Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, August 23rd – 26th.

Working hard, getting the boat ready for haul out on Tuesday and layup for the winter.  Monday night, Ron took the lines of a very nice gaff rigged schooner – a very traditional sailboat.  The people on board asked if we were in the catamaran and it turned out that they had met our Dutch friends Dennis and Ank on Bodyguard just after we left Gaspe.  It sounded like we had a lot to talk about so we arranged to meet for dinner tomorrow night. 

Thursday, August 22nd.

Our last sail of the season to Souris, 46 20.82N 062 14.96W.  We woke and planned to leave around noon for a leisurely sail, but the forecasts were for strong winds on the nose later in the day.  So we changed plans and left at 9:30, and motorsailed the 25 miles, arriving just before the strong winds.  Souris is a small but very nice marina and once again, everyone is very friendly. 

Ship’s Log: 3587.4nm, Today's log: 27.3nm, Season total: 1133.5nm.

Wednesday, August 21st.

Another early start and a long sailing day.  We set off for Murray harbor, 46 01.30N 062 30.78W – home to hundreds of seals, of which we saw 5!  We had another very nice sail, although entering the harbor was slow and interesting with a strong current against us and very shallow waters.  We anchored in a beautiful setting, swam, had solar showers, had dinner and lay on the trampoline with a warm breeze and big full moon. 

Ship’s Log: 3560.1nm, Today's log: 53.6nm, Season total: 1106.2nm.

Tuesday, August 20th.

We drove (with Kathy and Bill) to Prince Edward Island national Park on the North shore, where we cycled along the coast behind the dunes.  Stopped for a hike to the Bubbling Spring.  It took us about 20 minutes to find the bubbles.  On the way back we stopped at “Richards”, and had a delicious fish lunch.  In the evening we dined at Gahon House, where they brew PEI’s only home grown ales.  And the food was good.  Kathy and Bill departed for their hotel, and Teresa and Ron took a walk around Charlottetown – a very nice town. 

Tuesday, August 20th.

We had a long sail ahead of us, so we got up at 6am and kicked Kathy and Bill off the boat!  They drove to Charlottetown, 46 13.91N 063 07.13W, in less than an hour, and we sailed in about 10 hours!  It was a pleasant sail, albeit rather long, with a 10 mile haul up into the harbour where the city is located.  Kathy and Bill had researched dinner options for us and we dined at the New Glasgow Lobster supper.  This was a novelty for us, since we had a car and driver at our disposal.  The meal was good – all you could eat mussels, seafood chowder and salad, followed by Lobster or Scallops, and all you could eat homemade dessert.  Needless to say, we could eat quite a lot!

Ship’s Log: 3506.5nm, Today's log: 51.2nm, Season total: 1052.6nm.

Monday, August 19^th.

Our friends Kathy and Bill arrived, met us on the boat and we went for a bike ride with them.  The marina – The Silver Fox Yacht and Curling Club, was very conveniently located and we walked around “Spinnakers Landing”.  We saw a performance of the bagpipes by a young man from the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts.  We ate on the boat.

Sunday, August 18th

Well today we broke the 1000 nm miles barrier for this season.  Actually we probably broke it yesterday, ‘cause we missed a day’s log when the impellor was fouled up, but who’s counting?  We had pretty much a dead run from Shediac to Summerside PEI, 46 23.32N 63 47.15W.  However, the winds were light and we had 35 miles to go so the engines came on again.  It was a very nice day though, temps up to 80F and clear skies.  We contemplated getting our mosquito nets out for the evening, but when the sun went down things cooled off somewhat, so they were not needed.  There were several friendly people on the dock, so we chatted for a while and showed off our boat to a couple who were interested in getting a catamaran – well he was anyway! 

Ship’s Log: 3455.3nm, Today's log: 37.1nm, Season total: 1001.4nm.