2003 Sabre 362 "Sea Quester"

Last modified November 4, 2010 at 3:46 PM ET

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Current dockage location

At mooring W977, Salem Harbor, Marblehead, MA, US

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Notes

Information on our Recent Sailing

Saturday, August 22, 2009

As the light dawned, the Sea Quester was sailing at over seven knots. This was a glorious sunny morning with favorable seas and winds, the kind of day that sailors dream of. The Sea Quester arrived at the fuel dock at Manchester Marine, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA at 3 PM. We were met at the dock by Bernie Der from Customs and Border Protection. After the appropriate papers were filed, we chatted with Bernie and then fueled the boat, filled the water tanks, and washed down the decks. When leaving the harbor, we saw Jim Starkey and Ann Harrison returning from Cape Porpoise on S/V Shearwater. We had looked for them at their Manchester oceanfront home as we arrived and had called to see if they might be there! We arrived at our mooring at 6:25 PM. After unloading perishable food and trip supplies, we met Adrian's family for dinner at Nourish, a new restaurant in Lexington.
Friday, August 21, 2009

We made slow progress into the morning but, as expected, things improved in our direction and we were able to sail as the evening approached.

It was just before dinner that Jamie thought that he might turn on the engine to charge the batteries, but that did not work as planned. There was an immediate alarm: low oil pressure. Our dinner was a quiet one, as we wondered how we would deal with our power budget if we were unable to recharge our batteries or what our fate might be if the winds died and we were not able to get enough wind to return home before Hurricane Bill wreaked havoc upon the seas. In the dark, after shutting off the lights to conserve power, Jamie found the oil level to be low and added oil to successfully resolve the problem.

With regard to winds and seas, things steadily approved overnight. We continued to have a wonderful night sailing at 7.4 to 7.8 knots with the south winds on our beam.
Thursday, August 20, 2009

The seas died down overnight, and no one complained about it. In fact, the overnight shift was kept busy as there was a radio transmission regarding a vessel on the rocks outside of Halifax. This issue was resolved positively. The fog on this leg was quite remarkable, and we passed several vessels not far from Lockeport, Nova Scotia with less than a quarter mile visibility. We arrived in Lockeport with enough time to visit with folks, check the Hurricane Bill status, and have dinner. Lockeport is a small town with a very effective man-made breakwater. The harbor is relatively close to our route and, as such, doesn't require a major detour. There is a nice restaurant, the White Gull, there and they operate the marina and have fuel. We visited with Liz and Bruce, the proprietors of the White Gull Restaurant, and with Sarah, the server. Sarah will be going to school at Memorial in St. John's and she believes that she will have Tony Chadwick (see below about Saint-Pierre) as her professor for a science course. We also met xxx, who arrived for dinner with his wife and their four children. At one point, they had four children under the age of four! That will keep you busier than trying to sail back to the United States with a hurricane on your tail! We had a very enjoyable dinner and headed out, with a good forecast for getting home, around dinnertime. Given the hurricane in our future, we were hoping to make good time. That did not happen, as the currents around Cape Sable can be formidable.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

We had a fun morning tooling around before leaving Halifax. Our first stop was in Julian's Bakery in the Hydrostone Market. We can thank Jamie for recalling that Julian's Bakery, which we visited last year in Chester, also existed in Halifax. Adrian treated us to a variety of sumptuous treats for our voyage home. With the supply of baguettes, country bread, almond croissants, and individual dessert pastries that we had, nearly anyone would have signed on for a three-day passage with us if they only knew what the Sea Quester had on board. We also talked for a time to Julian's mother-in-law, who provides supervision at the Halifax store. We shared our taste for crusty bread and she told us all about the Hydrostone area. At this point, we were in a bit of a quandry. We had gotten a recommendation for Jane's on the Common, which we felt that we couldn't miss for lunch, but what to do when the car was due back? The rental shop graciously gave us a grace period and Adrian and Lori got into the restaurant and ordered while Jamie parked the car. What a wonderful lunch. Jamie had salmon cakes, Lori had scallops, and Adrian had quiche in addition to drinks and dessert for everyone. The trip to the grocery store to provision for the trip home wss frantic. We got the car back at the last minute!

A check of the weather when we got back to Sea Quester confirmed for us what we already knew. Hurricane Bill was heading to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, with its visit to Nova Scotia coinciding with our visit! At that point, it was clear that we needed to head directly back home. The conditions looked favorable for the trip back and, if we went directly home, we could expect to arrive home a day before Hurricane Bill's bad weather would make things very bad for us.

We departed the RNSYS at 6:15 PM local time bound for Lockeport, NS near Cape Sable and the southwestern tip of Nova Scotia. Given our prior experiences, we were not surprised to find that we did not experience the moderate weather we had expected but, rather, some high seas and winds! Adrian was immediately aquainted to the Canada's weather. Despite the rather uncomfortable weather, Lori managed to put an antipasto platter and a pasta dish with a tomato, pesto, and artichokes sauce for dinner. We all had napoleons from Julian's Bakery for dessert.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

After a three-day passage to Halifax from Saint-Pierre, we arrived at the fuel dock at the RNSYS. We reentered Canada on the phone via CanPass, fueled up, and filled our water tanks. We rented a car in Halifax so that we could drive to visit Karen, Garnet, Kayleen, Hunter, and Kacey on their dairy farm in Middle Musquodoboit and to do several errands. We immediately stopped at the Binnacle before driving out to Middle Musquodoboit.

We got the gold star treatment at the farm, complete with complimentary boots for touring the many barns. The farm is located on the top of a hill, with views of the farm in every direction. It was a pretty view at sunset. We had Freezer, a Hereford that had been raised on the farm, for dinner. We spotted innumerable deer on the property but, fortunately, did not encounter any on the road as we headed toward Halifax to pick up our friend Adrian at the airport. It was late by the time we got there, but not too late to take Adrian for a tour of downtown Halifax and to get dinner at the Economy Shoe Shop.

get bread and pastries at Julien's Bakery in the Hydrostone Market, go out for lunch at Jane's on the Common, and go to the grocery store. We wished we could have spent more time talking with Bob and Alice Smith on S/V Lucky Bird (see http:www.sailblogs.com/member/luckybird) and xxx and xx on S/V xxx.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009

This morning we found ourselves sailing along in less than one meter seas... well, not really sailing, but motoring against light winds. This was not as good as sailing but better than beating into the seas and wind. It lasted until sometime after noon, and we watched our speed deteriorate significantly after that as the seas and the winds increased. We started tacking at that point. We tacked out and tacked back to Liscomb, taking what we call an inside passage at that point. This passage, which we have taken before, takes us inside the islands off the eastern shore. It is not so fast but the seas are calm in there.
Saturday, August 15, 2009

