour, then the winds developed  so we had a pleasant beat followed by a tranquil run down to Blues Cove at the end of the harbor.  Dragonfly was already docked on the town wharf and radioed us to let us know there was a spot for us on the wharf.  A sloop with tan sails arrived after Dragonfly and before us, but heard our radio conversation so anchored rather than use up the remaining spot on the wharf.  Very nice of them!

Someone on the dock told Brenda that the general store had washers and dryers, so she packed up her laundry and took it to the store.  It turned out that her informant meant they had washing machines and dryers for sale!  So no laundry for Brenda. 

We walked into town to discover the museum was not open until Wednesday. 

Ships Log: 4775.5, Todays Log: 17, Seasons Total: 327.6

Sunday 19th July.

The day started with light rain and no wind.  Rain is in the forecast for today and tomorrow, so we decided to stay put and plan our trip along the south coast of Nova Scotia towards Maine. 

Before this though we took a hike with Brenda and Vin to Marble Mountain – where the views were reported to be spectacular.  We found what we thought was the trail up the hill but after walking for several miles didn’t find a defined summit with views.  Brenda and Vin returned to their boat since they needed to move to Barra Strait to pump their holding tank.  The rain varied between none and a very light drizzle, so we persevered and eventually found the trail to the top of the hill.   The views were good, but probably not as good as they can be due to the low cloud and drizzle. 

We got back to the boat and the heavens opened.  Very lucky. 

Spent the afternoon putzing around the boat and started to plan our passage to Maine.  

Saturday 18th July.

Chapel Island is an Indian reservation and at the end of July, the local Mi’kmaq Indians have a gathering.  We arrived too early for the gathering, but dinghied to the island and walked around.  A few Mi’kmaq we already preparing their camp homes for the festivities and were very chatty and friendly. 

We set off for Clarke Cove, in company with Dragonfly, at about midday, motored for a while with no wind, then hoisted sail when a breeze appeared.  Dragonfly (a 42’ trimaran) soon left us in the dust, and we sailed slowly until the wind ran out.  Motored for an hour or so, the hoisted sails again when the wind returned.  We arrived at Clarke Cove and dropped the hook in a beautiful, well sheltered pond just west of MacMillans Point, 45 42.76N 060 46.63W. 

Brenda and Vin provided dinner on Dragonfly.  Very nice.

Dennis on Blue Moon arrived at the anchorage just after we did.  He is part of the Blue Water Sailing Club cruise and we met him at St. Peters  a few days ago.  He is planning to go to the Magdalen Islands and PEI, and since we had some maps, pamphlets etc. on these areas, we dinghied over to deliver them. 

Ships Log: 4758.5, Todays Log: 16.3, Seasons Total: 310.6

Friday 17th July.

We left St. Peters with a nice sailing breeze and had a predominately beam reach though some twisty passages towards Chapel  Island.  It pretty soon turned into a beat however with winds of 20knots.  We should have reefed sooner and as a result got ourselves into a tacking pickle!  Eventually we reefed and had a tough but not unpleasant beat out of the twisty channel and a nice reach to Chapel Island, 45 42.76N 060 46.63W. 

We anchored next to Brenda, Vin, Barbara and Mike on Dragonfly and had them over for dinner on Quinita.  All in all, another  very pleasant day. 

Ships Log: 4742.2, Todays Log: 10.9, Seasons Total: 294.3

Thursday 16th July.

A lay day.  We stocked up on beer, wine and food for the next few days, since we’re likely to be out of contact with towns for a few days.  Then we took a nice walk along the canal towpath and round the back of the town.  It was a beautiful day with good winds and warm sunshine.  Let’s hope we don’t regret not sailing today!

In the evening Greg and Dawn, (Greg runs a local sailboat charter company and is friends with Bart, the trip organizer from BWSC), invited us to their beautiful home and grounds on the canal for a BBQ.   A great evening with good food and company.  We met a few more BWSC members and swapped sailing stories. 

