Nova Scotia (or some subset of Nova Scotians the makeup of which I cannot really imagine) have designated a certain route around the southern coast as the “Lighthouse Route”. There[…]
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Month: September 2022
New Scotland or what?
The shadows were getting long like it was autumn but it felt all too soon. The anchorage in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is beautiful looking west to Doctors Island. It’s one[…]
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On to Yarmouth, N.S.
The sail from Freeport to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was a git’r done kind of day. We motorsailed with main only for the entire day. The currents in St. Mary’s Bay[…]
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Walking Grand Manan
Oh Canada, oh man, we love Canada. The (almost cool) app-and-phone-call clear-in from the Canadian Border Patrol was an unfamiliar and somewhat unsettling experience (who expects that kind of thing[…]
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17 Miles for a Bolt
This breaking bolts on an engine that’s 30 years old is getting nerve-wracking. How many more will break – and is it because this particular Yanmar is the ONE model[…]
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