Lunenberg to White Head Harbour

After a fun-filled five days with Molly and Tim cruising from Lunenberg to Halifax with various stops in Mahone Bay, we set out on Sunday, July 19, for our trip up the coast to the Bras D'or Lakes. Despite the forecast of dissipating fog, we had pea soup just about all the way to Owl's Head Bay. We were rewarded the next day with clear skies and wind out of the southwest. After a great sail we arrived at Spanish Ship Bay near Liscomb late in the afternoon and were struck by the strong smell of pine coming off the land. There are just an incredible amount of pine trees on the shoreline. This area is much more remote than the coast below Halifax. Even though Spanish Ship Bay is deep, large, and offers great protection from all directions, we were the only ones in the anchorage. We were thinking that if this were Maine, it would be full of mooring bouys. We were lucky to be there, too, as the next two days brought very heavy rains and more thick fog. We left Spanish Ship on Thursday and had to deal with 15 knot headwinds. Since this was no fun, we cut the day short and went into Webb Cove in Isaacs Harbour. Friday brought more of the same wind so we just motored a short way up the coast to White Head. This update is sent via SSB so we are limiting it to just the facts--we'll elaborate more when we have Internet access. There are not many towns on the coast between Halifax and Canso, so we anticipate that St. Peter's on Cape Breton Island will be our next encounter with city life.

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