We awoke early again and this time the forecast looked good
for our trip to Souris, PEI, 46 20.85N 062 14.86W. We cast off at 6am and started sailing in
lighter than the forecasted Northerly winds.
Pretty soon our big light wind sail – the screecher - was hoisted, and we had an ETA of 9:30pm. We sailed for 4 hours until the boat speed
dropped to 3 knots, with an ETA of 2:30am.
So the engine went on and we motored sailed for 6 hours. The winds picked up in a hurry and we started
rolling away the big screecher. Until
the furling line parted that is. 2 parted lines in 2 days is not right! Fortunately, the line had parted at a point
where it could be temporarily tied and the screecher was rolled away, otherwise
we could have had an interesting situation on our hands. Anyway, the genoa was rolled out, the engines
went off and we had a very nice sail for the rest of the trip, including
rounding East Point and broad reaching in 12knots of wind at 8 knots boat
speed. 
Our first encounter with Gannets was last year in
Gaspe. We were enthralled with these
amazing birds that would dive bomb the fish from 50’ high. We found ourselves entertained once again by
the gannets on this trip.
We docked at 7:30pm and by 8:30 had ordered take out pizza,
and collected it on our bikes.
Ships Log: 4447.9, Todays Log: 64.6, Seasons Total: 859.9
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