Click to view the full chart Leaving Yarmouth 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. Calm seas under fog The fog cleared before long but as we headed …
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 …
Click to view the full chart We left Ingomar a little after ten and quickly found ourselves in big swell and light winds. From my perspective, sat in the cockpit, the largest waves peaked just over the horizon. I estimated that put the swell at six feet. I teetered down through the companionway to grab …
Click to view the full chart The wind was already strong when we headed out of Lockeport. We sailed out of the harbor to find the wind, though forceful, was not creating much swell as it was coming from the shore. The skies were clear, the wind was with us, a great day for covering …
Click to view the full chart We left Brooklyn and sailed out of the harbour on a run, with clear skies. Our sailing was becoming routine, and we took turns at the tiller as the other smeared sunscreen, ate peanut butter and banana sandwich, brushed teeth, filled water bottle, and donned hat and sunglasses. We sailed …
Click to view the full chart We motored out of Lunenburg and away from the tall ships, past numerous boats headed towards the harbor to add their occupants to the crowds. Turning North out of the harbor we raised the sails and crossed the mouth of Mahone Bay heading for Shut In Island in St. …