Wednesday 15th July

We set off early (5:30am) to catch the current south.  It was windless, foggy and damp but not too cold.  The fog lasted until about 11am.  The wind never reached sailing speed, given that we had 40 miles to go today and we needed to be in St. Peters in time to meet Brenda and Vin, shower and get to the restaurant for dinner with the other Blue Water Sailing Club members by 6:30pm. 

We made St. Peters, 45 39.69N 060 52.54W, by 13:40 after a long not too interesting day.  It was good to finally meet Brenda and Vin with our respective boats.  Barbara and Mike arrived just in time for dinner and signed on as crew for Brenda and Vin!

We had a very nice dinner at the Bras d’Or Lakes restaurant with the BWSC members. 

Ships Log: 4731.3, Todays Log: 42.1, Seasons Total: 283.4

Tuesday 14th July

The tides dictated that we should set off very early in the morning if we didn’t want to fight them all day, so we decided to stay put for the day and explore this beautiful cove. 

Woke up to a bright sunny warm day.  Took a dinghy tour around the inner pond where we were hoping to find the otters.  Didn’t find any, but saw a lot of beautiful blue starfish.  Toured the outer harbor as well and still didn’t see any otters.  We did spot a house up on the hill. 

Couldn’t find an open wifi connection – our first night without wifi – so we had to use Verizon’s data connection.  Bummer!

It was a hot windless day so after doing some chores on the boat we had a nice swim followed by an almost too hot sun shower to rinse off the salt. 

We rigged up our mosquito netting and for the first time this season, dined out in the cockpit in a beautiful, tranquil setting. 

Ships Log: 4689.2, Todays Log: 0, Seasons Total: 241.3

Monday 13th July

A slightly complicated day today.  We’re heading back to the Bras d’Or lakes via Great Brad d’Or.  The entrance has very strong currents - up to 4.5 knots, so we definitely want to arrive with the current in our favour.  Which means, (today), we need to arrive at Carey Point, 46 17.50N 60 24.92W, at 6pm or slightly later.   We also wanted to visit the Bird Islands, 46 22.47N 60 23.08W, on the way.  In fact, visiting the Bird Islands made things a little less complicated since we could spend more or less time there as needed. 

We stared out at noon with very light winds, which picked up at 1pm and allowed us to sail.  We had a very pleasant beat out of Sydney harbor, and despite our best endeavours to give the lobster pots a wide berth, found ourselves among them again.  They were much more spread out however, and we were sailing, so only had rudders to worry about (no props).  By the time we got through the pots the wind had pretty much died, so engines went on again. 

This enabled us to get to the Bird Islands on schedule, and Teresa took lots of photos of puffins, kittiwakes and cormorants.  Ron was once again on the lookout for lobster pots!

We got to the wide open bay at the entrance to Great  Bras d’Or on schedule (6pm), and were worried to find 1 knot of tide against us.  (If we had 1 knot in the wide open section, we’d expect 3-4 in the narrow section.)  We pressed on since we didn’t have anywhere else to go and were amazed to find how quickly the current changes here.   In 20 minutes they went from 1 knot against us to ½ knot in our favour.  So we had a very nice passage through the narrows and dropped the hook in Otter Harbour, 46 13.22N 060 31.83W at 7:30pm.  By 8pm we were cooking lamb chops on the grill.  Life is tough!

Ships Log: 4689.2, Todays Log: 37.4, Seasons Total: 241.3

Sunday 12th July.

We had planned to return to the Bras d’Or lakes today, but the weather wasn’t being kind to us, so we stayed put.  Teresa did some laundry, Ron fiddled with the windgen and ‘fixed’ Teresa’s computer.  Unfortunately, after fixing Teresa’s computer, it didn’t work too well, so Ron had to fix it all over again. 

In the evening we went to a local pizza joint with Mark and Nerine and spent a very pleasant evening with them.  

Friday 10th, Saturday 11th July.

We rented a car and set out on the Cabot Trail.  This is a beautiful drive around the north of Cape Breton including the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  We stayed at Driftwood Lodge, (in Ingonish), a rustic establishment somewhere between a hostel and hotel.  But it was clean, in a beautiful location and suited us just fine. 

