We motored out of the harbor and entered thick fog just offshore, just before high tide to ride the current south. We put the sails up and stared down the thirty-five miles before us. The fog cleared before long but as we headed up wind towards Clark’s Harbour the tidal current changed directions and forced …

We left Clark’s Harbor with the ebbing tide in order to ride the current on the sail to Cape Negro Island. This was the first day since reaching Nova Scotia that we would be sailing north up her eastern coast. We started south though and as we got out past the southern tip of Cape …