Everyone on the Sea Quester slept late and awoke to a beautiful day on the island of Saint-Pierre. We got showers and did laundry, then fueled and watered the boat before lunch. Lunch was a very enjoyable affair at the new Basque restaurant, Ongi Etorré, in town. As we did last-minute chores before setting off for Halifax, we stopped to visit with Arch, Pat, and Christine on the power boat, Bay SeaKer, from Fortune just forward of us and with Bob and Cathy from the M/V Mi' Lady. We said our goodbyes to Cheryl and David and set off for a three day passage to Halifax. We were expecting winds and seas against us at the start of the passage, and we got them. It was a pretty evening, followed by a rocky night. The forecast was for calm seas and little wind on the eastern shore, something that we were looking forward to.
Friday, August 14, 2009

The overnight was uneventful, but the skies were beautiful. We saw lots of planes making their nightly pilgrimage over to Europe. There were quite a few shooting stars from the perseid meteor shower. Our overnight shifts were filled with scintillating conversation and some moments of drowsiness. David saw the green flash as the sun rose. We continued to have good wind just off our port bow and motorsailed during the night. Just after noon, the sun poked out and the day began to clear. For lunch Lori made delicious crab cakes again using our Fogo snow crab. What those above deck didn't know is that she took several unauthorized tastes, supposedly to ensure that it was fit for consumption but actually because she couldn't stop herself. It was at that point that she realized why her friend Cindy had tried to get some Fogo crab sent to her home in New York. We were secured to the wharf at Le Yacht Club de Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, FRANCE at 3:39 PM ET (5:39 PM Saint-Pierre Time). We met three guys, Tom Munn, Tony Chadwick, and Jeff, from the S/V Vanguard who had recently arrived from Barrington, Rhode Island. They were returning after several trips over four years taking them to the Azores, the Canaries, then Antigua, and now back to St. John's at the RNYC. Our night ended with a great dinner at L'Atelier Gourmand where we toasted our successful circumnavigation of Newfoundland.
Thursday, August 13, 2009

At 4:15 AM ET (5:45 AM NT), we had port security come by to disconnect us from shore power. Randy came to help us cast off -- maybe he never sleeps? -- and we thanked him and left the dock at 4:52 AM ET (6:22 AM NT). We rounded the easternmost point of North America, Cape Spear, and headed south. We detoured through Witless Bay and along the way we saw innumerable whales and sea birds, including puffins, kittiwakes, murres, and gulls. We also saw a number of dolphins. The winds and seas built to 30-35 knots and 1-2 meters during the day before calming down in the late afternoon. Lori made shrimp sandwiches with tarragon-caper mayonnaise for lunch.

Our final tack along the east coast of Newfoundland brought us to Cape Race and the lighthouse. There we were treated to a half-hour display of humpback breaches, fin flipping, and spouting -- at some points less than a boat length away! Absolutely amazing!

Once we turned to the west around Cape Race, we were able to take better advantage of the southwesterlies and the seas calmed down to less than 1 meter. We had a great dinner of Fogo crab-stuffed salmon parcels with zucchini and rice that was preceded by a cheese plate and followed by peach and blueberry crisp with spiced-pecan topping with whipped cream. After dinner, we started our night shifts. Cheryl and David performed admirably during their overnight duties and made things much more enjoyable for the first mate!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

The next morning, Lori did laundry and Jamie went on the Internet before we left for the day with Madeline.

Madeline took us for a wonderful tour of Conception Bay South. We stopped at Berg's for ice cream, visited the yacht club in Holyrood where they keep Moomba, and went on the Irish Loop through Salmonier River, St. Marys, and St. Vincent's (where Cyril was born). We visited with Cyril's brother, Les, and his wife, Yvonne and then continued to Holyrood Pond (we hoped to see caribou between Holyrood Pond and Trepassey -- there had been some there earlier in the day -- but we didn't), and past the road to St. Shott's where Madeline was born. The loop continued through Trepassey, Renews, Fermeuse, Aquaforte, Ferryland, Calvert, Cape Broyle, Witless Bay, Bay Bulls, and back to The Goulds and on to Pier 7 and the Sea Quester in St. John's. We met Cheryl and David, Cheryl's cousin, Amy Shellabarger, her husband, Mike Stoesz, and their daughter, Eva, on the wharf, and Jean and Eric (neighbors of Amy & Mike from Minnesota). The day before, David had been scuba diving on a 455 foot long iron ore boat, the S/S Lord Strathcana -- torpedoed by the Germans -- off Bell Island with Ocean Quest Adventures out of Long Pond. After a quick tour of Sea Quester, loading Cheryl and David's bags onto the boat, and some time for Lori and Madeline to go grocery shopping, all ten of us went to the Hungry Fishermen in the Murray Premises for dinner. After dinner, David and Jamie went to replenish the diesel fuel. We thanked Madeline for everything and look forward to seeing her with Cyril in Boston or at Lake Sunapee in November.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Today we sailed from Catalina to St. John's, the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. We were motorsailing to the south with winds almost on our nose from the south all day. Rain and fog accompanied us on our route. In the afternoon, the winds built to over 30 knots with 2-3 meter seas. It was not the most pleasant time. However, on the way, we sailed through the Baccalieu Tickle between Baccalieu Island and Newfoundland near Bay de Verde. Baccalieu Island is an ecological reserve. It is the largest protected seabird island in Newfoundland and Labrador and home to more types of breeding seabirds than any other seabird colony in the province. It also has 3,360,000-plus pairs of Leach's storm petrels. It was amazing; innumerable birds in the sky -- they looked like flies -- puffins, petrels, white sea birds with black tips at the end of their wings, etc. Now secured at the wharf, Pier 7, St. John's Harbour, St. John's, NL, CANADA.

On arrival in St. John's, we were greeted by Randy from Dee Jay Charters Boat Tours. His boat was just north of us along the pier and he came to take our dock lines on our arrival. He also called port security so that they could unlock the electrical bollard box so we could connect to shore power. We called Cheryl and David at Jean and Eric Bauer's cottage where they were staying in Flat Rock.

We also checked in with Madeline who graciously insisted that we stay in her home that night. She came with her son, Jeff, to pick us up at Pier 7 and we went to her beautiful home in The Goulds. We had Jeff's delicious chili and some stir fry and went to bed after visiting with Madeline and her two sons, Jeff and Steven.
Monday, August 10, 2009

We awoke to a beautiful day and the first order of the day was to hang around the dock and visit with the boat people there. We went aboard Tanaquil to chat with Alasdair Black. The only disappointment with this arrangement was that he did not have his violin with him and we weren't able to hear him play for us. Alasdair plays for the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. Also at the dock was MarySol, and we went aboard for a chat with Pat Dabinett and Marvyn McIntyre, who was travelling with him. We chatted with Jerry Mouland, harbour supervisor, before heading off for a look around town. In actuality, we really wanted more than a look around town. The Matthew, a replica of a fifteenth century ship that brought John Cabot to Newfoundland, was berthed at the floating dock and can be toured. The Ryan Premises, just up from the dock, illustrate the fishing life in the nineteenth.

Wishing once again that we could spend more time at yet another lovely port, we set sail with Moomba for Catalina. This half-day sail started and ended with numerous sightings of whales, one of which surfaced just next to the boat! The middle of the trip consisted of twenty-five to thirty knot winds and one meter seas on our nose.