The park is full of hiking trails of varying lengths and just after checking in, we walked the Middle Head trail, which had beautiful views.  We then drove the loop around Neils harbor and White Point, before dining at the Keltic Lodge. 

On Saturday we continued the drive to Cheticamp, were we sailed into last year on route to Newfoundland.  On the way we hiked the MacIntosh Brook, and Skyline hikes and took a bike ride to a Buddist monastery at Pleasant Bay.  A full day and very enjoyable couple of days.

Thursday 9th July.

Yesterday, the winds were howling all day with forecasts of 15-20 knots today, which would have made a nice sail with the wind behind us.  Unfortunately we got very light winds, so motored all the way to Sydney, 46 08.24N 060 12.25W. 

On the way, we found ourselves in lobster pot hell.  Often lobster pot buoys and their lines line up either with the current or the wind.  Today we had little of either, and many of the buoys had floating lines.  We caught one on the prop and untangled it with a lobsterman’s help, then caught another.  While we were untangling the 2^nd (on the port prop) we caught another on the starboard prop.  Sometimes having a catamaran with 2 props and rudders 16’ apart is not an advantage. 

Eventually, we got through this mess and resolved to give this whole area a much wider margin when we return to the Bras d’Or in a few days’ time. 

We tied up at Dobsons Yacht Club on their wall.  The city is just across the river, but 10 miles by bike, so we unpacked them and went to explore.  We saw the world’s biggest fiddle, the Cape Breton museum and checked out some places to eat this evening.  Then we returned to the boat for showers at the yacht club. 

2 years ago we met a couple of sailors, Mark and Nerine on Rudder Nonsense in Charlottetown, PEI.  And here they were again, right next to where we’re now tied up.  Small (sailing) world.  They invited us to go to the theatre with them, but we already had plans for dinner. 

We dinghied across to the city for dinner which took 5 minutes, rather than 30 by bike.  Had a nice dinner and returned to the boat by low tide, so that we could check the lines were set Ok for the rise and fall. 

Ships Log: 4651.8, Todays Log: 21.4, Seasons Total: 203.9

Wednesday 8th July

We had hoped to get to Sydney, 46 08.00N 60 12.12W, today, but when we woke up and looked at the forecast, we decided that Kelly’s Cove would be a very nice place to spend the day.  The winds howled all day and one forecast mentioned 40 knots, so we were happy with our decision.

Kelly’s Cove does not have a lot to offer however.  We went for a couple of walks along dirt roads.  Fortunately, they had been damped down by a water truck so weren’t as dusty as they were yesterday.  And we putzed around on the boat. 

We were able to monitor the windgen’s performance today.  It performed admirably after the re-fit and re-wire.  In fact a little too admirably – at one point, during a big wind gust it was charging our batteries at 16V.  To do list:  Turn down voltage regulator on windgen.

The day passed reasonably quickly however and before we knew it we were eating salmon from the grill, couscous with a variety of other stuff that Teresa found thrown in and beets.  (Oh yeah and a glass of beer or wine).  Ain’t life tough?

Tomorrow, the winds look better for passage to Sydney.

Ships Log: 4630.4, Todays Log: 0, Seasons Total: 182.5

Tuesday 7th July.

There are strong tidal currents along the Great Bras d’Or passage, so we set off at 7am to get a fair current through the narrows.  No wind, so we were motoring and made great time.  We had intended to get to Otter Harbout, 46 13.15N 60 31.78W, but made such good time (with the fair current’s assistance), that we pressed on to Kelly’s Cove, 46 17.34N 060 26.21W.  So tomorrow we only have one narrow, strong tidal section to negotiate. 

We tied up on the public wharf, hoisted our bullet and connect to wifi!  There was one fishing boat tied up behind us and a small powerboat in front.  We reckoned that we had left enough room for one more fishing boat, should one turn up.  One did, and the skipper was a miserable old b*gg*r.  He indicated to me that I should move forward with sign language, and so I did.  (He was already tied up by the way).  After he had left I realized that he had left a much bigger space between his boat and the boat behind, than he had between the two of us.  I guess we just looked like a couple of rich tourists, (and probably compared to him we are), but it made me realise just how nice, friendly and helpful 99% of the fishermen we’ve met along the way have been.

