We spend a significant amount of time in Shelburne monitoring the weather. A succession of tropical storms and hurricanes march northward along the east coast, all seemingly aiming for Nova Scotia at one point. Though most such storms turn east, Nova Scotia and Maine have both been hit hard in the past, they aren’t immune. …
Halifax is a whirlwind. We spend a night anchored off Armdale Yacht Club at the end of Northwest Arm. A short hike up the road is Binnacles; a very well stocked marine supply store; better than any West Marine I’ve frequented. We purchase a Navionics chart SD card for our Simrad chartplotters. This is to …
Our friends on Changing Course arrive in Lunenburg so we spend a day doing the museum, shops, and lunch thing. Had a lovely day. We decided we would depart for Mahone Bay just around the corner, a short 19 mile run, first thing in the morning. But, we learned the International Dory Races would be …
It’s an 80 nm run from Shelburne to Lunenburg so we cast off at 7 AM. We depart Shelburne as we entered, in a complete fog. We saw the town but didn’t see the 10-mile run into the harbor coming or going. Kind of strange. We motor slowly on a flat calm sea; zero visibility …
It is chilly and foggy. Can’t see the boats in the harbor from our slip at Dysart’s Great Harbor Marina. But, it’s supposed to lift and Bruce Kessler on Spirit of Zopilate told us if you don’t go in fog you may rarely go anywhere in Maine. So we cast off our lines and edge …
We rented a car and explored more of our surroundings near Mount Desert Island. This included a day’s drive east to Winter Harbor and another drive west to Belfast and Camden. Pretty country. We have also completed a few boat projects including updates to our …