We shared a cozy spot out of the wind at the wharf bulkhead in Catalina, NL with Moomba. We were able to observe Cyril's expert filleting skills as he prepared ten cod he and Frank had caught on the way to Catalina. We also watched local fisherman repair a shrimp net. The highlight of the evening was an incredible fish feed. The cod fillets and tongues that Cyril pan fried were golden brown and perfectly cooked, with just the right blend of seasoning. Lori is hoping that she will actually get to observe Cyril cooking fish. If it doesn't happen while she is in Newfoundland, she can only hope that Cyril will be invited as a special guest on a cooking show so that she can cook along with the show. Roasted potatoes and corn with green pepper and onion along with Madeline's homemade carrot cake and Lori's pecan pie completed the ultimate boat meal.
Sunday, August 9, 2009

The day started with Jamie and Cyril taking a trip to the gas station to fuel up. Frank's car had been left in Lumsden, so that made the trip into town with the gerry cans quite simple. Madeline was packed and ready to return to St. John's, as the plan was for her to drive Frank's car home. We said a heartfelt thank-you and goodbye to her and promised to call her when we got to Saint John's.

The weather forecast did not report the twenty-knot winds we were getting at the dock and the white caps that we could see out in the harbor. As the harbormaster, Harry Shepard, put it, it was a 'lazy wind,' one that goes right through you rather than around you. Cyril radioed Staragan, who had left early in the morning, and they reported seas that were not too rolly and a good wind in our direction. We headed out with Moomba for a beautiful sail, taking lots of still and video shots of her out on the ocean with full sail. The wind was behind us -- from the north -- for a lot of the trip and the seas pushed us along. It was blue sky and sunshine for the entire trip. A highlight of the day was a lunch of pan-fried cod that Lori cooked after Cyril brought over some fillets from Moomba's catch.

We arrived at the floating dock, Bonavista Harbour, NL before sunset to conclude a beautiful day. We invited our friends from Moomba and Staragan onboard Sea Quester for a dinner of lettuce and tomato salad with homemade dressing, garlic bread, shrimp scampi pasta with pecan pie for dessert. The meal wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the generosity of Alasdair Black aboard Tanaquil, who lent Lori a large pot for the pasta after just having met her a few moments before. The food was good, but the best part of the evening was the conversation.
Saturday, August 8, 2009

Brimstone Head in Fogo has been named one of the four corners of the earth by the Flat Earth Society (the others being the Greek Island of Hydra, the Bermuda Triangle, and Papua, New Guinea). Permanent settlement in Fogo began around 1727. The town name "Fogo" is derived from the Portuguese word fuego, meaning fire. We walked out through town toward Brimstone Head, which is an impressive knife edge peak. On our way we passed the Chinese restaurant in town (really!), Kwang Tung, one of two restaurants in Fogo, and stopped in at the Anglican Cemetery and the United Church. We also got a tour of the Fogo telephone site where a workman was installing 3G GSM cellular equipment. We hiked up Brimstone Head and saw blueberries, pitcher plants, and bakeapples (cloudberry). As the rain moved in, we decided to head back, but our morning walk in town turned into a guided tour, as Roger Snow, who we met along the way, took us around town in his pickup truck. We visited several scenic spots, including the site where the Brimstone Head Folk Festival is held -- this year on August 14-16th, Garrison Point -- which protected Fogo from French and American privateers in 1779 -- and Fogo Head which rises to 338 above sea level, the Bleak House Museum, and the Wireless Interpretation Centre at the Marconi Station Site which operated from 1911 to 1933. Roger was also nice enough to stop for us at the grocery store. The weather cleared just as we got to the Marconi Station Site. Our visit in Fogo ended with the purchase of some broken-leg crab and some claws from the fish plant, which was processing sea cucumber for shipment to China while we were there.

Our sail from Fogo Island to Lumsden started out rather uneventfully with calm seas and little wind, but that changed with the arrival of some bad weather. The winds and seas turned against us, we had some rain and lightning, and for a time we made very little headway. Fortunately for us, the winds turned around and the seas died down and we were able to make it into the snug harbor in Lumsden, NL just before dark.

Our friends from Moomba and Staragan welcomed us in the rain by taking our lines as we rafted to them and promptly serving us a delicious dinner of fish stew, made with fresh cod they had caught. It was delicious! Lori contributed a peach-strawberry cobbler with a lemon crust that finished cooking just as we entered the harbor. Despite being inside the breakwater and on the inside face of the wharf, strong winds gave us a chill as we boarded our boat later that night. Overnight, we saw some gusts over thirty knots at the wharf.
Friday, August 7, 2009

We visited with Steve and Sandi, went on the Internet at the Harbourmaster's office, and borrowed Steve and Sandi's car to get groceries. It seems that there is a developing low off Cape Cod that may bring some weather our way. Right now there is a forecast for gales well offshore to the south of Newfoundland. We stopped at the fish plant a bought a bag of shrimp. Then, we washed down Sea Quester and attempted to clean the ball bearings on the cars on the mainsail track -- they weren't sliding freely. We said goodbye to Gordon, the very helpful Harbourmaster, and went on our way to Fogo Island.

Enroute to Fogo, we heard from Cyril on S/V Moomba that they'll (with S/V Staragan) be in Lumsden on Saturday night as will we! We resolved to meet there for dinner. Several pods of dolphins swam along with us along the route.

Arrived at the Fish Plant Wharf, Fogo, NL just in time for dinner. After docking, we walked into town and met the town clerk, Tracy, who had come down to the town Bingo game to issue a check in the event that someone won the jackpot. She took us to the town hall to give us some information about Fogo Island and she showed us some incredible pictures of icebergs that she had taken. What a place Fogo is! There are numerous walks with incredible views. There are also several museums there. After a long walk around town, we got back to the boat and Lori cooked saffron-scented halibut with spinach, zucchini, and tomato with rice, and we had wine and blueberry pie with that. Temperatures have fallen today and rain is forecast for tonight.
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Today, we took a walk around La Scie and stopped at the Outport Museum and Tea Room where we chatted with the proprietor, Valerie, and had french toast for breakfast. The weather is La Scie was quite warm -- 28° Celsius -- and a woman we spoke with at the Freshmart grocery store said that she was wishing for some snow to break the warm weather (Jamie concurred!). After refueling via gerry cans using a truck lent to us by the gas station owner, we departed for Twillingate Island. Again today, the seas were flat with little wind. All this daysailing feels more like being at home rather than being in Newfoundland -- we're not used to having warm, calm weather here! Only one whale and two pods of dolphins seen today.

Arrived at the Fish Plant Wharf in Twillingate, NL and on the way in we saw our friends Steve and Sandi onboard S/V Hillary from Portsmouth, NH. They've been wintering her in Twillingate now, but she was at the wharf also. On arrival, Steve and Sandi met us at the wharf and, after catching up a little bit, they suggested that we might want to see the tail end of a performance by The Split Peas. Since they drove up to Twillingate this year, their car was at the wharf and they gave us their key and set us on our way. We did see the last half hour or so of The Split Peas -- it was a nice performance. Then, we had crab and fish & chips at the R and J Restaurant and then drove back to the wharf. The town name, Twillingate, seems to have come from the French name, Toulinquet.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

We started today with a walk around Englee and with ice cream for breakfast aboard Sea Quester! We saw our tenth iceberg today ashore outside Little Hooping Harbour. We had another day of light winds and calm seas with warm weather.

