Seal Cove is an inner reach, reaching deeply into Louse Harbour, where the charted depths don’t exist, none showing often means that there isn't any depth to the water. But not always. Our new OCC friends Bill and Chris, of sv Plover, had been to this secret place before, and know better. Our passage up …
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Lunenburg – a N.S. Favorite!
After another 8-hour day of sailing (often motor-sailing) we dropped Fayaway’s trusty hook just a stone’s throw away from a verdant golf course surrounded by thick aromatic trees. We comfortably sandwiched ourselves upwind to a beautiful Shannon 43 from Salem, MA, and to port of a boxy, black barge named Black Beauty. I said to …
New Scotland
Nova Scotia was named by Sir William Alexander, who received a grant to all the land between New England and Newfoundland from King James VI of Scotland (King James I of England) in 1621. The official charter was in Latin and the name "New Scotland" retained its Latin form. After topping up our diesel, and …
Two Dawns Cracking
A passage to Nova Scotia It was another glorious pre-dawn departure. Awoken before my alarm-watch buzzed on my wrist, by a bit of splash of who-knows-what swimming creature on the other side of my fiberglass wall. I rolled over to snuggle, and noticing it was already getting light, for it wouldn't be long now. Excitement …
Fayaway Updates – 2024
Aside from various repairs and maintenance we have made a few major upgrades and improvements. Miscellaneous projects such as rebuilding the windlass motor, repairing moisture saturation, adding improved video sound and a new $14 toaster definitely improve our living quality, but aren’t groundbreaking, so I’ll omit. For new additions and modifications, only time will tell …
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