Teresa went for a walk, and Ron tried to make sense of the several sources of tidal data we had.  They didn’t seem to agree with each other and didn’t agree with the length of the fair tide we had experienced this morning.  Then we looked at the weather forecast (SW 15-20 increasing to SW 20-25 in the afternoon).  Gulp!  Oh well for most of tomorrow’s trip the winds will be behind us, so we’re planning to set off early and hope we get similar tides to those we had today. 

Ships Log: 4630.4, Todays Log: 19.6, Seasons Total: 182.5

Monday 6th July.

The day started with a trip to Tim Hortons for breakfast and then some shopping in the hardware store and post office. 

When we got back to the boat, it was warm with very light winds, so we set off towards Maskells harbour on engine.  The winds came and went, engines were off and on, and we ended up sailing hard on the wind in 18-20 knots with reefed main and genny. 

Usually, when we’re sailing, we lift the engines so that they’re not dragging through the water.  Today, the winds were so fickle that we left them down, which was lucky because we came across a lobster buoy, with about 30-40 feet of line floating on the surface.  We were sailing in very light airs without much steerage way, and were able to turn the engines on quickly to avoid the line.  OK, our bad, we should have been passing it on its lee side, but we were quite a distance from it and thought we should have been clear.  So why on earth, would fishermen put floating line on their traps?

We arrived at Maskells  harbor, 46 01.47N 060 46.96W, at about 4pm and it took 3 attempts to set the anchor.  It was well worth it though.  It was a beautiful spot.

One of our purchases in the hardware store this morning was a dowell rod, to enable us to hoist the bullet to the top of the mast where we would get less shadow from the mast as the boat swings on anchor.  We rigged this up and were surprised to find a wifi connection in this relatively remote location. 

A short while after we arrived, another sailboat anchored about 100ft behind us.  We didn’t take much notice of them while we were fiddling with wifi antenna, but when we looked again, they were about 500ft behind us.  Ron thought they were dragging, so took the dinghy over to warn them.  It turned out they decided to re-anchor in a different location – we simply didn’t notice. 

Ships Log: 4610.8, Todays Log: 28.6, Seasons Total: 162.9

Sunday 5th July.

No wind, so we motored the 8 miles to St. Peters, 45 39.69N 060 52.54W.  The lock attendants were very friendly and helpful, as was Jerry at the marina.  We filled up with gas then docked and set about doing laundry and re-provisioning.  

Very nice small marina.  We’ll be returning here in 10 days or so to meet Brenda and Vin and the other members of the Blue Water Sailing Club cruise, so we’re not spending too much time exploring today. 

We did however try the local tavern.  We ordered 2 beers and dinner.  The beers arrived and we were asked to pay for them (cash).  Apparently, they have a separate system for accounting for alcoholic beverages - weird.  I guess we looked like the kind of people who would drink the beers and run!

Returned to the boat and spent half an hour swapping stories with the couple on the boat behind us about our respective adventures in Newfoundland.  Then the bugs forced us back inside. 

Ships Log: 4582.2, Todays Log: 8, Seasons Total: 134.3

Saturday 4th July.

The sun was out, winds were light, then moderate, then light so we motored, then sailed, then motored again, then sailed …  Overall a very pleasant day’s sail in a beautiful area.  Our guide says it’s a preview of the Bras d’Or lakes, so we think we’re in for some good sailing. 

We got to Burnt Island Bridge at about 3pm.  This is a lifting bridge, and we were expecting to wait a few minutes before the bridge opened.  We were informed that the bridge could not open because it was too hot, (although we didn’t think it was particularly hot), and we would have to wait perhaps 2 hours.  So we dropped the hook with another sailboat that had arrived the same time.  The bridge did not open until 7:15pm, so we changed our plans and anchored in Poulamon Bay, 45 35.05N 060 59.34W, which was only 5 miles beyond the bridge.  The good news is that Ron was able to fix the cabin fan while we waited. 

We must be getting used to this stuff, ‘cause we arrived at Poulamon Bay at 8:15pm, dropped the hook, grilled the salmon, boiled the potatoes and veggies and were dining by 9pm. 