We decided to make a stop in Fourche Harbour to see the resettled town of Williamsport. As our cruising guide says, "this is one of the most magnificent fjords on the northern side of Newfoundland." It was spectacular! The sharp cliffs were awe inspiring. We went to see the remains of the relocated town of Williamsport in the Northeast Cove and also the remains of the last operating whaling station in Newfoundland inthe Northern Arm.

Then, we continued directly towards La Scie. On the way, we saw several pods of dolphins including some jumping out of the water and splashing their bodies against the water when they fell back into the sea. We arrived at the floating dock, La Scie just after sunset and after securing Sea Quester, we went to Mariah's Place for dinner of pizza and chicken.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

We departed from St. Anthony after having breakfast on Moomba, returning our rental car, and being invited on the Coast Guard vessel Harp by the captain, Jerry Williams. Staragan, Moomba, and Sea Quester set sail south along the Northeast Peninsula of Newfoundland. Staragan and Moomba went to Great Islets Harbour. During the day we saw five more icebergs and many, many whales and dolphins. We approached one of the icebergs closely. The final dolphin act consisted of a group of dolphins traveling across our bow, one of which was repeatedly jumping entirely out of the water! During the morning we had light winds (~9 kts. from the SW), but they freshened to 20-25 kts. in the early afternoon, and then subsided in the late afternoon. We tied to the wharf in Grevigneux Harbour in Englee just aft of the "Englee Pride" with Reuben Curtis on board, walked around town, and had dinner on board Sea Quester -- baked stuffed sole with shrimp sauce, spinach, and rice followed by ice cream, which we got at the little store in Englee. It's warm in Englee -- probably about 65° Fahrenheit. We've been having nightly lows at about 7° Celsius (about 45° Fahrenheit), so the warm weather is quite welcome.

We heard from locals Justin, Nicki, and Aleah that Hooping Harbour is having "back home day" tomorrow. Hooping Harbour is a resettled community. They have about 600 people coming back for the gathering. They've built a dock, and a stage, and they'll have a band there.
Monday, August 3, 2009

Today was a lay day in St. Anthony. We visited with Cyril, Madeline, Frank, and Jim and then managed to find the last rental car in St. Anthony. We took a look around the Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell historic properties -- Sir Wilfred Grenfell became a folk hero to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador when, as a missionary doctor, he worked to improve the life of the isolated people of the north. Then we drove to L'Anse aux Meadows -- the site of the first known Viking site in North America that the Norse referred to as Vinland. We took a walking tour with a fellow named Clayton who was born just up the coast from the site and was twelve years old when the site was unearthed in 1960. In about the year 1000, Leif Eiriksson led a group of 70-90 people who established a base here for exploring throughout the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Their primary mission was to secure hardwood lumber from the area.

Jim was joined by Greg Harvey from Mt. Pearl to continue on his sailing trip. Cyril & Madeline, Jim, and Greg came on board Sea Quester for drinks, dessert, and conversation.
Sunday, August 2, 2009

Departed the east face of the public wharf in Red Bay, Labrador a little later than we wanted, but still early enough. It was sad to leave Red Bay; we had such a nice time there. Thanks so much to everyone in town! Last night's kitchen party was a ton of fun! Thanks to Winston and Bee and Boo for the entertainment. Winston, Marily & Bim, Chris & Doreen, Dennis & Ian, Bruce & Cliff, Truman, and visitors Gunter & Mary, Robin from Lebanon, NH, Bee & Boo from Cow Head, NL, the family from near Keene, NH, let's all keep in touch! Please let us know if you're in the Boston area.

Seas were a little rolly with swells but little wave action. The wind was 5-10 kts. from the southeast so we were motorsailing with emphasis on the motor! We were moving SOG (speed over ground) at about 5.9 to 6.0 kts. with a COG (course over ground) of about 122° magnetic. At about 9:15 AM ET, the wind shifted a little to the east allowing us to motorsail (with the wind helping us more) at about 6.3 to 6.4 kts.

We had a remarkable midday; we saw three dolphins crossing our path; we saw three large icebergs and approached two of them; at the second iceberg, a Greenland whale surfaced! The first iceberg was long with a rounded top surface making it look a great deal like a long whale stretched out on the surface of the water. There were many birds riding on the back of the iceberg. As we went around the berg, there were lots of bergy bits that were floating in its wake. The second iceberg had one very high tower and several lower peaks with the area between the peaks just at water level. This berg also had some really dark blue veins running through it. It seems as if the second berg may be aground in about 120' of water. This berg didn't seem to have any bergy bits around it. Absolutely breathtaking!

After rounding Cape Bauld and Split Point and turning to the south-southeast, we saw one more iceberg off of the White Islands off Partridge Point -- our fourth of the day.

On our arrival in St. Anthony, the outer face of the government wharf was full with two fishing boats in the middle and a sailboat at each end. We elected to raft to one of the sailboats at the public wharf, St. Anthony, NL, CANADA. Lori hopped on board and as she was dealing with our lines, someone appeared from below decks and said "Hi there! Let me take your lines. Dinner's all ready, so as soon as you get your lines tied off and everything stowed, come below for dinner." That was our introduction to Cyril and Madeline Martin and Frank Cooze on board the S/V Moomba and to Jim Wyse on board the S/V Staragan. Cyril, Madeline, Frank, and Jim could not have been more welcoming! We were treated to a jig's dinner, which many of us know as corned beef and cabbage. It a wonderful evening and night with our new friends.
Saturday, August 1, 2009

Blueberry pancakes for breakfast were followed by a walking tour of the town. We went to the shop at Whalers then visited both of the museums operated by Parks Canada. The museum at the top of the hill has a chalupa (pronounced so it sounds mostly like challop) that was recovered from alongside and under the Basques galleon whaling ship wreck, almost certainly the San Juan, discovered in the harbor in 1977 and subsequently excavated and cataloged from 1977 to 1987 before being reburied in place to preserve the wood. The chalupa is the actual vessel -- the wood of which has been treated with propyl-ethelene-glycol and then kept in an environmentally stable room. There is a half-hour film here that details the research conducted both on site in Red Bay by Dr. James Tuck and in the Basques region of Spain to determine the identity of the vessel that sank in Red Bay in 1565. Much of the research in Spain centered on the legal disputes that followed the sinking. There are documents about the funding of the voyage, the ownership of the whale oil that would have been brought back, and about the possessions of deceased crew members that were recovered and sold. The lower museum includes many artifacts recovered from the wreck site. The museums are fascinating. Red Bay is hoping to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site like Lunenburg, NS. We then took a boat to Saddle Island to visit the many sites on that island in the harbor where archaeologists have found tryworks, cooperages, a burial ground, aboriginal sites, etc. The peat bogs on Saddle Island have helped preserve the artifacts uncovered there. The water temperature has made the San Juan the best preserved 16th century shipwreck north of the Carribean.

