On Thursday we spent a little while looking around Mahone Bay. We got a demonstration of how pewter is made at the Amos Pewter shop. In the afternoon we went and picked up our jib, and then went to Lunenburg to the Fisheries Museum. We had supper with Mum and Andy at Magnolia's grill which was great.
Some pics from Brooklyn -- a picture Annie took of Dave when she was up the mast, a picture of Kristen when she was up the mast, a picture of the wharf in Brooklyn
On Friday we left at 7:30 after we put the jib on. We motor sailed to a nice little marina in Brooklyn, just outside of Liverpool arriving in the middle of the afternoon. People are really friendly here. The marina is all run by volunteers, and the dockage is paid by donation. There is a wonderful playground built by Bowater Mersey on the site of the childhood home of Hank Snow just a couple of block from the Marina. Annie and Kristen each took a turn and climbed up the Mizzen mast on the mast steps. We planned to leave on Saturday, but there didn’t seem to be much point as we don’t have a good forecast for crossing to Maine. We have decided that we will cross over from Shelburne which is only 55 miles from here, and we won’t be able to leave for Maine until Wednesday or Thursday. On Saturday morning, Annie decided to fly her kite on the wharf. Unfortunately it took a big swoop into the spreaders on the mast and the tail got stuck. Eventually we had to pull the kite so hard the tail broke. After lunch I had to go up the main mast to get the remaining part of the tail of the kite out of the spreaders. On Saturday night, Wayne and Claire who are active volunteers at the canteen invited us to their house to watch a movie in their home theatre. It was an amazing theatre. The screen is as big as the wall and there are three couches set up on different levels one behind the other just like a theater. We watched Spiderwick Chronicles.
on Sunday, we left Brooklyn for Carter’s beach after lunch. On our way out of the harbour we met Carpe Diem who were just heading into Brooklyn. By the time we arrived in Carter’s Beach, the forecast had changed to N30 and more high winds for Monday. In addition, we weren’t really sure where the anchorage was that everyone talked about, and it didn’t look very well protected. We decided that we would be better off back in Brooklyn, so we turned around. By then the thunderclouds had formed and we ended up sailing through a thunderstorm. Dave stayed at the helm and I went below and played cards with the girls. We back in Brooklyn by 7:00 and the dock is full of boats.
Monday Sept 1 – Tuesday Sept 2 – Brooklyn
It’s another wet and windy day. Once again it is best to stay put. We organized a Highland Dance concert for 4:00 in the afternoon, so the girls ran through the dances that they were going to do. We invited the other boaters we knew and let Clair, Wayne and Roger know. Clair thought it was great and called a bunch of the club members. In the end there were around 25 people in the little clubhouse. The girls did a great job. After supper Annie, Kristen and I went to Clair and Wayne’s to watch Jurmanji with Robin Williams, but after a little while the girls got scared so we stopped that and watched Pirates of the Caribbean instead. Once again it was 10:00 before we got back to the boat.
On Tuesday the forecast was for high winds again, so we decided to venture to Liverpool (on foot). We left around 9:30 with two bikes and Rudder. It took us about an hour to walk to town, with stops along the way at the Home Hardware Building Center and the Adventure Outfitters. In Liverpool, Dave went to the Cap site and to the Bank. We also went and looked around a couple of little stores. There was a family dentist in town, so I took Kristen in on the off chance that they could replace the filling that had fallen out. Fortunately, she was able to do it right away! We had lunch at subway and picked up a few groceries and then headed back to the boat. We were back around 2:00 and all quite tired from our adventure. Dave finally got the package changed on the BlackBerry so we would have coverage in the States, but then we couldn’t send any emails. It took another couple of phone calls to make some changes to the configuration and then we waited a while and by morning it was working again.
Now it’s Wednesday – more high winds forecast and it’s pouring with rain… Another day in Brooklyn.
Today we were finally able to leave Brooklyn. We had a bit of a choppy day and the wind was on the nose again. We left a little before 7:00 and were tied up at the Shelburne Marina at 3:00 after getting 100l of diesel. Dave changed the oil and I did the laundry. We are waiting to see what will happen with Hurricane Hanna - it is supposed to hit this area on Sunday so we aren't sure if we will cross to Maine before or after.
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