Oh yeah, and we hoisted the bullet and connected to wifi again.  So far not one single night without wifi!

Ships Log: 4574.2, Todays Log: 28.1, Seasons Total: 126.3

Friday 3rd July.

We had an unpleasant surprise in the morning.  Ron went to pay our $10 docking fee (as advertised in our guide book and on the dock), only to discover that the $10 rate only applied to transient fishing boats.  Apparently it’s not enough to have a fishing rod on board – you actually have to work as a fisherman to qualify.  So we paid up $32.  Oh well, not a big disaster. 

The forecasted winds indicated that we would have another fast beam reach to Havre Boucher so we went for a walk along the hiking trails before setting off.  Teresa was the first to spot the deer ticks, and then we both found them regularly.  So we stopped frequently and removed them all before they dug in.  We had a clean up session, (both inspecting each others hair, back etc. ), when we reached the road.  Back at the boat we took our shoes of and Teresa found another 3 and Ron 1!  Uugh. 

We set off shortly after 2, and the promised winds didn’t materialize – they were too light to sail so we motored in hot sunshine and flat calm seas to Havre Boucher, 45 41.21N 61 31.29.

 Ships Log: 4546.1, Todays Log: 20.4, Seasons Total: 98.2

Thursday 2nd July.

We left with the intention of going to either Havre Boucher or Ballantynes Cove, depending on the winds.  They were forecast to start off SW and then back to SE which would have made Havre Boucher the favoured destination.  But the wind shift didn’t happen and since we could fetch Ballantynes without tacking, that’s where we ended up.  We had a brisk beat starting out with winds of 20-25 knots and 2 reefs in the main.  Gradually the winds calmed down a little to 14 – 17 knots, until it was time to drop the mainsail, when they piped right back up to 22 knots again!  Nice.  All in all a pleasurable sail, albeit a little lumpy at times. 

Ballantynes Cove, 45 51.50N, 61 55.13W, has a tiny harbor with a few fishing boats, and some floating docks for pleasure craft.  It also has showers, Fish n Chips, and WIFI that we could see from the boat thanks to our Bullet.  The moon is especially beautiful over the harbor tonight.

Ships Log: 4525.7, Todays Log: 37, Seasons Total: 77.8

Wednesday 1st July.

As today was Canada day, we expected the town to be buzzing.  It wasn’t, but no matter, we cycled 7.5 miles to the Glenora Distillery, north of Mabou.  This is currently the only distillery in North America producing single malt whisky.  We took the tour, and of course had to sample some whisky.  We had lunch at the distillery, and maybe one of us sampled a little more!  Then we rode home. 

In the evening we visited The Red Shoe Pub.  Many Cape Bretons have Scottish ancestry and the Celtic traditions are still very much alive here.  Looking at the roadsigns, you may think you were in Scotland since most of them are in Gaelic as well as English.  We had a delicious dinner and then were entertained with a traditional Celtic music evening.  The place was full of locals and it was hopping – square dancing and all.

Ships Log: 4488.7, Todays Log: 0, Seasons Total: 40.8

Tuesday 30th June.

We have met several good friends here – Louis & Hélène, Pierre & Émilie, Tom & Clarissa, Terry & Jeannine and of course Eric and today we’re setting off, so it’s a little bittersweet.  The sweet part is that we had a 12knt beam reach all the way to Mabou, 46 04.32N 61 24.49W.  In fact it was a little too perfect.  Mabou has a shallow entrance and fast outgoing current, so we really didn’t want to arrive until 4:30pm, when the tide was rising at its maximum rate (thus minimizing the outgoing current).  So we ended up reducing sail, simply to slow the boat down!  And Ron had time to re-splice the remaining 3 dock lines while underway. 

We made the harbor entrance just on time, entered without problem and anchored at the end of the harbor close to the town of Mabou.  The setting was beautiful and we had a very quiet and peaceful first night at anchor.  We even found a WIFI hotspot via our Bullet.  Not bad having WIFI while at anchor!

Ships Log: 4488.7, Todays Log: 40.8, Seasons Total: 40.8