After the boat trip to Saddle Island, we returned to Whalers to hear Winston White play the guitar and sing Labrador songs. Winston is from Nain (born in Kauk Harbour), a good friend of Marily and Bim at Whalers, and it was great talking with him about life in northern Labrador. What started as Winston alone quickly turned into a kitchen party with Bee & Boo (Judith Zander and John Ferris) from Cow Head singing and playing hillbilly and Appalachia music on their strumsticks (three stringed instruments that are a mix between a guitar and a dulcimer). Lori also gave a rendition of Sailor's Prayer as well as joining in many other songs.
Friday, July 31, 2009

We made a four-hour stopover in Flower's Cove and, because of the advantageous conditions, to continue on to Red Bay, Labrador. In Cole's Variety in Flower's Cove, we met Jock who drove Ian and Cindy to L'Anse aux Meadows and owns the M/V Sea Spider at the dock. We also met Derek Pittman and a fellow worker on the dock who gave us a ride to fill gerry cans.

Our sail from Flower's Cove to Red Bay was great. We had nice winds and a fair current. At 4:21 PM ET, our speed over ground (SOG) was 8.1 kts. Maximum wind speed recorded was 43.1 kts. While reefing the genoa in some high winds, it lapped on the forestay and didn't furl properly leaving a portion flapping in the high winds; we resolved this problem at the wharf in Red Bay.

Red Bay was named Baie Rouge by the French in the 17th century. It is an old Basques whaling town with more Basques whaling shipwrecks here than anyplace else in the world. It is also probably the best anchorage in Labrador in the Straits of Belle Isle west of Chateau Bay. In the 1560's and 70's, as many as 1,000 Basques sailors aboard 20 galleons from Spain made their way to Red Bay each summer to return with whale oil.

In Red Bay, we were helped at the wharf by Dennis and Ian to move us into the more protected east face of the public wharf, Red Bay, Labrador, CANADA at N51° 43.914', W056° 25.829'. This is the furthest north that we have sailed and also the furthest north that we'll be traveling on this trip. We learned that the cruise ship Maasdam had just been here on Wednesday and increased the town's population from 200 people to 1400! Partially in preparation for the Maasdam's arrival, the wharf has been rebuilt and now has a floating dock off the east face. We had dinner at Whalers Restaurant and Chris gave us a ride back to the wharf after dinner.
Thursday, July 30, 2009

We departed the wharf in Rocky Harbour after going on the Internet, having lunch at Earle's, buying halibut at the fish plant, and bidding farewell to Norm Parsons. Just outside the harbour the winds increased quickly to 25-30 kts. on our stern with seas up to 2 meters. Needless to say, we made great time!

Overnight, Jamie had a great time on the ham radio on 7155 KHz LSB from 7:40 PM ET to 10:42 PM ET. On the net managed by ON7TQ "Roger," he communicated with Belgium, Glascow, Manchester, Liverpool, London, The Faroe Islands, as well as with many sites in the central and eastern US.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

We had favorable conditions overnight and arrived early in Rocky Harbour. Norm Parsons and his son, Luke, met us at the dock and helped us with our lines. We visited with them for quite a while and they were very helpful telling us about town; we invited them on board for a quick tour of Sea Quester. Norm returned later with information on how to use his WiFi network, he also offered us use of his truck, and has been a wonderful ambassador from Rocky Harbour.

Before too long, S/V Nirvana III with Cindy and Ian and their friends Edouard and Mona and their dog, Charlie, arrived at the wharf. We helped them with their lines at the dock, then Mona met a local who drove us to get diesel fuel in gerry cans for both Nirvana III and Sea Quester from the nearby Irving station. Next Ian and Edouard used duct tape to run a set of hoses from the shore along the entire L-shaped wharf to our boats. We both filled our tanks and retired on board Nirvana III for a wonderful dinner with great company. Appetizers consisted of oysters, proscuitto, and smoked trout and were followed by chicken with rice and then a lemon merengue pie. All of this was enjoyed with both red and white wine from Nirvana III's most notable wine cellar. Nirvana was returning after cruising through Labrador as far as Makkovik. Over dinner, we saw some of their extraordinary photos of icebergs they had seen in Labrador. After a short walk, Edouard and Mona returned to Nirvana while Cindy and Ian visited with us on board Sea Quester. Later Lori and Jamie went to see the local musical and comedy group entitled Anchors Aweigh.

Because of the relatively calm seas (1-2 meters) and favorable winds (from the south, southwest, or west) not exceeding 20 kts. that are predicted for the Northeast Gulf and Strait of Belle Isle for the next several days, we are going to use this time to transit through the Strait of Belle Isle starting tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

After running several remaining errands this morning and chatting with our fellow public wharf mates, we departed Port-aux-Basques at 10:51 AM ET (12:21 PM Newfoundland Time). As we left the harbor, the seas quickly built to about a meter then to two meters. After leaving the Wreckhouse Area, the seas subsided to about a meter and then around 8:30 PM local time to a meter or less. Starting at 7:30 PM local time, dense fog moved in.

We received a phone call from Cindy and Ian on board S/V Nirvana III trying to rendezvous for dinner tomorrow night. They're on their way back from Labrador and are currently in Port Saunders. It seems that we'll be able to meet them for dinner in Bonne Bay which is the large bay inside Gros Morne National Park. They've invited us on board Nirvana III for dinner and we'll meet them in either Rocky Harbour or Woody Point. Then, depending on the upcoming weather, we'll either continue on our way after dinner or we'll spend the night there.
Monday, July 27, 2009

Our passage across Cabot Strait last night was quite pleasant. The seas were relatively calm -- maybe about a meter -- and the winds were good -- 15 kts. from the southeast. Our passage took less time than we had budgeted and we arrived in Port-aux-Basques at 12:49 PM ET (2:19 PM Newfoundland Time). Time to refuel, re-provision, and rest up before our passage up the west coast of Newfoundland. The west coast is notable for not having very many harbors, so we'll probably make a run up the coast when there is a several day period of good weather.

The harbormaster, Richard, gave me a ride to the Irving to fill up my gerry cans before he left for his cabin in the Codroy Valley.

We were surprised to see three other sailboats at the public wharf at Port-aux-Basques. The S/V Vitavi from Montreal with Renee Ruel and his wife was at the wharf awaiting parts for their broken transmission. It seems that their transmission stopped working offshore of Petites on the southwest coast of Newfoundland and they managed to sail into Port-aux-Basques. The S/V Jealous Mistress, a Tartan 37, from Minneapolis with Leo and Chris Stern was on their way to the southwest coast and then back to Port-aux-Basques, through the Bras d'Or Lakes, across the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, and then likely to leave their boat in Chester, NS. They were trying to repair a problem with their autopilot. We hope to be able to visit with them in Halifax on our return trip. They have a web site at www.jealousmistress.net. The S/V Saskatchewan from Sydney, NS with Fran and David Dickinson was arriving from the southwest coast of Newfoundland about the same time that we arrived.

