Memorable Cruising in Bras d’Or Lake
In a week of sailing in the heart of Cape Breton Island, Bras d’Or Lake turned out to be far better than expected.
In a week of sailing in the heart of Cape Breton Island, Bras d’Or Lake turned out to be far better than expected.
Cruising World Editor Mark Pillsbury is in Nova Scotia exploring the Bras d’Or Lake on board an Alpha 42 catamaran.
“The further we go, the more expensive winter storage gets, and this late in the season all the marinas and yards are shutting down. If we’re going to fail and have to leave the boat behind until spring, we’re better off getting an early start on that…”
It was strange to think that we were in the remotest coast we’d been yet, accessible only by boat—when the ice allowed—and bush plane.
We got out of Lumsden at last during a rare dead calm, and it was strange to motor gently between reefs that had been vicious, ship-killing breakers just a couple days before.
To the very end, I think, we did our utmost toward the big transatlantic plan.
The Zartman family stop in St. Pierre, their last layover before a big jump across the pond.
Lunenburg proved everything we could wish in the way of amenities: Two grocery stores, a big hardware store, Laundromat, library, free public WiFi, and plenty of dinghy dockage.
In a week of sailing in the heart of Cape Breton Island, Bras d’Or Lake turned out to be far better than expected.
Cruising World Editor Mark Pillsbury is in Nova Scotia exploring the Bras d’Or Lake on board an Alpha 42 catamaran.
“The further we go, the more expensive winter storage gets, and this late in the season all the marinas and yards are shutting down. If we’re going to fail and have to leave the boat behind until spring, we’re better off getting an early start on that…”
It was strange to think that we were in the remotest coast we’d been yet, accessible only by boat—when the ice allowed—and bush plane.
We got out of Lumsden at last during a rare dead calm, and it was strange to motor gently between reefs that had been vicious, ship-killing breakers just a couple days before.
To the very end, I think, we did our utmost toward the big transatlantic plan.
The Zartman family stop in St. Pierre, their last layover before a big jump across the pond.
Lunenburg proved everything we could wish in the way of amenities: Two grocery stores, a big hardware store, Laundromat, library, free public WiFi, and plenty of dinghy dockage.
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