Another windless day, and we had an uneventful motoring trip
to Harbour le Cou, 47 37.44N 058 41.16W. Uneventful, that is, except for stopping on
the way to pick up another 3 cod. We
filleted and froze these since we hadn’t yet eaten yesterday’s catch. Cod fishing season closes on Saturday, so this
might be our last harvest of cod this year.
Hmmm, now I think about it, another ‘event’ was the sunfish
we saw. They’re strange creatures – all
you can see is a single fin sticking out of the water, and they just loll about
close to the surface, ‘sunbathing’. When
we first saw one, several days ago, we thought it was an injured dolphin, but
we’ve subsequently been told they’re sunfish.
We entered the harbour and unwittingly headed for a very
shallow and rocky side of the wharf. A
local fisherman waved us away, and moved a small boat that was tied to the end
of the wharf so that we could tie up there.
Very nice of him.
When we were in Rose Blanche, (on July 8th) we
took a beautiful walk to Harbour Le Cou.
Today we took the same walk in reverse and visited Rose Blanche on foot
to get some basic groceries and access
the internet courtesy of Lyn in the Rosesea Tea Room. We chatted with her for a while and then
returned to Quinita.
Teresa had been told of a freshwater swimming area under a
waterfall, so we jumped into the dinghy and set off. The water was just a little salty, but good
enough for a hair wash and bath.
Docking here is tricky.
The wharf is about 30 feet long and Quinita is 32 feet long. That in
itself is not a problem, but we have to tie with lines loose enough to
accommodate the rise and fall of the tide.
Usually you would run the bow line a long way forward, and the stern
line a long way aft, so that the tidal height difference would not be so
noticeable. We cannot do that so have
had to use looser lines that we’d like.
So far it’s calm, so no problems …
Ships Log: 4224.9, Todays Log: 14.4, Seasons Total: 636.9
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