The upcoming weather seems good so we'll leave tomorrow on at least a single overnight passage.
Sunday, July 26, 2009

At 3:00 AM AT, the storm that brought us our bad weather was a low at 1010 millibars and was located SW of Anticosti Island.

We departed the Cape Canso Marina in Canso Town, NS at 6:53 AM ET with assistance from Les & Judy on board the Voyager II. They're on board a pleasure trawler and headed to Liscomb today. A single seal off Hart Island bid farewell to us as we left to cross Chedabucto Bay.

After transiting the St. Peters Canal into the Bras d'Or Lakes, we plan to stop for fuel and water at the St. Peters Lions Club Marina, tie up in Baddeck for provisions and dinner (or supper as many people say here in Nova Scotia), and then depart for Newfoundland through the Great Bras d'Or Passage tonight. The current through the Great Bras d'Or Passage runs up to 3.6 kts. in our direction from 4:03 PM AT through 10:32 PM AT tonight with the maximum current at 7:01 PM AT. If we time it right, we'll get a nice push! These plans are all tentative based on the sea height in the Cabor Strait -- we'll be checking on that shortly.

The St. Peters Canal is noteable in that it is one of the few tidal locks that have been built. A tidal lock is needed when the one of the two bodies of water joined by the locks is higher than the other at some time and lower than the other at other times. This happens on the Bras d'Or Lakes because their height is relatively constant and is lower than high tide and higher than low tide at the other side of the locks. A tidal lock has gates in both directions at both ends of the lock. Thus, it is able to stop the flow of water from either direction. Construction of the canal started in 1854 and was completed in 1869. The locks at St. Peter are operated by the Parks Canada.

So, based on our location and the period of time that the current is in our direction, we elected to continue from St. Peters through the Bras d'Or and on to Port-aux-Basques without stopping in Baddeck. Even though we're both disappointed not to be stopping in Baddeck, it was the correct decision given our objective to circumnavigate "The Rock."

Today was also a big day for passing under (or through?) bridges. In addition to the St. Peters Canal lock there is a swing bridge at the other end of the canal which we also needed to traverse. Later, we were given a opening by the bridge tender at the Barra Strait Bridge (the railroad bridge adjacent is usually left in the open position). We also passed under the Seal Island Bridge before transiting the Great Bras d'Or Passage.

Today has been just glorious. Although not starting particularly well -- overcast with drizzle -- the weather cleared and the sun was out with no fog. Combining the beautiful weather with the idylic setting in the Bras d'Or, made today a rare gem.

Last time we took Sea Quester through the Great Bras d'Or Passage at high current in our direction and also at night, it was Jamie's watch and Lori was asleep. As a result, she missed out on the thrill of moving at high speed and with limited visibility through the narrow passage with a dismaying array of red and green flashing buoys -- flashing at differing rates. Oh, and did I forget, as we're being pushed along by the current, Sea Quester starts this somewhat abrupt and rhythmic bucking. This time Lori stayed awake to see, feel, and otherwise experience the Great Bras d'Or Passage show in person. I think she was quite impressed!

Tonight was a big night for crossings to Newfoundland. Everyone seems to be taking advantage of the one night of calm seas in the Cabot Strait. Next to us is the S/V Odyssey, a Swan 57 from Lunenburg. They are en route to the Ramea Islands and the south coast of Newfoundland. And, next over is the Leif Eriksen ferry from North Sydney to Port-aux-Basques. In addition to the Leif Eriksen, the Caribou, the Joseph and Clara Smallwood, and the Atlantic Freighter make the runs from North Sydney to Newfoundland. Someone also told us that there is a new vessel in their fleet, the Atlantic Vision. According to someone at the wharf, it seems that the Atlantic Vision came over from Norway or Sweden.

Dense fog seems to have developed over Cabot Strait. By 11:15 PM ET (12:15 AM AT), visibility was near zero. Thank goodness for radar!
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Last night at about 3 AM AT, we were awakened by high winds and snapping lines aon board Sea Quester. With up to thirty knots of wind and three meter seas in the forecast, today was a lay day in Canso Town while the storm winds up and down. The weather gradually ameliorated, but never because nicer than passable. It was very windy all day with spitting rain. Canso Town lost power this morning because of a problem at the power generating plant and it didn't come back on until 5:30 PM AT. So, strangely enough, Sea Quester's resources were superior to what was available to us in town!

During the day, we walked around town (but the few businesses in town were closed because of the power outage), visited with some residents and with some people in the RV park adjacent to the marina, and worked through our list of on-board chores.

White wine with folks we met was a pre-dinner treat. Dinner was a mixed green salad with onion-parsley vinaigrette, smoked paprika roasted salmon, rissole potatoes, and corn on the cob. Homemade strawberry shortcake was dessert.
Friday, July 24, 2009

After a difficult night slogging into the one-to-two meter seas with the wind on our nose from the east, we started to tack when the sun came up. This greatly enhanced our speed -- even if it wasn't on the correct course. For some protection from the seas, we entered Whitehead through the West Passage and then exited Whitehead through the Eastern Passage.

Because of the sea height, we elected to enter Canso Town through the Andrew Passage on the back side of Andrew Island -- we've done this once before, but in the oppposite direction. With narrow passages ahead, we took down our connector and side curtains to increase our visibility. Just after that and as we were about to come on course to begin to enter the passage, a five to six foot wave hit us broadside and broke against our hull. Lots of water splashed into the cockpit and soaked the captain. The rest of the Andrew Passage was accomplished without incident, but with uncontrollable shivering. Inside the Andrew Passage, just off Andrew Island, we caught a glimpse of three seals bobbing their heads above water.

At 7:29 PM ET (8:29 PM AT), we were secured at the Cape Canso Marina next to the pleasure trawler, Voyager II, with Les & Judy Emery on board. As are Charlie & Bonnie Burke on board the M/V Sonata, Les & Judy are also doing the Downeast Circle Route and know Charlie & Bonnie from earlier ports. They said there are about eight boats they know doing the Circle Route this year. Charlie was nice enough to take our lines as we entered the slip next to them. This was particularly nice because it was gusting up to 25 kts. at the marina.

After changing from our wet clothes and putting Sea Quester to rest at the marina, we were invited on board Voyager II for drinks, great conversation, and heat! Back on board Sea Quester, we had leftovers: papardelle with lamb ragout.
Thursday, July 23, 2009

After finishing many chores this morning, we finally departed the RNSYS at 11:50 AM ET (12:50 PM AT). We were helped off the dock by Charlie. Unfortunately, once again we had winds from the east and had to motorsail to keep our nose off the wind and make reasonable speed. For a couple hours early in the afternoon, we had wind gusts over 30 knots, with the strongest to 40.2 knots. The seas weren't terrible, not much over three feet, but it was still a rocky ride.

With predictions of easterlies tomorrow building to 25 knots, the forecast was not looking good for us. Because of the weather, we thought about stopping tomorrow night in Canso Town or St. Peters. We were also keeping an eye and ear on the intensifying low off Cape Hatteras. We finished off our tex-mex chicken accompanied by quesadillas.

