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