We are now a few days behind our planned schedule, however
the Bay of Fundy is (in)famous for its strong tides and currents which we hoped
to turn to our advantage. We calculated that
the tides were favourable for rounding Cape Sable, 43 23.41N 65 37.27W, (which the locals call
“the local Cape Horn”), and then catching a fair tide to Yarmouth if we left at
5am. (This is a 70 odd nm passage but we
figured that the tidal assistance should make it possible.) We woke at 5am, and then realized that we had
forgotten to check the time of sunrise.
It was still dark – not the best conditions to leave a harbor we were
not familiar with. So we went back to
bed, left at 6am and motor sailed with 15-20 knot winds to Cape Sable, arriving
just after slack tide, with the fair tide theoretically just starting.
We took the notorious inshore passage (which
saved us several miles) and were pleased to find flat water and fair
tides. However, on the next leg, the
currents hadn’t read the rule book and we didn’t get our expected tidal
assistance. However, the winds were
great – 15 knot beam reach, so we sailed at 6 ,7 and 8 knots and completed the
70nm trip by 4:30pm. A good day’s sail,
despite the rain all day.
We picked up a mooring in Yarmouth, 43 50.33N 066 07.46W, hung our wet gear out
to dry and settled in with pasta primavera!
Ships Log: 5268, Todays Log: 70.5, Seasons Total: 820.1
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