Our usual sea-mate on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, the oil tanker Algo Scotia, departed Halifax in the early afternoon bound for Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

We had a lemon-berry puff pancake for breakfast as we started the long entry into Halifax Harbor (did you know that Halifax is the second largest natural harbor in the world?), we were finally able to take real advantage of the winds. A good sail was punctuated by some heavy rain bands on the way into Halifax, but the weather did clear long enough for us to arrive in Halifax at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (RNSYS) without difficulty. Mark (new this summer) greeted us at the fuel dock and we visited with Wayne Blundell, the dockmaster. At 12:50 PM ET, we moved Sea Quester to slip 46 -- next to the M/V Sonata, a Grand Banks 42, from Portsmouth, VA with owner Charlie Burke aboard. Charlie and his wife, Bonnie, arrived at Halifax via the Hudson River, the St. Lawrence River, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. You can follow their trip on Charlie's blog at sonatacruising.blogspot.com.

As is now the tradition, we needed to stop at the Binnacle for some marine supplies and to visit with Rosie. We stocked up with charts for areas of Newfoundland we have not yet visited, some new editions of Sailing Directions, a new cruising guide for Notre Dame bay, and various marine components.

Next, we needed to make our visit to Sobey's on Mumford Road. Rosie gave us a ride there and we stocked up on needed perishables. Then, a quick stop at Sears across the street and we were back to the boat to stow away the food. We next went to downtown Halifax to have dinner at Il Mercato on Spring Garden. After dinner, we walked to the waterfront and, after striking up a conversation with the captain of the tall ship, Mar, based in Halifax, we were invited on board. After a lively conversation about sailing, ports, and running aground, the captain gave us a ride back to the RNSYS. This made our evening a really special one.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Light winds and calm seas continued until we reached Cape Sable. At that point, the winds freshened, but, unfortunately, turned from the east. The rocky seas didn't keep us enjoying our dinner, which consisted of an olive medley, sliced lettuce, tomato, and onion with garlic-cheese vinaigrette, and papperdelle with lamb ragu.
Monday, July 20, 2009

For today, as well, we had relatively light winds and calm seas. Despite little opportunity to sail, it was an enjoyable day on the water. For dinner, we had cod baked in foil with zucchini and tomatoes.
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Bright and early we packed the last items in the Explorer and headed up to Marblehead. We dropped off everything at the dock and met the owners of our launch and mooring service, Brendan and his wife, Amy. Brendan helped us carry our items to the dock and asked to have the launch make a special trip to the nearest float to ease our task. After packing away the necessary refrigerated items, we took off for Manchester to fill Sea Quester with fuel and water. While filling the bow fresh water tank at Manchester Marine (Sea Quester's winter home), we noticed that the tank had a great deal of algae in it. We proceeded to remove the water filter and the strainers, drain all the water from both fresh water tanks, and then flush both tanks multiple times. Finally, we installed a new filter, cleaned and replaced the strainers, and filled both tanks and treated the water. Finally time to depart! This unfortunately delayed our departure from Manchester Marine until 2:51 PM ET.

For the rest of the day, we had relatively calm winds and seas. We had a snack of smoked trout pate with celery sticks and later had chips and salsa follwed by tex-mex chicken with chiles and cheese. A really pretty sunset followed.
Saturday, July 18, 2009

In spite of our best efforts to get everything ready for today's departure, we were unable to complete all our tasks. In any case, this is supposed to be a vacation, right? Well, in any case, we plan to leave tomorrow instead.

Contact Information

Bell Canada/Aliant Cell: +1 709.690.0556 (This is the best number at which to reach us in Canada and likely to be the only phone number at which we can be reached in Newfoundland)
Jamie's Cell: +1 617.852.9840 (Leave all voice messages at this phone number)

Vessel Information

Vessel: Sea Quester (www.seaquester.com)
Sabre 362, Sloop, Dark Blue Hull, Hull #265, Year Built 2003, Length 36' 2"
Home Port: Marblehead, MA
Sail Number: USA 52028
HID: HWS36265D303
U. S. Documentation Number: 1141205
U. S. Customs Decal for Year 2009: 9500965
VHF Call Sign: WDB6903
MMSI: 366932670
ACR RLB-35, P/N 2742, 406 MHz EPIRB ID: 2DCC3FAF96FFBFF with Hydrostatic release
Life Raft: DSB (Deutsche Schlauchboot) ISAF-6, 6 Person, Product Ref. R6Y-ISAF-SR, S/N 70767 with Hydrostatic release
Dinghy Description: Avon Inflatable, Gray Pontoons, Year Built 1994, Length 9'
Dinghy HID: AVBGBV36H394
Dinghy Registration: MS 9160 KG
James L. "Jamie" Frankel (jlf-seaquester.com at faa.com), Amateur Call Sign: W1JLF
Lori J. Hyde (LHyde at aol.com), Amateur Call Sign: K1LJH
29 Mason Street, Lexington, MA 02421-6327
Home: +1 781.861.7146
Home Fax: +1 781.862.4401
Bell Canada/Aliant Cell: +1 709.690.0556 (This is the best number at which to reach us in Canada and likely to be the only phone number at which we can be reached in Newfoundland)
Jamie's Cell: +1 617.852.9840 (Leave all voice messages at this phone number)
AT&T Boat Cell: +1 617.930.7890 (Mostly for outgoing calls)
Lori's Cell: +1 508.397.4044
Radio Communication Equipment On Board: Icom IC-M502 Marine VHF, Icom IC-M802 MF/HF SSB (Marine Band and Amateur Band), Icom IC-M1V Marine Handheld VHF, Apelco VHF 510 Marine Handheld VHF, Yaesu VX-6 Amateur Handheld VHF, Yaesu VX-7R Amateur Handheld VHF, Digital Antenna DA4000SBR Cellular Amplifier/Repeater
GPS Devices On Board: Raymarine RayNav 300, Garmin GPSMAP 176C, Garmin GPS 45

Emergency Contacts

Josh Simons (jsimons at speakeasy.net) at Home: +1 781.784.1443
Josh Simons on Cell: +1 781.424.1222
Josh Simons (Joshua.Simons at sun.com) at Work: +1 781.442.3137
Jamie's sister, Kathie CLARET at Home: In France: (011) +33 1.45.07.00.83
Jamie's sister, Kathie CLARET on Blackberry Cell: In France: (011) +33 6.19.75.22.38
Jamie's sister, Kathie CLARET (Kathie.Claret at bryancave.com) at Work: In France: (011) +33 1.44.17.77.15
Jamie's brother-in-law, Gilbert CLARET (gilbertclaret at fr.oleane.com) on Cell: In France: (011) +33 6.07.70.89.02
Lori's mother, Dee Rainville (raindeee at aol.com) at Home: +1 707.644.5470
Lori's mother, Dee Rainville on Cell: +1 707.246.7927

