Aug27 - Canso to Mahone Bay

It's been a long time since we found internet!

The forecast was for light winds so we left Canso at 6:50 with the two other boats we met in Canso -- Carpe Diem and Cirrius. It was partly cloudy but not a bad day. We went through St Andrew's Passage then out into the Atlantic. It was still pretty rough because of the high winds the past few days. We thought we'd hang in until around 1:00 and then pack it in if it didn't get better. Fortunately it did get better and the seas were pretty smooth by 11:00 -- still too rough for school though! We went all the way to Liscombe and were tied up there around 5:00. We saw the parents of two of Darla's singers and they thought our trip sounded pretty neat! We went for a swim in the pool and had hot showers and then went out for supper at the restaurant with the folks of the other two boats.

We left Liscombe at 6:30 on the 22nd with a plan to have a fairly short day and go to Pope's Harbour but the seas were fairly smooth (still too rough for school) so we kept going to Owl's Head and were anchored in Southwest Harbour around 4:00. We had a great time exploring on shore -- there were great tide pools and lots of rocks to climb on. We had pizza for supper and that was a little more work that I expected!

It was really foggy when we woke up around 6:00 so we didn't leave until 8:10. It was clear leaving the harbour and then the fog rolled back in so we turned on the radar. We arrived in Halifax harbour early in the afternoon and decided we should sail up the waterfront before we went to Armdale. We had a great sail with all sails up and a beautiful sunny day. We saw a whale right beside the boat, Theodore Tugboat was out for a harbour tour and we saw our old boat Misty out for a sail. When we were heading up the Northwest Arm towards Armdale we saw Andrew Wolfsen out on his deck, so Dave gave him a call on the cell phone and he invited us to go over for a swim on Sunday. We tied up at the fuel dock and had to wait a while to get fuel and find out where the guest dock was so it was 7:00 before we were finally tied up for the evening. A little while later we saw Graeme Caskey of M'Lady who used to sail out of Pictou and then Dartmouth. It was an eventful day.

On Sunday the girls all "went to the mall" while Dave did some chores around the boat. Then we went to Andrew's for a swim which was lovely. It was another busy day.

On Monday, Doreen came to Halifax and took us shopping. The girls were so excited to see her! After Doreen left we went to Dartmouth were Dave had a dental appointment and then went to visit Al MacPhee while we got groceries. After all that we got the laundry done so it was a really long day.

On Tuesday we had more errands to run and then Annie and Dave took the car back to Andrew MacPhee. We left the dock at 1:00 on our way to Rogues Roost. Unfortunately we hit a rock ledge on the way into the anchorage but no harm done I guess -- I'm glad we're steel!

On Wednesday we sailed in the rain to Mahone Bay. We had another busy day and then went up to Mum and Andy's for supper.