Saturday Evening...it has been a drying out day. Finally had a day that it didn't rain. Looking at the forcast for the next while, it doesn't seem much better. We have decided to pull the plug on this part of the trip because of the weather patterns. Locals are saying that they haven't seen a summer like this in years. We are switching from the sailboat to the Land Yacht. We are taking a week to go to Cape Breton in the Camper and see the highlands. Hopefully in a week and a half the weather will take its normal seasonal change to dryer and clearer weather more suitable to sailing. The two photos attached: Seastar doing a pole dance on a pier of the St Andrews wharf... a second of the Green Point Lighthouse at the Bay of Fundy side of the entrance to Letite Passage. Currents pushed us through here running at about 6 or 7 knots (supposedly at slack tide).

We'll post once we're back on board in a week or so. :-)

Cheers.

Still in St. Andrews

Well, the weather has done us in again...Still in St. Andrews with forecasts of winds to 35 knots on the bay. Looking at now getting out on either Sunday or Monday if there is a change in these weather patterns. What a wet summer! We are enjoying St. Andrews and people we are getting to know that are a part of the St. Andrews Yacht Club and the Marina. This will be a nice place to call the home port.

More later...

Finally in St. Andrews, weather has been, well, very Maritime, Lots of fog and rain. A bit depressing. We are looking at leaving St. Andrews for Grand Manan tomorrow with the tide at about noon local time. Weather hopefully will be a it more favourable. The plan is to be in Yarmouth for Saturday if everything goes as it should. Had a great day sailing into St. Andrews from Dipper Harbour with winds SW 15-20 knots..,and it was actually sunny for that afternoon. We have a nice mooring next to Navy Island just off the scenic St. Andrews wharf. This will be home to the boat from here on. Probably get another post up when we are settled into Yarmouth.

Cheers.

Summer is quickly moving on. Here it is the middle of July already and we are just pulling out for 3 - 4 weeks cruising along the coast of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The plan is to stop at some of our favorite spots; St. Andrews, NB, Brier Island, NS, Yarmouth, NS at first. As we have internet access we will update this blog... Departing our mooring in Douglas Harbour, Grand Lake, NB tomorrow late in the day for Gagetown for the first night...then to Saint John. More to follow... Cheers.