Friday, July 4, 2025 Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸 Departed picturesque Lunenburg at 6:10am in the fog. Dropped anchor at 6:30pm in Southwest Cove in Owl’s Head Bay. Total miles traveled today, 72.4. For dinner I made baked meatballs with tomato sauce and peas topped with puff pastry.
Saturday, July 5, 2025 anchor up at 6:15am. Dropped anchor at 7:30pm in Port Howe. Total miles traveled today, 83.
Dinner tonight Chicken Cacciatore over rice.
Sunday, July 6, 2025 Happy Birthday to Me! Anchor up at 7:30am. Total miles traveled today, 13. Arrived in Canso 10:15am. Canso is an unincorporated community and is the most easterly point of mainland Nova Scotia. Centuries ago the area was a prosperous fishing and ship building town. Today you will find several trawlers, long-liners and boats fishing for tuna, lobster, shrimp and crab.
We are tied to the wall at the government wharf, directly behind The Bluenose ll! The Bluenose ll, came here earlier than scheduled as the winds were intensifying. They saw Force 8 winds (34-40knots or 39-46mph) predicted on the ocean. The wind was 20+knots offshore when we tried to tie up, two crew from the Bluenose ll ran over to help us.
Stopped at the Co-Op Canso for a few groceries, later we had dinner at AJ’s Pub. As sunset the winds were 32knots with gusts to 50!
Sailing Trance 