Current itinerary

Sunday, July 19, 2009: 10:04 AM ET Depart Mooring W977, Salem Harbor, Marblehead, MA, US; Crew on board Jamie Frankel & Lori Hyde; 11:11 AM ET Arrive Manchester Marine, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, US; 2:51 PM ET Depart Manchester Marine, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, US; At sea
Monday, July 20, 2009: At sea
Tuesday, July 21, 2009: At sea
Wednesday, July 22, 2009: 10:41 AM ET (11:41 AM Atlantic Time) Arrive RNSYS, Fuel Dock, Halifax, NS, CANADA; Distance from Marblehead to Halifax: 357 nm
Thursday, July 23, 2009: 11:50 AM ET (12:50 PM AT) Depart RNSYS, Halifax, NS; At sea
Friday, July 24, 2009: 7:29 PM ET (8:29 PM AT) Arrive Cape Canso Marina, Canso Town, NS, CANADA
Saturday, July 25, 2009: Lay day
Sunday, July 26, 2009: 6:53 AM ET (7:53 AM AT) Depart Cape Canso Marina, Canso Town, NS, CANADA; 10:53 AM ET (11:53 AM AT) Brief stop in the St. Peters Lock, St. Peters Canal, St. Peters, CANADA; 11:12 AM ET (12:12 PM AT) Arrive Fuel Dock, St. Peters Lions Club Marina, St. Peters, Cape Breton, NS, CANADA; 12:15 PM ET (1:15 PM ET) Depart Fuel Dock, St. Peters Lions Club Marina, St. Peters, Cape Breton, NS, CANADA; 12:18 PM ET (1:18 PM AT) Arrive Slip, St. Peters Lions Club Marina, St. Peters, Cape Breton, NS, CANADA; 1:15 PM ET (2:15 PM AT) Depart Slip, St. Peters Lions Club Marina, St. Peters, Cape Breton, NS, CANADA
Monday, July 27, 2009: 12:49 PM ET (2:19 PM Newfoundland Time) Arrive Public Wharf, Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland, CANADA
Tuesday, July 28, 2009: 10:51 AM ET (12:21 PM NT) Depart Public Wharf, Port-aux-Basques, NL, CANADA; At sea
Wednesday, July 29, 2009: 12:56 AM ET (2:26 PM NT) Arrive Public Wharf, Rocky Harbour, Gros Morne National Park, NL, CANADA rafted to the fishing boat "Roberts Quest" #138120
Thursday, July 30, 2009: 2:12 PM ET (3:42 PM NT) Depart Public Wharf, Rocky Harbour, Gros Morne National Park, NL, CANADA; At sea
Friday, July 31, 2009: 8:49 AM ET (10:19 AM NT) Arrive Flower's Cove, NL, CANADA; 12:41 PM ET (10:19 PM NT) Depart Flower's Cove, NL, CANADA; 6:25 PM ET (7:55 PM NT) Arrive East Face of the Public Wharf, Red Bay, Labrador, CANADA
Saturday, August 1, 2009: Lay day
Sunday, August 2, 2009: 6:22 AM ET (7:52 AM NT) Depart East Face of the Public Wharf, Red Bay, Labrador, CANADA; 5:37 PM ET (7:07 PM NT) Arrive Public Wharf, St. Anthony, NL, CANADA
Monday, August 3, 2009: Lay day
Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 9:20 AM ET (10:50 AM NT) Depart Public Wharf, St. Anthony, NL, CANADA; 6:21 PM ET (7:51 PM NT) Arrive Public Wharf, Grevigneux Harbour, Englee, NL, CANADA
Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 7:49 AM ET (9:19 AM NT) Depart Public Wharf, Grevigneux Harbour, Englee, NL, CANADA; 7:37 PM ET (9:07 PM NT) Arrive Floating Dock, La Scie, NL, CANADA
Thursday, August 6, 2009: 11:30 AM ET (1:00 PM NT) Depart Floating Dock, La Scie, NL, CANADA; 6:33 PM ET (8:03 PM NT) Arrive Fish Plant Wharf, Twillingate, NL, CANADA
Friday, August 7, 2009: 2:27 PM ET (3:57 PM NT) Depart Fish Plant Wharf, Twillingate, NL, CANADA; 6:24 PM ET (7:54 PM NT) Arrive Fish Plant Wharf, Fogo, Fogo Island, NL, CANADA
Saturday, August 8, 2009: 11:24 AM ET (12:54 PM NT) Depart Fish Plant Wharf, Fogo, Fogo Island, NL, CANADA; 7:33 PM ET (9:03 PM NT) Arrive Lumsden, NL, CANADA
Sunday, August 9, 2009: 10:05 AM ET (11:35 AM NT) Depart Lumsden, NL, CANADA; 6:48 PM ET (8:18 PM NT) Arrive Bonavista Harbour, NL, CANADA
Monday, August 10, 2009: 10:43 AM ET (12:13 PM NT) Depart Bonavista Harbour, NL, CANADA; 4:24 PM ET (5:54 PM NT) Arrive Catalina, NL, CANADA; 7:44 PM NT Cheryl Robertson and David Schloerb arrive in St. John's, NL (Air Canada 108) from Boston via Toronto to sail with us to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Tuesday, August 11, 2009: 4:30 AM ET (6:00 AM NT) Depart Catalina, NL, CANADA; 7:37 PM ET (9:07 PM NT) Arrive Pier 7, St. John's, NL, CANADA
Wednesday, August 12, 2009: Lay day
Thursday, August 13, 2009: 4:52 AM ET (6:22 AM NT) Depart Pier 7, St. John's, NL, CANADA; At sea
Friday, August 14, 2009: 3:39 PM ET (5:39 PM Saint-Pierre Time) Arrive Le Yacht Club de Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, FRANCE
Saturday, August 15, 2009: 3:51 PM ET (5:51 PM Saint-Pierre Time) Depart Le Yacht Club de Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, FRANCE; At sea
Sunday, August 16, 2009: At sea
Monday, August 17, 2009: At sea
Tuesday, August 18, 2009: 10:03 AM ET (11:03 AM AT) Arrive RNSYS, Fuel Dock, Halifax, NS; 8:14 PM AT Adrian Fay arrives in Halifax, NS (Air Canada 8896) from Boston non-stop to sail with us to the US
Wednesday, August 19, 2009: 5:15 PM ET (6:15 PM AT) Depart RNSYS, Slip 91, Halifax, NS; At sea; 12:45 PM NT Cheryl Robertson and David Schloerb fly from St. John's (Air Canada 693) to Boston via Toronto
Thursday, August 20, 2009: 2:20 PM ET (3:20 PM AT) Arrive White Gull Marina, Lockeport, NS; 6:16 PM ET (7:16 PM AT) Depart White Gull Marina, Lockeport, NS: At sea
Friday, August 21, 2009: At sea
Saturday, August 22, 2009: 3:00 PM ET Arrive Manchester Marine, Manchester-by-the-sea, MA, US; 5:16 PM ET Depart Manchester Marine, Manchester-by-the-sea, MA, US; 6:25 PM ET Arrive Mooring W977, Salem Harbor, Marblehead, MA, US

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